CGS Estevan : Midship Section at Frame 48...
Built in 1912 by the Collingwood Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. as a Canadian government lighthouse tender. In 1930-1940 she was owned by the Minister of Marine and Fisheries in Ottawa and from 1940 to 1970 she was owned by the Minister of Transport. She w...
Clarkson, John A.
Certificate of Competency
This parchment certificate is given as a certificate of competency as master of a passenger steamer in the minor inland waters to John Webber. It was signed by the deputy Minister (illegible) and the Minister of Marine and Fisheries (Louis Henry D...
Haggart, Teresa
Correspondence - MV “New America”
New America was built in 1939 in Victoria by the Armstrong Bros. Shipyards with an Vivian Engine Works Ltd. Engine. She was requisitioned in 1941 for towing and general duties at Esquimalt.
There is correspondence regarding the requisition of the ...
Clarkson, John A.
Correspondence – MV “Snow Prince”
Built in 1937 by Boeing Aircraft (Canada) Ltd for Nootka Packing Co. as a seiner fishing boat. Requisitioned 1940-1944 for the RCAF while crewed by the Fishermen’s Reserve although she is not officially a part of the Reserve.
Correspondence in the...
Clarkson, John A.
Correspondence – Fish Packer “Maraudor”/“Marauder”
Maraudor was built in 1918 in Washington State by the US Navy Yard as a submarine chaser. It said that she had operated as a rum runner. In 1930-1931 she was owned by Pacific and Foreign Navigation Co. Vancouver and then subsequent other BC owners...
Clarkson, John A.
Correspondence – Fish Packer “San Tomas”
San Tomas was built in 1938 by AC Benson Shipyard Ltd in Vancouver as a seiner fishing boat. Requisitioned into the fishermen’s Reserve in 1940 as a patrol, and as a tender to HMCS Givenchy and HMCS Givenchy II.
The file contains correspondence re...
Clarkson, John A.