RECORDED: [location unknown], 1965-10-06 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Archie Georgeson recalls his grandfather, Henry Georgeson, who was the light keeper at Georgina Point, Mayne Island. His great uncle was light keeper at East Point light, Saturna Island;. He recalls the history of the Georgeson family in British Columbia; the Shaw family; the maritime background of the family; the family farm near Montague Harbour; the Gray family; fruit growing; schools; the family's move to join uncle at Active Pass light in 1909; a detailed description of the operation of that lighthouse. TRACK 2: Mr. Georgeson continues with his recollections including the grounding of the SS "Princess Adelaide" at Georgina Point in 1918; the grounding of the "Kenkon Maru" on Mayne Island, and the "Sea Lion". He discusses his grandfather and grandmother; more details; about the living accommodation at the lighthouse; farming on Mayne Island; the Robinson and Bennett families; descriptions of Galiano, North and South Pender Islands; "English" society; recollections; about the types of people and living conditions on the islands.

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1965-10-06 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Donald New describes how his family moved to BC from England in about 1913; worked on a Mayne Island farm; his sister taught at a school on Mayne; worked for the Heck family; description; of the hotel at Miners Bay; Point Comfort Hotel; adaptation to BC life; how he worked in Victoria and was in the military in Nanaimo; did not go overseas in WWI; labour programs in Nanaimo; worked for a short time at Stave Falls; family moved to Galiano in 1915; selection of property on Galiano; agricultural possibilities described and pioneer families. TRACK 2: Three humorous anecdotes; Galiano postmasters; Mr. New as a postmaster until 1960; Englishness and "false Englishness" of early settlers; life of women and the relative lack of isolation.

The item is an hour-long sound program produced for the Provincial Archives' Sound Heritage Series under contract, about pioneer days on the Gulf Islands. It includes the impressions and stories of early residents of Galiano, Saturna, North and Sound Pender, and Mayne Islands, emphasizing the arrival of new settlers, lighthouse life, and the joys and tribulations of island life.