Fonds consists of

• a map of Esquimalt Harbour, dated 1915 in pencil on reverse, printed on blueprint paper
• A 1917 diary and almanac,
• A 1929 journal,
• A 1940 record book,
• A book of Yarrows Limited estimate sheets,
• A memorandum of agreement between Yarrows Limited and The Canadian Pacific Railway,
• A binder containing alphabetical list of jobs
• Thirty estimate work books from Yarrows Ltd. dating from 1914 to 1944.

Fonds consists of a photo album containing photographs of the Victoria and Esquimalt area with an emphasis on naval ships and merchant shipping.

Fonds consists of ship plans and assorted documents and memorabilia relating to British Columbia shipbuilders, dating from 1918 to 1999.

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2. Victoria Machinery Depot Limited magazine detailing the building of SEDCO 135F, a semi-submersible oil drilling vessel built between 1965 and 1967
3. Yarrows Limited magazine regarding ship building, ship repairs, and industrial fabrication
4. Yarrows Limited plastic folder cover.

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1. VHS titled “The Legend of Gunpowder Gertie: Pirate Queen of the Kootenays”, 1999; and typed history of Gunpowder Gertie
2. Tyrant Queen ship plan (missing)
3. Dockmasters log book for Point Hope Dockings, dating from 1 January 1966 to 1 September 1969
4. C.J. Hendry Co. complete marine, hardware, and fishermen’s supplies catalogue, 1945
5. Two Yarrows Limited cost of docking, cleaning, and painting in the Esquimalt dry dock ledgers, one blank, one with one page filled out
6. Master check list appendix to form DDP 408 time-schedule and man-hour estimates DDE 261-64. Published by the Department of Defence shipbuilding branch, dated 1 February 1965
7. Versatile Pacific Shipyards Inc. cost accounts with memorandum introducing the associated documents dated 17 May 1989
8. April 1987 issue of Victoria’s Marine Magazine (in the format of a newspaper)
9. 11 January 1919 issue of The Foundation Shipyard Savings magazine/newspaper and a photocopy.
10. Photocopy of a typewritten historical account titled “The Historical Background of Ship Building on the Point Hope Shipyard Site”
11. Photocopy of book titled “Shipbuilding and Shipbuilders of British Columbia with Allied Industries”, edited by Aitken Tweedale, 1918
12. British Columbia Toll Authority Ferry System, Vancouver-Victoria schedule effective 15 June 1960.
13. Point Hope Shipyard Company Limited folder containing information and history of the Esquimalt Graving Dock facility and a photocopy of an informational booklet
14. Bound book of lesson plans for Royal Canadian Navy ship builder apprentice
15. Three blueprints for M/V Lady Sylvia and M/V Lady Rose
16. Blueprint for TSMV Princess of Vancouver, printed on canvas
17. Burrard Yarrows Corporation Estimation and analysis of Navy shipbuilding program disruption costs, authored by Captain Colin Hammon and Dr. David R. Graham, Center for Naval Analyses, 1984
18. B.C. Ferries promotional magazine described as “a complete pictorial study of B.C.’s Ferry Fleet including sea and land maps)
19. Yarrows Limited promotional magazine titled “Shipbuilding, Ship Repairs and Industrial Fabrication”
20. Victoria Machinery Depot Company Limited promotional magazine
21. Nine sheets of lined paper showing specs and sketches of different ships, all handwritten
    22 - 23. Nine ship plans

Fonds consists of a commissioning booklet of HMCS Okanagan dated 22 June 1968, a souvenir programme for the launch of HMCS Onondaga written by Mrs. P.T. Hellyer 25 September 1965, and two copies of "Launch of HMCS Ojibwa" by Lady Miers 29 February 1964. The first copy has the service for the launching of HMCS Ojibwa slipped into back cover.

Fonds consists of information regarding Esquimalt-First Graving Dock / Thetis Cove-Esquimalt Harbour.

Fonds consists of two class plate negatives of S/V Tilikum at Cape Town ca. 1903 and a glass plate negative of CC-I or CC-2 at Esquimalt Dry Dock.

Fonds consists of six Yarrows Shipyard, Victoria daily journals dating to 1936, 1937, 1939, 1940, and 1941.

Fonds consist of black and white photos of the production of SEDCO 135D, an offsite semi-submersable drilling platform.

Fonds consists of a typed letter addressed to Rear Admiral E.W. Finch-Noyes recounting the writer's experience of the near sinking of the HMCS Grilse in 1916 and a newspaper clipping from 1916 that states that Grilse and all men are believed to be lost.

Also includes commissioning booklets of HMCS Saquenay, Skeena, Margaree, and Chaudiere, dating from 1956, 1957, and 1959, and a programme for the presentation of the Queen's Colour to the Royal Canadian Navy by Her Majesty the Queen in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Saturday 1 August 1959.

Fonds consists of photos, albums, and scrapbooks relating to B.C. Ferries collected during the 19 years that the donor worked at B.C. Ferries.

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Flag in container, never opened.

0002
Three pamphlets for Final Farewell Decommissioning Ceremonies for MV Queen of Prince Rupert 20 April 2009, the Queen of Tsawwassen 27 September 2008, and the Queen of Vancouver 15 April 2009.

0003.1-98
98 Photos of B.C. Ferries ships, specifically Queen of the Islands, Queen of Burnaby, HMS Discovery; and Pacificat Voyagers. Includes pictures of exteriors and interiors, primarily at dock (Richmond, BC) and without passengers.

0004
VHS tape of “BC’s Fast Ferries: The Building of the Pacificat 1000” from the Knowledge Network, 1998. Tape is still in vacuum seal wrapping.

0005
Small photo album containing 57 colour photos of the Dogwood Princess being refit in the dockyard and making a new office space.

0006
Small photo album containing 68 colour photos of golfing, barbecue at Deas Dock, and the Princess Marguerite III.

0007
Small photo album containing 48 colour photos of the Spirit of Vancouver Island refit at the Esquimalt Graving Dock, 2004.

0008
Small photo album containing 75 colour photos and 7 strips of negatives of the Spirit of British Columbia refit, 2005 and the Spirit of Vancouver Island, 2006.

0009
Small photo album containing 44 colour photos of the Spirit of Vancouver Island refit at the Esquimalt graving dock, 2004.

0010
Photo album containing 491 colour photos of B.C. Ferries ships, Queen of the North, Queen of Victoria, Queen of Sidney, Queen of Prince Rupert, Queen of Burnaby, Spirit of British Columbia, Spirit of Vancouver Island, Skeena Queen, Queen of New Westminster. Also, photos of the Duke Point opening, the Mill Bay terminal, Albert J. Savoie vessel, Dogwood Princess vessel, an event at Deas Dock, retirement party for Bev Bolenbech, retirement party for Bob Ogsten, new building at Horseshoe Bay, MV Church sunk for the reef society, and the Pacificat Voyager ship.

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Scrapbook titled “Queen of the North” containing 19 double sided pages consisting newspaper clippings discussing the Queen of the North dating from 2005 to 2008.

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Scrapbook titled “Queen of Oak Bay Surrey North” containing 17 double sided pages consisting newspaper clippings discussing ferry disasters/sinking dating from 2000 to 2006.

0013
Scrapbook with photocopied cover of “Tail Ships: The Fleet for the 21st Century” by Thad Koza, containing 9 double sided pages and loose clippings consisting newspaper clippings regarding Richmond Tail Ships, dating to 2002.

0014
Enlarged black and white photo of Deas Dock, undated.

0015
Enlarged colour photo of Deas Dock, undated.

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B.C. Ferries posters: Building Fast Ferries for B.C. – and the world.