Gordon Sutherland interview [sound recording]

Summary: Pt. 1: Biographical information; came to the Kootenays in 1906; money scare in Nova Scotia; harvest excursion from Pictou County and price; landed in Nelson; Parker Williams hiring hall; Paulsen logging camp; paid $1.00 for job; left Paulsen camp with filer; wages; Winlaw's camp; hand logging; gyppo logging explained; tie and pole camps; camp hours; hours on boats; room and board; food in Paulsen camp; mining and hazards; New Denver mine and conditions; anecdote about quitting New Denver mine; Silicosis; railroad work; Leary's pole yard; Sandon in 1915 and unemployment; labourer's work conditions; prospecting for molybdonite; working boats at Pingston Creek; forced enlistment into the army; lobster fishing off Nova Scotia; Molson Bank, Revelstoke, owned Pingston Creek; working for Leary's on boats; Waldie Lumber Co. in 1931; anecdote about writing exam for skippers ticket; anecdote about colour blindness test. Continues with colour blindness test; relief in Nakusp; anecdote about being hired by Waldie's; Waldie's mill shut down one winter; part time fork in winter; relief in Nakusp, conditions and pay; tugboat "Elko I" in 1916; marriage. [During the last 20 minutes of this tape, Mr. Sutherland is referring to photo album.] Building the M.V. "G.O. Sutherland"; Arrow Lakes poles; Beaton; "Elko II"; fuel and drive train; 1914 trip back to Nova Scotia; in charge of the "Irene" in 1914; skating on lakes; demise of the "Elko II"; One Big Union membership at Pingston Creek.