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Fonds consists of photographs, postcards, prints of drawings, and promotional material related to B.C. Ferries, the Royal Navy, and the United States Navy as well as 71 postcards and a few photographs featuring images of HM ships, RM ships, trains, train stations, and cars, possibly dating from 1904 to 1916.

Fonds consists of a Ro-Ro Conversion outline proposal prepared by Versatile Pacific Shipyards Inc. for British Columbia Ferry Corporation in 1990 and a photo album related to CCGS Camsell.

Fonds consists of a DVD titled "Coastal Celebration Coastal Inspiration" created by the donor as a web series on the subject of B.C. Highways construction, fitting out, and delivery of each of the Super C Vessels (Coastal Celebration, Coastal Inspiration, and Coastal Renaissance) and Northern Expedition.

And a DVD containing digital copies of auction documents, drawings, reports, and photographs regarding PaficiCat's departure.

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 documents and memorabilia related to the personal and professional lives of Commander G.R. MacFarlane and John Macfarlane including documents collected during their time in naval training and during their careers as well as documents and ephemera collected during their travels.

George R. MacFarlane's collection consists of documents including notes, certificates of service, biographical information, medical records, records of examinations, reports, Canadian Forces Base, Esquimalt constitutions and by-laws, maps, charts, and correspondence dating from 1946 to the 1970s. Also includes identity cards and a war service badge dated 1998.

Also includes a booklet titled "Notes on Court Martial Procedure" published by the office of the deputy judge advocate with an 1956 HMCS Stettler stamp and three copies of a form titled "Particulars Respecting Candidate for Acting Sub-Lieutenant", revised November, 1933. Form has not been filled out.

John MacFarlane's collection consists of documents, exercise books, photographs, and memorabilia primarily related to John MacFarlane's time as a naval cadet in the 1960s including correspondence, naval messages, cards and invitations, receipts, leave request and authorization forms, notebooks, and general training documents. Also includes travel memorabilia from B.C. Ferries dating to the 1990s including tickets, baggage tags, and dinner menus, and ephemera related to the Holland American Line.

Also includes assorted naval memorabilia dating to the 1950s and 1960s including a Barry's Salmon label, a 1957 price list, a fishing licence, a list of steam launch operators, a programme for the annual inspection of RCSCC Rainbow, an instruction manual for basic slide rules, several hand drawn charts, a mariners compass, assorted tickets, a book of comics titled "Eod Antics" by Pholcox, a booklet celebrating 60 years of RCSCC Rainbow, commissioning booklets for HMCS Chaleur, Fundy, Thunder, Chignecto, naval cap tallies booklet volume 1, and a picture book of ships.

Also includes handwritten auditor general's reports from 1896 to 1897, 1914, 1930, and 1938; HMCS Stettler Dependents Day Cruise programme from 2 August 1957, a letter from the Department of National Defense from 15 July 1968, and Royal Sealink Express safety procedures.

Also includes a book titled "Navigators and Shipwrecks: Australia's Heritage in Stamps", published 1985 consisting of a complete stamp set slipped into sleeve in front of book. As well as an envelope addressed to Mrs. Kathleen MacFarlane, from the Navy Department dated 1961, a blank pad of Island Tug & Barge Limited time-slips, a blank pad of Department of Defence sight forms, a draft handbook on oceanography Northeast Pacific Ocean by Dr. L.F. Giovando, a 1989 calendar with John M. MacFarlane stamped onto front, and assorted business cards, photographs, labels from tinned salmon, postcards featuring images of various vessels, and some envelopes.

Also includes a document titled "Some Naval Customs and Social Practices" by Lieutenant-Commander F.E. Grubb, R.N.C., correspondence related to the British cemetery on San Juan Island, a booklet titled "Royal Tour of Canada 1959", a Maritime Museum newsletter from May 1992, and a newspaper clipping regarding Maritime Museum.

Fonds consists of black and white photographs of B.C. Ferries ca. 1971, a folder containing B.C. Ferries information including a souvenir magazine and newspaper clippings dating to 1965, and a folder containing B.C. Ferries information including newspaper clippings, postcards, a dinner menu for SS Beaver, and a Canadian Shipping and Marine Engineering magazine, dating from 1970 to the 1980s.

Fonds consists of a copy of three of Lord Horatio Nelson's signatures, before and after the loss of his right arm collected by H.L. Cadieux. Signatures are on the back of a wood frame and are dated 1786, 1797, and 1802.

And, a booklet titled "Funnel Markings B.C. Coastal Shipping Companies" containing hand illustrated listings of the markings of various British Columbia vessels.

Fonds consists of material relating to Boeing Jetfoil and other fast commercial craft and high-speed ferries.

017.005.0001
Boeing Jefoil Operators Manual dating to 15 December 1983.

017.005.0002
Boeing Jetfoil systems description for deck officers dating to 15 December 1983.

017.005.0003a-g
Photocopies of executive summary and reports for establishment of High Speed Water Transportation (HSWT) service on Corpus Christi Bay. Some documents have title pages noting Steve Ortmann, chief development officer Corpus Christi Regional Transportation Authority, as author.

017.005.0004a-c
Reports relating to high-speed ferries, including “Technical and Economic Evaluation of High-Speed Ferries and Routes” by Christopher Wright, dated 8 October 1986, from the 11th annual conference, International Marine Transit Association; “35 Metre Monohull Fast Passenger Vessel”; and “34 Metre Double Deck Catamaran Passenger Vessel”.

017.005.005a-q
Boeing Jetfoil Model 929-115 Regie voor Maritiem Transport Cabin Attendant Familiarization Manual for Princess Clementine and 4 specifications sheet; Boeing Jetfoil and Boeing Marine Systyems information booklet for customers; Nichols Bros. Catamarans information sheet, 2 island jetfoil posters, 2 island jetfoil stickers, and a satirical cartoon; and 4 flood construction level maps for North Saanich dated 5 January 2017.

017.005.006a-b
Passenger Survey April 24/27, 1984 from B.C. Feries / Seasspeed Transport Route 3 dated 7 May 1984; and High Speed Passenger Ferries Feasibility Study from B.C. Transit and B.C. Ferries dated June 1990.

017.005.007a-c
Newspaper clippings from 1985.

017.005.008
“A Proposal to the Government of British Columbia Ministry of Transportation and Highways for Fast Passenger Only Marine Commuter Service” by Seaflight Ferries and Ulstein Maritime Ltd, dated October 1990; “Fast Passenger Ferry Service: An Overview of the Potential Markets”, dated to 1982; and 9 sheets related to Boeing Jetfoil operations, dating to 1982 and 1984.

Fonds consists of a photo album containing a photocopied book which details the history and ships of the Baron Line titled "H. Hogarth and Sons Limited Baron Line". The rest of the album contains black and white photographs of ships that Edward Peter de Cuhna served in with their names, positions, and dates of service listed as well as letters and certificates.

Also includes a binder containing navigational maps and charts and information regarding the River Thames in London and port in Amsterdam as well as a League of Nations report titled "Agreement for a Uniform System of Maritime Buoyage and Rules Annexed Thereto", published in Geneva, 1936, and printed in both French and English.

Also includes a folder containing an extract from a nautical magazine, training documents, charts and tables, and a plan for Tilbury Docks.

Fonds consists of documents and memorabilia collected during E.A. MacFayden's naval service ca. World War II.

L293
Pages 9-12 of The Toronto Star Weekly dating to Saturday, 2 October 1935 containing an article titled "The Sea Dogs" by Culver Jones.

L477
Eight tickets and 1 programme for dances held in Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia hosted by Gunners' Mates' Friendly Society in 1944 and 1945. (A list of dates and types of dances can be found in the documentation file).

L798
Invitation and menu for the pre-inaugural day banquet of the Ferry Service between Victoria and Vancouver, B.C. on 9 June 1960, addressed to Lieutenant MacFayden.

L1272
Guard book for returns containing miscellaneous papers on chemical warfare and air raid precautions.

L1282
Souvenir programme for Naval Air day, Royal Canadian Naval Air Section, Dartmouth, 21 July 1948.

L1283
Programme for the commemoration of the presentation of the King's Colours to the Royal Canadian Navy Pacific Command, Esquimalt, B.C., 30 May 1939.

L1297
Folder containing lecture notes, photographs, and graphs and charts relating to smoke screening.

L3430
Two documents from Instructional Production Section, HMS Excellent titled "Tactical Employment of a Naval Howitzer Battery" dated 2 June 1938 and "Stores and Accounts" dated 5 May 1944.