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The fonds consists of logbooks of the Beaver.

The file consists of two items: a bill of lading for the steamer Beaver, under Captain William Brotchie, to ship goods from Fort Nisqually to Camosun, dated 20 June 1843 and a receipt from the Vancouver Island Colonial Surveyor for 98 acres of land in Cowichan district, 1858.

General correspondence, accounts, cash books, freight books, log-books, steward's inventories, etc. of various ships of the Victoria based coastal shipping firm.

Beaver (Ship)
Danube (Ship)
Enterprise (Ship)
Islander (Ship)
Maude (Steamship)
Onward (Ship)
Premier (Ship)
Princess Louise (Ship)
R.P. Rithet (Ship)
Reliance (Ship)
Royal City (Ship)
Sardonyx (Ship)
William Irving (Ship)
Western Slope (Ship)
Yosemite (Sidewheeler)

CALL NUMBER: T2195:0001 PERIOD COVERED: 1900-1940 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1976-06-22 SUMMARY: Carl Timms was born in Ontario in 1889. Came to Vancouver as a child. Worked in the CPR office, New Westminster. Joined the "Beaver", a sternwheeler which ran up the Fraser River. Remembers CPR Pier D, Captain J.W. Troup, the north coast before the railway to Prince Rupert, the "Princess Royal", New Westminster Lumber Mills, competition between steamboats on the Fraser River in the early 1900s, the Timms Printing Company which was his uncle's business. Worked on the CPR railcar barge and later became clerk to the Engineering Superintendent. When he was a boy his grandmother would invite apprentices from the sailing ships up to their house for dinner.

CALL NUMBER: T2195:0002 PERIOD COVERED: 1900-1940 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1976-07-08 SUMMARY: Carl Timms was born in Ontario in 1889. He worked as a clerk for the CPR. Remembers construction of Pier A-1, Empress Boats, Chinese immigrants, Capt. J.W. Troup, Canadian Pacific Navigation Company. Worked on "Beaver", a sternwheeler on the Fraser River. Also worked on the "Queen City" up the coast. Talked about Canadian Merchant Service Guild, changes in Vancouver at the time of the First World War, electricity in the first years, Cambie Street circus grounds, towing coal into Vancouver, post-WWI shortage of ships, building of the CPR fleet.

SUMMARY: SIDE 1: "Century Sam", sung by Fran Dowie and chorus; "Centennial Sue", sung by Candy Kane and chorus. SIDE 2: "Fraser River Boat Song" sung by Ross Laidley and chorus; "The Ballad of the Beaver", sung by Candy Kane, Fran Dowie and chorus.

CALL NUMBER: T2198:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Towboating on the B.C. coast PERIOD COVERED: 1895-1930 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1976-07-09 SUMMARY: Born in Ottawa in 1883. Moved as a child to Vancouver. Delivery boy for Clark and Stewart. British Canadian Lumber Company. Searching for a log boom on the Fraser River. Sternwheelers on the Fraser River. S.S. "Beaver". Mail boy for CPR. Playing around the old CPR wharf. Hudson Bay Company warehouse. Takes over B.C. Lumber tug boat fleet. Gets Master's ticket. Hog fuel. Blue Band Navigation. Hayes Manufacturing Company. Pacific Truck and Trailer. Building sailing ship. Davis Rafts, Bert Davis.

CALL NUMBER: T2198:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Towboating on the B.C. coast PERIOD COVERED: 1895-1930 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1976-07-22 SUMMARY: Claude Thicke describes the building of his tow boat fleet, Blue Band Navigation, talks of buying and troubleshooting tugs no one else wanted. Describes tree nailing. Worked for Hind Bros. -- managers of privately owned tug boats. Steam conversion to diesel. "Commodore", "Lorne", worked at Terra Nova cannery when he was a boy. Tin cans, Chinese workmen, built sailing boat. C. Gardner Johnson.

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1963-05-24 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Harry Roberts recalls his arrival in Vancouver in 1900; his grandfather, who founded Roberts Creek; the Vancouver Yacht Club; the HBC ship "Beaver"; the original Woodward's store; his uncle Bill Roberts; his impressions of his visit to Victoria in 1903; his move to Roberts Creek in 1910; his life there for twenty-five years; his work as a postmaster; and an anecdote involving a lady and an umbrella. TRACK 2: Harry Roberts discusses why he left Roberts Creek for Nelson Island; a description of his boat "Chack Chack I"; a voyage in it to Nelson Island; building his home at Pender Harbor on Nelson Island; a series of anecdotes involving his home and visitors; and Harry's next boat, "Chack Chack III".

Throughout this interview a woman, who may be Marjorie Lillian Roberts, prompts Mr. Roberts' memory with several questions and suggestions.

Three letters: memorandum for Mr. Work, signed D. Finlayson, Fort Simpson, July 27, 1836, issuing instructions for ship Lama; letter (copy) to John Work from James Douglas, Fort Tako, July 13, 1840, re ship Vancouver; letter (copy) to Captain Duncan from John McLoughlin, Fort Vancouver, March 28, 1844, with instructions for the ship Beaver.

Sent anonymously to Mr. Nesbitt, who presented them to the archives, 1978.

The fonds consists of Foster's diaries, notebooks and journals containing engine room notes and job notes. Fonds includes log notes of SS Beaver (1880) and the steam tug Pilot (1881).

SUMMARY: The second of three radio documentaries about early Vancouver, combining narration with reminiscences from older residents. "Vancouver Around 1890" includes discussion of the following: the eviction of the Squamish people from the Lumbermen's Arch section of Stanley Park, recalled by Chief August Jack Khahtsahlano; the ceremonial opening of Stanley Park and descriptions of native burial sites, recalled by Sam Walker; the grounding of the HBC ship "Beaver", described by Captain Jack Canessa; Sam Walker on the building boom of 1887; and Reuben Hamilton on the "old" Westminster Highway in Vancouver's wilderness setting, and the Woodward's Block.

The fonds consists of W. Renwick's log books for periods of service aboard the HMS Victory, Devastation, Bacchante, Sutlej and Beaver.

The fonds consists of McNeill's log books for the Burton, Llama, Beaver, Golden Farmer, Paragon, Convoy, Tally Ho, Una and Cowlitz.