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Fonds consists of the apprentice indenture form, Canadian Government Merchant Marine Limited co-operating with the Navy League of Canada, for George Ronald Newell, dated 21 July 1920 and a cancellation of indenture dated 23 November 1923.

Also includes a list of seamen shipped and discharged at the port of Victoria, B.C. c. 1891, an agreement and account of crew of foreign-going ships document filled out for the schooner Dora Siewerd c. 1891, assorted documents relating to survey and repair vessel Nancy Dee during the period of November 1962 and April 1963 including correspondence and notes.

Also includes black and white photographs of lumber in the hold and a drawing of the Royal Yacht Britannia, and a souvenir book of the trial trip of SS Bowness Park, Captain G.R. Newell, with the compliments of the Canadian Transport Company, 2 dinner menus, and a typed summary of VE day celebrations.

Also includes the following log books:

• M/V Island Commander, 2 February to May 29 1943 and 3 June to 3 November 1943,
• Barquentine Forest Friend, October 1920 to March 1923,
• Seaman shipped and discharged at the Port of Victoria,
• Sealing vessel Viva, 1894. Includes the regulations for preventing collisions at sea. Poor condition,
• Register of Victoria Port Warden fees collected during 1901 to 1947,
• Port warden fees, 1934 to 1947.

Fonds consist of documents relating to the marine service of Walter Hichens-Smith.

1. Photocopy of typed biographical information of Walter Hichens-Smith starting in 1908 when he signed on as a machinist’s apprentice with the B.C. Marine Railway. This appears to have been compiled for Hichens-Smith’s retirement from Island Tug and Barge, possibly in 1957.
2. Continuous certificate of discharge for seaman booklet for Walter Hichens-Smith (born 1893) listing the ships on which he served and ports of discharge during the period of 1913 to 1957.
3. Certificate of competency as first class engineer of a steam-driven ship in a small booklet, dated 3 April 1939.
4. Certificate of indenture of apprenticeship between Walter Hichens-Smith and B.C. Marine Railway for five years beginning 20 January 1908. Includes typed statement on the reverse certifying the completion of his service.
5. Department of Marine and Fisheries certificate of discharge from the CGS Estevan, dated 25 July 1915.
6. Department of Marine Fisheries certificate of discharge from the CGS Estevan, dated 31 December 1915.
7. Handwritten letter of reference signed by John A. Sutherland, engineer of the CGS Estevan, dated 31 December 1915.
8. Typed letter of reference signed by Ramsay’s Machine Works, dated 4 January 1916.
9. Naval Service certificate of discharge from the CGS Lillooet, dated 4 November 1916.
10. Certificate of Competency as third class engineer issued by the minister of public works for the province of British Columbia, dated 6 October 1922.
11. Handwritten letter of reference signed by A. Borrowman, chief engineer, CGS Lilliooet, dated 4 April 1923.
12. Typed letter of reference from Yarrows Limited, dated 14 April 1930.
13. Typed letter of reference from MacFarlane Towning Company Limited for work on the Tug Daring, dated 11 February 1931.
14. Typed letter of reference from MacFarlane Towing Company Limited for work on the Tug Restless, dated 11 February 1931.
15. Typed letter of reference signed by A. Borrowman, Cameron-Genoa Ship Builders Limited, dated 12 November 1916.
16. Certificate of discharge from the M/S Island King, dated 11 May 1934.
17. Certificate of discharge from the M/S Shean, dated 11 May 1934.
18. Certificate of discharge from the M/S Island King. Dated 11 May 1934.
19. Certificate of discharge from the M/S Island King, dated 11 May 1934.
20. Handwritten letter of reference signed by the chief engineer of M/S Shean, dated 26 July 1934.
21. Handwritten letter of reference signed by the master of M/S Tees, dated 13 September 1934.
22. Handwritten letter of reference signed by R. Barclay, Chief Engineer of M/S Island King, dated 3 October 1934.
23. Certificate of discharge from the SS Anyox, dated 7 January 1935.
24. Typed letter of reference signed by the chief engineer and the master of Pacific Salvage Company, Limited, dated 7 January 1954.
25. Certificate of discharge from G.E. Foster, dated 19 September 1935.
26. Typed letter of reference signed by the master of Westward Towing Company Limited, dated 11 October 1938.
27. Typed letter of reference for work on the SS Salvage Queen, signed by the master and supt. Engineer of Island Tug & Barge Company Limited, dated 15 February 1939.
28. Typed letter of reference for work on the SS Snohomish, signed by the master and supt. Engineer of Island Tug & Barge Company Limited, dated 15 February 1939.
29. Typed letter of reference for work on the SS Salvage King, signed by the master and supt. Engineer of Pacific Salvage Company Limited, dated 18 February 1939.
30. Certificate of nationality including photo and finger prints issued at Victoria, BC, dated 12 August 1940. This was a wartime document issued to merchant seamen that entitled the bearer to disembark in US ports.
31. Certificate of service in the HMCS Stadacona, the name of base in Halifax that administered units such the Naval Control of Shipping organization, dated 30 March 1943.

Also includes an Island Tug & Barge brochure titled "Salvage Ships at Work" c. 1954, consisting of photos of company vessels and salvaged vessels.

Fonds consists of a Sons of the Sea initiation certificate for M/V Moveria dated 8 October 1935, and 7 photo albums consisting of photographs of vessels organized into the categories naval vessels, fishing vessels, passenger and freight vessels, ferries and government vessels, tugs, and dockyards around Vancouver Island. Also included are 47 loose album pages.

Fonds also includes an oak box contains mostly photographs from 1963 to 1967 of ships in Victoria. There are a mix of naval vessels, coast guard ships, and various vessels in local shipyards, including Island Tug and Barge.

Fonds consists of assorted log books dating from 1848 to 1976.

L238:
Signals Log for HMCS Armentieres dating from 22 October 1928 to 28 May 1929.

L552:
Deck log book from HMCS Armentieres dating from 16 April 1931 to July 1931.

L553:
Log book for HMCS Naden dating from 1929 to 1930.

L750:
Log book containing handwritten meeting minutes of the committee on establishment of permanent and consumable stores dating from March to May 1912.

L857:
Log book containing Data on Warships and other vessels supported by HMC Dockyard 1898-1917. This ledger appears to have been compiled by a dockyard official and contains several sets of records including all warships and other vessels supported by the Dockyard from 1898 to 1917, colliers that arrived Esquimalt from 1914 to 1917 with quantities of coal discharged and sources (whether Welsh or local or Australian), names of Admiralty colliers and transports that called at Esquimalt in 1915, a brief descriptions of coaling stations on the BC coast, lists of personnel employed in Esquimalt Dockyard from 1911 to 1917, wages paid from 1914 to 1915, and record of times to coal ships on various dates in 1917 which records how long coaling took and the average rate per hour.

L859:
Shipwright's journal from HMCS Ontario. The original journal pages have been cut out and replaced with plans and diagrams.

L874:
Official Log book of the Canadian Sealing Schooner Dora Sieward dated 18 January 1898. Also includes general regulations.

L1410:
Visitor's book.

L1411:
Blank log book for Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company, ca. 1920s.

L2811a-d:
Signal log books for HMS Triumph dating from January 1882 to August 1884 and a signal log book for HMS Swiftsure dating from August to November 1884.

L3316a-b:
Journals consisting of notes, messages, and reflections dating from 31 July to 5 October 1916 and 6 October to 24 November 1916.

L3540:
Log book of HMCS Patrician dating from 1 January 1928 to 28 February 1921.

L4505:
Telegram registers dating from 6 August 1914 to 22 November 1915

984.031.0001-0003:
HMCS Patrician night rounds books dating to 1927.

985.076.0001-0006:
Specification booklets for various vessels including SS Canada Maru, SS Sima, SS Chouk, SS Saga, SS Sind, and SS Sarak dating from 1916 to 1918 and 1941.

986.042.0006:
(In ARC 59, need info)

986.098.0001-0002:
Undated gunners' Ledgers for explosive and non-explosive torpedo stores.

993.003.0052-0053:
Captain's Night Order Books dating from 1955 to 1957.

993.003.0054-056:
(in ARC 52, need info)

001.004.0005:
Log book of HMS Trafalgar dating from 1848 to 1868.

2023.021.0001:
Pilot House log of the Princess Marguerite from 1976.

Fonds consists of documents relating to the careers of David Logan (donor's great grandfather) and Daniel Holliday (donor's grandfather) who both worked for the Canadian Government Telegraph and Telephone Service, and to the history of the the West coast of Vancouver Island and the development of the West Coast Trail.

Includes David Logan's 1907 telegraph line log book, Daniel Holliday's 1938-1944 telegraph line log book, and an album containing letters and newspaper clippings collected by the family over the years.