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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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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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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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People (Mrs. Barnard, R) looking out from an enclosed deck space on a Union steamship

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[1950s]
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
13
Item Number
2007.001.379
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[1950s]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 13 x 10 cm
Storage Location
Photo box 4
Subject Access
Union Steamship Company
Transportation
Water transport
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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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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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Logging blockade: Rex Weyler standing beside a tarp sheltering protesters, including Linnaea school students

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Part Of
CIMAS photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Accession Number
2019.001
Date Range
1990
Scope and Content
Photograph taken at a blockade to protest clear-cut logging by MacMillan Bloedel Ltd. near Squirrel Cove. People are identified on verso.
Part Of
CIMAS photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2019.003
Item Number
2019.003.194
Accession Number
2019.001
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1990
Physical Description
1 photograph print : colour ; 15 x 10 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph taken at a blockade to protest clear-cut logging by MacMillan Bloedel Ltd. near Squirrel Cove. People are identified on verso.
Storage Location
Photo box 3
Subject Access
Logging
Geographic Access
Squirrel Cove
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