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Barque Valparaiso (ship)
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ON 25790, built in Whitehaven, UK in 1828. Registered Liverpool 168/38.

Barque S.F. Tolmie (ship)
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Wooden, four-masted barquetine built by Cholberg Shipyard in Victoria West as part of a WWI emergency construction program. She was owned by Victoria Ship owners Ltd. of Victoria, and in 1921, acquired by the Canadian Government Merchant Marine when Victoria Ship owners went bankrupt. In 1921, she was traded to Australia. In 1923, she was sold to British Columbia Mills Timber and Trading Company (Hastings Mill) in Vancouver, laid up in New Westminster, and converted to a floating herring saltery by Nelson Brothers. She was then laid up in Annacis Slough and later converted to a log barge by Green Brothers. She broke loose from her moorings at Ogden Point, Victoria in December 1923 and wrecked on Macaulay Point.

Barque Esk (ship)
Corporate body

ON 25790, built in Whitehaven, UK, 1828, registered Liverpool 168/38.

Barnes, George E.
Person

Captain George E. Barnes served with the Royal Marine Artillery under Lt. Col. George A. Rawstorne for duty on Vancouver Island. He was attached to HMS Royal Arthur, flag ship of the Royal Navy Pacific Station, at Esquimalt, B.C.

Barge Island Gatherer (ship)
Corporate body · 1936 - [?]

Island Tug & Barge Limited vessel, originally named Pacific Gatherer, renamed in 1936.