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Holiday Island

Accession number: 
1980.0096
Production Years: 
1948

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Film Properties: 
Length (feet): 
370 (16mm)
Holding Institutions: 

University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario: 16mm, 3/4".

Library and Archives Canada
"This holiday promotional film examines the various attributes of the Georgian Bay Islands. Scenes of note include: a brief history of the islands; children learning hiking, canoeing and camping; a Navy Cadet Camp; and Boy Scouts."

Bibliography: 

University of Waterloo Audiovisual Services Catalog.
"This film shows a visit to Beausoleil Island, in the Georgian Bay Islands' National Park, where vacationers come each summer to camp.'"

[Canadian Travel Film Library advertisement], Film News (February 1950): 18.
"Canadian Travel Films, Beautiful colour and sound, 16mm."

Canadian Travel Film Libraries, 16mm Motion Picture Films (New York/Chicago: Canadian Travel Film Libraries, 1954), 11.
"To Beausoleil Island in Georgian Bay come Canadian and America youth groups each summer for their camping holidays. Boy Scouts, Sea Cadets, and Girl Guides find an ideal setting here for an outdoor life complete with swimming, boating, hiking, and evenings 'round the campfire. Sportsmen and vacationing families come to this island park too, to fish or picnic among the sun-warmed rocks."