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.;