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Fonds consists of

• Rules and instructions for the guidance of light keepers book published in 1904,

• Booklet containing the regulations governing landing, storage, and use of oils and fuels at government lighthouses, fog alarms, and depots issued by the Department of Transport, Marine Services,

• Two lists of buoys, beacons, and day marks and other aids to navigation on the pacific coast of the dominion of Canada books published in 1919, one is missing its cover,

• The rules and instructions for light keepers and fog alarm engineers and rules governing buoys and beacons book published 1953,

• A manual for diamond incandescent petroleum vapour burners published by the Department of Marine and Fisheries, 1912,

• Instruction manual for coast lighting by acetylene and automatic acetylene fog signal guns for maritime signalling,

• Department of Marine and Fisheries field book containing survey notes of lighthouses and beacon sites written by C.H. Ellacott, 1915,

• Photocopies of reports and correspondence dating to the late 1890s, early 1900s, related to lighthouse service at various locations,

• Photocopies of Department of Marine and Fisheries Canada Lighthouse Service dating from 1903 to 1945 and from 1934 to 1956,

• Folders containing documents related to the movements of coast guard fleet vessel CCGS Sir James Douglas dating from 1984 to 1987. Includes correspondence, reports, charts and tables, and blueprints,

-Ringbound volume for CCGS Identity program, Ministry of Supply and Services Canada, 15 December 1983.

• Book containing writing from the 17th Law of the Sea Institute Conference held in Oslo, Norway, 13-16 July 1983, containing paper by Carl August Fleischer titled "The Exclusive Economic Zone Under the Convention Regime and in State Practice".

-Also includes 3 photo albums, detailing the construction and surveying of lighthouses.

Fonds consists of

• Canadian merchant Service Guild correspondence and invitations dating from 1952 to 1974,

• Constitution and by-laws dated 1919,

• Agreement between the province of British Columbia's department of highways, B.C. ferries division and the Marine Branch licensed in co-operation with the Canadian Merchant Service Guild with Affiliates, 1968.

Also includes a 1944 and a 1945 Canadian Merchant Service Guild year books, including the annual report for each year.

Fonds consist of personal correspondence, and financial expenditure accounts.

Fonds consists of photographs of ships and crew dating to the 1950s and documents in a Canadian Armed Forces folder. The documents include a page full of signatures for the retirement of Lieutenant Commander Joe Prosser, R.C.N., information on HMCS Oriole, a biography of Lieutenant Commander James Gracie, information regarding sail training, and a letter from James R. Gracie to T.J. Patterson, Deputy Superintendent, US Department of Transportation dated 1984.

Fonds consists of a letter from Charles Bush asking for stores for HM Ships in Kingston, Jamaica, dated 6 November 1742.

Fonds consists of naval messages, call signs, and correspondence kept by Mr. Charles Griffiths, ex-chief yeoman of signals, Royal Canadian Navy.

Fonds consists of approximately 150 photographs relating to Royal Canadian Navy vessels and personnel.

Also includes a scrapbook containing newspaper clippings, photographs, pamphlets, and programmes regarding the Royal Canadian Navy dating to 1949 and 1950, logbooks and documents related to HMCS Skeena and HMCS Swansea dating, a post card of the Second Canadian Escort Squadron c. 1858, a dinner invitation addressed to Miss Anne Dawson and Mrs. J.P.J. Dawson, and a book titled "Twenty Maxims for Commanding Officers" by P.M. Bliss.

Also includes assorted telegrams regarding the visit of HRH Princess Margaret and the 1958 centenary naval review, HMCS Skeena, and Christmas greetings dating from 1952 to 1958. As well as approximately 23 Royal Navy invitations addressed to Captain John P. Dawson dating to the 1950s, dinner menus, place cards, seating plans, and souvenir programmes for Royal Canadian Navy special events dating from 1957 and 1958 and for the British Columbia Centenary Naval Review.

Also includes the commissioning booklet of HMCS Warrior, dated 24 January 1946 and HMCS Skeena. As well as "Seafly" Magazine dated August 1946, an issue of Burrard News dated April 1957, and a programme for the visit of HMCS Algonquin and HMCS Micmac dated 1963. Also includes a dress code circular chart, assorted Christmas card, programmes and trial report for HMCS Skeena, assorted stationary, newspaper clipping regarding the 1959 Royal Visit, membership cards and invitations dating to 1958, and general correspondence and newspaper clippings dating to late 1950s. As well as a press release regarding the visit of Canadian First Escort Squadron, 1964 and a dinner menu from the Hotel Whittebrug, La Hague, 1963.

The fonds contains service records, personal documents, and correspondence of Captain Donald Boucher MacPherson during his time with the Royal Canadian Army Service Corps and while working in marine towing and salvage.

982.001

1. Canadian Army (active) tradesmen’s qualifications for D.B. McPherson, dated 4 February 1946.
2. Letter of recommendation for D.B. MacPherson from the Department of National Defense, signed by C.G. Matthews, Major, Officer Commanding, Water Transport Coy, R.C.A.S.C., dated 12 February 1946.
3. Canadian Army (active) Discharge Certificate for D.B. MacPherson, dated 4 February 1946.
4. Permanent and sleeping out pass for unit: R.C.A.S.C. Water Transport, P.C, issued to D.B. MacPherson, dated 24 August 1943.
5. Alien Registration receipt card and certificate of nationality of seamen, for D.B. MacPherson, dated 2 July 1940.
6. Certificate of competency as master of a Steam Tug Boat in the coasting trade issued to D.B. MacPherson dated 12 April 1923. Also has handwritten note in top corner dated 19 May 1947.
7. Certificate from the minister of national defense appointing D.B. MacPherson to the rank of Sergeant Major (skipper) Warrant Officer Class 1 beginning 1 September 1944, dated 4 July 1946, signed by A. Ross, Deputy Minister of National Defense. Also has two badges stapled to each corner.
8. Certificate of competency as master of a passenger tug boat in the coasting trade issued by the minister of Marine and Fisheries for the Dominion of Canada for Donald McPherson (born 15 April 1857, died 15 April 1930). (Perhaps D.B. MacPherson’s father?), dated 15 January 1906.

984.039

1. Correspondence addressed to D.B. Macpherson from:
   a. The Department of Public Works dating from 1951 to 1952
   b. The Alaska Steamship Company dating to 1958
   c. The Department of Highways and Greyhound Lines of Canada Limited dating to 1962
2. And, a letter from D.B. Macpherson, recipient unknown, describing 3 attached photographs.

986.002

1. Testimonial of sea service of D.B. MacPherson, signed December 1919.
2. 5 certificates of service for seamen of Canadian Coasting or Inland Vessels for D.B. MacPherson for work on B.C. Coast Towing, dating from 1915 to 1923.
3. 10 letters of reference written by Victoria Tug Co., Limited, Headquarters Pacific Command, Department of National Defence, and Island Tug & Barge regarding the service of D.B. MacPherson, dating from 1919 to 1923.
4. 4 letters between D.B. MacPherson and the Department of Public Works, Victoria regarding employment, dating to 1947, and 1 receipt for a payment made by D.B. MacPherson 29 April 1947.
5. 6 letters from the Department of Public Works, Victoria dating from 1951 and 1952.
6. Letter from the Department of Highways dated 23 April 1962.

Fonds consists of record files of the Department of Marine and Fisheries office of the wreck commissioner for B.C., including inquest documents, correspondence, and survey reports regarding the SS Alaskan enquiry, dating from 1922 to 1923.

Also includes assorted correspondence from the Department of Marine and Fisheries Lighthouse Service, Department of National Defence, Yarrows Ltd, Wright Bros. Contractors & Engineers, McTaggart & Ellis, B.C. Coast Freight Co., ltd, Pacific Salvage Company Limited, Dominion Meteorological Service, British Columbia Division, and the Department of Soldiers' Civil Re-Establishment.

Also includes assorted correspondence related to the inquiry by the office of the wreck commissioner for B.C. into the collision of a boom of logs belonging to the Canadian Puget Sound Lumber and Timber company with a submarine drilling plant working in Victoria Harbour in 1921 that resulted in damage and a casualty.

Fonds also includes photocopies of correspondence from the Department of Marine and Fisheries related to erecting beacons and lights on the coast dating to 1887 and a two-page clipping from "The Daily News-Advertiser", 14 July 1912 consisting of a full page article on Hon. J.D. Haze, minister of Marine and Fisheries.

Fonds also include annual reports from the Department of Marine and Fisheries, dating from 30 June 1869 to 30 December 1879.

Fonds consists of

L600-L601

• Department of Naval Services files on HMC Dockyard, Esquimalt machinery and plant, prior to 1911 and from 1911 to 1914. Consists of specifications, reports, and correspondence dating primarily from 1895 to 1914.

984.030

• Binder containing envelopes full of confidential Department of the Naval Service documents.

986.030

• 75th Anniversary of the Naval Service of Canada event, a 1985 package including a news release, fact sheet, schedule of events and other documents as well as a pin and a Canadian Forces Pacific coin, a programme for the 75th anniversary fleet regatta, and a souvenir programme titled "shipmates ashore".

986.101

• Telegraph register log book consisting of Department of Naval Services naval messages, cut out and pasted to the pages of the journal, some written in pencil, dating from 21 April 1917 to 4 July 1917.

986.102

• Telegraph register log book consisting of Department of Naval Services naval messages, dating to July and August 1914. Vol 1 is carved into front cover.

986.104

• Telegraph register log book consisting of Department of Naval Services naval messages, cut out and pasted to the pages of the journal, dating from 16 July 1920 to 11 November 1920.

986.105

• Blank schedules of accounts log books for HMC ships.

986.107

• Telegraph register log book consisting of Department of Naval Services naval messages, cut out and pasted to the pages of the journal dating from 19 December 1919 to 29 April 1920.

986.108

• Telegraph register log book consisting of Department of Naval Services naval messages, cut out and pasted to the pages of the journal, dating from 19 December 1919 to 29 April 1920. Also includes some correspondence.
• Department of the naval service log book of Royal Canadian Navy classes dating from 1929 to 1937.

986.109

• Telegraph register log book consisting of Department of Naval Services for the Naval Intelligence Office, Esquimalt, BC naval messages cut out and pasted to the pages of the journal as well as many handwritten messages in pencil, dating from 1 December 1917 to 20 February 1920.

986.110

• Naval store office log of the Department of Naval Services kept by the naval store officer, dating from 11 August 1916 to 1 August 1917.

986.111

• Telegraph register log book consisting of Department of Naval Services naval messages, cut out and pasted to the pages of the journal, some written in pencil, dating from 10 Februray 1915 to 10 August 1916.

986.112

• Telegraph register log book consisting of Department of Naval Services naval messages dating from 15 April 1915 to 30 July 1915.

986.113

• Log book “IX” dated February to May 1916.

986.115

• Department of External Affairs document issued by the secretary of state for the colonies to the governor general dated 23 May 1911, regarding the transfer of admiralty property to Esquimalt.

986.116

• Article titled "Esquimalt Dockyard's First Building" dated 16 October 1946. Appears to have been cut out of a book or magazine.

986.117

• Photocopy of an article titled "HMCS Bra D'or: Ten Years in Retrospect" by Thomas G. Lynch.

986.118

• Rivtow Marine Limited booklet containing specifications and information regarding the company and the Log Barge Rivtow Norseman dated 31 May 1969.

986.120

• Volume 5 Number 4 of "The Log", the annual review of the Royal Canadian Naval College, Royal Roads, B.C. dating to 1946.

Also contains log books from the Naval Yard at Esquimalt. Also contains a book of ships calculations for the Naval Technical School at Esquimalt.