File contains information for Crown Grants and subsequent title changes for:
William John Sheepwash: 1916, Certificate of Title for District Lot 905 (on Von Donop Creek), 9.6 acres
William Black, Walter Black, William Reid Black and Marjory Black: 1930, Crown Grant for District Lot 1168, ca. 68 acres
William John Sheepwash: 1916, Crown Grant for fractional NE 1/4 of Sec. 45; 153 acres for $153.00
John Bruce Manson: 1942, Crown Grant for District Lot 903; 126 acres for $315.00
File also contains a photocopied map of Lot 903 and the NE 1/4 of Sec. 45, and a Subdivision Plan of Lot 1168 and part of blocks A & B, Lot 747 (1982; in the Map folder).
(Files 12 through 16 are from the same envelope.)
File contains information for Crown Grants and subsequent title changes for:
William John Sheepwash: 1916, Certificate of Title for District Lot 905 (on Von Donop Creek), 9.6 acres
William Black, Walter Black, William Reid Black and Marjory Black: 1930, Crown Grant for District Lot 1168, ca. 68 acres
William John Sheepwash: 1916, Crown Grant for fractional NE 1/4 of Sec. 45; 153 acres for $153.00
John Bruce Manson: 1942, Crown Grant for District Lot 903; 126 acres for $315.00
File also contains a photocopied map of Lot 903 and the NE 1/4 of Sec. 45, and a Subdivision Plan of Lot 1168 and part of blocks A & B, Lot 747 (1982; in the Map folder).
(Files 12 through 16 are from the same envelope.)
Clippings with info on floathouses, the hermit of Von Donop Channel, the landslide at Spences Bridge, Von Donop Marine Park, Klahoose First Nation, and Doreen Thompson, 1920-2017, and clippings from WNE, 1987-1989. Transcript with info on the Ellingsens in Von Donop Creek, 1946-1950, from interview with May, Elmer, Andy, and Bruce Ellginsen, 2001. Info on logging in Von Donop Creek, 1920s-1960, from a logging meeting in 2001. Info from Von Donop Creek Research and Display for CIMAS, 2001. An envelope with info from Bev Mathews, donated in 2013.
Clippings with info on floathouses, the hermit of Von Donop Channel, the landslide at Spences Bridge, Von Donop Marine Park, Klahoose First Nation, and Doreen Thompson, 1920-2017, and clippings from WNE, 1987-1989. Transcript with info on the Ellingsens in Von Donop Creek, 1946-1950, from interview with May, Elmer, Andy, and Bruce Ellginsen, 2001. Info on logging in Von Donop Creek, 1920s-1960, from a logging meeting in 2001. Info from Von Donop Creek Research and Display for CIMAS, 2001. An envelope with info from Bev Mathews, donated in 2013.
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.
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.
File contains hand-written notes on the history of different areas of Von Donop, a map of Cortes Island (1963), and a photocopy of a page from "British Columbia Place Names" about the inlet.
File contains hand-written notes on the history of different areas of Von Donop, a map of Cortes Island (1963), and a photocopy of a page from "British Columbia Place Names" about the inlet.
File contains a key map which was pasted on the front of the envelope indicating the areas researched for Files 12-16; notes on the titles; photocopies of Crown Grants and subsequent title information for:
BC Buildings Corp: 1982, Crown Grant for Block A of SW 1/4 of Sec. 25 (Highways Maintenance Yard)
District Lot 871 (40 acres between Carrington and Coulter Bays): to James Frederick McManus, 1919
To Ernest Henry Vaughn: 1922, Crown Grant for NE 1/4 and NW 1/4 of NE 1/4 of Sec. 24; SE 1/4 of SW 1/4 and SW 1/4 of SE 1/4 of Sec 31
Herbert Proctor: 1928 for fractional SW 1/4 of Sec. 41, bordering Tork Reserve; 159 acres for $159.00 (orig. Crown Grant to Herbert Proctor in 1922)
To William Cowan: 1937, E 1/2 of SE 1/4 of Sec. 26, 89 acres
(Files 12 through 16 are from the same envelope.)
File contains a key map which was pasted on the front of the envelope indicating the areas researched for Files 12-16; notes on the titles; photocopies of Crown Grants and subsequent title information for:
BC Buildings Corp: 1982, Crown Grant for Block A of SW 1/4 of Sec. 25 (Highways Maintenance Yard)
District Lot 871 (40 acres between Carrington and Coulter Bays): to James Frederick McManus, 1919
To Ernest Henry Vaughn: 1922, Crown Grant for NE 1/4 and NW 1/4 of NE 1/4 of Sec. 24; SE 1/4 of SW 1/4 and SW 1/4 of SE 1/4 of Sec 31
Herbert Proctor: 1928 for fractional SW 1/4 of Sec. 41, bordering Tork Reserve; 159 acres for $159.00 (orig. Crown Grant to Herbert Proctor in 1922)
To William Cowan: 1937, E 1/2 of SE 1/4 of Sec. 26, 89 acres
(Files 12 through 16 are from the same envelope.)
Series consists of correspondence from Theodore Von Donop to Jimmy Layton and information, photographs and ephemera relating to Victor Von Donop, after whom Von Donop Inlet was named. The two photographs that were part of this material (2003.002.393-Portrait of Victor Von Donop and 2003.002.394-Coat of arms of Von Donop family) are described in Series 1 and stored in the Photographs box with the other photographs in the Weiler fonds.)
Material was collected by Jimmy Layton, who had a homestead at the head of Von Donop Inlet; he gave it to Otto Weiler.
Scope and Content
Series consists of correspondence from Theodore Von Donop to Jimmy Layton and information, photographs and ephemera relating to Victor Von Donop, after whom Von Donop Inlet was named. The two photographs that were part of this material (2003.002.393-Portrait of Victor Von Donop and 2003.002.394-Coat of arms of Von Donop family) are described in Series 1 and stored in the Photographs box with the other photographs in the Weiler fonds.)
Binder contains interviews, stories and pictures. Binder contains interviews, stories and pictures. It was created in 2001 as part of the exhibit "The Von Donop Creek Story - 1920-1960", curated and mounted by Doreen Thompson.
Binder contains interviews, stories and pictures. Binder contains interviews, stories and pictures. It was created in 2001 as part of the exhibit "The Von Donop Creek Story - 1920-1960", curated and mounted by Doreen Thompson.
Binder contains interviews, stories and pictures. Binder contains interviews, stories and pictures. It was created in 2001 as part of the exhibit "The Von Donop Creek Story - 1920-1960", curated and mounted by Doreen Thompson.
Binder contains interviews, stories and pictures. Binder contains interviews, stories and pictures. It was created in 2001 as part of the exhibit "The Von Donop Creek Story - 1920-1960", curated and mounted by Doreen Thompson.