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POLLY DIETHER CHRONICLES COMMUNITY'S MARITIME PAST

NV student makes history

A UNIVERSITY of B.C. student from North Vancouver is
stumbling upon some intriguing historical tidbits in her
research for a video on B.C. maritime history.

Relying on secondary sources
and advice from staff at Van-
couver's Maritime Museum, Polly
Diether is attempting to chronicle
maritime history going back to anda narration.

1744, Diether is also preparing an ex-

“It’s just a general video, sort of tensive bibliography on maritime
an introduction to B.C. maritime history to be divided into 18
history from the explorers up to categories. She said a bibliography
the present day," she said. of this nature has never before
Diether chese 1744 as a starting been compiled.
point because that was when the
Spaniard Juan Perez led the first
expedition through B.C. waters. AWARDED GRANT

The aspiring historian who will
graduate from UBC next year
with, you guessed it, a history
degree, said her research has yet to
uncover anything ‘‘earth-shatter-
ing’’.

By CHRIS WONG
Contributing Writer

The Handsworth graduate said
she acquired an interest in miari-
time history after working at the
Maritime Museum last summer on
a federal employment grant. She
was awarded a B.C. Heritage Trust

INTERESTING STORIES employment grant to undertake
her current project.
Digging through maritime histo-

But she said there are plenty o. ry requires a lot of travelling
interesting stories to tell. through unchartered waters, she

Diether, 22, pointed to the — said.
period from the 1870s to !9%1 “It’s almost a virgin wilderness ae
when fur seal hunting was as far as history goes,’ Diether NEWS photo Stuart Davis
widespread along the B.C. coast. said. ‘*The maritime history is re-

There were millions of seals along ally important to B.C. The ocean
the entire west coast of North has played such a strong role in the a
America at one time, she said. development of the province.”’ NORTH VANCOUVER resident

“It’s interesting how in such a The study of history clearly fas- Polly Diether studies slides of the
short time, man can deplete cinates Diether, who said she has a Province’s maritime past with a
resources. Maybe we have to great time imagining what the ™aanifying glass. The U.B.C. stu-
think about our resources today."’ _ people she sees in old photographs dent is a summer staffer at the

The role of women in maritime were like. “I like Canadian and Vancouver Maritime Muset.m and
history is of particular interest to B.C. history specifically because ‘8S Working on a video about local
her, she said. you can almost reach out and ™aritime history.

The 10-minute video to be com- touch it."
pleted by September for instatla- She hopes to eventually get a
tion at the Maritime Museum will Masters degree in Canadian history
consist of a series of photographs and work in museums.

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