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Promotional film. The YMCA's Camp Thunderbird on Vancouver Island; shots of boys and camp counsellors playing, swimming and eating, church services, first aid training, etc.

Promotional film. Activities at Camp Thunderbird: a bulldozer working on a road; boys swimming; a "Potlatch," with boys and counsellors dressed as Indians; boys raising flag, chopping wood, etc. Also some shots of logging in the Sooke area, with a truck being loaded and a spar tree yarding logs.

Shows locations of shipwrecks, 1860-1909.

Shows locations of shipwrecks, 1860-1909.

Shows locations of shipwrecks, 1860-1923.

The item is a composite print of a training film, ca. 1961. It is a film for linemen and switchmen showing procedures for safe repair of power lines. Several repair jobs are illustrated, as are use of safety clothing and tools. Probably shot on Vancouver Island, as it includes sequences at the Nanaimo switching station.

Out-takes. A young man who is skeptical about the future of the forest industry is taken to see various plants and operations. Illustrates the processes used and the diversity of wood products. Most of the film depicts MacMillan & Bloedel's Harmac plant and logging operations on Vancouver Island. There are also brief sequences aboard a ferry from Vancouver to the island.

The item is an industrial film. A young man who is skeptical about the future of the forest industry is taken to see various plants and operations. Illustrates the processes used and the diversity of wood products. Most of the film depicts MacMillan & Bloedel's Harmac plant and logging operations on Vancouver Island. There are also brief sequences aboard a ferry from Vancouver to the island.

Minute books, 1944-1965 (11 vols): membership books, 1936-1959 (2 vols): cash books, 1942-1965 (6 vols).

Presented by Ida Boyd, Provincial Women's Institute, Victoria.

Minute books (47 volumes)

Minute books, 1948-1965, 1968-1975.

Minute books (1933-1934 missing).

Minute books, 1974-1975, 1976 (2 vols.).

Minute book, 1949-1950; membership book, 1949-1962.

Footage. "This reel was photographed by a crewman of the "Columbia", the flagship of the Columbia Coast Mission boats. . . . The location is likely the Hastings Mill Logging Company's operation at Rock Bay, 50 miles north of Campbell River on Vancouver Island. The film opens with an aerial shot of an inlet. There is snow on the hills and the clouds hang low above the sea. Various panning shots (filmed from the water) of a small village or logging camp at the foot of a hill just above the beach. There are log booms in the water and a log-dumping wharf protrudes from the camp. A logging locomotive moves toward the camera. Snow between three sets of railway tracks. Steam locomotive is followed by several flatcars loaded with logs. Men pull off chains fastening logs to cars and the logs clatter into the sea. Water tank in [background]. Shot of Locomotive. Group shot of two women and a child and a man with a tripod. Two men outside door of infirmary, one on crutches. Sequence of two logs being yarded into landing by high-lead method, many other cut logs lying on the ground, snow all about. Two steam donkeys operating, one each side of the railroad tracks in the middle of the forest, one loading logs onto railway flatcars. Pan up spar tree and down again. [Long shot of] high rigger up spar tree working on rigging. Pan down tree to men working at the landing and the steam donkey puffing away. Good [medium shot] steam donkey, man sawing wood in [background] with Swedish fiddle. CU men chopping at a log with double-bladed axes. Turn of Logs coming in and being dumped on a pile. Chokerman walks down from setting choker around a pile of logs and waves to the donkey operator. Pan donkey operator, Chinese man sawing up log with Swedish fiddle, and loggers on their break. [Long shot] steam donkey at base of spar tree. Pan of logs on rail cars, steam donkey billowing in distance, logs being loaded onto cars. Two loggers outside shed pointing." (Colin Browne)

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1965-08-09 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mrs. Isbister recounts her grandfather's [William Baikie] arrival on Denman Island, and his contribution to the early development of the island. Her family and many other early island settlers were originally from the Orkneys, and Denman became known as "Little Orkney". She recalls her mother's family, the Piercys, who settled on the island; early settlers; including the McMillans and Beadnells; schooling; social occasions; farming; logging; transportation; fishing. TRACK 2: Mrs. Isbister describes her grandmother's house, "the Ranch"; island anecdotes; her grandfather, Thomas Piercy; fruit farming; dairy farming; sheep farming; the sandstone stone quarry; nearby Hornby Island residents; Yellow Rock Lighthouse; the Comox tribe summer camp; Indian battles.

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1962-05-18 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Winifred Fahey talks about her impressions of Victoria at the turn of the century; her father, Charles Lugrin; James Bay; buildings; the mudflats; bride ships; Bill Nye; Chinese peddlers; Breakers Theatrical Company; May 24 celebrations; 5th Regiment Band; the death of Queen Victoria; the Chinese Theatre in Victoria. [TRACK 2: blank.]

RECORDED: Nanaimo (B.C.), 1981-01-22 SUMMARY: One in a series of interviews about the history of Vancouver Island's coal mining industry and mining communities. Coal Tyee; Indians; baseball; chunker; protection; tallies; mules; scows; Yugoslavs; rats; food; children protection; safety; Granby; Hunt; motor; Chinese; night shift.

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): William McLean : life as a prospector - Alice Arm, Zeballos from 1910 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: William McLean talks about life as a prospector. He came to Canada from Scotland in 1907 and came to Stewart, B.C. in 1910. He discusses the Premier Mine, Alice Arm in 1911, prospecting and work in the mines, the telegraph line route, settlers at Alice Arm, the Esperanza mine, mining in 1912, telegraph operators, Ole Evintson and The Dolly Varden, the Dolly Varden Mine in 1913, Alice Arm; before 1914, Anyox Mine to 1935, more about Alice Arm, life to 1938, going to Zeballos (Vancouver Island) for 15 years as a prospector. TRACK 2: McLean continues with more on the Zeballos region, climate changes near Alice Arm, reasons for returning to Alice Arm in 1953, ore on McGraw Mountain, getting old and the attitude that drives prospectors on, more about Alice Arm, the discovery of molybdenum deposit, characters, a list of mines, narrow gauge railway and the shipment of ore, miscellaneous logging from 1923, farming near Alice Arm, wildlife, prospecting up Hastings Arm, local ores, prospecting attitudes, and a brief comment on company mining in the past and present.;

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1965-08-06 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. McKenzie recounts his father's coming to Comox and his early life in the area. He discusses his grandparents arrival in the 1860s; they later ran the Lorne Hotel. He describes hotel life; other area hotels; Courtenay; interesting characters; anecdotes. Mr. Pritchard recalls his father's arrival and settlement in Comox. His father logged in the area, and later farmed. He recalls early memories of the area; transportation; the Royal Navy; naval disasters; farming; social life; subdivision of land; Indians. [TRACK 2: blank.]

CALL NUMBER: T0697:0001 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1964-03-16 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Pinson recalls his early years (1910 to the 1950s) railroading in BC. He talks about many incidents and events which occurred while railroading on the BC Electric; bootleggers; freight; passenger trade; winter storms; the route through the Fraser Valley; the "Owl"; scheduled trains; freight trains; special trains; train accidents; and "the juice line". TRACK 2: Mr. Pinson continues discussing the route through the Fraser Valley; bootleggers; farm freight; BC Electric and the building of the Alaska Highway; passenger service; excursions; Bradner and the Japanese gardeners; farmers and characters along the train line; famous trainmen; motorman skills and train terms.

CALL NUMBER: T0697:0002 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1964-03-16 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Pinson recalls problems with gangs of kids; miners on the E & N route; the "Nanaimo Street Gang". He talks about the years 1910 to 1915 on the E & N; building the line; industries and communities along the route. He discusses wildlife along the line; hunters and fishermen's special trains; game wardens; fishing. [TRACK 2: blank.]

RECORDED: Nanaimo (B.C.), 1979-06-07 SUMMARY: One in a series of interviews about the history of Vancouver Island's coal mining industry and mining communities. Origins; white powder; Bigg's mine; strike; Dunsmuir's boat; Brechin; leaving school; fatality; powder works explosion; powder works; Chinese at powder plant; dynamite; Oscar; nailing contest; whistles; shoes and overalls; sulphur house fire; damp; sulphur in eyes; Sloane family; Alvo von Alvensleben; Indian stories; Dunsmuir versus Robbins; chain gang; mine surveyors; Jingle Pot mines; Harewood mine; stories of new prospecting.

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1965-08-08 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Buss recounts his father's [William Henry Buss] coming to Vancouver Island in the early 1880's; the homestead at Big Qualicum and his trap line in the Qualicum area. Mr. Buss discusses some local residents; Qualicum Tom; processing fish; water transportation; the mail route; trails; first settlers; the golf course; Qualicum Bay Inn in 1913; tourism; Little Qualicum; Kinkade family; and the lumber industry. [TRACK 2: blank.]

The fonds consists of records created by William Washington Bolton, relating to the Province Exploring Expeditions of 1894 and 1896. The fonds includes journals, a scrapbook with newspaper articles and other material, maps, watercolours sketches and photographs. The fonds also includes Bolton's 1914 reminiscence of his trip to the Yukon and Alaska.

The item is a reel of colour nature film made sometime in the 1930s. "Includes shots of Easter lilies (dogtooth-violets), peacocks, dogwood, daisies, trilliums, periwinkle, Indian paintbrush, honeysuckle, yellow daisies, broom, Oregon grape, yarrow, fireweed, and many others. It appears as if most of this film was shot on Vancouver Island." (Colin Browne)

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.