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1959 (Creation)
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2 newspaper clippings : 18.5 x 14 cm and 19 x 38 cm
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Teresa Anne Haggart (1951-2023) (Teri) was a single mother, a dedicated elementary school teacher and librarian. She spent her whole life in Victoria, and she went to the University of Victoria for a degree in education. She spent most of her 30-year career at Cardova bay Elementary. In her retirement she volunteered at the Government House gardens and archives. She passed away in 2023.
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The series contains 2 newspaper article clippings regarding the final Canadian voyage of the Princess Joan between Victoria and Vancouver in 1959.
The Princess Joan was built in 1930 in Scotland by the Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd. for the Canadian Pacific Steamships. Since the beginning of her trips she has had a number of collisions, including with the Bamfield (who was rum running), and the Squid (who was carrying 400 cases of dynamite to the Britannia Mine), both who sank. Princess Joan was withdrawn from service in 1959 and sold to a company in Cyprus.
George Mortimore wrote for the Daily Colonist from 1945 to 1962, and from 1950 he did a portion of the newspaper called “All Aboard” that continued for 11 years were he wrote profiles on many different types of people. From the time of his return from serving in the military until he moved to Toronto to write in The Globe and Mail. He would later go on to teach anthropology in universities in Guelph, Edmonoton, Vancouver and Victoria.
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MMBC off-site storage. Misc tall Box #3.
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No restriction. Replace with: All requests for use must be made through the MMBC Research Request program (http://mmbc.bc.ca/collections/library-and-archives/research/). Please note that fees may apply.
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- George Ernest Mortimore (Subject)
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January 2024