Photo of a view from shore of the Johnson Street Bridge raised with a boat going under. Photo held onto the navy blue mat board by one side. Enlarged reproduction of original photograph. The photo is blurry. Photograph by Bill Mason. The back says Victoria whaling boats.

Photo of a whaling harpoon gun on the deck of a boat. Photo held onto the black mat board by one side. Enlarged reproduction of original photograph. The photo is blurry. Photograph by Bill Mason.

A photo of two whaling boats, with the crew visible. Bill Manson up the mast, and the other men at the bow of the vessel around the harpoon gun. Photo held onto the blue mat board by one side. Enlarged reproduction of original photograph. The photo of blurry. Photograph by Bill Mason.

A photo looking towards a whaling station from a whaling vessel. Enlarged reproduction of original photograph. The photo is blurry. Photograph by Bill Mason.

Photo of a view of a whaling vessel on the water from another boat. Enlarged reproduction of original photograph. The photo is blurry. Photograph by Bill Mason. The back of the photo states that one of the 5 whaling boats out of Victoria.

Photo of a view of whale in a whaling station with an oil drum in the foreground and a different whaling station building behind the whale. Enlarged reproduction of original photograph. The photo is blurry. Photograph by Bill Mason. The back says village Vancouver Island.

Photo of a whale in a whaling station, with a majority of the photo being taken up by the whale’s body, with a view of a cut into the blubber of the abdomen. Information on the back says that it is a rendering plant. Photo held onto the cream mat board by one side. Enlarged reproduction of original photograph. The photo is blurry. Photograph by Bill Mason.

A photo of 6 men at the bow of a whaling boat with a harpoon gun. Enlarged reproduction of original photograph. The photo is blurry.

A photo of a view of whale in a whaling station. Enlarged reproduction of original photograph. The photo is blurry. Photograph by Bill Mason.

Fonds consists of a whale siting form book, a whale catchers log, and a log book in Chinese and English.