Photograph of the store in Whaletown, Petrie's Trading Post at the time. There is an ad for cigars on the building; a man smoking a pipe, and people are waving at the the "Rendezvous" leaving Whaletown Bay.
Photograph of the store in Whaletown, Petrie's Trading Post at the time. There is an ad for cigars on the building; a man smoking a pipe, and people are waving at the the "Rendezvous" leaving Whaletown Bay.
The man in the skiff may be Doug Morton. Note was included with photo: "Doreen, can you identify please? Lorena thinks the local is close to their beach in Gorge Harbour. maybe in front of Bernie Allen's i.e. the spit where he had skids on beach for pulling up rowboats."
The man in the skiff may be Doug Morton. Note was included with photo: "Doreen, can you identify please? Lorena thinks the local is close to their beach in Gorge Harbour. maybe in front of Bernie Allen's i.e. the spit where he had skids on beach for pulling up rowboats."
Photograph of the Whaletown post office, in its original location (315 Whaletown Rd). The post office was built here (on the property of 315 Whaletown Rd) in 1947. In 1981 it was moved across the road beside the parking area of the Whaletown store; in 2020 it was moved out of Whaletown to the parking lot of the Gorge Hall on Robertson Rd.
Photograph of the Whaletown post office, in its original location (315 Whaletown Rd). The post office was built here (on the property of 315 Whaletown Rd) in 1947. In 1981 it was moved across the road beside the parking area of the Whaletown store; in 2020 it was moved out of Whaletown to the parking lot of the Gorge Hall on Robertson Rd.
Photograph labelled "Rendezvous Patrol. A work bee of men from Whaletown, loading lumber onto a float left dry at low tide. The lumber, to be used for the Clinic Building, was loaded, and then floated off the beach at high tide and towed home."
Photograph labelled "Rendezvous Patrol. A work bee of men from Whaletown, loading lumber onto a float left dry at low tide. The lumber, to be used for the Clinic Building, was loaded, and then floated off the beach at high tide and towed home."