Black Sunday in Gastown - June 13th 1886 - Survivors speak

On June 13th 1966 CBC Radio interviewed five survivors of the fire 80 years earlier. The audio is very clear, it does not sound like a broadcast for the mid 60s. Honestly, I am blown away that this audio exists. The fire started in the slash piles being burned by the CPR to clear the West End. The wind was strong and the whole town was burned down in 45 minutes. Vancouver was not much at the time, but it was clear it was going to be a major port because it was the end of the line for CP. Join the Discord server at: https://discord.gg/VhMXDz8Q More information at this link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_V... Vancouver seniors: Mrs. John MacKee Mrs. W.M. Drainey Mrs. Gertrude E. Gao Mrs. Eliza Jane Beach Alex M. Matheson Written and produced by Bill Herbert Narration by Bill Herbert and Bob Switzer Research by Heimey Koshovoy Technical operation and tape editing by Omar Winton. Images and audio are public domain The raw audio file is at this link: https://searcharchives.vancouver.ca/b...

Trip from Vancouver to Vancouver Island in 1959

This is a home movie of a trip on a CPR steamer from Vancouver to Victoria. 0:21 passing under Lion's Gate Bridge with views of many freighters 2:39 arrive in Victoria Harbour 3:40 Butchart Gardens 5:17 Crystal Pool 6:08 Malahat Look Out 6:37 Cathedral Grove 8:06 return sailing to Vancouver

Big Timber - 1935 Canadian Government film about BC's Forest Industry

The film follows the timber industry from logging through to export The sawmill is in Chemainus, this version was built in 1924. At the time the sawmill has owned by the Victoria Lumber Company. It is 1946 that the sawmill came under the control of HR MacMillan. Given this is Chemainus the logging operation is most likely a Victoria Lumber Company show.