Photograph of the Bob Ferguson, teacher at the Whaletown school; his parents; his wife Ethel; and children in their home. The photograph has been marked up by Gilean Douglas for use as an illustration for one of her articles, and has a typed caption taped to the bottom.
Photograph of the Bob Ferguson, teacher at the Whaletown school; his parents; his wife Ethel; and children in their home. The photograph has been marked up by Gilean Douglas for use as an illustration for one of her articles, and has a typed caption taped to the bottom.
Fonds consists of sixteen photographs depicting people and scenes, primarily of the Manson's Landing area. Identification was provided by Fred Brooks Jr. in an interview with Cathy Jenks.
Alethea and Frederick (Fred) James Brooks Sr. and their two sons, Frederick (Fred) Earl, Jr. and Bob, lived on Cortes Island from ca. 1941 to 1944, near Manson's Landing. Fred Sr. logged in Cortes Bay and employed two of the Hawkins boys, Bill and George.
Fred Jr. attended grades three to six at Cortes Island school before the family moved to Pender Harbour. Some of the names he recalls are: the Christiansen kids (Robert, Jim, and a sister), the Tibers on the west side of Cortes Island, and the Jefferys of Smelt Bay.
Custodial History
Fred Brooks Jr. gave the photographs to Cathy Brooks of Pender Harbour Living Heritage Society, who facilitated the donation by collecting the photographs, donation form and information from Brooks and sending the materials to CIMAS.
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of sixteen photographs depicting people and scenes, primarily of the Manson's Landing area. Identification was provided by Fred Brooks Jr. in an interview with Cathy Jenks.
Pender Harbour Living Heritage holds related material from the Brooks family: https://penderharbourheritage.pastperfectonline.com/bysearchterm?keyword=Brooks+family
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.
Photograph of Kathleen Boas and her two daughters loading the "Rendezvous" at the Whaletown wharf. The Whaletown store is at upper left; the freight shed just to the right of the ramp, with the fuel shed to its right. Captioned "Boas family coming aboard with everything for the trip."
Photograph of Kathleen Boas and her two daughters loading the "Rendezvous" at the Whaletown wharf. The Whaletown store is at upper left; the freight shed just to the right of the ramp, with the fuel shed to its right. Captioned "Boas family coming aboard with everything for the trip."