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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1989,1993
Scope and Content
File contains a report on erosion at Manson's Landing spit (1989) and brochures, clippings and correspondence about the Von Donop Marine Park.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
8
File Number
18
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1989,1993
Scope and Content
File contains a report on erosion at Manson's Landing spit (1989) and brochures, clippings and correspondence about the Von Donop Marine Park.
Storage Location
7-18
Storage Range
7-18
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Letters re Cortes Island parks

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1974
Scope and Content
File contains a letter from Dan Campbell to Hon. J Redford re use of land purchased for a park at Manson's Landing spit, and a letter from Elton Anderson of the Federation of BC Naturalists about the Smelt Bay and Manson's Landing parks.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
8
File Number
13
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1974
Scope and Content
File contains a letter from Dan Campbell to Hon. J Redford re use of land purchased for a park at Manson's Landing spit, and a letter from Elton Anderson of the Federation of BC Naturalists about the Smelt Bay and Manson's Landing parks.
Storage Location
7-15
Storage Range
7-15
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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
2001
Scope and Content
File contains Shirley (Ellingsen) Cole's reminiscences of life in Von Donop; notes from a meeting about logging in Von Donop; and interviews with May, Elmer, Bruce and Andy Ellingsen and with Norah Cowan Thompson.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Creator
Ellingsen, May
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
5.2
File Number
67
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
2001
Scope and Content
File contains Shirley (Ellingsen) Cole's reminiscences of life in Von Donop; notes from a meeting about logging in Von Donop; and interviews with May, Elmer, Bruce and Andy Ellingsen and with Norah Cowan Thompson.
Storage Location
5-67
Storage Range
5-67
Subject Access
Logging
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Von Donop settlement history

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
cartographic material
Date Range
1990s (originals 1947)
Scope and Content
File contains two photocopied maps of SW Section 3, and a list of settlers and loggers in Von Donop Inlet.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
5.2
File Number
68
Material Type
textual records
cartographic material
Date Range
1990s (originals 1947)
Scope and Content
File contains two photocopied maps of SW Section 3, and a list of settlers and loggers in Von Donop Inlet.
Storage Location
5-68
Storage Range
5-68
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May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1975-1977
Scope and Content
File contains a memo about Manson's Landing Park and Smelt Bay Park written by Dan Campbell, and a map of the park development plans.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
8
File Number
17
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1975-1977
Scope and Content
File contains a memo about Manson's Landing Park and Smelt Bay Park written by Dan Campbell, and a map of the park development plans.
Storage Location
7-17
Storage Range
7-17
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May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Accession Number
2018.002
Date Range
[190-?]
Scope and Content
Savary Island may be visible in the distance
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
13
Item Number
2007.001.635
Accession Number
2018.002
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[190-?]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 11.5 x 9 cm
Scope and Content
Savary Island may be visible in the distance
Storage Location
Photo box 4
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Driveway into the "Happy Ranch" in Cortes Bay

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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
2007.001.386
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[1950s]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: colour; 9 x 9 cm
Storage Location
Photo box 4
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Cabin at the Happy Ranch in Cortes Bay

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[195?]
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
13
Item Number
2007.001.432
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[195?]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 10 x 13 cm
Storage Location
Photo box 4
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Correspondence - draft letter about designating Smelt Bay a park

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
[197?]
Scope and Content
File contains draft letter about designating Smelt Bay a park.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
8
File Number
16
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
[197?]
Scope and Content
File contains draft letter about designating Smelt Bay a park.
Storage Location
7-16
Storage Range
7-16
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Aerial view of the Happy Ranch and Cortes Bay

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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
2007.001.388
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[1950s]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: colour; 12.5 x 18 cm
Storage Location
Photo box 4
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Aerial view of the Happy Ranch and Cortes Bay

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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
2007.001.389
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[1950s]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: colour; 12.5 x 18 cm
Storage Location
Photo box 4
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View eastward into Cortes Bay from the Happy Ranch

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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
2007.001.397
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[1950s]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: colour; 21 x 25 cm
Storage Location
Photo box 4
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Jack Manson and Jack Parry on the old road to Cortes Bay

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[193-]
Scope and Content
Photograph of Jack Manson (near log) and Jack Parry standing near a huge log and stump on the old road from Ken and Hazel Hansen's farm on Gunflint Lake to Cortes Bay.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
13
Item Number
2007.001.056
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[193-]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w: 5.5 x 8 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Jack Manson (near log) and Jack Parry standing near a huge log and stump on the old road from Ken and Hazel Hansen's farm on Gunflint Lake to Cortes Bay.
Storage Location
Photo box 4
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Children at Stag Bay, Hernando Island

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Accession Number
2018.002
Date Range
[ca. 1923]
Scope and Content
Photograph of Thelma Campbell and three of Mike and Jane Manson's granddaughters: Hazel McKay, Dorothy Manson, and Etta McKay.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
13
Item Number
2007.001.541
Accession Number
2018.002
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1923]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 12.5 x 8.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Thelma Campbell and three of Mike and Jane Manson's granddaughters: Hazel McKay, Dorothy Manson, and Etta McKay.
Storage Location
Photo box 4
Geographic Access
Hernando Island
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Slim and Henrietta Barnard, on the porch of their house at the Happy Ranch in Cortes Bay

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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
2007.001.392
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[1950s]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 21 x 25 cm
Storage Location
Photo box 4
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Cortes Island newsletters

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Accession Number
2019.002
Date Range
1999-2004
Scope and Content
File contains various local publications: Blue Jay Lake Gardening Partners newsletter, BC Ferries newsletter, Whaletown National Enquirer and SCCA newsletter.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
8
File Number
55
Accession Number
2019.002
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1999-2004
Scope and Content
File contains various local publications: Blue Jay Lake Gardening Partners newsletter, BC Ferries newsletter, Whaletown National Enquirer and SCCA newsletter.
Storage Location
7-48.7
Storage Range
7-48.7
Subject Access
Ferries
Transportation
Water transport
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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1951-1985
Scope and Content
File contains material relating to schools on Cortes Island: a history of the Whaletown school and clippings, including an article about the Whaletown school by Gilean Douglas; a report of the Board of School Trustees, a program from a 1963 Manson's Landing school Christmas concert, and a PAC newsletter.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
5.2
File Number
64
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1951-1985
Scope and Content
File contains material relating to schools on Cortes Island: a history of the Whaletown school and clippings, including an article about the Whaletown school by Gilean Douglas; a report of the Board of School Trustees, a program from a 1963 Manson's Landing school Christmas concert, and a PAC newsletter.
Storage Location
5-64
Storage Range
5-64
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Clippings - Cortes Island

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1943-1963
Scope and Content
File contains an ad for the Peter Police homestead in Carrington Bay (1943) and a picture of Manson's Hall, (1963?).
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
12
File Number
1
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1943-1963
Scope and Content
File contains an ad for the Peter Police homestead in Carrington Bay (1943) and a picture of Manson's Hall, (1963?).
Storage Location
8-47
Storage Range
8-47
Geographic Access
Carrington Bay
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Friends of Cortes Island - Materials re MacMillan Bloedel's logging on Cortes Island

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1994-1996
Scope and Content
File contains correspondence and associated materials about logging on Cortes, including a letter from Ken Hansen to Friends of Cortes Island, and a membership form with a description of FOCI aims.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
8
File Number
8
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1994-1996
Scope and Content
File contains correspondence and associated materials about logging on Cortes, including a letter from Ken Hansen to Friends of Cortes Island, and a membership form with a description of FOCI aims.
Storage Location
7-8
Storage Range
7-8
Subject Access
Logging
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Donkey logging at Stag Bay, Hernando Island

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Accession Number
2019.019
Date Range
[1920s]
Scope and Content
Photograph of Wilfred Manson on steam donkey, and Ervin McKay with a bundle of drift wood to fire the donkey. This is a reprint of an original photograph from the collection of Florence McKay. It is part of the Campbell River Museum collection (CR 13644) and is also reproduced in the May Ellingsen Historic Photograph Collection: Album Nine, page 25.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
13
Item Number
2007.001.752
Accession Number
2019.019
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[1920s]
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 15 x 10 cm
Custodial History
Found in CIMAS Information Files folder (Hernando Island), with May Ellingsen's handwriting on the verso. (January 2021)
Scope and Content
Photograph of Wilfred Manson on steam donkey, and Ervin McKay with a bundle of drift wood to fire the donkey. This is a reprint of an original photograph from the collection of Florence McKay. It is part of the Campbell River Museum collection (CR 13644) and is also reproduced in the May Ellingsen Historic Photograph Collection: Album Nine, page 25.
Storage Location
Photo Box 4
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