Gulf Islands (B.C.)

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Fortunate islands : impressions of early days on the Gulf Islands

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.

Freda and Ida New interview

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1965-09-30 SUMMARY: Miss Ida New compares the types of settlers on North and South Pender Island; Saturna Island and Galiano Island; the Payne family of Saturna Island; social life and customs; Scoones family of Galiano Island; the arrival of Miss New and her brother Donald on Galiano Island in 1913; education on the islands. At the end of T0781:0002 track 1, Freda New discusses Mayne Island.

From the mountains to the sea : The inland sea

SUMMARY: "The Inland Sea" is number 12 in the series. A tour of the Gulf of Georgia, with stories of the people and places on the Gulf; including the Gulf Islands, Nanaimo, Comox, and inlets on the mainland. Stories of the coastal boats. Voices heard include: Ruth Jackson, Ada Dawe, Ida New, Freda New, Constance Swartz, Bea Freeman, Dorothy Richardson, Geraldine Hulbert, Jud Johnstone, Clarence Joe, Joe Kneen, Ronald Norris, Donald New and Bill Law. The opening narrative about a sailboat in the gulf is drawn from reminiscences of Harry Roberts of Cape Coburn.

G. Stanley Harris interview

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1966-01-31 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. G. Stanley Harris describes circumstances of his birth in Ontario; came to BC in 1900; went to Atlin District in 1900; worked in the gold mines in the Atlin District; traveled to Dawson ;City in the Yukon; took a boat trip down the Yukon River; describes Dawson City and Bennett and the Atlin District as he remembers them at the turn of the century; the Reverend John Pringle is described; a description of Whitehorse. TRACK 2: Mr. Harris describes gambling incidents concerning his friend Harold Stone; adventures in the goldfields; moving to Pender Island in 1902; Pender Island pioneers and pioneers on Mayne Island.

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