RECORDED: [location unknown], 1979-05-06 SUMMARY: "A history of the Bamfield Cable Station", written and read by Robert Bruce Scott.;

Item consists of one audio cassette containing two interviews with Robert Bruce Scott and Britta A. Wickham in which each interviewee discusses their experiences living in Bamfield, BC.

Side 1: Scott, a veteran of the Bamfield Cable Station, discusses the physical development and social and environmental changes he has seen during his time in Bamfield, as well as the mood of the community during WWII.

Side 2: Wickham discusses her origins in Sweden, her reasons for leaving and why she settled in Bamfield in the early 1920s. She discusses some of the changes in the community that she experienced during her 50 year residence there.

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1966-01-30 & 31 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Robert Bruce Scott recalls coming to Bamfield in 1930, and his impressions of the coast. Mr. Scott worked at the Bamfield cable station for over thirty years. He describes the station; the residents; the social life; the operation of the station; the history of Bamfield; the history of the cable company; the "All Red Route"; and his work at the cable station. TRACK 2: Mr. Scott continues; with his description of the work at the cable station; World War II; the end of the cable service; life at the station; the West Coast Trail; the Cape Beale lighthouse; maintenance of the trail; early lighthouse families and residents of Bamfield; Indian reservations; his job as a magistrate; the BC Packers Cannery at Kildonan.

PERIOD COVERED: ;1918;-;1964 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1985-05-13 SUMMARY: In an interview by Robert Bruce Scott, William Duffield Fowlie talks about the history of Bamfield and Bamfield Cable Station, and his experiences there; the operation of the Pacific cable; Norfolk Island; Fanning Island; incidents with the Pacific cable; etc.