Shows Juan de Fuca Strait. Puget Sound not shown. Location of Haro Strait indicated.

Insets: Plan of Friendly Cove in Nootka Sound / by Sir Edwd. Belcher -- Victoria District -- [World] -- Continuation of Admiralty Inlet & Puget Sound.

San Juan : coastal southern British Columbia

Photostat of original in Legal Surveys.
"To accompany report of 24th November 1862"
Signatures at bottom: Colonel R.C. Moody, R. Engr., Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works; H.S. Palmer, Lieutt., R. Engr, 18th Feby, 1863.
Inset: Sketch of the head of North Bentinck Arm. Scale [1:31 680].

Photostat of original in Legal Surveys which was removed from the Odd plans series and transferred to Roads and trails, 19T2, after this print was made.
Signatures at bottom: Colonel R.C. Moody, R. Engr., Chief Commissioner of Lands & Works; H.S. Palmer, Lieutt., R. Engr, 18th Feby. 1863. "To accompany report of 24th November 1862"
Inset: Sketch of head of North Bentinck Arm.

Photographic copy of lithographed map which was issued in H.S. Palmer's Report of a journey of survey, from Victoria to Fort Alexander, via North Bentinck Arm. New Westminster, 1863.
"Prepared by the Royal Engineers at the Office of Lands and Works, New Westminster, by order of Col. R.C. Moody, R.E., &c. &c., Feby. 1863" "To accompany report of 24th November 1862"
Inset: Sketch of head of North Bentinck Arm. Scale [1:31 680].

Photostat of original in Legal Surveys. Notes by Frank Swannel plot the progress of Palmer's expedition.
"To accompany report of 24th November 1862"
Inset: Sketch of the head of North Bentinck Arm. Scale [1:31 680].

Stock shots

The series consists of published charts produced by the Canadian Hydrographic Service between 1909 and 1990.
The charts are listed according to chart number. Multiple editions of a chart are listed chronologically according to date of edition or latest correction.
Researchers are directed first to identify the chart numbers of the desired charts using one of the Index sheets described at the beginning of the chart list, and then to use the list to identify the call numbers for the desired charts. The charts have been copied onto 105mm negatives, which are arranged in call number order in the Archives Reference Room.

Researchers seeking information on the Canadian Hydrographic Service are advised to consult: Stanley Fillmore and R.W. Sandilands. The Chartmakers: A History of Nautical Surveying in Canada (Maps NW 526.99 F487).

The item is a compilation video. It contains excerpts selected from ethnographic films showing First Peoples of the British Columbia coast, 1910-1930, including films produced by the Edison Manufacturing Company (1910), Edward W. Curtis (1914), Pathescope of Canada (1919), Harlan I. Smith (1928-1929), Marius Barbeau and Associated Screen News (1927), and Franz Boas (1930).

The item is a compilation tape created for display use in the experts program. This selection of archival films from the British Columbia Archives' moving images collection highlights sea journeys, ships at work, and places on the Pacific coast, especially in the Strait of Georgia and on the west coast of Vancouver Island.

The item is a video copy of a travelogue. Depicts some highlights to be seen during a steamship cruise along the west coast of Vancouver Island, from Barkley Sound to Quatsino Sound. Footage includes: a tourist information office; mountain and shoreline scenery; First Nations man carving a dugout canoe from a cedar log at "Ahooset" [i.e, Ahousat]; Friendly Cove lighthouse; Tulpana [i.e., Tlupana?] Canyon; exploring the shores of Nootka Island [?] by small boat; the "quaint Indian village" of Friendly Cove; totem pole honouring Captain Cook; Women making and selling baskets at Quatsino; Port Alice; a nearby whaling station [probably Coal Harbour]; seal colony on Salander Rock [i.e., Solander Island]; injured eagle, and hunters posing with dead eagles.

The item is a documentary film. "A man waving beside three stretched halibut skins. Map of B.C. showing coast to Kodiak Island in Alaska. Aboard a fishboat, men clean and gut a halibut, dress it for packing and salt it away for shipment. Fishboats alongside a cannery or processor's wharf at Prince Rupert. Halibut being lifted out onto the wharf. Men in hold loading halibut into net. In more southerly waters, a small halibut boat at sea and description of how to catch the fish. Fisherman chucks a barrel-buoy overboard, followed by a coil of line, and he makes ready to feed out the long-line. The long-line is paid out slowly, with bundles of hooks, or 'skates' being baited before they slip under the sea. [Long shot] and [close-up] of halibut being pulled in over the side. Halibut in the hold. In northern waters, small boats are taken to the fishing ground by larger boats on their decks, then lowered into the sea where they hoist sail and row to their area. A Large boat from Seattle arrives, lowers its boats onto the ocean, and they row away with two men in each. The Line is let out by hand over the stern, then hauled in by hand. The mother ship picks up the small boats, their crews and their catch, and sails away. [Long shot of] Prince Rupert from the sea. Crowded wharfside scene with many fishboats. Halibut being lifted by net onto a wharf. Men on deck unloading the fish. Halibut being received in interior of packing shed, and being placed in fresh ice in crates. The lids are nailed securely and the crates are wheeled away to the Prince Rupert railway station, where the crates are loaded into a refrigerator car. A fifteen-car train, "The Fish Express", leaves Prince Rupert hauled by Grand Trunk Pacific Locomotive #603. In immediate [background] is a sign reading: "Kelly Douglas and Co. Ltd. -- Player's Navy Cut Cigarettes." The train approaches, then cut to caboose moving away." (Colin Browne)

Travelogue. Cruising from Seattle to Juneau aboard the S.S. "Alaska" (Alaska Steamship Company). Brief shots of coastal scenery en route -- probably including BC. Also includes footage of Ketchikan; fish trap with salmon swirling inside; cannery or fish plant; frozen salmon and halibut; Wrangell Narrows; scenes in downtown Juneau; Mendenhall Glacier; Alaska-Juneau gold mine.

The fonds consists of films of British Columbia Packers Limited pertaining to herring and salmon fishing, canneries, fish processing, and the whaling industry.

Amateur film. Shows an expedition up Mount Grenville at the head of Bute Inlet.

Footage. This lengthy compilation comprises the earliest Booth films (mostly unedited 100-foot reels), placed in chronological order. They focus on travel and recreation in two major areas: Vancouver Island and the lower Fraser Canyon. The first reel (1931) shows an auto court and various scenes around the Fraser Canyon, including native Indians drying fish. This is followed by a series of reels (all from 1932) showing tourist spots and recreation on Vancouver Island, including Butchart Gardens, Goldstream Park, Saanich Inlet, a lake (possibly Shawnigan Lake), skating (at Lost Lagoon, Vancouver), fishing and water sports at Vancouver Island spots, the Chemainus River, Nanaimo, the CPR ferry "Princess Elaine", a pan of Comox Valley, many coastal features, and a sequence on hikers in high mountain terrain. Another reel shows details of native fishing in the Fraser Canyon. A brief sequence (ca. 1933), shows a car on a snowy road being towed by two horses. The last reel (1934) shows fishing at Campbell River.

The item consists of a video copy of R.F.H. Reed's ca.1932 amateur film showing a rum-running expedition from Victoria to "Rum Row" off the California coast. The video depicts details of the run made by the ship M.V. "Malahat". The tender M.V. "Hickey" is shown transferring cases of liquor to American vessels and avoiding US Navy cutters. At San Martin Island, Mexico, the "Hickey" puts in for repairs. The film was shot by Richard Francis Heurtley Reed while he was serving as an engineer on the rum-running vessel M.V. "Hickey".

Footage. Amateur footage depicting aspects of Bute Inlet logging operation.

Nature. Fragment of a film showing sea lions at their rookeries on the Queen Charlotte Islands.

Amateur film. "This reel was likely photographed by a crewman of the "Columbia", the flagship of the Columbia Coast Mission boats. . . . No location is known for either the picnic or for what looks to be a dedication, but both events likely occurred on Vancouver Island. Pan across what is probably a church picnic outside a hall -- cooking pits, people eating and talking, etc. -- ends on [close-up] of a car with a 1935 licence plate with men gathered about talking. Meat roasting on fire. Pan across smoking cooking pit. Pan across picnickers. Men tossing horseshoes. Mother with baby, other picnickers. Group shot on what is probably the Columbia Coast Mission boat "Columbia". Two women, two men and a boy. Wharf in [background] with car. [Close-ups] of each of the women laughing into the camera. Three Anglican ministers on the stern of what is probably a Columbia Coast Mission boat, performing what appears to be a dedication service. Windy. A small crowd listens as the boat rocks in the sea. Boat appears to be tied up alongside another, from which vantage point this film is being shot. [medium shot, long shot, then close-up] of the three ministers performing ceremony. Various other shots of service." (Colin Browne)

Footage. Forest Service launch at sea. The launch "Check Scaler" at Thurston Bay on Sonora Island. Road and bridge. Train cars loaded with poles. Horses and bob-sleighs [Fernie?]. Piling hand hewn ties with a picaroon. Horse yarding logs in snow. Fire fighting emergency kit. Crew painting steamer. Scalers boarding the launch "A.L. Bryant". Sternwheeler at sea [entering First Narrows?].

Industrial film. Unidentified film on west coast salmon fisheries. Includes: views of Vancouver (showing English Bay beach, plus pans of the city skyline, harbour and surrounding area); Fraser River and Hells Gate (seen from a moving train); salmon run on the Fraser; bears catching spawning salmon in the river shallows; gillnetters at the mouth of the Fraser; fishing boats rounding the southern tip of Vancouver Island in heavy weather, and crossing Nitinat Bar; fishing boat "Westview" fishing on Nitinat Lake, Vancouver Island.

Footage. A mixture of interior and coast footage, including shots of an open-air sawmill; creosote treatment of poles and posts; lake and mountain scenery; young timber; coastal scenery, timber and logged area; falling and bucking timber; spar trees; slash; A-frames; floating logging camp; tractor skidder.

Footage. Includes shots of: two CPR steamers passing on coast; Kootenay National Park; Radium Hot Springs; Yoho Falls; mountain scenery; skiing; Elk River Falls; high rigger topping tree and descending; Forest Service campground; Forest Service boat on Fraser River at Princess Louisa Inlet.

Footage. The launch "B.C. Forester"; logging camp; fishing boat; Skidegate Narrows [?]; timber cruiser crew in small boat; bringing in big log with cat and arch; floating logging camp; big sample lift from ancient log; amphibious plane (CF-AZN) gassing up at float and taxiing.

Footage. B.C. Interior scenes: loading logs onto truck. A portable tie mill on a sled. Truckload of sawn ties. Moving the mill. Men unloading logs from truck with peaveys. Skidding logs with a team of horses. Unloading logs into water. Falling and bucking. Horses yarding. Truckload of logs on plank road. B.C. coast scenes: logging camp. Steam donkey and A-frame on float. Building a Davis raft. Locomotive. Trestle with locomotive and long train of logs.