Gulf Islands (B.C.)

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Art Ralph interview

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1965-10-03 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Art Ralph discusses his father, George Ralph, who was a British naval captain. Art Ralph came to Canada in 1901. He describes his travels west; service in World War One; his return to B.C. and the Gulf Islands after the war; settling on Saturna Island and marring Joan Georgeson, daughter of the light keeper at East Point Light; description of rum running and smuggling, and Mr. Ralph's marginal role in these activities. [TRACK 2: blank.]

Assessment appeal books

  • GR-3657
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  • 1924-1965

The series consists of records created by the British Columbia Taxation Branch, and its predecessor body the Superintendent of Taxes, between 1924 and 1965. The series contains books which record the outcome of Court of Revision appeals held on the Gulf Islands regarding the assessment of property for taxation purposes. The series also includes a transcript of proceedings from 1959 regarding an appeal by the Saanich Municipality against the assessment roll.
The records consists of the following files:
File 1: Court of Revision held at Ganges, Salt Spring Island, B.C., 1924-1957
File 2: Court of Revision held at Mayne Island, B.C., 1927-1948
File 3: Court of Revision held at Galiano Island, B.C., 1929-1948
File 4: Court of Revision held at Port Washington, B.C., 1929-1948
File 5: Provincial Assessor's appeal book for Gulf Islands assessment district, 1958-1965
File 6: Court of Revision : school district 61, 1959.

British Columbia. Property Taxation Branch

B.C. scenics

The item is a reel of film stock shots from ca. 1977. It contains miscellaneous B.C. scenery. Aerial views of coastline (Long Beach). Shots of seals, small islands, and people playing in the surf. Mountainside waterfall and stream. Shots of and from a car on a highway. Water skiing; canoeing. Loggers' sports events. Sequence on the Royal Hudson steam train, with shots of and from the train going south along Howe Sound, aerial shots, travelling shots, etc. Aerial shots of a BC Ferry, Active Pass, Gulf Islands. Swimming, boating, sports fishing. Aerial views of mountains. Camping on the shore of a lake; canoeing, glacier, mountains. Cowboys take part in rodeo events; audience looks on. Orchard scenes: trees in blossom, fruit, etc. Long final shot of fisherman casting from a small boat, silhouetted against the sunset.

Beatrice Freeman interview

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1965-10-04 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mrs. Beatrice "Bea" Freeman discusses her father Arthur Reed Spalding; her father purchased property from John Tod; her mother [McKay] was from Saturna Island; her home life; visiting by row;boat; childhood activities; visitors; her father was well-educated and cultured; her mother was a very competent person; met many young wealthy Englishmen; story of Lord Loughborough; more on Pender Island settlers and landowners. TRACK 2: Mrs. Freeman discusses sheep rustling; "Old Burke" the smuggler; interaction with the American islands; visitors and strangers; more social contact with Saturna Islanders than those on North Pender; life too easy for young men; rum-running; building of the Pender Island canal in 1903; mail delivery; boat travel; comments about Sidney, BC.

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