Videos

Alvin Dixon, originally from Bella Bella, speaks about the importance of sharing archival images with First Nations communities and the next generation.

Blair Galston, Archivist for the Pacific Mountain Regional Council Archives, (formally B.C. Conference Archivist), speaks about the exciting history and legacy of the Marine Missions in BC. Up and Down the Coast was funded partially through UBC to digitize images and documents from the General Council Archives of the United Church in Toronto related to the Missions to First Nations in British Columbia.

Voyage aboard the Thomas Crosby V, a medical mission ship of The United Church of Canada, as it travels along the isolated B.C. coast visiting and carrying supplies for small communities, lighthouses and the United Church hospital at Bella Coola in 1975. For more on the history of the medical missions, www.upanddownthecoast.ca

The Thomas Crosby V, the United Church’s medical mission ship, travels the B.C. coast in 1985. This television documentary reveals a vanished way of life amidst stunning scenery. One of three parts.

Part two of The Voyage of Thomas Crosby V. The Thomas Crosby V, the United Church’s medical mission ship, travels the B.C. coast in 1985.

Final part of The Voyage of Thomas Crosby V. The Thomas Crosby V, the United Church’s medical mission ship, travels the B.C. coast in 1985.