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Francis Barrow fonds
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Francis Barrow fonds

  • PR-1094
  • Fonds
  • 1903-1941

The fonds consists of diaries, a log of his yacht's activities, diaries of summer cruises and photographs, as well as films documenting the summer cruises and other vacation trips, 1938-1941.

Barrow, Francis, 1876-1944

[Kootenay, ca. 1939]

Amateur film. Footage of the Kootenay Lake and Lardeau area, including views of and from a steam train en route to the region; arrival at Argenta steamboat wharf (?); a passenger train pulled by Motor Car M600 (a Ford Model B Truck on flanged railway wheels, which ran on the CPR line between Gerrard and Lardeau); the sternwheeler "Moyie"; children at a local school; a log cabin at lakeside; men hauling in a fishing net.

Our 1938 summer cruise in Toketie

Amateur film. Coastal people, places and scenery between Vancouver Island and the mainland. Includes footage of Indian villages, pictographs, birds and wildlife, logging operations, other vessels, etc.

Our 1939 summer cruise

Amateur film. Cruise on Toketie. Coastal people, places and scenery between Vancouver Island and the mainland. Includes footage of Indian villages, pictographs, birds and wildlife, logging, other vessels, etc. Notably, there are good shots of the abandoned villages of Gwayasdums, Karlukwees, and Mamalilaculla, as well as the burial ground on Klaoitsis Island.

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