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The Tofino series contains photos and photo album leafs that depict Tofino and the surrounding area, seiners and trollers fishing from 1933-1937. Located on the west coast of Vancouver Island in the traditional territory of the Tla-o-qui-aht First Nation of the Nuu—chah-nulth people, south of Clayoquot Sound. Settlers came to the site and the surrounding around starting in the 1890s. Officially named Tofino with the opening of a post office in 1909, although its first store was opened in 1901, a school in 1906 and a wharf and lifeboat station in 1908 and its church in 1913. Tofino was incorporated as a municipality in 1932. Tofino developed around the fishing and logging industries, now known for its natural beauty and a great destination for outdoor recreation.
The newspaper covers the events of the naval action that lead to Lord Nelson’s death. Lord Horatio Nelson (1758-1805) was a British Naval Commander known for victories in battles such as the Nile in 1798 and of Trafalgar in 1805, where he was killed. He was promoted to captain in 1779 when he was 20 during the American Revolution.

The fonds consists of:
1 series that contains 9 photographs, 6 photo album leafs
1 newspaper

A photo of three men surrounded by nets fishing , with one holding a long pole. Their faces are mostly covered by their hats. The photo is grainy.

Postcard photo of a landscape of the ocean and forest with writing at the bottom left hand side that says West of Long Beach, Van. Is. The photo is slightly blurry.

The Times newspaper has a two page spread on the death of Lord Nelson, while the back has the regular newspaper personal ads etc. Within this two page spread it covers an account of the naval action surrounding Nelson’s death including how it was “the most cohesive victory that has been achieved by British skill and gallantry”. Within it there was also copies of admiralty notices, Nelson’s last telegraph, prose, and an abstract of the names of the petty officers killed and wounded in the action. There was also section on the Covent Garden Theater proprietors created an elegant compliment to the memory of Lord Nelson.
Lord Horatio Nelson (1758-1805) is a British Naval Commander known for victories in battles such as the Nile in 1798 and of Trafalgar in 1805, where he was killed. He was promoted to captain in 1779 when he was 20 during the American Revolution. He was granted knighthood after the battle of Cape St. Vincent.
Vice Admiral Collingwood (1748-1810) was partnered with Lord Nelson and was Nelson’s ssuccessor in commands. At Nelson’s death Collingwood became commander-in-chief.

Front of page contains 4 photos. The page is labeled Chstermans Beach. Three of the photos are blurry photos of the coastline. The fourth photo is of a seiner boat coming into the wharf.
The back contains no photos.

Front of page contains 5 black and white photos on seining. One boat and its tender with the crew working with the net. Some of the photos are blurry.
Back of page contains 3 colour photos. The one with herring in the brailer of the boat appears to be hand coloured. The other two photos are of boats, “Pete” and “New Liverpool”. “New Liverpool” was owned by Nisuke Nakanichi who worked for the Long Beach Tuna Company, and was seized in 1942.

Front of page contains 2 photos on seining. One is labelled as “Yankee Boy” in which you can see a boat and its tender and three people. The other photo is a picture of a man looking over the edge of the boat while holding a net.
Back of page contains 2 photos that are blurry. One is labeled in the bottom left hand side as Pipestem Inlet, Barclay Sd. The other is another landscape photo on a lake with a background of forested mountains.

Front of page contains 1 photo of Tofino BC. The postcard contains a view of part of the town with docks with writing on the bottom left stating Tofino, BC. The back of the postcard states the business in the buildings.
Back of page contains 3 photos that are blurry. The first photo is labeled ‘Lone Cone from hotel window’, and is a view over a roof of the water and mountains. The second photo is labeled ‘Ye Olde White Wings. Many Royal Times had here’. It is a blurry photo of a building with a restaurant on its roof. The third photo is of the boat “West Hope”.

Front of page contains 1 postcard with the label of ‘”The Princess Norah” at Tofino Whatf’. Shown is Princess Norah coming into the Tofino Wharf. There is a group of people standing on the wharf on the right side of the photo, and a troller on the interior side of the wharf. The back states that the troller is “West Hope” and belongs to the hotel manager and about a journey to Long Beach in it.
Back of page contains 1 photo of a sunset in Tofino. The buildings along the coast are not visible because of the darkness of the photo along the edges.

The front of the page has two hand colour photos. The first is of “Bertha L” on fire at the Tofino wharf. The other boats at the wharf are “Ryuo II” and “Ruth B.”. The second photo is another one of “Bertha L.” burning but is being towed by “Ruth B” and “Norpack I” away from the deck. The photos are slightly wavy. “Ryuo II” was owned by Kitaro Nitta who worked as a fish buyer for the Canadian Fishing Co. Ltd. and Bertha L. was owned by the Clayoquot Sound Canning Co.Ltd.
There is nothing on the back of the page.