Photograph of four young women pulling a wooden rowboat onto the shore, Gorge Harbour. Left to right: Dorothy Huck, Joyce Allen, Marge (?) and Jean Cornell. Identification comes from a photograph from the collection of Meg Robertson Shaw in the "Whaletown to 1930" album created by Doreen Huck Thompson.
Photograph of four young women pulling a wooden rowboat onto the shore, Gorge Harbour. Left to right: Dorothy Huck, Joyce Allen, Marge (?) and Jean Cornell. Identification comes from a photograph from the collection of Meg Robertson Shaw in the "Whaletown to 1930" album created by Doreen Huck Thompson.
Photograph depicts several men standing on the platform of the Gorge Hall at the start of construction. From the caption to this photo in June Cameron's memoir (p. 169): "Among a crew of volunteers who built the Gorge Community Hall in 1933 were Ed Tooker, George Beattie, Charlie Allen, Elsie Beattie and Elsie's baby Margaret. (Margaret Schindler photo)" (Cameron, June. "Destination Cortez Island". Surrey BC: Heritage House, 1999 - page 169)
This photograph was given to the Whaletown Community Club in 2008 by Margaret Schindeler, a granddaughter of George Beattie, the donor of the land the Hall stands on.
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Photograph depicts several men standing on the platform of the Gorge Hall at the start of construction. From the caption to this photo in June Cameron's memoir (p. 169): "Among a crew of volunteers who built the Gorge Community Hall in 1933 were Ed Tooker, George Beattie, Charlie Allen, Elsie Beattie and Elsie's baby Margaret. (Margaret Schindler photo)" (Cameron, June. "Destination Cortez Island". Surrey BC: Heritage House, 1999 - page 169)
Photograph of Trude Albright next to a large cake she has made to celebrate the completion of an addition to the Gorge Hall. The cake is in the shape of the fireplace constructed by Andy Ducasse in the new lounge.
Photograph of Trude Albright next to a large cake she has made to celebrate the completion of an addition to the Gorge Hall. The cake is in the shape of the fireplace constructed by Andy Ducasse in the new lounge.
Photograph of the road going down into Whaletown, taken from just past St. John the Baptist Church in Whaletown. The library is to the right, and the fuel tanks on the rocks beside the store can be seen. Note, the road is not yet paved.
Photograph of the road going down into Whaletown, taken from just past St. John the Baptist Church in Whaletown. The library is to the right, and the fuel tanks on the rocks beside the store can be seen. Note, the road is not yet paved.
Slide shows the Brownies, and two boys and a dog beside boxes of Girl Guide cookies.
L to R: ? (ID), Heather Maclean, Jeannie Mathews, Doris Maclean, Sarah Weiler, Janice Maclean, Johnny Weiler, ? (ID)
Slide shows the Brownies, and two boys and a dog beside boxes of Girl Guide cookies.
L to R: ? (ID), Heather Maclean, Jeannie Mathews, Doris Maclean, Sarah Weiler, Janice Maclean, Johnny Weiler, ? (ID)
