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Fonds consist of a fold out pamphlet, detailing flags of the British Empire.

Fonds consist of photographs of the HMCS Ontario and its crew in Vancouver.

Fonds consist of personal correspondence, and financial expenditure accounts.

Fonds consists of photographs and documents related to the life and career of Captain Ron Newell who served as Victoria's Harbour Master from the 1940s to 1971, including documents related the sinking of a ship he was on as a teenager and his subsequent journey by lifeboat to safety, his work on Merchant Marine vessels, and photographs of various ships.

Fonds consists of documents and photographs relating to the 1974 building of a model of the HMS Endeavour by Ken Noble. Fonds primarily consists of models ship maker's plans from Modellismo Corel as well as photographs of the model being build.

Manuals used by Able Seaman Harry Wiebe during his career as part of the Royal Canadian Navy, based out of Esquimalt, BC.

Collection of around 4000 ship's plans ranging from approximately 1912 to 1960 from Versatile Pacific Shipyards Inc.

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

It covers a wide range of West Coast maritime history. Starting with the photo of the disaster of Point Ellice Bridge in 1896 that belonged to a Mrs A Haggart. It also contains a postcard of HMS Hood, photos of different ships in Victoria, photos of DGS Samson and crew, postcard of the Inner Harbour, Dawson Steamer journeying to White Horse, and a panorama view of the workers of the Foundation Co BC Ltd and some of their ships. The newspaper clippings cover the last trip of SS Princess Joan to Vancouver.
The fonds consists of:
1 series that contains 2 newspaper clippings
1 certificate
12 photographs

Journal of the Engineer's Stewart of the SS Ingram, documenting the voyage from south west India docks, London to the River Plate. Date of the voyage range from November 1887 to April 1888. Journal includes a crew list.