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Papertown Station
Mar 15, 20211 min read
1937::63.5 lb Salmon Caught Near Victoria, British Columbia's Breakwater
A fish that shocked the world and boosted the tourism industry of Vancouver Island.
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Papertown Station
Mar 10, 20217 min read
1933-1939::The City of Alanville
From a miniature city to the beautification of provincial and national capitals.
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Papertown Station
Mar 1, 20211 min read
1919::War Cake Recipe
From a chef at post-war Waldorf Astoria in New York City.
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Papertown Station
Dec 21, 20205 min read
1943::A Christmas Dinner On the Front Line
Amid World War II's heavy battle for Ortona, a Christmas dinner.
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Papertown Station
Nov 28, 20204 min read
1946-1969::Alice the Albino Orca of Vancouver Island, British Columbia
The albino orca that kept Vancouver Islanders searching coastal waters for over 20 years.
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Papertown Station
Nov 25, 20201 min read
1948-1955::The Christmas Tie Exchange Bar in Victoria, British Columbia
Helping men sort out their ugly Christmas ties for almost a decade.
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Papertown Station
Nov 20, 20201 min read
1922::Dunkley's Gas-Powered Baby Pram
A popular British baby buggy finds its way to the Pacific Coast.
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Papertown Station
Nov 17, 20207 min read
1889-1964::The W. A. Jameson Coffee Company
The little Vancouver Island coffee company that became a household name.
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Papertown Station
Oct 29, 20204 min read
1946::Post-War Smallpox Resurgence in the Pacific Northwest
Fifteen weeks to control a deadly outbreak.
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Papertown Station
Aug 15, 202010 min read
1941-1968::The Mars Planes and Vancouver Island's Pioneer Water Bomber Pilots
The planes and their pilots who forever changed how British Columbia forest fires were fought.
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Papertown Station
Aug 8, 20205 min read
1920-1922::Farson and the Cowichan Lake Float-Houses
An early 20th-century writer once called a float-house on Vancouver Island home.
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Papertown Station
Jun 27, 20203 min read
1928-1978::New Coaches for the New Vancouver Island Coach Lines
A new motorized stagecoach service for the new Vancouver Island Highway.
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