Photo of Trude (Albright) Sweeny presenting a cake she has made to postmaster Joan Goring for the centennial celebration of the Whaletown post office. Ann Hiatt and Colleen Miller in the background.
Photo of Trude (Albright) Sweeny presenting a cake she has made to postmaster Joan Goring for the centennial celebration of the Whaletown post office. Ann Hiatt and Colleen Miller in the background.
Photograph of the Whaletown post office, in its original location (315 Whaletown Rd). The post office was built here (on the property of 315 Whaletown Rd) in 1947. In 1981 it was moved across the road beside the parking area of the Whaletown store; in 2020 it was moved out of Whaletown to the parking lot of the Gorge Hall on Robertson Rd.
Photograph of the Whaletown post office, in its original location (315 Whaletown Rd). The post office was built here (on the property of 315 Whaletown Rd) in 1947. In 1981 it was moved across the road beside the parking area of the Whaletown store; in 2020 it was moved out of Whaletown to the parking lot of the Gorge Hall on Robertson Rd.
The post office was built in this location (on the property of 315 Whaletown Rd) in 1947. In 1981 it was moved across the road next to the parking area of the Whaletown store.
Likely originally from the collection of the Weiler family.
The post office was built in this location (on the property of 315 Whaletown Rd) in 1947. In 1981 it was moved across the road next to the parking area of the Whaletown store.
Likely originally from the collection of the Weiler family.
File contains newsletters, correspondence, annual report, project list, and social activities list. Of note, a letter from Don Maclean about the beginnings of the Whaletown Community Club
File contains newsletters, correspondence, annual report, project list, and social activities list. Of note, a letter from Don Maclean about the beginnings of the Whaletown Community Club
File contains correspondence, including correspondence pertaining to the Old Schoolhouse Gallery and to the transfer of title and possible amalgamation into one property of the old and new Whaletown cemeteries.
File contains correspondence, including correspondence pertaining to the Old Schoolhouse Gallery and to the transfer of title and possible amalgamation into one property of the old and new Whaletown cemeteries.
File contains correspondence, project reports, and occupant load certificates. Of note: a letter from the School Board re the sale of the old schoolhouse, 2010.
File contains correspondence, project reports, and occupant load certificates. Of note: a letter from the School Board re the sale of the old schoolhouse, 2010.
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.