Photograph of a D8 Cat beside a log raft on the beach at Tiber Bay. A house is on the shore, along with a logging trailer and shed. Labelled on the back: "Tiber Bay. The selling out of Tooker Logging at Tiber Bay, loading of machinery." (From a group of photographs labelled "Frank Tooker photos").
Photograph of a D8 Cat beside a log raft on the beach at Tiber Bay. A house is on the shore, along with a logging trailer and shed. Labelled on the back: "Tiber Bay. The selling out of Tooker Logging at Tiber Bay, loading of machinery." (From a group of photographs labelled "Frank Tooker photos").
Handwritten notes about Vern Borden, death, son Rob Borden, Roy Borden, and donations to museum in Vern's name, 2006; email from Rob Borden to Jill Milton about Borden family/homestead history on Cortes, and donations to the museum, 2019; photocopied notes on Vern Borden homestead and location on a map, undated
Handwritten notes about Vern Borden, death, son Rob Borden, Roy Borden, and donations to museum in Vern's name, 2006; email from Rob Borden to Jill Milton about Borden family/homestead history on Cortes, and donations to the museum, 2019; photocopied notes on Vern Borden homestead and location on a map, undated
Photograph of a group of people holding large bouquets.
Front, L to R: Mary Ward, May Freeman, Judy Hansen (?), Mollie Milton, Peggy Pyner, (ID) far right.
Back: Elmer Ellingsen, (ID), Bob Borland (?), May Ellingsen, (ID)
Photograph of a group of people holding large bouquets.
Front, L to R: Mary Ward, May Freeman, Judy Hansen (?), Mollie Milton, Peggy Pyner, (ID) far right.
Back: Elmer Ellingsen, (ID), Bob Borland (?), May Ellingsen, (ID)
Photograph of a group of people holding large bouquets, possibly after a theatrical production. People include Elmer and May Ellingsen, Peg Pyner and May Freeman.
Photograph of a group of people holding large bouquets, possibly after a theatrical production. People include Elmer and May Ellingsen, Peg Pyner and May Freeman.
Photograph of a group of people holding large bouquets.
L to R: Mary Ward, Dick Emerson, May Freeman (face hidden), Elmer Ellingsen, Judy Hansen, Mollie Milton
Photograph of a group of people holding large bouquets.
L to R: Mary Ward, Dick Emerson, May Freeman (face hidden), Elmer Ellingsen, Judy Hansen, Mollie Milton
Photograph is labelled on the back: "Tiber Bay. The last of the Cat logging, with the tug "General Caldwell, skipper John Charltown, taking out 2 ections of fir." (From a group of photographs labelled "Frank Tooker photos").
Photograph is labelled on the back: "Tiber Bay. The last of the Cat logging, with the tug "General Caldwell, skipper John Charltown, taking out 2 ections of fir." (From a group of photographs labelled "Frank Tooker photos").
Historical info on local forestry and early logging practices from as early as the late 1800s. Signed agreement between Elmer Ellingsen and Ernest Anderson, 1948. Invoices and other business documents, including handwritten notes "bills paid to Finning Tractor," for Ernel Logging Company, 1949-1952. West Coast Ballads sheet music written by Victor Couture from poems by Robert E. Swanson (BC Truck Loggers Association), 1969. Clippings and emails with info on historical logging practices and camps, local forestry, accidents, political influence, tourism, protests and controversies, 1958-2020. Excerpt from Goosegrass and Buttercups, D.C. Kirk, undated. Additional keywords: Ripple Rock; tug towed booms from Teakerne Arm; Carrington Lagoon; Squirrel Cove; MTV; the Ellingsen Jack; Forbes Bay; Von Donop; Island Timberlands; Tony Fhunka; Truck Loggers Association; Wildstands/Wild We Stand
Historical info on local forestry and early logging practices from as early as the late 1800s. Signed agreement between Elmer Ellingsen and Ernest Anderson, 1948. Invoices and other business documents, including handwritten notes "bills paid to Finning Tractor," for Ernel Logging Company, 1949-1952. West Coast Ballads sheet music written by Victor Couture from poems by Robert E. Swanson (BC Truck Loggers Association), 1969. Clippings and emails with info on historical logging practices and camps, local forestry, accidents, political influence, tourism, protests and controversies, 1958-2020. Excerpt from Goosegrass and Buttercups, D.C. Kirk, undated. Additional keywords: Ripple Rock; tug towed booms from Teakerne Arm; Carrington Lagoon; Squirrel Cove; MTV; the Ellingsen Jack; Forbes Bay; Von Donop; Island Timberlands; Tony Fhunka; Truck Loggers Association; Wildstands/Wild We Stand
Fonds contains nine photographs depicting members of the Gibson and Palmer families who lived in Squirrel Cove; one large map (6 x 3 feet) showing the preemptions and homesteads of early Cortes settlers; and an account written by Etta (McKay) Byers of her Christmas in 1927.
9 photographs : b&w
1 map : 188 x 92 cm
5 pages of textual records
History / Biographical
Donald Palmer went to school on Cortes Island in the 1960s. His father, James Palmer, was born in 1927 to Elizabeth (Lizzie) and Cliff Palmer, who lived on the homestead of Lizzie's parents, Agnes and James Gibson, in Squirrel Cove. Their large property was on the uphill side of the road across from Tork Road.
Custodial History
Donated to CIMAS in July, 2020, by Donald Palmer
Scope and Content
Fonds contains nine photographs depicting members of the Gibson and Palmer families who lived in Squirrel Cove; one large map (6 x 3 feet) showing the preemptions and homesteads of early Cortes settlers; and an account written by Etta (McKay) Byers of her Christmas in 1927.
Photograph of three children, James Palmer, Edna Irene (Tootsie) Nichols and Robert David (Bud) Nichols, standing in a field at Gibson's farm in Squirrel Cove.
Photograph of three children, James Palmer, Edna Irene (Tootsie) Nichols and Robert David (Bud) Nichols, standing in a field at Gibson's farm in Squirrel Cove.
Photograph of a log house with a picket fence around it; a woman is standing on the porch. The picture was once glued into a photograph album. It is possibly a photograph of Mabel Huck's house at "Hell's Half Acre."
Photograph of a log house with a picket fence around it; a woman is standing on the porch. The picture was once glued into a photograph album. It is possibly a photograph of Mabel Huck's house at "Hell's Half Acre."
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