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Fonds consists of booklets outlining the plan for the Royal Canadian Navy annual pacific command regatta 1957, 1959, and 1960. Also includes minutes of the special meeting of the pacific command regatta brochure committee from 9 May 1957, and brochure amendments from 12 June 1957 and from 12 July 1957.

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 a newspaper clipping describing the sails and rigging of the schooner HMS Nancy.

Fonds consists of a souvenir programme titled "Gala Sports to the Officers and Men of HMS Kent under Auspices of the National Reserve of Canada, no. 2 Company, Victoria, BC", held Saturday, 12 June 1915.

Fonds consists of a small, red leather diary kept by stoker petter officer A. Thomas (later magistrate) on HMCS Rainbow and Grise, dating from 26 April 1918 to 20 November 1918 and a chief engineer's log book for SS Salvage King commanded by A. Thomas, dating from April to May 1940.

Fonds consists of Pamphlets describing Canada's Lighthouses and The Canadian Coast Guard.

Fonds consists of articles from The Mechanic Arts Magazine vol IV, no. 6, July 1899 (reprint?) titled "Splices, Knots, and Bends" by Ernest K Roden, and article titled "To Splice a Wire Rope" by W.H. Morris.

Fonds consists of a photostat of a Poem called "Chief Douglas's Daughter". It is a poem written by Ben Griffin, prefactor of Boomerang Inn, giving an account of the elopement of Alice, daughter of Sir James Douglas, with Charles Good, the then Colonial Secretary, ca. 1861. Charles Good was the donor's Great Uncle - the "Drake" referred to in the poem was the Grandfather of Montague Drake.

Fonds consists of a small book/album containing small ships badges cut out from stationary and pasted into patterns. Probably date c. 1890. There is also a loose page and loose stencil page.

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.