Doman Family Album 2 ➔ [The Noble Vancouver Island Hemlock accolade presented to Herb Doman and four others]

Item
Identifier:
2023_14_02_456
Repository
Repository Web Site
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Date
Extent
1 p. of textual records
Format
textual record
Description
An unidentified accolade that was presented to five people, including Herb Doman and MLA Tom Waterland. The accolade consists of a framed certificate including the text "The Noble Vancouver Island Hemlock" in a large, cursive font, along with a longer passage in much smaller text. This passage, though partly illegible, appears to be a historical account in the form of a poem concerning the beginning of the timber industry on Vancouver Island under George Vancouver in the year 1792. Captain George Vancouver was a British Royal Navy officer and explorer. Many landmarks in British Columbia, Yukon and Washington are named after him. He was born on June 22, 1757 and died on May 10, 1798.
Language
English
Notes
Cursive text reads "The Noble Vancouver Island Hemlock". Poem reads: "The year was seventeen ninety and two and surrounded by a sea of blue an island [illegible] George Vancouver was his name For his Majesty this was sought new lands and riches [to be brought?] and so the island [illegible] in its beauty [illegible] with wood tall and strong the soldiers high with branches reaching to the sky the forest deep, the forest green [illegible] with mountains, lakes and streams Vancouver stood in silent awe at the massive wonders that he saw and so he [illegible] awhile, beneath the Hemlock of Vancouver Isle With axes raised and orders calling the first large Hemlocks began falling and there upon that newfound ground slowly grew an island town the island offered up its treasure for man's [illegible] and his pleasure a port was built for ships to dock to carry off the great Hemlock and from the gift of this noble tree rose the lumber industry for homes and buildings through the land of Hemlock felled by man's swift hand the finest of the Hemlock wood still grows where George Vancouver stood Vancouver Island Hemlock still remains its beauty [illegible]".
Rights Statement
In copyright
Subject Headings - Library of Congress
Trees [http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85137241];Conifers [http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85031129];Awards [http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85113526];Lumber trade [http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85078814]