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Part of Capital Iron Fonds
The 17 maps cover the west coast of British Columbia, but primarily the south coast of Vancouver Island, with some coverage of Vancouver Island and the coast of the mainland. The maps contain small corrections from the time that they were publishe...
Capital Iron and Metals Company Limited
Princess Marguerite and Princess Patricia Series
Part of Capital Iron Fonds
The Princess Marguerite was a small luxury liner built in 1948 in Scotland by the Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Company Limited for Canadian Pacific Steamships. She and her sister ship, Princess Patricia, were designed to run the triang...
Capital Iron and Metals Company Limited
The fonds consists of photos, ship plans, maps, and lists and paperwork. Besides the maps, the rest of the material is related to Princess Marguerite and Princess Patricia, except for the 9 items below. The fonds consists of: 2 series-Princess M...
Capital Iron and Metals Company Limited
Part of Capital Iron Fonds
This series of 6 photos show different stages of the use of the evacuation slide. They show: the slide being inflated, the slide almost completely inflated with the landing pad being inflated, people going down the slide, the inflation of the cove...
Capital Iron and Metals Company Limited
Part of Capital Iron Fonds
This series of photos show the underwater body of a ship in a drydock that appears to be in for barnacle removal. The focus is on the barnacles that cover the hull, with the photos showing different parts of the underwater body. There are a couple...
Capital Iron and Metals Company Limited
Part of Capital Iron Fonds
The following lists show what the ships were outfitted with including kitchen, main pantry, and mess tables. New list was made once more things were put into the ships, which is why there are multiple copies. The items in this series are clearly...
Capital Iron and Metals Company Limited
Part of Capital Iron Fonds
There are 2 paper technical drawings, and the rest are on drafting linen. Writing and other markings are done in pencil, coloured pencil and marker. There are also some holes and fading in some areas from wear. These plans are stamped by Fairfield...
Capital Iron and Metals Company Limited
Part of Capital Iron Fonds
The instructions and manuals in this series covers a wide range of machinery that was a part of the ship. For example the Maintenance Instruction Books and Winding Details provides an index of all the maintenance instructions for more than 22 mach...
Capital Iron and Metals Company Limited
PacifiCat Explorer : Life Saving Plan (Sheet 2 of 2)
Part of John A. Clarkson Fonds
Operated between June 1999 and March 2000 three Catamaran Ferries International (CFI) fast ferries were intended to improve ferry service between the lower mainland and Vancouver Island as well as revive the shipbuilding industry in BC as Versatil...
Clarkson, John A.
Newspaper article-“Princess Joan Makes Last Romantic Midnight Run to Vancouver”
Part of Teresa Haggart Fonds
The article “Princess Joan Makes Last Romantic Midnight Run to Vancouver” was published in a Victoria published newspaper on the Thursday 26th February 1959 on page 17. Provided are four photos with corresponding caption. In the first caption ther...
Haggart, Teresa