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Fonds consists of the Royal Navy service records for John Kelly who served from 1837 to [1858?] and died in 1868 and for Micheal Kelly who was born 8 September 1848 and served from 1863 to 1895.

Fonds consists of an installation data and drawings book for the Kidde carbon dioxide fire extinguishing system dated 31 October 1957.

Fonds consists of a 1969 Empress of England passenger list, a souvenir magazine for Victoria-Maui international Yacht Race 1982, and a copy of manuscript titled "History of the Canadian Naval Auxiliary Vessels 1945-1967 [East Coast]".

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.

Fonds consist of photographs depicting labourers and production at the Victoria Machinery Depot, Ltd, taken by K. G. Smith.

Fonds consists of the commissioning booklet of HMCS Ontario, 26 April 1945.

Fonds consists of two cash books, dating from 1952 to 1964 containing all accounting info, cash in and out, and also several lists of names.

Fonds consists of an Adams Engines catalogue, an Easthope Engines instruction booklet, and an instruction booklet for operating make-and-break and jump shark Adams Engines.

Fonds consists of a photocopy of the diary of L. Frank Coxwain, private on HMS Amethyst during its journey on the Yaneste River in 1949. Also includes some photocopies of correspondence dating to 1949 and photos of the ship and the crew.

The Consolidated Whaling Corporation Ltd. had its main wharf based out of Point Ellice. The company was incorporated in 1918, registered in 1922 as an extra-provincial company, and continued operations until 1942, and the company was finally dissolved in 1953. The vessels and office equipment was auctioned of in 1947 when the company filed for bankruptcy, with the vessels being purchased by a number of companies, mainly MH Kramer, Northern Junk Co., that were later dismantled for scrap. It was preceded by the Victoria Whaling Co, the Pacific Whaling Co, Queen Charlotte Whaling Co, and the Canadian Northern Pacific Fisheries. The company had a total of 5 whaling vessels: the Black, the Blue, the White, the Brown, and the Green. The Gray was the company tender and travelled between Victoria and whaling stations with supplies and returned with whale oil, whale bone and other items which it would take to San Francisco to sell. All whaling stations were closed by 1967.
The fonds consists 17 items: 17 enlarged copies of photos related to whaling, 9 of which are on mat board