The series contains a range of photographs of Tofino and the surrounding area, including Tofino wharf, people fishing and landscapes.
Located on the west coast of Vancouver Island in the traditional territory of the Tla-o-qui-aht First Nation of the Nuu—chah-nulth people, south of Clayoquot Sound. Settlers came to the site and the surrounding around starting in the 1890s. Officially named Tofino with the opening of a post office in 1909, although its first store was opened in 1901, a school in 1906 and a wharf and lifeboat station in 1908 and its church in 1913. Tofino was incorporated as a municipality in 1932. Tofino developed around the fishing and logging industries, now known for its natural beauty and a great destination for outdoor recreation.
Many fishermen of Japanese descent began to settle in the area in 1923, and in 1942 the federal government ordered that all Japanese Canadians were to be expulsed from the west coast with their belongings, such as their boats, were confiscated.

Postcard of a view of the village of Tofino from a boat with writing at the bottom right hand side that says Tofino, BC.

Photo of a view from the shore of the Tofino lifeboat station and the ramp protruding from the building into the water.

A photo of two men pulling in the seining net with another seining boat is a distance away.

Photo of a seining crew pulling in their catch from the net to the boat via brailer. The photo is blurry.

Postcard of a view of the Tofino wharf filled with boats with a group of people on the shore. The writing at the bottom right hand side that says Fishing Boats, Tofino, BC. The photo is fairly dark.
On the back written in pen it explains the types of boats visible.

Front of page contains 1 postcard with the label of ‘”The Princess Norah” at Tofino Whatf’. Shown is Princess Norah coming into the Tofino Wharf. There is a group of people standing on the wharf on the right side of the photo, and a troller on the interior side of the wharf. The back states that the troller is “West Hope” and belongs to the hotel manager and about a journey to Long Beach in it.
Back of page contains 1 photo of a sunset in Tofino. The buildings along the coast are not visible because of the darkness of the photo along the edges.

The front of the page has two hand colour photos. The first is of “Bertha L” on fire at the Tofino wharf. The other boats at the wharf are “Ryuo II” and “Ruth B.”. The second photo is another one of “Bertha L.” burning but is being towed by “Ruth B” and “Norpack I” away from the deck. The photos are slightly wavy. “Ryuo II” was owned by Kitaro Nitta who worked as a fish buyer for the Canadian Fishing Co. Ltd. and Bertha L. was owned by the Clayoquot Sound Canning Co.Ltd.
There is nothing on the back of the page.

Front of page contains 1 photo of Tofino BC. The postcard contains a view of part of the town with docks with writing on the bottom left stating Tofino, BC. The back of the postcard states the business in the buildings.
Back of page contains 3 photos that are blurry. The first photo is labeled ‘Lone Cone from hotel window’, and is a view over a roof of the water and mountains. The second photo is labeled ‘Ye Olde White Wings. Many Royal Times had here’. It is a blurry photo of a building with a restaurant on its roof. The third photo is of the boat “West Hope”.

Front of page contains 5 black and white photos on seining. One boat and its tender with the crew working with the net. Some of the photos are blurry.
Back of page contains 3 colour photos. The one with herring in the brailer of the boat appears to be hand coloured. The other two photos are of boats, “Pete” and “New Liverpool”. “New Liverpool” was owned by Nisuke Nakanichi who worked for the Long Beach Tuna Company, and was seized in 1942.