Hornby Island (B.C.)

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Bill Arthurs interview

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1965-08-09 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. William Arthurs recalls early years on Hornby Island. He describes shipping links including the CPR and the Union Steamship Company. Included are family reminiscences; old timers; social life and early settlers including the Scott family; the Ford family; the Maudes. He discusses logging practices; fossils; Indians and Indian artifacts; the mail service; sheep farming; island picnics; vegetation; Whaling Station Bay. [TRACK 2: blank.]

Elizabeth and Robert Smith interview

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1965-08-09 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Smith recounts the arrival of his father, Thomas Smith, to Hornby Island in 1902. Mr. Smith, who was five when his family arrived, describes Hornby as he remembers the island; his family; had a dairy farm. He discusses the problems with transportation; education; early settlers; remittance men; Walter Gordon; other island characters. Mrs. Smith recalls her early impressions as the island's school teacher. She discusses her teaching career; student anecdotes; island qualities; early island residents. [TRACK 2: blank.]

Kathleen Thwaites interview

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1965-08-02 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mrs. Edgar D. Thwaites describes life in Comox, Cumberland and Parksville in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Mrs. Thwaites describes her father's [Mr.Willemar] early life; in BC ; his religious involvement and his building of churches in Comox in the 1870s; settlers in the Comox region; Hornby and Denman Islands; rivers; the Duncan family; other early settlers; more on Willemar. TRACK 2: More information on early settlers; anecdotes; Comox and the navy; Cumberland; Robert Service; lack of Anglican/English social life in Comox; religion; Indians and Chinese; lack of antiques in Comox; life in Parksville.

Rose McKenzie interview

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1965-08-06 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mrs. McKenzie, nee Piercy, discusses her family's arrival in the Comox area and her grandfather's [Tom Piercy] settlement on Denman Island. She recalls other early residents of Denman; her family's reunions at "the Ranch"; the Piercy family; farming; schooling; her career as a teacher; Orkney Islanders immigration to the Comox area; Hornby Island residents; social life; other island residents. [TRACK 2: blank.]

Winnifred Isbister interview

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1965-08-09 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mrs. Isbister recounts her grandfather's [William Baikie] arrival on Denman Island, and his contribution to the early development of the island. Her family and many other early island settlers were originally from the Orkneys, and Denman became known as "Little Orkney". She recalls her mother's family, the Piercys, who settled on the island; early settlers; including the McMillans and Beadnells; schooling; social occasions; farming; logging; transportation; fishing. TRACK 2: Mrs. Isbister describes her grandmother's house, "the Ranch"; island anecdotes; her grandfather, Thomas Piercy; fruit farming; dairy farming; sheep farming; the sandstone stone quarry; nearby Hornby Island residents; Yellow Rock Lighthouse; the Comox tribe summer camp; Indian battles.