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A Christmas card from Island Tug & Barge. The exterior is blank, the left side of the card has the words: With our best wishes fro Christmas and the New Year from Island Tug & Barge Ltd. The right side of the card contains a drawing by Edward Goodall of the “Towing of the Battleship ‘Alamirante Latorre’ Chile to Japan”. The tug Cambrian Salvor pulling a military ship with clouds in the sky and a seagull near the bottom left corner near the signature. There is some slight discolouration.

A photograph of ships dressed in flags with people walking on a walkway on the beach. The back labels this photo as HMS Hood and Repulse visiting Victoria 1924. The faces of the people are not visible and the second ship is blurry.
Hood was built in Scotland in 1920, the Repulse was built in 1916, they were built as warships for the British Royal Navy. They visited on 25 June 1924.

The back of the postcard has the annotation that Peerless was built in 1904 in New Westminster. The photo is a profile view of the tug Peerless with three men visible with a forested coast in the background.
Peerless was owned 1904-1910 by Westminster Towing & Fishing Company, and the next known owner in 1920-1926 was Coyle Towing Co Ltd.

A photograph from across a lake towards a village during winter, and what appears to be six buildings. The back says: union bay last winter the chief took this sometime during 1910-1920. The edges of the photo are faded and there are some creases.
Union Bay is on the east coast of Vancouver Island in the Comox Valley, the territory of Pentl’ach and Komoks people, that used to be a major shipping port for the Union Coal Company. The Union Bay Historical Society was formed in 1989 to preserve historic buildings, with a group of them relocated and restored on what is now known as Historic Row including the 1913 post office and the old jailhouse. The wharves that had been opened in 1889 at the time had been some of the largest in BC, and in 1914 the extension of the railroad reached Union Bay. The final sailing ship to load coal at the wharves was the Pamir in 1946.

A Christmas card from Island Tug & Barge. The exterior is blank, the left side of the card has the words: With our best wishes fro Christmas and the New Year from Island Tug & Barge Ltd. The right side of the card contains a drawing by Edward Goodall of the “Barque ‘Pamir’ Outward Bound in Tow of ‘Island Commander’”. The drawing shows the tug Island Commaner pulling a sail ship with 4 masts under a bridge surrounded by mostly forested land, with some tall buildings in the distance with many seagulls flying around. There is wear and tear and marks on the inside of the card.

A photograph depicting a sailboat in the foreground, with another boat in the distance and land in the background. The back states that this ship (possibly the Canadia.) raced against the Bluenose in the 1920s. The photo has some creases.

The photo shows a profile view of the tug Haro close to a forested coastline, with a number of people visible on deck. The back states that it was built in 1910 in Vancouver.
Haro was built in 1910 in Vancouver where she was owned by the British Columbia Mills Tug & barge Co.Ltd. 1943-1944 she was requisitioned as a Canadian Naval Auxiliary Vessel/Tender

This collection of Christmas cards and photographs from the 1910s and 1920s belonged to Joseph Dakers and Bill Mills. As the family lived in Victoria these photos are from Victoria and Vancouver Island.
The following information is provided by the donor, Elizabeth Stanlake. The two Christmas cards were sent to her grandfather, Joseph Dakers, as he was good friends with Harold Elworthy, who founded Island Tug and Barge as they grew up together. The original owners of the photos are unknown as they were found in the family home and either belonged to Bill Mills or Joseph Dakers. The photos of the tugs and the wreck of Kenkon Maru III were taken by a friend of Bill Mills named Arthur.
The fonds consists 11 items.
There are 2 series:
Christmas cards, containing 2 cards
Island Tug and barge, containing 3 photos
6 at the item level not in a series

The photos belonged to Bill Mills, and were taken by his friend Arthur. Although the dates of the photos are unknown, it was before the establishment of Island Tug & barge in 1924, with the ships being built in the 1910s.
The company was founded in 1924 by Harold Elworthy (1901-75), acquiring Gardner Towing in 1926, 1956 acquired Young & Gore and in 1958 acquired Victoria Tug, who remained the president of the company until 1970. It provided towing services to different local industries in Victoria and then expanded in World War II to deep-sea towing and salvage and pioneered the use of self-dumping log barges. One of their most famous was the “Sudbury” tug. The company is now known to offer bulk fuel transportation, specialty towing, marine logistics, submarine cable laying, commercial diving, and more. They are the marine transporter of choice for some of the world’s leading multinational oil companies. In 1960 McAllister Towing of Montreal, purchased the company in 1960. In 1968 it was acquired by Genstar Ltd, which in 1969 joined Dillingham Corporation. In 1970 Seaspan International Ltd. was created by the acquisition of the Vancouver Tug Boat Company and Island Tug & Barge through Dillingham. The name Island Tug and Barge was sold 1993. Seaspan has continued to purchase and merge with companies in the marine transportation and building business.

The photo shows the Kenkon Maru III being towed by a couple of boats. The annotation on the back: Kenkon Maru III being pulled off Belle Chain Reef January 1916. The photos has scuff marks. The donor states that the photo was taken by Bill Mill’s friend Arthur.
Kenkon Maru III originally built in 1890 in Scotland and in 1910 was owned by Inui Gomei Kaisha, Japan. In 1916 she left Seattle for Vladivostok, Russia via Nanaimo, she ran aground during a snow storm as there was a faulty compass. She was also carrying iron railway equipment for the Russian government.