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Dianne BerseaThe Maritime Heritage Society is honoured that Dianne Bersea of Manzanita Muse Studio has chosen The Maritime Heritage Centre to hang her painting "Gulf of Georgia Cannery NHS" We are appreciative of this loan. The history is shown through keys making it interactive & magical. Use the keys & you can follow a segment of our colourful maritime history that has helped to mold who we are to-day. (To see in closer detail). 
About the Artist Brian Scott
Brian moves easily from acrylics to watercolour however, expressionist oil painting produced on location is his main passion. His emphasis on design and composition with a full spectrum of colour have become the trademark of his paintings. Brian's works have sold internationally in the U.K., Hong Kong, Germany, Holland, Norway, Switzerland, Australia, the U.S. and in his well established Canadian market. Artist Brian Scott is a local artist who operates a private gallery just south of Campbell River in Black Creek. He generously donated this expressionist oil painting depicting the building and the BCP 45 to the Maritime Heritage Society in Nov 2004.
History Of The BCP 45The BCP 45 was built in 1927 as a table seiner by Vancouver's Burrard Shipyards for Packer's Steamship Co, better known as B.C. Packers. The vessel rose to fame in 1958 when it was photographed during the Sockeye season near Ripple Point, located just north of Campbell River. The photograph appeared on the cover of the Toronto Star's Sunday magazine but rose to greater prominence when the Bank of Canada used the image on the back of the $5 bill from 1973 to 1986. This appearance gave national recognition to the importance of Canada's west coast fishing fleet. The skipper at the time the photo was taken was the late Mel Assu along with crew members Andy Dick, Fred Seville, Ron Forrest, Allen Chickite and Allen Mearns. In 1986 the BCP 45 was invited to be a special guest of Expo 86 in Vancouver. Captain Allen "Oly" Chickite brought her to this event and spent his days answering numerous questions about her past and his evenings sleeping on one of her cramped bunks. As one of 185 exhibits, thousands of people walked her decks and McLean's Magazine rated her #6 out of the 185 exhibits. After 68 years of service as a salmon seiner, troller, gillneter, beam trawller and tow-off for the winter herring, the BCP 45 was retired in 1996. She was then donated to the BC Maritime Museum in Vancouver where she sat for 6 years. Thanks to the Daybreak Rotary Club of Campbell River, she then returned home on June 8, 2002 to the waters of Campbell River where she made her living and was immortalized in the historic 1958 photo. On October 24, 2002 the BCP 45 moved into its present location in the Campbell River Maritime Heritage Centre. She will settle into retirement as its centrepiece and will be restored to its 1958 configuration when the photo was taken.
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Brian Scott, B.Ed., M.Ed., DFA Hon., received his Bachelor of Education
from the University of British Columbia, and his Masters Degree in Art
Education from Western Washington University. His Diploma of Fine Art
was received with Honours from the Vancouver School of Fine Art. Brian
was on the Faculty of North Island College for twenty years where he
taught drawing, colour theory and design in the Fine Art Programme.
He also taught for the Emily Carr College and Design Outreach Programme for fourteen years. In 2002 Brian accepted a Government appointment to the Board of the B.C. Arts Council.