Collection consists of photographs of the Filmer family, the Simmonds family, and the Blenkinsop Valley between 1902 and 1978. Includes copied material (photographs and related material) which document the "Lost Lake" property and the Simmonds family. The area is now called Blenkinsop Lake/Valley.

Collection consists of glass plate negatives showing an early dairy and beef farm north of Mount Douglas; textual records from the 1930s relating to water agreements between Saanich and Victoria; and a summary of Saanich Police Fund expenditures, 1938.