A description of the event may be found in “Whistle Up the Inlet,” by G.A. Rushton (J.J. Douglas Ltd., Vancouver BC,1974; p 50):
"Good teamwork in the handling of the ships by the Union Company’s marine department was evidenced when, on September 19, 1907, at 4:30 a.m., the Comox, running in a heavy fog, went aground on Cortez Island reef. All passengers were landed safely in small boats, then picked up by the Cassiar and taken to Heriot Bay for transfer to their destination aboard the Coquitlam. The Comox was pulled from her rocky perch at high water the following day and beached at Mansons, where a three-foot hole between the boiler and starboard bunker were patched. The vessel was towed back to Vancouver on September 22 by the tug Tartar.”
A description of the event may be found in “Whistle Up the Inlet,” by G.A. Rushton (J.J. Douglas Ltd., Vancouver BC,1974; p 50):
"Good teamwork in the handling of the ships by the Union Company’s marine department was evidenced when, on September 19, 1907, at 4:30 a.m., the Comox, running in a heavy fog, went aground on Cortez Island reef. All passengers were landed safely in small boats, then picked up by the Cassiar and taken to Heriot Bay for transfer to their destination aboard the Coquitlam. The Comox was pulled from her rocky perch at high water the following day and beached at Mansons, where a three-foot hole between the boiler and starboard bunker were patched. The vessel was towed back to Vancouver on September 22 by the tug Tartar.”
Photograph of Pauline Middleton, holding a fishing rod, with Verna Munro standing beside her at the edge of Delight Lake. The far shore of the small lake is clear in the background.
Photograph of Pauline Middleton, holding a fishing rod, with Verna Munro standing beside her at the edge of Delight Lake. The far shore of the small lake is clear in the background.
Photograph of Joyce Allen, Dorothy Huck and Margaret Middleton standing on the wharf in Whaletown. Two women are sitting on a bench beside the freight shed behind them.
Photograph of Joyce Allen, Dorothy Huck and Margaret Middleton standing on the wharf in Whaletown. Two women are sitting on a bench beside the freight shed behind them.
Photograph of four young women, Margaret Copland, Violet Stoney, Muriel Cunliffe (teacher at the Whaletown school) and Joyce Allen, seated on a bench against the front of the freight shed on the Whaletown wharf. Posters advertising the Vancouver exhibition and a dentist can be clearly read on the side of the freight shed.
Photograph of four young women, Margaret Copland, Violet Stoney, Muriel Cunliffe (teacher at the Whaletown school) and Joyce Allen, seated on a bench against the front of the freight shed on the Whaletown wharf. Posters advertising the Vancouver exhibition and a dentist can be clearly read on the side of the freight shed.
Photograph of Gilean Douglas, dressed in jodhpurs, holding a fishing rod and some fish she has caught. Photo is from a motoring trip across the United States she took in 1920.
Photograph of Gilean Douglas, dressed in jodhpurs, holding a fishing rod and some fish she has caught. Photo is from a motoring trip across the United States she took in 1920.
Photograph of group of students and parents on graduation day at the Manson's Landing school. Identified people include Tom Lambert, Johnny Manson, Anna Tiber, Babe Tiber, Hazel and Etta McKay, Stuart Lambert, Jack Hayes, Stuart and Elizabeth Lambert, Mike Murwood (?), Patsy McCleanen, the Pickles kids, Helen MacDunst (?). This is a reproduction; #13550 on back (CR reference #?)
Photograph of group of students and parents on graduation day at the Manson's Landing school. Identified people include Tom Lambert, Johnny Manson, Anna Tiber, Babe Tiber, Hazel and Etta McKay, Stuart Lambert, Jack Hayes, Stuart and Elizabeth Lambert, Mike Murwood (?), Patsy McCleanen, the Pickles kids, Helen MacDunst (?). This is a reproduction; #13550 on back (CR reference #?)
Photograph of The "Columbia" and the "John Antle" at the end of the wharf on Stuart Island, along with other boats. This is cropped from #1999.001.947.
Photograph of The "Columbia" and the "John Antle" at the end of the wharf on Stuart Island, along with other boats. This is cropped from #1999.001.947.
Photograph of the "Columbia" and the "John Antle" at the wharf on Stuart Island. Other boats are also tied up at the dock; there are buildings at the head of the wharf. See also #1999.001.938, which is a crop from this photo.
2 photograph prints: b&w; 12.5 x 10 cm and 25.5 x 12 cm
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Photograph of the "Columbia" and the "John Antle" at the wharf on Stuart Island. Other boats are also tied up at the dock; there are buildings at the head of the wharf. See also #1999.001.938, which is a crop from this photo.