Vargas Island (B.C.)

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  • BC Geographical Names Information System.. Island, NW of Tofino.

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Dorothy and Ted Abraham interview

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Reminiscence of Tofino and area PERIOD COVERED: 1910-1978 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1978 SUMMARY: Dorothy and Ted Abraham interviewed by Bob Bossin, 1978. Subjects include Tofino, Fred Tibbs, settling on Vargas Island, the British-Israel Association, the Leach murder trial.;

Jack Dale interview

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Tofino-Clayoquot : Jack Dale RECORDED: [location unknown], 1979 SUMMARY: In an interview with Bob Bossin, Jack Dale discusses: why people came out from England to Vancouver Island in the early twentieth century (because the CPR was promoting land speculation); Vargas Island was advertised, and 14 families went there; CPR was owned by men who used to be involved in railroading in Great Britain; in Canada, people got land from the government, but CPR was very involved in the process; the steamship "Maquinna"; CPR a very capitalist organization; government repossession of settlers' land if taxes were not paid; story about Fred Tibbs; working class nature of many settlers on Vancouver Island's west coast.