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The Princess

Documentary. This film depicts a trip from Seattle to Victoria on the S.S. Princess Marguerite, and profiles the history of the ship -- and of her namesake, an earlier B.C. coastal steamship that was sunk during World War II while serving as a troop transport.

British Columbia Steamship Company (1975) Ltd.

Memorandum of co-operation between the Province of British Columbia and the State of Washington

The item consists of a two page memorandum of co-operation dated July 10 1972. The memorandum is signed by Premier W.A.C. Bennett and Washington State Governor Daniel J. Evans and is an agreement to protect the common water boundary consisting of the Strait of Juan de Fuca, the Strait of Georgia, Puget Sound and their adjacent waters from the dangers of oil spills.

British Columbia. Dept. of the Provincial Secretary

Down the Columbia river by canoe

The file consists of a transcript titled "Down the Columbia river by canoe" by George Burnet Forde, written in 1916. It contains an account of a trip made in September and October 1915 by the 15 year old G.B. Forde who accompanied his father John Preston Forde, a civil engineer with the C.P.R. and assistant Captain F.P. Armstrong. The purpose of the trip was to examine the possibilities of navigation on the Columbia. The party travelled from Robson, B.C., to Beverly, Washington, by canoe and then onwards by train and steamer to Astoria. There are 21 photographs that accompany the transcript.

Forde, George Burnet

Real Estate Agent. Port Moody; Seattle.

Notebooks of unidentified real estate agent covering sales in Salmon Bay City (near Seattle), ca. 1902-1906, and sales of lots in Port Moody, 1912-1919. Names of purchasers and dates of various payments are shown.

Real Estate Agent. Port Moody; Seattle