Photo of Bob Langdon's amphibious Seabee, 1948. Receipts from Island Airlines, Elmer Ellingsen, 1969. Clippings with info on the history of seaplane use and Campbell River's seaplane industry. Transcript of Susan Ellingsen, Dianne Hentschel, and Doreen Thompson, 2005. Harbors magazine featuring Kenmore Air 2011. Additional keywords: Bob Langdon; Campbell River, the Spit; mercy flights; bush pilots; injured loggers
Photo of Bob Langdon's amphibious Seabee, 1948. Receipts from Island Airlines, Elmer Ellingsen, 1969. Clippings with info on the history of seaplane use and Campbell River's seaplane industry. Transcript of Susan Ellingsen, Dianne Hentschel, and Doreen Thompson, 2005. Harbors magazine featuring Kenmore Air 2011. Additional keywords: Bob Langdon; Campbell River, the Spit; mercy flights; bush pilots; injured loggers
File contains a Cortes Island Visitor's Information hand-out with a map of the island and lists of businesses and services, published by the Whaletown Community Club; and a set of ticket book backs for the Cortes-Quadra and Quadra-Campbell River ferries.
File contains a Cortes Island Visitor's Information hand-out with a map of the island and lists of businesses and services, published by the Whaletown Community Club; and a set of ticket book backs for the Cortes-Quadra and Quadra-Campbell River ferries.
Photograph depicts the Whaletown wharf with a Union Steamship beside it. There is a truck parked on the wharf with several people standing beside it. The sheds on the wharf, the boat dock and the buildings across the bay at the present site of the ferry dock may be clearly seen.
Photograph depicts the Whaletown wharf with a Union Steamship beside it. There is a truck parked on the wharf with several people standing beside it. The sheds on the wharf, the boat dock and the buildings across the bay at the present site of the ferry dock may be clearly seen.
File contains a copy of a cookbook compiled and produced by Joan Disney and Joanne Saunders for the benefit of the building maintenance fund of the Cortes Island Community Church Mission. The booklet consists of photocopied pages, 14 cm x 22 cm in size, tied together with blue yarn.
File contains a copy of a cookbook compiled and produced by Joan Disney and Joanne Saunders for the benefit of the building maintenance fund of the Cortes Island Community Church Mission. The booklet consists of photocopied pages, 14 cm x 22 cm in size, tied together with blue yarn.
Info and photographs on history of businesses in Manson's Landing, from CIMAS "Manson's Landing & Lagoon" photo album, 1880s-1996. Documents for the operation of Manson's Landing store: Grant of Concession and additional documents; mandatory site inspection documents; and tender for operation, 1985. Correspondence re Robert James Taylor, owner of the store in 1966/67.
Info and photographs on history of businesses in Manson's Landing, from CIMAS "Manson's Landing & Lagoon" photo album, 1880s-1996. Documents for the operation of Manson's Landing store: Grant of Concession and additional documents; mandatory site inspection documents; and tender for operation, 1985. Correspondence re Robert James Taylor, owner of the store in 1966/67.
Info on George Eward and Emma Jane Ewart, 1921 census, medical certificate of death, George Ewart, 1946. Info on marriage registration of Frank George Barnard and Blanche Madeline Dennis, 1938 (Ewart's son). Info on medical certificate of death and cemetery query, Josephine Skerton, 1968. Emails associated with all information from 2017. Notes with photographs on Eward family research, 2017
Info on George Eward and Emma Jane Ewart, 1921 census, medical certificate of death, George Ewart, 1946. Info on marriage registration of Frank George Barnard and Blanche Madeline Dennis, 1938 (Ewart's son). Info on medical certificate of death and cemetery query, Josephine Skerton, 1968. Emails associated with all information from 2017. Notes with photographs on Eward family research, 2017
Historical files from various stores and people on Cortes including order forms, receipts, and invoices, 1951-1952, copies of photos of Whaletown & Squirrel Cove stores.. Transcripts: Gary and Velma Bergman, Whaletown, with Dianne Hentschel and Doreen Thompson, 2003; Ken and Bert Summers with Susan Ellingsen, Dianne Hentschel, and Doreen Thompson, 2005. Additional keywords: Mrs Pearl V. Graham, Miss Lorraine Graham, McDevett/McDevitt, Cortez Lodge Store
Historical files from various stores and people on Cortes including order forms, receipts, and invoices, 1951-1952, copies of photos of Whaletown & Squirrel Cove stores.. Transcripts: Gary and Velma Bergman, Whaletown, with Dianne Hentschel and Doreen Thompson, 2003; Ken and Bert Summers with Susan Ellingsen, Dianne Hentschel, and Doreen Thompson, 2005. Additional keywords: Mrs Pearl V. Graham, Miss Lorraine Graham, McDevett/McDevitt, Cortez Lodge Store
Folder labelled Bee Islets Growers Corporation Financial Statement Year Ended December 31, 2007 containing three CD's labelled "A History of Cortes Isl Shellfish," "Misty Isles Oysters," and "Oyster April 06"; printed photographs of shellfish farming; Cortes Women in the Shellfish Industry; laminated photographs from Misty Isles Adventures. And Cortes Island shellfish features printouts from www.cortesshellfish.ca
Folder labelled Bee Islets Growers Corporation Financial Statement Year Ended December 31, 2007 containing three CD's labelled "A History of Cortes Isl Shellfish," "Misty Isles Oysters," and "Oyster April 06"; printed photographs of shellfish farming; Cortes Women in the Shellfish Industry; laminated photographs from Misty Isles Adventures. And Cortes Island shellfish features printouts from www.cortesshellfish.ca
File contains a plastic-covered menu from the Taka Mika, a restaurant owned and operated by Benny and Ruth Beaulieu. The restaurant was on the site of the old Manson's Landing school; it is now (2019) the Cortes Natural Foods Co-op.
File contains a plastic-covered menu from the Taka Mika, a restaurant owned and operated by Benny and Ruth Beaulieu. The restaurant was on the site of the old Manson's Landing school; it is now (2019) the Cortes Natural Foods Co-op.
Fonds consists of sixty prints and slides dating from 1951 to 1971. It includes scenes of of Cortes Island school students, logging, and the Union Steamship. Most photographs are from the Whaletown area. There are 16 slides of a logging camp at the Quatam River in Ramsey Arm, BC.
The Maclean family (parents Don and Doris, and children Janice, Heather and Ian) lived in Whaletown from 1961 to 1973.
Don Maclean's parents, John and Edna Maclean, lived for many years in Edmonton, Alberta. When their son came home from the war they bought property near Coulter Bay and moved to Cortes Island. Don Maclean became a fisherman, eventually living on his fishing boat.
Doris Lancaster Maclean was born and raised in Victoria, B.C. In the late 1940s she answered a call from the Anglican Church to come and do Vacation Bible School with the Columbia Coast Mission on Cortes and nearby islands.
Doris and Don married in 1954. They moved to Cortes Island in 1961 when Don was hired to operate the Columbia Coast Mission boat, the "Alan Greene". They lived in the Mission house in Whaletown, next to the church. Don Maclean acted as a Lay Reader for the Columbia Coast Mission in the 1960s when no clergymen were available, holding services in the three Anglican churches on the island.
In 1967 the Diocese sold the "Alan Greene" and the Macleans were required to move out of the mission house. Maclean built a house on the beach of what used to be called Jardine’s property, although by this time it was owned by a cousin of Doris Maclean. He was hired as the Industrial First Aid man on site for the building of the Whaletown Ferry dock and after that worked as a clam digger.
The Maclean family left Cortes in 1973 and moved to Regina, SK. The house that Don built was rented for a couple of years and then sold and moved to a new location; it burned down a few years later.
Custodial History
Twenty-seven photographs and 15 slides were mailed to CIMAS by Janice Maclean Kerr in 2019; two more photos were mailed in Apr. 2021; 16 slides were mailed in Sept. 2021
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of sixty prints and slides dating from 1951 to 1971. It includes scenes of of Cortes Island school students, logging, and the Union Steamship. Most photographs are from the Whaletown area. There are 16 slides of a logging camp at the Quatam River in Ramsey Arm, BC.
List of pre-emptions on Hernando from records in archives, Victoria, BC, 1888-1900, and maps showing preemtions. Excerpts from Goosegrass and Buttercups, D.C. Kirk, and Chalkdust and Outhouses: WC Schools 1893-1950, Barbara Ann Lambert. Emails with info on the island's history and related families, Manson, Conant, Baker, 2016-2017. Additional info on the island's history
List of pre-emptions on Hernando from records in archives, Victoria, BC, 1888-1900, and maps showing preemtions. Excerpts from Goosegrass and Buttercups, D.C. Kirk, and Chalkdust and Outhouses: WC Schools 1893-1950, Barbara Ann Lambert. Emails with info on the island's history and related families, Manson, Conant, Baker, 2016-2017. Additional info on the island's history
Historical info on Marina/Mary/Chamadaska Island from 1792-mid-1900s. Info on Cortes Island in the late 1920s from Doris (Houghton-Brown) Henderson. Excerpt from Destination Cortez Island, June Cameron. Old beer bottle labels from Marina Island "where the big log house was," undated. Emails with info on naming of Cortes and Marina, and Chamadaska post office, info on early 1900s, emails from 2009-2014.
Historical info on Marina/Mary/Chamadaska Island from 1792-mid-1900s. Info on Cortes Island in the late 1920s from Doris (Houghton-Brown) Henderson. Excerpt from Destination Cortez Island, June Cameron. Old beer bottle labels from Marina Island "where the big log house was," undated. Emails with info on naming of Cortes and Marina, and Chamadaska post office, info on early 1900s, emails from 2009-2014.
Info on Steam Tug Stella, late 1800s. History of First Nations use, settler use and preemtions, maps, bird sancturary, birds, 1891-1990s. Copies of "Nature's Island," David Stirling, 1976; "Flora of Mitlenatch Island," Brooke et al, 1983; "Bird Checklist Mitlenatch Island Provincial Park June to August," undated, Birds of Cortes Island and Mitlenatch Islands, G.P. Sirk, CH. W. Gronau, F.C. Zwickel, undated.
Info on Steam Tug Stella, late 1800s. History of First Nations use, settler use and preemtions, maps, bird sancturary, birds, 1891-1990s. Copies of "Nature's Island," David Stirling, 1976; "Flora of Mitlenatch Island," Brooke et al, 1983; "Bird Checklist Mitlenatch Island Provincial Park June to August," undated, Birds of Cortes Island and Mitlenatch Islands, G.P. Sirk, CH. W. Gronau, F.C. Zwickel, undated.
