by Maritime Museum | Sep 1, 2023 | Blog, Collections Insights
The Steamship Princess Maquinna was built and designed specifically for service on the West Coast of Vancouver Island. She was launched from the British Columbia Marine Railway Shipyard in Esquimalt, BC, on Christmas Eve – December 24th, 1912. Her maiden voyage...
by Maritime Museum | Aug 1, 2023 | Blog, Collections Insights
For recreational or sport fishing and commercial fishing, you need a way to trick the fish into thinking your bait, or lure, is one of their usual food sources. There is artistry and creativity in the world of lure making. For fishing salmon, lures that resemble an...
by Maritime Museum | Jul 21, 2023 | Blog, Collections Insights
Sound-powered phones were developed during World War II, and once they are wired up, they are powered solely by the sound of operator’s voice. Where a normal phone modulates an existing electrical current, these phones have a special microphone that creates the...
by Maritime Museum | Apr 17, 2023 | Blog, Collections Insights
The Maritime Museum of BC Sailmaking is still a contemporary and historic rewarding skill and career, and sailmakers lofts are busy sites of design, drafting, repair, and innovation. Sailmaker’s benches are a key tool for working on sails; sitting down, the sails go...
by Maritime Museum | Jan 29, 2023 | Blog, Collections Insights
The Maritime Museum of BC Despite what you might think, the marlin spike was not named after the long-billed fish, but instead gets its name from the small cord called marlin, which is typically tarred and used for the serving of rope. In fact, the fish is actually...
by Maritime Museum | Dec 1, 2022 | Blog, Collections Insights
Maritime Museum of BC If you spend summers bicycle riding along the Lochside Trail, you might know of Iroquois Park in Sidney. It’s not named for the Haudenosaunee People, but rather it is named for a steamship known as the SS Iroquois. Long before BC Ferries,...
