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Canadian Coast Guard Fonds
977.055.0001, 992.083.0001-0009, 993.018.0006-0011, 993.089.0001, 997.055.0001, 006.007.0001, 011.007.0006 · Fonds · 1890-1956; 1983-1987

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.

Canadian Coast Guard
Canadian Embassy Fonds
L2044 · Fonds · 1967

Fonds consists of a Canadian Embassy report about Spain issuing a new series of commemorative postage stamps titled "Builders of America", dated 12 October 1967 and and 8 Spanish stamps.

Canadian Embassy, Madrid
986.056.0001-0008, 991.048.0001-0002 · Fonds · 1919, 1944-1945; 1952-1974

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.

Canadian Merchant Service Guild
988.169.0001-0013, 988.184.0001-0003989.059.0001-0003 · Fonds · 1962-1970; 1975-1982

Fonds consists of assorted memorabilia from The Canadian Pacific Railways British Columbia Coast Steamship Service, specifically TEV Princess Marguerite II, including pamphlets, rate cards, reservation cards, menus, and certificates dating from 1975 to 1982.

Also includes a set of pilot house log books for TEV Princess Marguerite II dating from 1962 to 1970.

Canadian Pacific Railway British Columbia Coast Steamship Service
L2414-L2428, L3267, L3505, L4606, P4983, 984.003.0001, P984.014.0004, 986.029, 988.029.0002, 988.030.0001-0002, 988.061.0001-0002, 988.154.0004, 988.165.0001, 989.019.0001-0009, 990.065.0002, 992.077.0005-0006, 993.090.0001, 997.079.0001-0013, 010.039.0001 · Fonds · 1900-1968

Fonds consists of documents and ephemera related to Canadian Pacific Railway Company, including B.C. Coast Steamship travel, Atlantic travel, and rail travel.

L2414-L2428
Christmas cards of B.C. Coast Service ships.

L3267
Book titled "Regulations for the Navigation of the British Columbia Coast Service Steamships of the Canadian Pacific Railway Company: General Instructions", ca. 1900.

L3505
Menu from the commander's dinner titled "Carnival Nights on Board SS Princess Norah, a Canadian Pacific Cruise Along the Shores of Canada's West Coast Wonderland".

L4606
Empress of Britain souvenir booklet, menu, and passenger list, a Canadian Pacific folder, and an Empress of Britain deck plan, ca. 1956.

P4983
CPR projection negatives, ca. 1918?

984.003.0001
Canadian Pacific Steamship Line souvenir magazine regarding the Empress of the Atlantic voyage from the St. Lawrence to Europe.

P984.014.0004
Folder of Canadian Pacific images.

986.029.0005; 0007-0009
Programme of entertainment aboard RMS Empress of Ireland 13 February 1912, booklet discussing the use of oil for calming rough seas dating to the 1890s, 1928 CPR department of colonization and development booklet, Yarrows Limited bulletins from 1947 and 1948, and Yarrows review dating from 1967 and 1968.

988.029.0002
Canadian Pacific Steamship Line menu.

988.030.0001-0002
Brochure titled "Go Empress to Europe" regarding Canadian Pacific Steamship Lines RMS Empress of Canada, and a pamphlet advertising the British Columbia Coast Steamships route, ca. 1940s?

988.061.0001-0002
Blank TEV Princess Patricia stationary and CP Rail, Coastal Marine Operations 100th anniversary celebration on board M/V Princess of Vancouver package, dated 2 May 1981.

988.154.0004
Postcard of a drawing of the CPR pier in Vancouver, B.C. with a CPR steamer sailing from Victoria to Seattle.

988.165.0001
Postcard of an unnamed CPR ship.

989.019.0001-0009
Canadian Pacific Railway timetables and Canadian Pacific airlines maps.

990.065.0002
Canadian Pacific Railway SS Princess Charlotte luncheon menu that has been cut and used as a postcard.

992.077.0005-0006
Coronation day menus for Canadian Pacific Victoria, Seattle, Vancouver service.

993.090.0001
Souvenir booklet for the maiden voyage of RMS Empress of Japan, ca. 1930.

997.079.0001-0013
Documents and photographs related to Canadian Pacific Railway passenger steamship service, including an introductory letter, visitor information booklets, a menu, a Christmas card, and postcards featuring images of various vessels dating to the 1950s.

010.039.0001
Breakfast menu for Canadian Pacific British Columbia Coast Steamship Service SS Princess of Vancouver.

Canadian Pacific Railway Company
L35-L36 · Fonds · [ca. 1891-19--?]

Fonds consists of plans of RMS Empress of Japan, China, and India, a watercolour painting of SS Amur by J.W. Hardcastle, and photographs of Canadian Pacific ships, including steamships and some of the Princess line and Empress line.

Canadian Pacific Railway Company
987.007.0001-0089, 987.010.0010 · Fonds · 1894-1907, 1951

Fonds consists of log books of North Pacific sealing vessels detailing crews, seals taken, and hunting area dating from 1894 to 1907 (missing 30 of 89 books).

Also includes a 1951 photograph of an unidentified HMC ship.

P4033-P4046, P4225 · Fonds · [19--?]

The fonds consists of ships plans and photographs of a number of vessels.

Capital Iron and Metals Limited
Captain Quadra Fonds
L2182 · Fonds · 1792

Fonds consists of a photocopy of a journal, written completely in Spanish, dating to 1792 detailing Captain Quadra's visit to Nootka to meet Captain George Vancouver. The original is held in Madrid, Spain and the copy was obtained by Premier Bennett on visit to Spain in 1968.

de la Bodega y Quadra, Captain Juan Francisco