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Fonds consists of documents related to the career of Frederick Kingdom Bailey including a certificate of competency as first class engineer dated 1914, a continuous certificate of discharge booklet dating from 1910 to 1917, a letter from Canadian Pacific Railway Company acknowledging Mr. Bailey's retirement dated 1955, and a clipping from a magazine referencing Mr. Bailey (among others) dated 1954.

Fonds consists of a tourist brochure "The North Pacific Press" regarding Canadian Pacific Steamships, specifically the RMS Empress of India dating to 30 March 1929 and a dinner menu for the RMS Empress of Asia dating to 1 January 1929.

Fonds consists of a Canadian Pacific booklet titled "Lifeboat Certificates: What You Should Know", a Canadian Pacific Employees booklet titled "Benefit Plan for Employees of Canadian Railways", 1963, and a handwritten journal dated 1927.

Also includes a mariner's compass and seniority lists of masters and deck officers from 1948, 1955, and 1961.

Also includes a pilot house log book for SS Princess Norah dating from 22 June to 28 July 1950, a pilot house log book for SS Princess Louise dating from 28 February to 20 March 1955, and a pilot house log book for SS Princess Louise dating from 11 May to 16 June 1955.

Fonds consists of Canadian Pacific Railway travel brochures, passenger list, and menu, dating to 1938 and 1951 and a Canadian Official Airline magazine regarding the Victoria-Maui International Yacht Race held in June 1988.

Fonds consists of a photograph of SS Princess Louise in a green/grey metal frame with a thermometer and the words "Princess Louise Alaska". Item is a souvenir from a cruise to Alaska. Also contains list of pilots in Vancouver and Victoria for the BC Coast Pilots Association.

Fonds consists of documents relating to the careers of Captain Josiah F. Gosse from 1891 to 1898 and to Captain Douglas McNaughton Gosse from the 1920s to the 1940s.

1. A 1898 account journal for the schooner Otto kept by Captain Josiah F. Gosse consisting of a ledger of advances of pay and charges for items received by crew members from ship's stores such as tobacco, items of clothing, knives, and sacks of flour. A list at the front of the book shows 45 names including one marked as a deserter and the mate, Mr. Collinson. 26 of the crew have indigenous names and there also appears to have been 3 indigenous women on board. The ledger also shows the net payment to each person.

2. A Canadian Pacific Navigation Company log book with "Josiah Gosse (1865-1938), chief officer, Islander Pilot House Log" written in pencil inside the front cover. The log book is believed to have been from the Canadian Pacific Navigation Company's SS Charmer, possibly dating to 1891.

3. Documents relating to the service of Captain Douglas McNaughton Gosse (father of the donor), including correspondence, certificates of competency, certificates of discharge, and registration receipts relating primarily to CGS Estevan but also including various Canadian Pacific Railway British Columbia Coast Steamship Service Princess Line ships, dating from the 1920s to the 1940s.

Fonds consists of 3 photographs, 2 framed, of the Princess Charlotte, Princess Kathleen, and Princess Victoria ships. The photographs were owned by the donor's father, Captain Jeffrey Hannay, who worked for the Canadian Pacific Railway in the 1950s.

Also includes a fourth photograph of an unnamed sailor, a Canadian Merchant Marine identification card for Jeffrey Hannay containing stamps dating from 1941 to 1946, two green journals containing notes and measurements, and a gyro compass instruction manual published August 1942.

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 a clipping and a photocopy of an article by James G. Arcus, published in B.C. Digest, April 1948 regarding the sinking of the Princess Sophia, 26 October 1918.

Fonds consists of Canadian Pacific B.C. Coast Steamships SS Princess Maquinna stationary stamped with locations around the West Coast Vancouver Island Route, a page of signatures dated August 1945, and a menu covered in signatures.