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Papertown Station
Feb 26, 20241 min read
1937::Vancouver Island's Door-to-Door Vegetable Man
The cold produce delivery man with a hot idea.
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Papertown Station
Sep 9, 20225 min read
1951::Princess Elizabeth and Prince Phillip Visit Vancouver Island, British Columbia
Before the Princess became Queen, the young royal couple made their first visit to Vancouver Island.
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Papertown Station
Sep 2, 20221 min read
1892::Waiting on a Dock in Esquimalt Harbour, Vancouver Island
Waiting on an Esquimalt dock for a transport.
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Papertown Station
Aug 21, 20221 min read
1846::A Night in Vancouver Island Woods
A story from the earliest days of Fort Victoria on Vancouver Island.
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Papertown Station
Jul 4, 20221 min read
1899::The Secret Whistles of Britain's Pacific Outpost at Esquimalt, British Columbia
Britain's last kick at bolstering her small yet strategic outpost on the pacific ocean.
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Papertown Station
May 20, 20221 min read
1890::Esquimalt & Nanaimo Rail Schedule
A little pocketbook that once lived in many Vancouver Islander pockets.
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Papertown Station
May 20, 20222 min read
1888::The First Trains of Vancouver Island
The first Vancouver Island trains that rolled into Nanaimo and Victoria, British Columbia.
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Papertown Station
May 20, 20222 min read
1886::Canada's True Last Spike
The driving of the true last spike of Canada's coast to coast railway link.
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Papertown Station
May 17, 20222 min read
1936::Two Queens and the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
A look at Queen Elizabeth II's family tree.
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Papertown Station
Apr 16, 20223 min read
1923::The Motor Princess Automobile Ferry
British Columbia's first automobile ferry.
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Papertown Station
Dec 18, 20215 min read
1942::The QE: The Largest Ship in the World Sails to Victoria, BC During WW2
🌺WW2::The world's largest Ocean Liner, found her way to Esquimalt's drydock in Esquimalt, British Columbia.
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Papertown Station
Dec 18, 20211 min read
1914::World's Largest Oil Tanker Torpedoed After Drydock in Esquimalt, British Columbia
1914::WW1::World's Largest Oil Tanker torpedoed a year after drydock in Esquimalt, British Columbia
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