Slide collection on streambank management and training course for streambank managers
File consists of the script for a slide show on streambank management on Vancouver Island and a course on streambank management prepared for British Columbia Forest Service research station on Mesachie Lake.
British Columbia. Forest Service
"List of letters per ship Iny"; names, in alphabetical order, of 27 men receiving letters carried by the Iny.
Iny (Ship)
The file consists of 5 items: 1 letter applies for a business license at Kennedy Flat; official correspondence (2 letters) pertaining to the effects of union of the colonies (1866) and confederation of the colony (1871) on E.G. Alston and R. Ker.
Postcards addressed to Elsie Jones
The file consists of postcards addressed to Elsie Jones at Coombs, Lytton, and Little Qualicum from friends in Victoria and Kamloops.
Bill of lading and land receipt
The file consists of two items: a bill of lading for the steamer Beaver, under Captain William Brotchie, to ship goods from Fort Nisqually to Camosun, dated 20 June 1843 and a receipt from the Vancouver Island Colonial Surveyor for 98 acres of land in Cowichan district, 1858.
Letters to Lyall Newcomen Cooper
The file consists of letters to Lyall Newcomen Cooper encouraging him to retire on Vancouver Island. The letters are from George A. Walkem and "Stiffy" Fairhurst encouraging Cooper to retire to Vancouver Island from the Sudan and offering advice on social life, sport, and country properties; letters from Walkem to B.C. Agent General and head of the Canadian Pacific Railway in London asking the them to assist Cooper and outlining his wants and documents re Egyptian service.
Manning, James E. Vancouver; Surveyor
H.M.S. Egeria, Sporting Journal, Pacific, 1900, describing fishing, hunting and skiing trips and containing manuscript maps and clippings regarding same; correspondence regarding hunting; East Africa Protectorate game licence. Maps transferred to Map accessions 10712 and 10713.
Presented by Ron Greene, Victoria, 1978.
Egeria (H.M. Ship)
"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
The file contains a typescript by Leonard Humphreys titled "Migrant's Life, 1912". It contains an account of Mr. Humphreys emigration from Liverpool, England to Vancouver and his subsequent move to Vancouver Island.
White, Brian Peter. The settlement of Nootka Sound: its distributional morphology, 1900-1970.
The settlement of Nootka Sound: its distributional morphology, 1900-1970. xi, 133 p: illus., maps. Thesis (M.A.), Simon Fraser University, 1972. Bibliography: pages 23, 40, 65, 104 and 132.
The file consists of a typed transcript of an account of collecting trips made to the West Coast of Vancouver Island and the Queen Charlotte Islands in the summers of 1945 and 1946 by California biologist Edward F. Ricketts. The account is a mixture of notes on marine life and descriptions of places visited, people met methods of travel, etc. Ricketts was a friend of John Steinbeck and this account was apparently intended for Steinbeck's use. (For a biography of Ricketts see Steinbeck's "Notes from the Sea of Cortez"). The transcript, which is entitled "Transcript of summer 1945 and 1946 notes based on trips to the outer shores, W. Coast Vanc. Is., Queen Charlottes etc. New Series Note Books 3 and 4" was presented to the Royal British Columbia Museum by Joel W. Hedgpeth of Santa Rosa, California. A copy of Hedgpeth's covering letter is included with the transcript.
The diary documents the journey of miner John Waddell (1818-1870) to Vancouver Island in 1862 in search of gold during the Cariboo Gold Rush. Also included are notes on his journey to San Francisco in early 1862 aboard the California steamer Northern Light. The diary also describes his dealings with George A. Walkem, third Premier of British Columbia.
The transcript, completed by the donor in May 2017, includes and introduction and notes relevant to the diary's content.