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1963-1964 photo album

This album is a series of photographs taken of military officer cadets at Canadian Services College Royal Roads in Victoria, BC, Canada. From arrival in the fall until graduation in late spring, this 1963-64 album tells the story of the academic year in photographs.

Dolaura Guest Book

  • CA RRU 025-002-2-3
  • Item
  • 1908-1965
  • Part of K. McCann

James Dunsmuir’s yacht, Dolaura, was steam driven and about 218 feet from bow to stern and 32 feet across the beam. It was custom-built in Scotland in 1908. The yacht was named after Dola, James’s youngest daughter, and his wife, Laura. This vessel replaced the Thistle, which burned to the waterline in 1907. The Dolaura was magnificent, with lavishly decorated rooms and all the modern comforts. When the Dunsmuirs took possession in Europe, Kaiser Wilhelm of Germany came on board for a tour and his is the first name in the visitors’ book. Dunsmuir family members and friends enjoyed many fishing trips and excursions on the ship while living at Hatley Park. In 1920, the yacht was sold to a lumber and shipping magnate in Midland, Ont., and was renamed Victoria. The yacht changed hands and names many more times and even served as an anti-submarine vessel in the waters off Scotland during the Second World War. It was finally dismantled in the 1950s.
Although the Hatley Park estate was sold in 1940 to the Government of Canada, 20 acres of waterfront property adjacent to the Belmont gateway had been gifted to the youngest Dunsmuir daughter, Dola, by her father before he died in 1920. She built a little house there in an English Arts and Crafts style, with hipped roofing, brick walls and tall chimneys. She named the house Dolaura, remembering the family yacht and the many family trips she had taken as a young girl. She had even kept the yacht’s guest book and used it to record visitors to her home.

1964-1965 photo album

This album is a series of photographs taken of military officer cadets at Canadian Services College Royal Roads in Victoria, BC, Canada. From arrival in the fall until graduation in late spring, this 1964-65 album tells the story of the academic year in photographs.

1965-1966 photo album

This album is a series of photographs taken of military officer cadets at Canadian Services College Royal Roads in Victoria, BC, Canada. From arrival in the fall until graduation in late spring, this 1965-66 album tells the story of the academic year in photographs.

1966-1967 photo album

This album is a series of photographs taken of military officer cadets at Canadian Services College Royal Roads in Victoria, BC, Canada. From arrival in the fall until graduation in late spring, this 1966-67 album tells the story of the academic year in photographs.

1967-1968 photo album

This album is a series of photographs taken of military officer cadets at Canadian Services College Royal Roads in Victoria, BC, Canada. From arrival in the fall until graduation in late spring, this 1967-68 album tells the story of the academic year in photographs.

1968-1969 photo album

This album is a series of photographs taken of military officer cadets at Royal Roads Military College in Victoria, BC, Canada. From arrival in the fall until graduation in late spring, this 1968-69 album tells the story of the academic year in photographs.

1969-1970 photo album

This album is a series of photographs taken of military officer cadets at Royal Roads Military College in Victoria, BC, Canada. From arrival in the fall until graduation in late spring, this 1969-70 album tells the story of the academic year in photographs.

1970-1971 photo album

This album is a series of photographs taken of military officer cadets at Royal Roads Military College in Victoria, BC, Canada. From arrival in the fall until graduation in late spring, this 1970-71 album tells the story of the academic year in photographs.

1971-1972 photo album

This album is a series of photographs taken of military officer cadets at Royal Roads Military College in Victoria, BC, Canada. From arrival in the fall until graduation in late spring, this 1971-72 album tells the story of the academic year in photographs.

1972-1973 photo album

This album is a series of photographs taken of military officer cadets at Royal Roads Military College in Victoria, BC, Canada. From arrival in the fall until graduation in late spring, this 1972-73 album tells the story of the academic year in photographs.

1973-1974 photo album

This album is a series of photographs taken of military officer cadets at Royal Roads Military College in Victoria, BC, Canada. From arrival in the fall until graduation in late spring, this 1973-74 album tells the story of the academic year in photographs.

1974-1975 photo album

This album is a series of photographs taken of military officer cadets at Royal Roads Military College in Victoria, BC, Canada. From arrival in the fall until graduation in late spring, this 1974-75 album tells the story of the academic year in photographs.

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