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Donkey explosion at Gunflint Lake

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1927]
Scope and Content
Photograph of the scene of the steam donkey explosion on Gunflint Lake. One man was killed; a piece of the donkey went through the air and landed on the other side of the lake. (Item #2007.001.697 is a duplicate.)
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
13
Item Number
2007.001.234
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1927]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 12 x 7 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of the scene of the steam donkey explosion on Gunflint Lake. One man was killed; a piece of the donkey went through the air and landed on the other side of the lake. (Item #2007.001.697 is a duplicate.)
Storage Location
Photo box 4
Subject Access
Logging
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Ervie McKay and Henry Tiber, standing by the rails of the logging railroad taking logs into Gunflint Lake

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Accession Number
2018.002
Date Range
[1929?]
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
13
Item Number
2007.001.566
Accession Number
2018.002
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[1929?]
Physical Description
1 photograph print : b&w; 9 x 11 cm 1 photograph print : b&w; 11 x 16.5 cm
Storage Location
Photo box 4
Subject Access
Logging
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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1950]
Scope and Content
Photograph of the view looking up Knight Inlet, with Transit Point left center and Cascade Point on the right.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.1097
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1950]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 9 x 6.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of the view looking up Knight Inlet, with Transit Point left center and Cascade Point on the right.
Subject Access
Columbia Coast Mission
Geographic Access
Knight Inlet
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Looking down Belize from about the mouth of Allison Sound

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1950]
Scope and Content
Photograph of labelled "Looking down Belize from about the mouth of Allison Sound." The deck of a boat is in the foreground.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.1095
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1950]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 9 x 6.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of labelled "Looking down Belize from about the mouth of Allison Sound." The deck of a boat is in the foreground.
Subject Access
Columbia Coast Mission
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Looking up at the wires attached to a spar tree for high-lead logging

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Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1963
Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
Item
Creator
Weiler, Mary
Fonds Number
2003.002
Series Number
1
Item Number
2003.002.507
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1963
Physical Description
1 photograph: b&w; 9 x 9 cm
Storage Location
Photo Box 3
Name Access
Weiler, Mary
Subject Access
Logging
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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View looking over the roofs of a coastal First Nations village (ID)

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[cal 1920s-1950s]
Scope and Content
Photograph of a view looking towards the water and islands, over the roofs of a coastal First Nations village. (ID)
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.0972
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[cal 1920s-1950s]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 11.5 x 7 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of a view looking towards the water and islands, over the roofs of a coastal First Nations village. (ID)
Subject Access
Columbia Coast Mission
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Men looking over the railing of the mission boat "John Antle" at nearby boats

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1960
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.2242
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1960
Physical Description
1 colour slide, 5 x 5 cm
Storage Location
Slide box 1
Subject Access
Columbia Coast Mission
Geographic Access
Read Island
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Looking up at the top rigging of a Madill mobile spar tree, Quatam logging camp

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Part Of
Maclean family fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic
Accession Number
2021.006
Date Range
1965
Scope and Content
Part of a series of photographs taken by Don Maclean at a logging camp at the Quatam River in Ramsey Arm, BC. The camp was likely one of the stops on his patrol for the Columbia Coast Mission.
Part Of
Maclean family fonds
Description Level
Item
Creator
Maclean, Don
Fonds Number
2019.023
Item Number
2019.023.050
Accession Number
2021.006
Material Type
graphic
Date Range
1965
Physical Description
1 photograph slide: col. ; 2.75 x 2.75 cm
Custodial History
Slides were taken by Don Maclean and donated by Janice Kerr Maclean, Sept. 9, 2021.
Scope and Content
Part of a series of photographs taken by Don Maclean at a logging camp at the Quatam River in Ramsey Arm, BC. The camp was likely one of the stops on his patrol for the Columbia Coast Mission.
Storage Location
Slide box 2
Name Access
Maclean, Don
Subject Access
Logging
Geographic Access
Quatam River
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Dolly and Harold Hansen interview

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Part Of
CIMAS audiovisual collection
Description Level
Item
Material Type
sound recording
Date Range
1995
Scope and Content
Recording is an oral history interview of Dolly (Jeffery) and Harold Hansen by Oonagh O'Connor. Topics covered include the Jeffery family history; how Harold came to Cortes; logging; picking salal; and raising eight foster children. There is a short summary of the interview, written by May Ellingsen, in the cassette case.
Part Of
CIMAS audiovisual collection
Description Level
Item
Creator
O'Connor, Oonagh
Series Number
1
Item Number
1999.004.011
Material Type
sound recording
Date Range
1995
Digitized Date
February 2017
Physical Description
1 cassette tape
Custodial History
Found in collection
Scope and Content
Recording is an oral history interview of Dolly (Jeffery) and Harold Hansen by Oonagh O'Connor. Topics covered include the Jeffery family history; how Harold came to Cortes; logging; picking salal; and raising eight foster children. There is a short summary of the interview, written by May Ellingsen, in the cassette case.
Subject Access
Logging
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Jake Hansen's unfinished floathouse, Seymour Inlet

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1950]
Scope and Content
Photograph of a floathouse under construction, with piles of lumber on the float.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.1116
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1950]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 11.5 x 8.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of a floathouse under construction, with piles of lumber on the float.
Subject Access
Columbia Coast Mission
Geographic Access
Seymour Inlet
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Jake Hansen, his wife Mary and daughter Minetta on the deck of their float house

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1950]
Scope and Content
Photograph of a family standing on the deck of their float. Captioned by Douglas: "This is a new float house still unfinished, but one window box is already in place and planted. Boxes for float house flowers are made before the first nail goes into a new house."
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.1044
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1950]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 18 x 12.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of a family standing on the deck of their float. Captioned by Douglas: "This is a new float house still unfinished, but one window box is already in place and planted. Boxes for float house flowers are made before the first nail goes into a new house."
Subject Access
Columbia Coast Mission
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Jake Hansen, next to the side of a floathouse in a coastal logging camp, Seymour Inlet

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1950]
Scope and Content
Photograph of Jake Hansen standing beside the shingled side of a floathouse in Seymour Inlet. A neighboring float home can be seen in the background.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.1115
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1950]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 6.5 x 9 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Jake Hansen standing beside the shingled side of a floathouse in Seymour Inlet. A neighboring float home can be seen in the background.
Subject Access
Logging
Columbia Coast Mission
Geographic Access
Seymour Inlet
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Aftermath of steam donkey explosion on Hague Lake

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1923
Scope and Content
"One man (operator) was killed. One piece of donkey went through the air and landed on other side of lake (near where Bert Hansen now lives)." (Item #2007.001.234 is a duplicate.)
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
13
Item Number
2007.001.697
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1923
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 13 x 8 cm
Scope and Content
"One man (operator) was killed. One piece of donkey went through the air and landed on other side of lake (near where Bert Hansen now lives)." (Item #2007.001.234 is a duplicate.)
Storage Location
Photo box 4
Subject Access
Logging
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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The old log school on Read Island in the snow

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1930s-1940s?]
Scope and Content
Photograph of the old log school on Read Island, which was about a mile back from the water .A woodshed is to its side; the ground and roofs are covered in snow.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.1085
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1930s-1940s?]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 12 x 6 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of the old log school on Read Island, which was about a mile back from the water .A woodshed is to its side; the ground and roofs are covered in snow.
Subject Access
Columbia Coast Mission
Geographic Access
Read Island
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New school on Read Island, close to the water

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1950]
Scope and Content
Photograph of the new school on Read Island, close to the water at Surge Narrows.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.1086
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1950]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 9 x 6.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of the new school on Read Island, close to the water at Surge Narrows.
Subject Access
Columbia Coast Mission
Geographic Access
Read Island
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Going away party for Mary Weiler at the Whaletown school

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Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic
Date Range
1974
Scope and Content
Photograph of a surprise party held for Mary Weiler on the day she moved away from the island.
Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
Item
Creator
Mary Weiler
Fonds Number
2003.002
Series Number
1
Item Number
2003.002.508
Material Type
graphic
Date Range
1974
Physical Description
1 colour slide, 5 x 5 cm
Custodial History
Donated by Brigid Weiler, Feb. 2022
Scope and Content
Photograph of a surprise party held for Mary Weiler on the day she moved away from the island.
Name Access
Mary Weiler
Subject Access
Logging
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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"A group of the older girls taking part in the Vacation School"

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1950]
Scope and Content
Photograph of a group of girls who were taking part in the Vacation School sponsered by the Columbia Coast Mission standing on the Whaletown wharf, in front of the freight shed. Left to Right: Yvonne and Louise Boas, Beth Hanen, Nola Ogren,Joan Disney, Mary Irwin, Pam Woolsey, Florence Bull, Mary Thompson.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.0751
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1950]
Physical Description
2 photograph prints: b&w; 16 x 11.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of a group of girls who were taking part in the Vacation School sponsered by the Columbia Coast Mission standing on the Whaletown wharf, in front of the freight shed. Left to Right: Yvonne and Louise Boas, Beth Hanen, Nola Ogren,Joan Disney, Mary Irwin, Pam Woolsey, Florence Bull, Mary Thompson.
Subject Access
Columbia Coast Mission
Geographic Access
Whaletown
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Rev. Rollo Boas speaking to the school children at Rock Bay

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1945-1955]
Scope and Content
Photograph of Rev. Rollo Boas of the Columbia Coast Mission standing at the head of a class of children in a school room at Rock Bay. The children are seated at their desks; note the wood heating stove and blackboard. Captioned "Sunday school in a schoolroom".
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.0607
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1945-1955]
Physical Description
2 photograph prints: b&w; 6.5 x 8.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Rev. Rollo Boas of the Columbia Coast Mission standing at the head of a class of children in a school room at Rock Bay. The children are seated at their desks; note the wood heating stove and blackboard. Captioned "Sunday school in a schoolroom".
Subject Access
Columbia Coast Mission
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Church service outside the school at Surge Narrows, Read Island

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1944-1954]
Scope and Content
Photograph of Rev. Rollo Boas leading a church service just outside the school building at Surge Narrows on Read Island. Five women and a girl are seated in chairs or on the grass.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.0639
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1944-1954]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 17 x 12.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Rev. Rollo Boas leading a church service just outside the school building at Surge Narrows on Read Island. Five women and a girl are seated in chairs or on the grass.
Subject Access
Columbia Coast Mission
Geographic Access
Read Island
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Kids on "Rendezvous" at picnic to celebrate the end of school, Whaletown wharf

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Part Of
Doreen Thompson fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Accession Number
2006.001
Date Range
1958
Scope and Content
Photograph of Whaletown school students aboard the Columbia Coast Mission boat with the Rev. J. Titus, skipper.
Part Of
Doreen Thompson fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2006.001
Series Number
4
Item Number
2006.001.013
Accession Number
2006.001
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1958
Physical Description
1 photograph print : colour ; 8.5 x 8.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Whaletown school students aboard the Columbia Coast Mission boat with the Rev. J. Titus, skipper.
Storage Location
Photo Box 3
Subject Access
Columbia Coast Mission
Geographic Access
Whaletown
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