I just came across an incredible little video thanks to a post on a local web forum.
It shows some very very early images (starting late 1800s) of Port Alberni, showing schooners, horse-drawn mail coaches, horse logging, the first steam train in Port Alberni, and many images of buildings and hotels that are still in Port Alberni today (but don’t look anything like the pictures!!)
It’s well worth watching the entire thing, so please do: