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      Salmon caught off Ambleside shown hanging in front of the boat house at Hollyburn Wharf (now John Lawson Park).

      View from Marine Drive to Sherman and Sandy Cove. Great Northern Cannery Boat and Point Atkinson's lighthouse are barely visible behind tree.

      Photo of Fred Brown (L) and another fisherman on March 20, 1927 outside their lodge in Horseshoe Bay displaying their catch of 11 spring salmon. Fred Brown ran a picture postcard business.The writing on the photo indicates the weight of each salmon and says ""Spring Salmon- Total WGT. 149 lbs. ...

      Photo of Dan Sewell with the world billiard champions at a fishing weekend in Horseshoe Bay in the late 1930's. Mr Sewell (second from the right) is standing with 3 other men holding fishing rods with the catch displayed in front of the group.

      Crowd of people in front of Sewell's boathouse at the first Salmon Derby inaugurated by Dan Sewell in 1937 in Horseshoe Bay. The salmon derby would become The Sun Free Salmon Derby in 1941. First prize for the 1937 derby was a boat built by Sewell's which is partially visible ...

      Photo of contestants with their prize catches in the Vancouver Sun's Free Salmon Derby at Sewell's Marina in 1938.

      Advertisement for Sewell's Marina, fishing equipment and hotel accommodation showing images of Art, Dan and Tom Sewell in the the foreground of the ad.

      1940's photo of Dan Sewell with Vancouver Sun Free Salmon Derby contestant Will Crawford, a Vancouver school teacher. The photo shows Mr. Sewell, seated, carving into a small tagged fish on his plate while looking up at Mr. Crawford holding a large salmon while smiling down at Mr. Sewell.

      Photo of Sam Cromie congratulating the winners of the Vancouver Sun's Free Salmon Derby at Sewell's Marina in 1950.

      Photo taken from the top of the ramp at Sewell's Marina during the Vancouver Sun's Free Salmon Derby in Horseshoe Bay in 1950. The photo shows a large banner spread out above one of the docks filled with people and boats.

      Image of people fishing off the floating docks at Sewell's Marina during a herring run in 1966. The "No Fishing off Floats" sign in the foreground is obviously being ignored by the many fishermen (note says over 600 people).

      Photo taken in 1980 looking out from the grass over Horseshoe Bay during the Sun Free Salmon Derby in 1980. The image shows crowds of people along the government wharf and on Sewell's Landing docks as well as a ferry at berth in the background. There are 2 young women ...

      Capilano salmon hatchery in North Vancouver.

      The audio recording documents a brief interview with Tom Sewell, of Sewell’s Marina, in a segment broadcast on-site from Horseshoe Bay by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, September 1988, on The Afternoon Show hosted by Patrick Munro. Sewell describes social, political, and community changes in Horseshoe Bay from the early 1930s ...

      The West Vancouver Fisheries and Oceans Laboratory and Center for Aquaculture & Environmental Research (CAER) located at 4160 Marine Drive.