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SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Tofino-Clayoquot : Daphne Gibson RECORDED: [location unknown], 1979 SUMMARY: In an interview with Bob Bossin, Daphne Gibson discusses: background -- born in England, to India in 1914, back to England after the war, move to Tofino after seeing Canadian government advertisements; father was a judge in India, very well-educated, a dreamer at heart; no land left for pre-emption when they arrived in Canada; Daphne did not like Canada at first; father's oldest brother named the Guppy fish; collecting the cows every night; father lived alone on the island; father eventually returned to Trinidad; Fred Tibbs; brother collecting human bones and bringing them to a picnic; the Leach murder; Japanese community before the war.

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Life on Tibbs Island, 1944-1950 PERIOD COVERED: 1944-1950 RECORDED: Nanaimo (B.C.), 1978 SUMMARY: Mr. & Mrs. Robby McKeand of Nanaimo, B.C., interviewed by Bob Bossin, 1978. Subject of the interview: life on Tibbs Island [now Arnet Island]; the local Natives; the Japanese-Canadians in the Tofino area. Also, discussion of: rumours about a Japanese sub shelling a lighthouse in World War II; Japanese ambitions of running the world; anecdote about a Japanese fisherman.

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Tofino-Clayoquot : Harold and Mary Kimoto RECORDED: [location unknown], [1979?] SUMMARY: [No content summary is available for this interview.];

CALL NUMBER: T3878:0054a SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Tofino-Clayoquot : Ian McLeod RECORDED: [location unknown], 1979-08 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: In an interview with Bob Bossin, Ian McLeod discusses his background: uncle was on police force in Glasgow, came to Canada and joined provincial police, stationed in Tofino; father came out to Tofino in 1912; father fought in WW I, but came back to Tofino after; married in Scotland, brought wife and family over to Tofino a few years later; climate was nicer in 1920s and '30s than now; father became captain of the life boat units; description of his uncle Ewing's character and life; uncle's relations with Native people. Describes why liquor started to become a problem for Native people. Uncle Ewing was much more jolly than his father. Uncle Murdo was a fishing inspector in the area. Differences between fishing then and now. Used to be many Japanese fishermen in the Tofino area. Learned trolling from Japanese fishers. Intricacies of trolling. Ian had good relationship with Japanese. More on fishing etiquette. Signs used by fishermen. TRACK 2: Weather signals when fishing in the; pre-WW II years. Differences in fishing in the '30s and now. Japanese evacuation after Pearl Harbour. Post-war attempts to stop Japanese from returning to Tofino. Bill McKay -- local character who drank a lot. Bill Spittle -- eccentric man. Lord Willingdon anecdote. CALL NUMBER: T3878:0054b SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Tofino-Clayoquot : Ian McLeod RECORDED: [location unknown], 1979 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: In an interview with Bob Bossin, Ian McLeod discusses: his religious father; family worship on Sundays as a child; father only drank once a year (or so); Scottish women could not make cakes as well as the Norwegian women; his uncle won property on Clarket Island through a bet with Mr. Dolly; May 24th parties at Clarket Island -- sports, singing, Native and white people participated; the Leach murder. Describes his job in WW II with the navy where he had to go into the homes of Japanese families that had been evacuated and look for suspicious items. Anecdote about killing a cougar in the water in 1952. [TRACK 2: blank?]

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Tofino-Clayoquot : Arlene Craig, Marguerite Robertson and Vera Wingen RECORDED: [location unknown], 1979 SUMMARY: In an interview with Bob Bossin, Arlene Craig, Marguerite Robertson, and Vera Wingen discuss their memories of the Tofino-Clayoquot area in the early twentieth century. Among other things, Vera Wingen describes: Dr. Dixson's medical techniques, his willingness to help. Marguerite Robertson recounts: first experiences in medical procedures -- ruptured appendix of Norman Allen, gangrenous appendix of Felix Tom; anecdote about Premier Pattullo's visit prior to an election; Brinkman, local watchman; Japanese community, Native community; flying trapeze anecdote.

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Tofino-Clayoquot : John L. Gibson RECORDED: [location unknown], 1979-10-04 SUMMARY: In an interview with Bob Bossin, John L. Gibson discusses: his family background -- father came out of the Yukon in 1906 to cruise timber, father born in 1872 in Ontario, participated in gold rush, mother also from Ontario, married father in 1901-2 (?); John born in 1905; first memory is of the Clayoquot Hotel in 1910; marijuana discovery anecdote; Walter Dolly; father lived in Ahousat Village, mother and kids lived in Vancouver; father bought an old sawmill after WW I; no money until after his father's brother died; got into the fishing business; relations with the Japanese community; opinions on Japanese military strategy in World War II; difficulty with Japanese returning to the west coast after the war; wishes he had become more tolerant sooner, but does not regret his attitude.

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Tofino-Clayoquot : John Madokora RECORDED: [location unknown], [1979?] SUMMARY: [No content summary is available for this interview.];

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Tofino-Clayquot : Joseph McLeod RECORDED: [location unknown], 1979 SUMMARY: In an interview with Bob Bossin, Joseph McLeod discusses: his grandfather, who came to Tofino and bought a boat, his relations with the Natives, his many government jobs in Tofino; Chief Joseph and Mr. Dolly story; Native people won many of the games played on Mr. Dolly's island; Japanese were main salmon fishermen when he was young; Japanese evacuation from Tofino; music when he was a youth; anecdote about Dr. Dixson; Tom Wayne memory; Castle Island [i.e., Arnet Island] is haunted; Native skeletons.

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Tofino-Clayoquot : Mary and Tom Kimoto RECORDED: [location unknown], [1979?] SUMMARY: [No content summary is available for this interview.];

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Tofino-Clayoquot : Cecil and Frances Nicholson RECORDED: [location unknown], 1979 SUMMARY: In an interview with Bob Bossin, Cecil ("Mickey") Nicholson and Frances Nicholson discuss life in the Tofino-Clayoquot area. Mr. Nicholson: Clayoquot used to be inhabited by men only; the Japanese community; fish poisoning; after the war, few Japanese returned to area; comments on government decision to intern Japanese; watching the Japanese leave Tofino -- many sad faces; ill feelings toward Japanese after war; role of alcohol in early Clayoquot-Tofino communities; anecdote about a Native coffin in a cave; abundant washouts made traveling on roads difficult. Frances Nicholson also offers a few comments.

CALL NUMBER: T3878:0037 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Tofino-Clayoquot : Walter Guppy RECORDED: [location unknown], 1979 SUMMARY: In an interview with Bob Bossin, Walter Guppy discusses: relations with Japanese -- good, for the most part; Japanese internment during WW II; movement to keep Japanese out of Tofino after the war; feeling at the time that Japanese-Canadians were loyal to Japanese government.

CALL NUMBER: T3878:0038 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Tofino-Clayoquot : Walter Guppy RECORDED: [location unknown], 1979 SUMMARY: In an interview with Bob Bossin, Walter Guppy discusses: Bill Spittle, a real character of the time; anecdote about Spittle and Lord Willingdon.

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Tofino-Clayoquot : Winnifred Scott Dixson RECORDED: [location unknown], 1979 SUMMARY: In an interview with Bob Bossin, Winifred Scott Dixson discusses: father (Douglas Scott Dixson), who had practiced medicine in an old monastery in Edinburgh; ghosts in monastery; family decided to go to Canada; first came to Winnipeg; nice trip over from England to Canada (dances, concerts); arriving at the P.K. Ranch; meeting 'real' cowboys; anecdote about a Mexican who "liked to shoot people"; trip with her brother to the badlands; moved to Victoria because Calgary had too high an altitude; mother had bad asthma, so doctor advised family to move to Tofino; going up to Tofino on the 'Teas'; mother died in an accident in Tofino; father became paralyzed in a bear trap accident; things have changed now in Tofino; describes her father's accident; after her mother's death, she had to look after 300 chickens. Her father did not want her to marry because she had a weak heart. Fred Tibbs courted her (and many others). Went to college before she came to Tofino. Describes Japanese community in Tofino. Relations with the Natives in the area. Father was a partner in a mining operation with Bill Spittle. Ogopogo story. Stories about Natives. The Grant family. Old cannery falling down with an earthquake.