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Fonds consists of a certificate for the inaugural trip of the new British Columbia toll Authority Ferry Service between Vancouver and Victoria on 15 June 1960.

Black and white photographs of the crew and Westinghouse family members of “Southern Cross” in Victoria BC in 1940. The backs have been stamped with the date that they were printed September 11, 1940.
The photos are labeled by Agnes Westinghouse on the back as Victoria 1940. Information provided by the donor includes a newspaper blurb that the yacht “may be seen again in BC waters if a proposed northern development scheme is given government approval. Southern Cross…made a wartime visit to Vancouver in 1940”.
Southern Cross was a Swedish yacht owned by Axel Wenner-Gren, and was one of the fifth or sixth largest private motor yacht in the world at the time. She was previously owned by Howard Hughes and was built in 1930 for Lord Inchcape who died in 1932. The figurehead was made in the likeness of Lord Inchcape's daughter, Elsie Mackay, who disappeared whilst attempting to fly the Atlantic in 1928.

Fonds consists of a DVD titled "Freedom of Aberfeldy", a recruiting film made by the U.K. Ministry of Information in 1941 featuring three servicemen, a Canadian, an Australian, and a New Zealander in Scotland while in service during WWII. The Canadian featured in the video was named Gordon Bolin and he died as a result of HMCS Teme being torpedoed by a German U-boat in 1945.

Fonds consists of a NATO document titled "The Soviet World Wide Maritime Build-up" prepared by the staff, allied command Atlantic, dated September 1969.

Fonds consists of:

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Programme from a concert given by crew of HMCS Sheene in honour of East Coast Ships at Bermuda, spring 1935.

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Collection of poems titled "Destroyer Ditties 1939" written and/or collected by crew of HMCS Saguenay, spring 1939.

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Poem titled "Percy", by William woods, c. 1935 to leading seaman Percy Swatman when they were both serving on HMCS Vancouver. Swatman became a petty officer a few years later and died of a heart attack in the mid-1960s.

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Programme for the annual Remembrance Day service, 20th anniversary of armistice, cenotaph, Vancouver B.C., Friday 11 November 1938.

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Document titled "The Wreck of the Amentiers" reporting on the grounding of the minesweeper HMCS Armentiers in fog at Union Bay in 1931 or 1932. The document deals principally with the activities of Ldg. Sec/Swatman.

Fonds consists of a handwritten note certifying the baptism of Sarah Maria Perkins, mother of Percy Shah Houl (donor) on board HMS Shah on 23 September 1877. She died giving birth to Percy, who was then adopted by his uncle (Houl) and took his last name.

Fonds consists of a log book of captain's orders and officers stations from HMS Newcastle, dating to 1919.

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.

Operated between June 1999 and March 2000 three Catamaran Ferries International (CFI) fast ferries were intended to improve ferry service between the lower mainland and Vancouver Island as well as revive the shipbuilding industry in BC as Versatile Pacific Shipyards (VPS) had closed in the early 1990s. Designed by Incat Designs Pty Ltd in Australia and Robert Allan Ltd. They were built in Vancouver on Pier 94 just east of the former VPS. The project started in 1994 with an estimated total of 210 million which upon completion had ended up being 463 million, with each originally budgeted to be 70 million and ended up being 118 million while the other two were 104 million dollars. There were many delays in the construction including the welding of aluminium and there were also numerous operational problems which ensured that they only saw limited service. It became a major political issue for Glen Clark’s NDP government. Ship plan is drawn by D. Musick.

Operated between June 1999 and March 2000 three Catamaran Ferries International (CFI) fast ferries were intended to improve ferry service between the lower mainland and Vancouver Island as well as revive the shipbuilding industry in BC as Versatile Pacific Shipyards (VPS) had closed in the early 1990s. Designed by Incat Designs Pty Ltd in Australia and Robert Allan Ltd. They were built in Vancouver on Pier 94 just east of the former VPS. The project started in 1994 with an estimated total of 210 million which upon completion had ended up being 463 million, with each originally budgeted to be 70 million and ended up being 118 million while the other two were 104 million dollars. There were many delays in the construction including the welding of aluminium and there were also numerous operational problems which ensured that they only saw limited service. It became a major political issue for Glen Clark’s NDP government. Ship plan is drawn by David Greening.