Series consists of records relating to logging on Cortes Island. It includes correspondence, account sheets, Forest Service scale sheets, timber sale maps of Von Donop Creek and Carrington Bay, and copies of Forestry regulations.
Series consists of records relating to logging on Cortes Island. It includes correspondence, account sheets, Forest Service scale sheets, timber sale maps of Von Donop Creek and Carrington Bay, and copies of Forestry regulations.
File consists of records relating to logging done by Freeman and Mathews on crown land near Carrington Bay. It contains account sheets of the log buyer, Forestry scale sheets, statements of expense and maps of the area of logging.
File consists of records relating to logging done by Freeman and Mathews on crown land near Carrington Bay. It contains account sheets of the log buyer, Forestry scale sheets, statements of expense and maps of the area of logging.
Photograph of of a booming ground at the mouth of the Klina Klini River. Captioned by Douglas: "British Columbia booming ground in the Knight Inlet country."
One of a series of photographs taken at Clarence and Doug Boardman's Dot Logging Co. camp in Knight Inlet.
3 photograph prints: b&w ; 15 x 10 cm, 21.5 x 16.5 cm & 25 x 20 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of of a booming ground at the mouth of the Klina Klini River. Captioned by Douglas: "British Columbia booming ground in the Knight Inlet country."
One of a series of photographs taken at Clarence and Doug Boardman's Dot Logging Co. camp in Knight Inlet.
Photograph of a log booming ground at the mouth of the river in Knight Inlet. Captioned by Douglas: "Booming on the Klina Klini River (Dot houses in the background) in country that loggers and grizzlies love." Another print is captioned "Mountain meadows and a log boom at the Dot Logging Camp on the Klinaklini River"
One of a series of photographs taken at Clarence and Doug Boardman's Dot Logging Co. camp in Knight Inlet.
2 photograph prints: b&w ; 15 x 10 cm & 21.5 x 16.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of a log booming ground at the mouth of the river in Knight Inlet. Captioned by Douglas: "Booming on the Klina Klini River (Dot houses in the background) in country that loggers and grizzlies love." Another print is captioned "Mountain meadows and a log boom at the Dot Logging Camp on the Klinaklini River"
One of a series of photographs taken at Clarence and Doug Boardman's Dot Logging Co. camp in Knight Inlet.
John Manson (1868-1959) was born in the Shetland Islands and migrated to British Columbia in 1887, where he joined his brother Michael Manson on Cortes Island. He married Margaret Ellen Smith in 1894 and they had four children: Jack (born 1896), Anna (1898), Rose (1900) and Nicol (1906). The family lived at Sunny Brae Farm, on the south-east side of Cortes, across from Twin Islands.
Custodial History
Most of the files in this series were in an old wooden box when transferred to the archives, suggesting that they were collected from John Manson's house as a unit.
Scope and Content
Series consists of records created by John Manson of Sunny Brae farm, including legal documents, financial records, correspondence and ephemera.
Photograph of forest with large fir trees. Photo was likely taken in Knight Inlet, as another print of the same photo was in an envelope with other photographs taken there.
One of a series of photographs taken at Clarence and Doug Boardman's Dot Logging Co. camp in Knight Inlet.
3 photograph prints: b&w ; 10 x 15 cm, 16 x 21 cm & 20 x 25 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of forest with large fir trees. Photo was likely taken in Knight Inlet, as another print of the same photo was in an envelope with other photographs taken there.
One of a series of photographs taken at Clarence and Doug Boardman's Dot Logging Co. camp in Knight Inlet.
Photograph of three loggers from the Dot Logging camp in Knight Inlet, standing at the base of a giant first-growth cedar tree. Douglas has captioned it: "A giant red cedar of the Pacific Northwest which may have been a seedling when Columbus discovered America."
One of a series of photographs taken at Clarence and Doug Boardman's Dot Logging Co. camp in Knight Inlet.
3 photograph prints: b&w ; 15 x 10 cm, 21.5 x 16.5 cm & 25 x 20 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of three loggers from the Dot Logging camp in Knight Inlet, standing at the base of a giant first-growth cedar tree. Douglas has captioned it: "A giant red cedar of the Pacific Northwest which may have been a seedling when Columbus discovered America."
One of a series of photographs taken at Clarence and Doug Boardman's Dot Logging Co. camp in Knight Inlet.