Photograph of children jumping off a floating log dock and playing in the water at Delight Lake (the small lake in Green Valley now known as Little Barrett or Little Blue Jay lake).
Photograph of children jumping off a floating log dock and playing in the water at Delight Lake (the small lake in Green Valley now known as Little Barrett or Little Blue Jay lake).
Photograph of Billie Huck, in shorts and barefoot, seated on the edge of a wooden box in a field. Split-rail fences and part of a building (probably Burnside) can be seen in the background.
Photograph of Billie Huck, in shorts and barefoot, seated on the edge of a wooden box in a field. Split-rail fences and part of a building (probably Burnside) can be seen in the background.
Photograph of seven people, all but one in bathing suits, standing on a dock made of two logs with a few boards nailed across them, in Carrington Lagoon.
Photograph of seven people, all but one in bathing suits, standing on a dock made of two logs with a few boards nailed across them, in Carrington Lagoon.
Photograph of a group of people in bathing clothes beside the Whaletown lagoon at Burnside. Left to right: ?, Harry Huck, Margaret Huck, William (Billie) Huck, Mabel Huck and Ella Huck.
Photograph of a group of people in bathing clothes beside the Whaletown lagoon at Burnside. Left to right: ?, Harry Huck, Margaret Huck, William (Billie) Huck, Mabel Huck and Ella Huck.
Photograph of a group of people in bathing costumes at the edge of Whaletown lagoon at Burnside. Left to right: Dorothy Huck, Harry Huck, Margaret Huck, William (Billie) Huck, Ella Huck atop the rock, Mabel Huck, and a boy (John (Jack) Huck?).
Photograph of a group of people in bathing costumes at the edge of Whaletown lagoon at Burnside. Left to right: Dorothy Huck, Harry Huck, Margaret Huck, William (Billie) Huck, Ella Huck atop the rock, Mabel Huck, and a boy (John (Jack) Huck?).
Photograph of a group of people in bathing attire leaning against a large rock beside the Whaletown lagoon at Burnside. Left to right: John Huck(?), unidentified man, Harry Huck, Dorothy Huck with Margaret Huck leaning over her, Mabel Huck; Billie Huck in front.
Photograph of a group of people in bathing attire leaning against a large rock beside the Whaletown lagoon at Burnside. Left to right: John Huck(?), unidentified man, Harry Huck, Dorothy Huck with Margaret Huck leaning over her, Mabel Huck; Billie Huck in front.
Mrs. Margaret Nixon posing on the stairs of her home on Twin Islands with a gun and the geese shot by James A. Nixon. Capt. James A. Nixon's father, Rev. Harpur C. Nixon bought the property and paid for the building of the house.
Mrs. Margaret Nixon posing on the stairs of her home on Twin Islands with a gun and the geese shot by James A. Nixon. Capt. James A. Nixon's father, Rev. Harpur C. Nixon bought the property and paid for the building of the house.
Fonds consists of ten diaries kept by James Layton, covering the years 1948-1981, and a Time Book. (Years 1967-1971 are missing.) Layton made brief daily entries in the diaries, noting the weather, activities, social interactions and, occasionally, notable external events. Typical activities included logging, fishing, working on an oyster lease, digging clams, gardening, visiting, reading and writing letters. Times of planting and harvesting the garden, sightings of wildlife, and names of people living nearby or visiting on boats are recorded.
James (Jimmy) George Layton (1897-1990) was born in Camberwell, England. He fought in World War I, was severely wounded when he flung himself on a grenade which had landed in his foxhole, and received a medal for his bravery. In 1920, Layton emigrated to Canada, where he found work in coastal logging camps. Other members of the family, including his parents and seven of his ten siblings, also moved to Canada. At the time of his father's death in 1939, Layton, his parents and three of his brothers were living on Thurlow Island. In the 1940s he moved to the head of Von Donop Inlet on Cortes Island. His float house was drawn up on the beach next to a little islet that was joined to the shore at low tide, where he cultivated a garden and orchard. Layton found work logging and caretaking for local camps active in Von Donop, and helping his brother on his oyster lease. He moved to Lund in 1972, where he passed away at the age of 92.
Custodial History
Diaries were given to Joan Bevington by her cousin Capt. Harrison Layton, the nephew of James Layton, for donation to CIMAS.
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of ten diaries kept by James Layton, covering the years 1948-1981, and a Time Book. (Years 1967-1971 are missing.) Layton made brief daily entries in the diaries, noting the weather, activities, social interactions and, occasionally, notable external events. Typical activities included logging, fishing, working on an oyster lease, digging clams, gardening, visiting, reading and writing letters. Times of planting and harvesting the garden, sightings of wildlife, and names of people living nearby or visiting on boats are recorded.
