RECORDED: [location unknown], 1963-04-02 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Joe talks about Indian tribes in the Fraser Valley; legends of Cultus Lake; Indian dialects; Cultus Lake area; Columbia Valley area; Indian graves. TRACK 2: Mr. Bob continues with anecdotes of the Chilliwack River Valley Indians; Indian place names and their origins; a landslide at Cultus Lake; Indian customs; arrival of the white man; legends of the Fraser River; sickness; the Hudson's Bay Company post; childhood anecdotes.

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1965-10-27 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Charlie Walkem discusses Spences Bridge in 1894 during flood conditions; Cook's Ferry Indian Band; 1899 and 1905 landslides; ethnographic information on Thompson Indians at Spences Bridge; raising horses; cattle; fishing techniques, i.e. torchlight by canoe and fish weirs; two early chiefs of the area, Johnny Tetlneetsa and Whustemeetsa; and the large numbers of humpback salmon before the railway came through. [TRACK 2: blank.]

The item is a reel of unedited film footage. Shows site of the washout with collapsed bridge and full Bailey bridge construction.

The item is a reel of unedited film footage. Shows construction crew assembling a Bailey bridge at washout site; washout damage to railroad bridge and line, road and culverts; bulldozer clearing debris; slide area and damage on hillside.

The item is an edited reversal print from 1965. It show the aftermath of the huge landslide on the Hope-Princeton Highway 12 miles east of Hope, on January 9, 1965. There are extensive aerial views of slide area, ravaged mountainside, surrounding landscape; helicopter flying over site; ground crews at work, digging in rubble, searching for vehicles and bodies (including use of dogs and metal detector); heavy equipment clearing temporary roadway; blasting; crews working, erecting signs; wrecked vehicles in snow; travelling shot from new road; crew removing barriers to open road.

This series consists of records of the Inquiry into the Circumstances of Landslides at Whatshan, 1953-1954. Records include argument of counsel, transcripts of evidence presented at the proceedings (1953-1954), exhibits (1953-1954), and Commissioner Clyne's original signed report with bound copy (1954). Although the BC Archives never received some exhibits, details about missing exhibits are recorded in the files.

CALL NUMBER: T0303:0001 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1965-11-18 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Miss Leah Shaw describes her father, William Hugh Shaw, as a contractor for the railway with McKenzie and Mann when they built the first 100 miles from Gladstone to Dauphin [Manitoba] in 1896; eventually settled in Spences Bridge; kids went to school in Kamloops; how Shaw Springs was named, she describes how her father got involved in the railway business; his life; how her grandfather, Hunter Shaw, came to Canada from Scotland, how the Great Northern Pacific Railway was started by two Shaw brothers in Winnipeg; General Stuart; Shaw Springs; gold mining, how Spences Bridge was covered; by a landslide; Thompson River wagon tracks; Clapperton Trail. TRACK 2: Shaw continues by describing horse brigades; Lytton slide; road building; Spences Bridge known as Cook's Ferry, a murder by two Indians of a miner; the highway construction in 1921; Death Canyon and several whirlpools there, which killed many people; the Thompson River; local old timers, Johnny Moberly and Ned Stout; Chines;e in the area; jade; Spence's Bridge.

CALL NUMBER: T0303:0002 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1965-11-18 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Miss Shaw continues by describing the Leboudais family who documented historical incidents; anecdotes about incidents in the area; stage coach stories; cleaning camps on Saturday mornings. [TRACK 2: blank.]

Special event coverage. Chronicles the August 28-30, 1956, inauguration of through-service on the Pacific Great Eastern Railway between North Vancouver and Prince George. Premier W.A.C. Bennett and other dignitaries ride the three inaugural trains, which are eagerly greeted by the residents of towns along the route. A rockslide at Mile 18 on Howe Sound delays the journey until a bulldozer clears the tracks. At Williams Lake station, a mock frontier lynching is staged for the entertainment of the premier and his party. Following footage of the arrival in Prince George, the film also shows progress on northward expansion of the PGE line (including bridge and grade construction), and ends with shots of oil rigs in the Peace River Region.

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1963-02-20 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Bob Yeomans talks about early Langley; his father's coming in 1882 to homestead; the origins of Derby; first settlers in the area, Smith, Muench, Campbell; trails and roads; Port Kells; the landslide at Haney in 1881; the Yeomans family; farming and logging; schooling; dyking the area and the land boom. TRACK 2: Bob Yeomans continues with incidents that occurred during the land boom; h;is father's early years; Indians; childhood memories; teachers; mosquitoes; other settlers; roads; flood of 1894; land deals; logging; shingle mills; community life; Tynehead; school memories.

The item is a reel of unedited film footage. Shows the damage caused by a landslide on the highway at Sailors Bar, and the clean-up work in progress, using a dredge and other heavy equipment.

News item. Problems with Tofino's town water supply, caused by mud slide. Some very good footage of Tofino's harbour, coastline and fishing boats.