Fonds consists of ten photographs (nine black and white; 1 coloured) depicting members of the extended Byers/ Manson families, logging at Seaford and Von Donop Inlet, and the Union Steamship Chelohsin.
Henry and Ruth Byers, Ervin and Florence (Manson) McKay, Clarence and Etta (McKay) Byers, Ken and Hazel (McKay) Hansen, Scotty and Amy (Byers) McKenzie moved to Von Donop Inlet in 1939, where they ran a logging operation.
Custodial History
Found in Information Files folder (Byers family), August 1, 2020 and transferred to Archives.
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of ten photographs (nine black and white; 1 coloured) depicting members of the extended Byers/ Manson families, logging at Seaford and Von Donop Inlet, and the Union Steamship Chelohsin.
Clippings with info on history of Union Steamship Company, info from 1889-2020. Info on the USS Cheslakee sinking at Texada, 1913, and the Gulf Stream hitting Dinner Rock, 1948/1949. Historical papers from Union Steamships Limited including passenger tickets and invoices, 1951-1952. Keyword: Lambert, Freemen, Ellingsen, Boat Days
Clippings with info on history of Union Steamship Company, info from 1889-2020. Info on the USS Cheslakee sinking at Texada, 1913, and the Gulf Stream hitting Dinner Rock, 1948/1949. Historical papers from Union Steamships Limited including passenger tickets and invoices, 1951-1952. Keyword: Lambert, Freemen, Ellingsen, Boat Days
L to R: May Ellingsen, Ian Disney, Nancy Kendall, Bonnie MacDonald, Diane Bersea, Elmer Ellingsen
One of a series of 20 photographs documenting the move of the old Manson's Landing store from its position by the wharf in Mansons Landing Provincial Park to the present Museum site on Beasley Rd. The photographs are from an envelope labelled "Moving Museum, Dec. 1995. Moved by Able Transport. Paid for by Elmer and May Ellingsen."
Found in Information Files folder (Cortes Island Museum & Archives info"), Jan. 2021
Scope and Content
L to R: May Ellingsen, Ian Disney, Nancy Kendall, Bonnie MacDonald, Diane Bersea, Elmer Ellingsen
One of a series of 20 photographs documenting the move of the old Manson's Landing store from its position by the wharf in Mansons Landing Provincial Park to the present Museum site on Beasley Rd. The photographs are from an envelope labelled "Moving Museum, Dec. 1995. Moved by Able Transport. Paid for by Elmer and May Ellingsen."