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Andrew Stevens : Saltspring Island life
RECORDED: Ganges (B.C.), 1982-01-13 SUMMARY: Father born in Greece, 1853; became a seaman; jumped ship in Vancouver; worked in fishing industry; acquired land on Saltspring and built up a farm. Sheep ranching. Andrew Stevens has been a fisherman all his life. Reminiscences about family, social life, people, and farming on Saltspring Island, 1900-1982.
The black settlers on Saltspring Island in the nineteenth century / Charles C. Irby
The item is a 1972 paper by Charles C. Irby titled "The black settlers on Saltspring Island in the nineteenth century". The paper was presented at the 35th annual meeting of the Association of Pacific Coast Geographers, Hayward, California, June 15, 1972.
Sylvia Stark's Story / Marie Albertina (Stark) Wallace
The item is a photocopy of "Sylvia Stark's Story" written by Marie Albertina (Stark) Wallace, a Black woman from Saltspring Island.
Letter from William Fraser Tolmie to Henry Fry
The item is an 1885 letter from William Fraser Tolmie to Henry Fry, Justice of the Peace, concerning disputed land on Saltspring Island.
Bibliography re Finnish communities
The file consists of photocopied material compiled by C.P. Czartoryski and includes a select bibliography of primary and secondary sources dealing with the history of the ethnic communities of Amber Valley (Alberta), Bella Coola (British Columbia), Falher (Alberta), La Crete (Alberta), Saltspring Island (British Columbia), Skarv (Alberta), Sointula (British Columbia), students' newsletters in Finnish from Sointula, 1912.
"Memoirs". Genealogical account of the Burkitt family and reminiscences of author's boyhood in London, England; account of author's apprenticeship at Salvation Army's Hadleigh training farm and of his emigration to Vancouver Island in 1911. Reminiscences of his career as farmer, dairyman, and horticulturist at Westholme (1911-1914), Saltspring Island (1919-1949), and Sooke (1950s). MS includes account of Burkitt's tenure as director of Saltspring and Gulf Islands Agricultural Association (1921-ca. 1938) and work with Canadian Corps of Commissionaires in Victoria (ca. 1960-1977). Also, reminiscences of author's military service (1914-1918) first as member of 67th Battalion (Western Scots) and later as pilot in the Royal Flying Corps. Xerox photos of author and family also included.
Burkitt, William Adlard Theodore
Cecil E. Baker's campfire permit
The item is a camp-fire permit issued by the Forest Branch at Ganges for the period July 4 - August 31, 1927.
Freedom's road : cycling the Gulf Islands
Part of Archives research collection
The item is a recreational video from 1987. It is an introduction to bicycle touring, via a weekend bicycle trip around Saltspring Island.
The oldest home on Salt Spring Island.
Vesuvius Bay, Salt Spring Island.
The Reverend Edward Francis Wilson home on Salt Spring Island.
"Barnsbury, Salt Spring Island, built 1895."
"Barnsbury from Ganges Road"; Salt Spring Island.
Beaver Point, Salt Spring Island.
Harbour House Hotel, Ganges, Salt Spring Island.
White Lodge, Fulford Harbour, Salt Spring Island.
The Arthur Walter home on Salt Spring Island.
Ganges Girl Guide parade, Salt Spring Island
Mouat's Store and the Ganges Inn; Ganges, Salt Spring Island
The SS Princess Patricia Approaching Ganges
Ganges Inn and store, Salt Spring Island
The Broadwell home, Ganges, Salt Spring Island.
Ganges Inn, Mouat Brothers Ltd., Imperial Gas Station; Salt Spring Island
Bank of Montreal in Ganges on Salt Spring Island