Florence (Manson) McKay, ready to cut her 90th birthday cake at a party held at the Manson's Landing Community Hall. A news clipping accompanying the photograph provides details of Florence's life and family.
Florence was born to Michael and Jane Manson at home in Union Bay, January 21, 1900. Florence married Ervin McKay, a fireman with the Vancouver Fire Department. In 1929, Michael Manson turned his farm at Hague Lake over to Florence. Florence and Ervin lived there until they retired in 1950 and moved to Courtenay. The farm was turned over to their daughter Hazel and her husband Ken Hansen. Florence was widowed in 1978 and returned to Cortes to live with Hazel, who had sold the farm (subsequently renamed Linnaea Farm) but kept sixteen acres to retire on.
Florence (Manson) McKay, ready to cut her 90th birthday cake at a party held at the Manson's Landing Community Hall. A news clipping accompanying the photograph provides details of Florence's life and family.
Florence was born to Michael and Jane Manson at home in Union Bay, January 21, 1900. Florence married Ervin McKay, a fireman with the Vancouver Fire Department. In 1929, Michael Manson turned his farm at Hague Lake over to Florence. Florence and Ervin lived there until they retired in 1950 and moved to Courtenay. The farm was turned over to their daughter Hazel and her husband Ken Hansen. Florence was widowed in 1978 and returned to Cortes to live with Hazel, who had sold the farm (subsequently renamed Linnaea Farm) but kept sixteen acres to retire on.
Photograph of the Manson's Landing wharf, taken from the water at high tide. It includes the oil and wharf sheds on the dock, an unknown scow boat with cabin at the float and the store ashore. Note: telephone poles from the original phone line across the mouth of the lagoon; higher banks along the shoreline.
Photograph of the Manson's Landing wharf, taken from the water at high tide. It includes the oil and wharf sheds on the dock, an unknown scow boat with cabin at the float and the store ashore. Note: telephone poles from the original phone line across the mouth of the lagoon; higher banks along the shoreline.
Photograph of Manson's Landing wharf, with Cat and Kitten Islands in the bacckground. Their are two sheds at the end of the dock above the ramp, and an old car is parked beside them. (date?)
Photograph of Manson's Landing wharf, with Cat and Kitten Islands in the bacckground. Their are two sheds at the end of the dock above the ramp, and an old car is parked beside them. (date?)
Photograph of the Manson's Landing school in the background. A man is seated on a tractor, with several children around him; there is a car in the right foreground, and a truck behind.
Photograph of the Manson's Landing school in the background. A man is seated on a tractor, with several children around him; there is a car in the right foreground, and a truck behind.
The Manson's Landing store in Mansons Landing Provincial Park. This photograph was taken a few months before the building was moved to Beasley Rd. to become the Cortes Island Museum.
The Manson's Landing store in Mansons Landing Provincial Park. This photograph was taken a few months before the building was moved to Beasley Rd. to become the Cortes Island Museum.