The item is a video compilation of footage from eight unedited film items from the Alfred E. Booth collection.
Cariboo scenes, ca. 1936: includes ranch scenes (Flying U Ranch?), river ferry, etc.
B.C. interior scenes, ca. 1937-1945: includes buses, beer parlour interior, Kamloops Indian Residential School, fire trucks, steam train.
Kelowna Regatta, ca. 1939: water sports, lifesaving class, "Ogopogo" replica, Okanagan scenery.
Greenwood, ca. 1939: visiting baseball team on street with locals, mining scenes, old-timers, artist at work, scenery.
Edgewood and Arrow Lakes area, ca. 1938: townsfolk, street scenes, etc.
Cariboo scenes, ca. 1936 or 1939: guest ranch scenes (Flying U Ranch?), orchard, trail riding (or pack train?) scenes. 7. New Denver area scenes, ca. 1938-1939: ore refining [?], town scenes, fire hall, etc.
Pier D fire, Vancouver, 27 July 1938: the fire (various angles), crowd of onlookers, fire crews and fireboats at work.
The item is a video travelogue. Highlights the Thompson and North Thompson regions, the Yellowhead and the Rockies, approaching from Vancouver via the Fraser Canyon. Footage includes white water rafting, Nicola Valley cattle ranching, fishing, Kamloops, North Thompson Overlander Raft Race, Wells Gray and Mount Robson Provincial Parks, Shuswap Lake, Three Valley Gap, Canyon Hot Springs, Rogers Pass, mountain climbing.
SUMMARY: Stories about the early days of Kamloops, the importance of the CPR and the stockyards, and the hunt for Bill Miner, the legendary train robber. The voices heard are: Colonel D.C. Vicars; F.W. Pinchbeck; Wentworth Wood; Bill Brennan; Alex Bulman; Fred Irwin; and Doug Palmer.
SUMMARY: "Nicola Country", number 5 in the series, tells the story of the cattle country south of Kamloops, something about Kamloops itself, and the story of the train robber Bill Miner. Voices heard include: Bill Brennan, Doug Palmer, Alex Bulman, Fred Irwin, Gerald Guichon, Wentworth Wood, Colonel D.C. Vicars, F.W. Pinchbeck, Martin Starret and Louis Lagace.
RECORDED: [location unknown], 1970 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. E.E. Cace is an administrator, and he discusses his impression of Kamloops as he arrived from Mission in 1965; demographics, diversification of industry, ranching interests, forestry and milling, mining interests, a community with the Okanagan, how the building of the highways will affect Kamloops, the CNR, future development, sawmills, pulp mill operations in pioneer days, emissions; the cattle industry, the results of Kamloops' early growth and how it affects future growth, the regional-district system, Kamloops as an administrative system. TRACK 2: Mr. Cace continues by discussing the spirit of people in Kamloops.
RECORDED: [location unknown], 1965-10-29 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Alan Parker describes his background, joining the British Army at seventeen years of age; the circumstances under which he came to Canada in 1921 on a cattle boat directly to a ranching company; he came from the north of England to Canada when he was twenty-one; came to Gang Ranch near Kamloops [sic]; he describes the ranch, his work on the ranch; the winter of 1921; Mr. Pinchbeck from Williams Lake; Charlie Rossiter; the land around Kamloops; Perry Ranch; A.W. Stobie; more on Gang Ranch; some anecdotes about things that happened on the ranch. TRACK 2: Mrs. Parker describes her; grandfather, Henry Cornwall, who came to BC to look for farmlands; came through Pemberton Meadows and Lillooet before arriving in Ashcroft on horseback; she came to BC in 1937; she was born in Kamloops; Cornwall Lodge is described in great detail; her grandfather and her family; how they came to Canada; how her mother met her father; Bill Roper of the Cherry Creek Ranch, a description of the Cherry Creek Ranch, anecdotes about Cherry Creek Ranch; the Drake family. Then Mr. Alan Parker describes the Cornwall family; anecdotes about hunting; Ashcroft Manor; J.B. Layton; the Cameron family; more on the history of Ashcroft Mano; United Air Transport at Ashcroft; Chinese in the area.
RECORDED: [location unknown], 1964-06-30 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mrs. Fennell, nee Struthers, born in Ontario, tells about her early life; the death of her father and subsequent move to Kamloops. She describes 25 Mile House, below Louis Creek in Potter's Flat, where she lived with her uncle who was a carpenter. She describes the journey there by horse and wagon; how she met her husband. She tells anecdotes about her life at 25 Mile House, and her life since. [TRACK 2: blank.]
RECORDED: [location unknown], 1964-06-29 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mrs. Adeline Genier came to BC from Ontario in 1892; she describes her trip out west; her husband was Gilbert Genier, an electrician who got work from Sturgeon Falls to Vancouver working for the CPR. She was married in Kamloops in 1892 after her bout with mountain fever. The power house was built in Kamloops at this time. She mentions several people who worked on the power house and what was involved in learning how it worked. Her husband ran the power house for seven years until the family moved to Heffley Creek to buy a ranch. When the Klondike rush began they opened a stopping house for the two pack trains which came through; eventually sold it and the ranch and built a school at Heffley Creek. She is the mother of nine and she talks about how successful her life was. She describes the people and ranches at Heffley Creek and her family's values. She discusses recreation such as baseball. They moved to Barriere and she tells the story of how the town was named. TRACK 2: She describes Louis Creek and how it was named; the reserve and the roads going to and from the town. The Indians and how good neighbours they are. Anecdotes about Indians; how the children grew up with music; more anecdotes.
RECORDED: [location unknown], 1964-06-30 SUMMARY: TRACK 1 & 2: Mrs. Annie Wilkie, 97 years old, describes her father, who was an original '49er who eventually moved to North Kamloops. She describes the area, her life and several characters whom she remembers.
CALL NUMBER: T0667:0001 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1964-07-01 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. William Brennan discusses his early years; coming to Kamloops because of lung troubles; Kamloops described; cattle drives to the railroad; joined survey for CNR along the North Thompson; driving logs down river. TRACK 2: Brennan describes cattle drives from Nicola country; cows; horses; Sam Pau, who was an Indian cowboy; an incident with cattle on a bridge; pre-war Englishmen in BC; Fruitlands Company buying up ranches; Roper of Cherry Creek; Bill Miner trial and escape; Bill Miner's life as a prospector and church supporter; and Bill Fortune's comments.
CALL NUMBER: T0667:0002 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1964-07-01 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Brennan continues with anecdotes about Bill Fortune and his wife; Bill Miner stories; Haney brothers train robbery; remittance men in Kamloops; Rideau school at Musian Flats; Father Morice and Father Le Jeune, who gave Indian names to CPR stations. TRACK 2: Talented priests; Indian quest in Red River rebellion; passion play; Indians then and now; Father Le Jeune's Chinook newspaper;, "Kamloops Wawa"; the Indian schools then and now; more on Bill Fortune and ranches.
RECORDED: [location unknown], 1964-06-29 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Fred Irwin was born in Lower Nicola; his mother's family was named Woodward, and they were from Ontario; Mr. Irwin's mother came out in 1874. His father taught at the first school in Lower Nicola; he describes his father's life and most of the early settlers; a description of the town and houses when he was a child; cattle farming; French Canadians in the area; farmers; Merritt; churches; Nicola Lake; and where the settlers came from. TRACK 2: Mr. Irwin offers several anecdotes about things that happened to him in his youth; the gold rush in the Klondike and its effect on the community; a few members of the community; and events in Kamloops.
CALL NUMBER: T0421:0001 RECORDED: [location unknown], [196-] SUMMARY: TRACKS 1 & 2: Mr. Talbot Bond discusses his life: born in London, emigrated to Douglas Lake, BC, in 1903; a description of the trip across Canada; anecdotes about ranching at Douglas Lake.
CALL NUMBER: T0421:0002 RECORDED: [location unknown], [196-] SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Douglas Lake Ranch and its neighbours are described; anecdotes about cowboys; the McLean brothers; cattle drives to Kamloops; a description of Kamloops in 1905; repetition of the story of his emigration and the mail service. [TRACK 2: blank.]
CALL NUMBER: T0420:0001 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1970-05 SUMMARY: TRACKS 1 & 2: Mrs. Dorothy Goldrick describes emigrating from Scotland to Ashcroft in 1910; the Colonist train; Winnipeg around 1910; Ashcroft in 1910, buildings, the Chinese people, cowboys, covered wagons, BX Express, the anti-English feeling; other English families; Hallowe'en pranks; and Kamloops.
CALL NUMBER: T0420:0002 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1970-05 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mrs. Goldrick continues with a description of the stage coach journey to Ashcroft; local native people; more about the Colonist train; a description of Savona, BC; a Hudson's Bay post across Kamloops Lake; anecdotes about life at Savona; impressions of Canada before emigration; life in Golden from 1911 to 1917; snow; forest fires; and Vernon around 1917. [TRACK 2: blank.]
RECORDED: [location unknown], 1966-02-03 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mrs. F.V. Cornwall discusses her father, Robert Garnett Tatlow, who came to Canada from Ireland when he was seventeen; his work for a land syndicate in Vancouver in 1886; the Vancouver fire; real estate interests; her father as an M.L.A.; Joe Martin, Richard McBride, Dave Fulton; her father's political views; early Vancouver and high society; Lord and Lady Aberdeen. TRACK 2: Cornwall discusses her father's Cariboo property; more descriptions of people and places in early Vancouver; the Cornwalls; a train robbery story; more about the Cornwalls; dances at Kamloops; trips to Vancouver; brief comments on hunting, Indians, and clergymen in the Ashcroft area.
RECORDED: [location unknown], 1965-10-25 SUMMARY: Mr. Tommy Lick discusses the status of the Indian reservation; selling or trading salmon and furs in Kamloops; salmon in the river; French settlers in the Cariboo; the barn at Spences Bridge; Indian names and languages; status of the reservation Indians; chiefs and priests; broken promises to Indians.
RECORDED: [location unknown], 1965-01-29 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Wentworth Wood, born in Montreal, describes coming west in 1883; to Victoria until 1885; and then to Vancouver until the fall of 1887; then on to Kamloops. He describes his father, who was a sheriff; he describes boats of that time; Andrew Mara; his impressions of Kamloops when he arrived at the age of seven; what life was like; characters he remembers; anecdotes about men named Titus, Broughton, McNeil and the Reverend Stevenson; hotels in the area. TRACK 2: Mr. Wood continues with a story about a hillbilly, more anecdotes about a man named Thompson and others; Bill Miner, the Haney brothers; more on the Bill Miner holdup; the McLeod brothers; copper mining in the 1890s; Dave Powers, MacIntosh.
RECORDED: [location unknown], 1964-06-28 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mrs. Rhoda M. White discusses her father, W.W. Shaw, who came from Ontario to the west, settled at Salmon Arm, sold his farm after ten years, and moved to Heffley Creek; became a ranch manager at Tranquille; the ranch at Heffley Creek in 1914; the first Christmas on the ranch; automobiles; Bill and Jane Fortune; Kamloops as a health resort; ranch horses; her father's character; her mother's character; the appearance of the area in the early days. TRACK 2: Mrs. White tells the story about a man and his mother; she discusses isolation; early schools; social life; changes after WWI; settlers at Lewis Creek 1906 to 1908; how her father burned out about 1900; her father took over Circle Bar Ranch; her grandfather and the Iroquois; her fathers first experiences at Heffley Creek and Tranquille. Then Dr. W.F. Shaw describes his family's ranch at Shaw Springs; gold in the Thompson River; hardships of pioneers; early characters -- Stage Billy, Tommy Spence, Murray the Trader. Then she discusses marmots and snakes; apples and other produce; other settlers and early conditions; and a ghost story.
CALL NUMBER: T0405:0001 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1964-06-30 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Colonel Desmond O. Vicars offers details about his father, John Richard Vicars, who came from Dublin to Ontario and became a surveyor; 1878, went to Peace River country; 1890, went to Vancouver; 1896, went to Kamloops area; became warden of the Kamloops jail; married his wife in 1892; discusses old timers and old miners; J.A. Marrow; anecdotes about Indians who died of smallpox; Rose Shubert; transportation along the Fraser River; pack trains; the Fortune's ranch; overlanders; John Tate; mining around Kamloops; some characters in the area who liked to mine; the CPR and its effect on the area. TRACK 2: Colonel Vicars continues with a story about Andrew Onderdonk; an old timer named Antoine Allen; Colonel Vicars discusses Kamloops as it was when he was born; a private school that started in 1893; several stories about Bill Miner and about Miner's partner, Shorty Dunn.
CALL NUMBER: T0405:0002 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1964-06-30 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Colonel Vicars continues to discuss characters associated with Bill Miner, including Jack Budd; more on his father and the Rocky Mountain Rangers; and militia units. [TRACK 2: blank.]
RECORDED: [location unknown], 1964-06-30 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Fred W. Pinchbeck describes his father, William Pinchbeck, who came from England and settled a ranch and roadhouse above Williams Lake in the 1880s; Indians and other local ranchers; his own life with his widowed mother at Victoria and Kamloops; and Bill Miner stories. TRACK 2: Mr. Pinchbeck continues with more Bill Miner stories; work at Wilcox Hardware in Kamloops; the first cars; in the area; blacksmith work; local characters; bars and sporting houses; the McLean brothers; more blacksmith work; and railway construction.
The collection consists of video copies of 36 film items from the Allan D. Taylor collection held by Library and Archives Canada. These selected items (mainly newsreel footage and out-takes) depict British Columbia events, leisure activities, scenery and cityscapes in Victoria and Vancouver, on Vancouver Island, or in the Interior (for example, Kamloops and Lillooet), during the period 1907-1931. Several items filmed during World War One show events related to the war, including the departures of various military units for the conflict. The collection includes at least one item fillmed by Vancouver filmmaker A.D. "Cowboy" Kean, and a few others that are attributed to him.
The fonds consists of diaries, correspondence, and financial records of Archibald McKinlay and the McKinlay family, as well as the official appointment of McKinlay to the Joint Indian Reserve Commission.
The fonds consists of Hamilton Moffatt's letter book, pertaining to his activities at various forts including Fort Rupert, Fort Simpson and Fort Kamloops.
