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The Vancouver Maritime Museum Archives collection consists of archival records donated to the Vancouver Maritime Museum from a wide variety of sources over a period of fifty years since the museum opened. Some of the archival records were originally processed and filed as the Library "ephemera" collection. They have since been removed from the Library database and processed as part of this collection.;The collection consists of correspondence; merchant service and naval certificates; reports and research notes; journals, diaries and logbooks; ledgers; vessel construction plans; photographs and negatives; newsletters, and oral histories recorded on DVDs and audiocassette tapes.

The collection consists of maps and plans of the Valemount area including land use and village maps of Valemount, townsite plan and sketch map of Red Pass, B.C., map of Lucerne in Mount Robson Park, preemptors map of Tete Jaune Cache, B.C., and sketch maps, land use maps, and trap-line maps of the Valemount and Robson Valley areas. Collection includes Canadian National Railways trackage maps of Valemount and area (Robson Subdivision) and station plans.

The collection consists of a combination of materials relating to the Union Steamship Company of British Columbia that has been collected over the years by the Vancouver Maritime Museum as well as documents that have been donated to the museum by Gerald Rushton, author of two books on the company titled Whistle Up the Inlet and Echoes of the Whistle; Arthur Twigg, author of the book Union Steamship Remembered; Harold Cecil Biles, former employee; and James Richard Southworth, former Marine Constable. The collection includes financial reports, maps, schedule notes, special operating circulars, company memos, sailing guides, menus, brochures, research notes, correspondence, newspaper clippings, magazine articles, manuscripts, assorted ephemera, photographs and audio cassettes. The collection is arranged in 8 series: Administrative; General files; Articles, clippings, and scrapbooks; Echoes of the Whistle book; Whistle Up the Inlet book; Union Steamships Remembered book; Photographs; and Audio-visual.

The collection consists of fire insurance maps, townsite plans, topographical maps, subdivision plans, road maps, street grade maps, zoning maps, building plans, sewer maps, and mineral reference maps of Trail and area, including Rossland and Tadanac. Collection includes architectural plans of the warehouse and sales building of West Kootenay Power and Light Company.

The collection consists of a timetable for the Canadian Northern Pacific Railway, Port Mann to Hope, from 1915, a copy of an article from an English newspaper on the launch of its bonds by the Canadian Pacific Railway in 1871 [1971], and an undated list of railroads which ran through Langley, B.C., at one time.

The collection consists of a 1912 petition to Langley Municipality regarding street lights and other improvements in Fort Langley, B.C., possibly sponsored by the Fort Langley Board of Trade's Transport Committee.

The fonds consists of Burt's Seaman's record book and certificates, including certificates of discharge. Fonds includes menus from various U.K. oceanliners.

The fonds consists of photographs of parades in Vancouver and of ships in Burrard Inlet and First Narrows, Vancouver, B.C.

The fonds consists of accounts ledgers.

The collection consists of zoning, subdivision and townsite maps, topographic maps, irrigation and pipeline maps, railway and road maps, and First Nations reserve maps of Summerland and area.

The fonds consists of the Chief Engineers log book for the Sudbury II (1975-1976).

The fonds consists of photographs of the Stewart family depicting the family home, family members, and community scenes in Lake Cowichan and area. Photographs include those depicting the railways and railroad stations in Lake Cowichan.

The fonds consists of specifications for work on various ships and docks as well as tenders and agreements involving the shipyard. Several financial records, magazines, and manuals as well as a yard plan for the shipyard are also a part of the fonds.

The fonds consists of the log book of the SS Wakaniu with calculations for navigation and table of distance and degree table for London to Cape Town and other destinations.

Fonds consists of photocopies from the Public Archives, RG 12 Volume 1867 File 3268-44. Includes the act of incorporation, proposals, reports, correspondence, petitions, and leases It includes a description of the country and industry in 1887, engineer and inspection reports, a list of property owners in the Okanagan district (1887), specification for the railway bed, correspondence concerning changes to the original plan and the Sicamous and the Mara Stations, and financial information.

The fonds consists of minutes of the Joint Water Board/Committee (1943-1962 and 1970), correspondence, a list of licences granted (1909-1942), engineer's reports, forms of drilled wells, a statement, accounts of water transportation through village lines, timber sales, and a chairman's notes on the history of the board.

The fonds consists of textual records relating to the history, administration and restoration of the S.S. Master. Records include agendas, minutes and annual reports; correspondence; registration and insurance documents; licenses; financial papers and grant proposals; a logbook recording crew hours; publications and media releases; newspaper clippings. The fonds also includes pilot house logbooks from the S.S. Master dating 1940-1959 that chronicle her activities while towing for Marpole Towing Company Limited.;The fonds is arranged into seven series: Society minutes, constitutions and membership records; Society financial records; Society correspondence; Society publications and events; Newspaper clippings; S.S. Master historical records; and S.S. Master logbooks.

The fonds consists of register of export entries (1905-1960) and bound appraiser's bulletins.

Collection consists of schedules of Canadian Pacific ships on the west coast and a schedule for the Victoria, Nanaimo, Courtenay dayliner train. Also includes postcards of CP and Blackball line ships and views of downtown Nanaimo including views of the Malaspina Hotel, Georgia Park, the Bastion, Front Street looking south, and the harbour and port.

Collection consists of three videos produced by Mr. Langley and some of his research material for the film on the development of Nanaimo Harbour and the Concerned Citizens Committee.

The fonds consists of photographs of scenes and railroad activity in the Selkirk Mountains and at Glacier and Rogers Pass.

The collection consists of photographs and prints of sailing ships of the 19th and early 20th century.

The collection consists of photographs of Revelstoke area (including Rogers Pass, Big Bend, Glacier, Arrowhead, Three Valley, and the Upper Arrow Lakes) depicting industry, forestry, transportation networks, sports and recreation, community events, individuals, and organizations.

The collection consists of topographic maps, mineral and land claims maps, townsite and subdivision plans, and architectural drawings pertaining to Revelstoke and locations in the Columbia basin and of structures constructed by the Canadian Pacific Railway Company in the Revelstoke District.

The fonds consists of payroll and expenditure ledgers, timesheets, personnel files, subject files and correspondence of the Revelstoke Division of the CPR.