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Boundaries, added in ms., show proposed provincial electoral district boundaries, 1975, and regional district boundaries. Boundaries also added to adjacent Lower Mainland..

Topographic map with recreation information added.

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Hernando Island : people of the island RECORDED: [location unknown], 1969-01-23 SUMMARY: Abner Conant discusses early settlement on Hernando Island, in the Inside Passage near Campbell River.;

SUMMARY: An eyewitness account of the minor tsunami in 1964. The tsunami was associated with the earthquake in Alaska.;

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1978 SUMMARY: Edited interviews with hoteliers, B.C. Ferries representatives, and tourists, discussing the successful establishment of packaged off-season tours of the Inside Passage and Vancouver Island. Promotes the idea of "packaging" and the year-round possibilities for tourism in British Columbia. Tape was included in a folder with a booklet on packaging and advertisements for the tours.

SUMMARY: A radio program about William Wallace Baikie and Baikie Bros. Logging Co. Ltd. Of Comox, B.C.;

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Hilda Cecil Collins RECORDED: Victoria (B.C.), 1984-05-07 SUMMARY: Hilda Collins discusses her life, her career as a governess, pioneering on Vancouver Island in 1913, family life and women's societies.;

RECORDED: Lake Cowichan (B.C.), 1984-10-04 SUMMARY: In an interview with Roger Wiles, Trevor S. Green discusses his life in the Cowichan Valley; the Lake Cowichan area; the history of the Simpson Estate at Marble Bay; and stories about its various owners, especially Mrs. Jeanne S. Simpson.

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.

The item is a "list of letters per ship Iny" and contains the names of 27 men receiving letters carried by the Iny.

The item is a photocopy of a thesis by Stella Higgins titled "Colonial Vancouver Island and British Columbia as seen through British eyes, 1849-1871." Thesis (M.A.), University of Victoria, 1972. Presented by the author.

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.

The file consists of postcards addressed to Elsie Jones at Coombs, Lytton, and Little Qualicum from friends in Victoria and Kamloops.

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.

The item is a copy of "The Coalfields of Vancouver Island" by Anthony Robert Cooper James.

The item is a photocopy of a thesis by Donald Burgess titled "A history of rugby football on Vancouver Island 1876-1940." 1970. Thesis (M. Ed.) - Western Washington State College, 1970. Bibliography: p 145-147.

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.

The item is a typescript copy of an essay titled "An early note on the Island, 1912," which contains an account of Leonard Humphreys' trip from Liverpool to Vancouver Island.

The file is a typescript copy of J.E. Manning's account of a survey.

The file contains material related to the H.M.S. Egeria including a 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.

The item consists of an illustrated typed transcript of a diary of a trip "out West' taken by Kit A. Sauvary from June 22 to July 30, 1933. Kit Sauvary and her party traveled across the Northern United States by automobile from Toronto, entering British Columbia South of Kootenay Lake. They took the Southern Trans-Provincial Highway to Princeton, North to Spences Bridge, and down the Fraser Canyon. They visited Vancouver and Vancouver Island before returning via the Banff Windermere Highway and the Rockies, through the United States and back to Toronto. The diary was written as a series of letters to Sauvary's parents in Guernsey, typed up in 1979 and contains photographs and marked route maps of the journey from 1933.

"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.

The item is a photocopy of a thesis by Robert Brian Griffin titled "The Shawnigan Lake Lumber Company, 1889-1943." vii, 110 p: tables. Thesis (M.A.), University of Victoria, 1979. Bibliography: p 110-123. Appendices: p 124-164. Vita.

The item is a microfilm copy of a thesis by Claudia Louise Lewis titled "A study of the impact of modern life on a Canadian Indian Band." 284 leaves: fig., tables. Thesis (Ph.D.), Columbia University, 1959. Bibliography: leaves 269-274. University Microfilms, 59-2858.

The item is a microfiche copy of a thesis by Carol Mavis Frawley titled "Continuity and change: the role of the Hudson's Bay Company in Oregon and Vancouver Island, 1824-1859." 1971. vi, 137 leaves. Thesis (M.A.), University of Victoria, 1971. Vita. Bibliography: leaves 126-137. Canadian theses on microfiche, 27305.

The item is a microfiche copy of a thesis by David Francis Hatler titled "The coastal mink on Vancouver Island, British Columbia." 1976. xvi, 360 leaves: figs., illus., maps, tables. Thesis (Ph.D.), University of British Columbia, 1976. Vita. Bibliography: leaves 296-312. Canadian theses on microfiche, 28701.

The item is a microfiche copy of a thesis by Patrick Donald Floyd titled "The human geography of southeastern Vancouver Island." 1969. x, 215 leaves: figs., illus., maps, tables. Thesis (M.A.), University of Victoria, 1970. Vita. Bibliography: leaves 193-205. Canadian theses on microfiche, 29002.