Photograph of Mary Weiler walking onto the ferry after a surprise farewell party on the day she moved away from the island. Mary Weiler is facing the camera; John Ashby is center, with pipe; Brigid Weiler in the long skirt.
Photograph of Mary Weiler walking onto the ferry after a surprise farewell party on the day she moved away from the island. Mary Weiler is facing the camera; John Ashby is center, with pipe; Brigid Weiler in the long skirt.
Slide of the Weiler sisters (L to R: Chris, Sarah, Johnny and Brigid) seated at the kitchen table in the Weiler home. May Niche, the public health nurse, is standing beside the table, which holds a carved pumpkin.
Slide of the Weiler sisters (L to R: Chris, Sarah, Johnny and Brigid) seated at the kitchen table in the Weiler home. May Niche, the public health nurse, is standing beside the table, which holds a carved pumpkin.
Photograph of the art class at the Whaletown clinic. Duncan Robertson, who is modelling, in the foreground. Kay Waring is at far left and Don McDevitt at far right.
Photograph of the art class at the Whaletown clinic. Duncan Robertson, who is modelling, in the foreground. Kay Waring is at far left and Don McDevitt at far right.
Verso reads "Mary Weiler, late 40s, Subtle (Camp) Island", but the location has been definitively identified as a bay on the west side of Marina Island.
Verso reads "Mary Weiler, late 40s, Subtle (Camp) Island", but the location has been definitively identified as a bay on the west side of Marina Island.
File contains two letters, written in pencil, to "Mother and Dad" by "Freddie" (surname unknown) on July 9, 1942 (7 pages) and July 13, 1942 (5 pages). Freddie was aboard the mission ship "John Antle", based in Whaletown with Canon Alan Greene, and writes of his experiences as part of the mission patrol. Places visited include Redonda Bay, Alert Bay, Rock Bay, Surge Narrows and Cortes Island settlements.
Donated by Bill Bartlett, of the Gerald Wellburn Philatelic Foundation, Victoria BC, in 2021. The letters were part of a stamp collection given to the Foundation. Bartlett recognized the connection to Cortes Island and mailed the letters to the Museum.
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File contains two letters, written in pencil, to "Mother and Dad" by "Freddie" (surname unknown) on July 9, 1942 (7 pages) and July 13, 1942 (5 pages). Freddie was aboard the mission ship "John Antle", based in Whaletown with Canon Alan Greene, and writes of his experiences as part of the mission patrol. Places visited include Redonda Bay, Alert Bay, Rock Bay, Surge Narrows and Cortes Island settlements.