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CBC roving reporter, [1956-04?]

SUMMARY: Jack Webster reports on the planned demolition of Ripple Rock. Includes an interview with the project supervisor, Dr. Victor Dolmage. Collision with Ripple Rock has been the cause of many marine accidents and deaths.;

Jens Heyerdahl interview

CALL NUMBER: T1923:0001 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1976-02-18 SUMMARY: Jens Heyerdahl, one of the first settlers of Willow Point, has lived in the area for over 50 years. TRACK 1: Born in Norway. Came to Canada following marital difficulties. Vancouver. First jobs at Loughborough Inlet, Seymour Bay, Cape Mudge; bookkeeping and logging; anecdotes about people in those places. Meets second wife at Willow Point. Her background. TRACK 2: Married 30 years until Mrs. Heyerdahl died in 1974. Ran oil stations on the coast, delivering oil to homes. The Depression. Willow Point. Guided for the Painter family. Anecdotes about local characters. B.C. and Norway compared. His travels.;

CALL NUMBER: T1923:0002 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1976-02-18 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: More anecdotes about local people. The Depression. Cape Mudge incident. Local crimes. Christmas at April Point, Quadra Island, during the Depression. A visiting German count. TRACK 2: Dangerous local waters. Ripple Rock explosion. Progress in Campbell River. Wife's piano teaching. Norwegian stories. Friends. Anecdotes.;

Mickey Balatti interview

CALL NUMBER: T2341:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Towboating on the BC coast PERIOD COVERED: 1915-1960 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1976-07-14 SUMMARY: TRACKS 1 & 2: Captain Mickey Balatti's family was among Vancouver's early settlers. Born in Ladysmith, he worked in the coal mines there and later joined the crew of a tug boat. Describes early diesel; tug boats, working log booms, Hastings Mill, "Brunette", accidents on the coast, navigation techniques, towing on the west coast of Vancouver Island, attempts to blow up Ripple Rock, towing around the Queen Charlotte Islands, difference between American and Canadian wages for towboat men.;

CALL NUMBER: T2341:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Towboating on the BC coast PERIOD COVERED: 1915-1960 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1976-07-14 SUMMARY: TRACKS ! & 2: Mickey Balatti describes towing across Hecate Strait; the salvage of a grounded freighter on the Sand Heads; making up log booms at San Juan for Malahat Logging; Nitinat Lake; towing Davis rafts; tricks of towing through tidal currents; loading railcar barges; changes on the tugboats when diesel replaced steam; B.C. Pilotage.;

Ripple Rock

The item consists of a film print of unedited footage showing the Ripple Rock blast in Seymour Narrows, 5 April 1958. Includes shots of spectators, newsmen arriving, observation bunkers, etc.

Ripple Rock

Industrial film. The destruction of Ripple Rock, a long-time menace to shipping in Seymour Narrows, by the world's largest non-nuclear explosion. Footage includes animated diagrams of the project; preparatory tests with models; underwater tunnelling and drilling operations; the shipment and placing of explosives; aerial and general views of the Narrows, and the various technical preparations for the explosion, as well as the blast and its results.

Ripple Rock : [out-takes]

Out-takes. The destruction of Ripple Rock, a long-time menace to shipping in Seymour Narrows, by the world's largest non-nuclear explosion. Footage includes animated diagrams of the project; preparatory tests with models; underwater tunnelling and drilling operations; the shipment and placing of explosives; aerial and general views of the Narrows, and the various technical preparations for the explosion, as well as the blast and its results.

[Ripple Rock blast]

Unedited footage. Shows the Ripple Rock blast from three different camera perspectives -- long shot, medium shot (high-angle) and medium shot (water level).

Ripple Rock demolition : [parts 1 - 4]

SUMMARY: On the scene report on the demolition of Ripple Rock, with Laurie Irvine, John Ansell and Ron Robinson. Part 4 includes a statement by Hon. Howard Green on the success of the blast.;

[Ripple Rock project] : [footage and out-takes]

Footage. Shows various supply and construction activities associated with the project of tunneling under Seymour Narrows and placing dynamite under Ripple Rock. Includes shots of coastal features near the site, a freighter in Seymour Narrows, Painter's Lodge (Campbell River), construction of wooden frame buildings, and a sequence showing a turkey dinner being served to a work crew. No shots of the actual explosion are included. One sequence shows the freightboat "Cloverleaf IV" being loaded and en route (possibly to Ahousat, on the west coast of Vancouver Island). Unrelated material (in two segments) shows a De Havilland Comet Mk. 3 airliner with BOAC markings (registration G-ANLO) landing, taxiing, and disembarking passengers at Vancouver Airport.