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3

File Number

28

Date Range

1921-2017

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Info on George Eward and Emma Jane Ewart, 1921 census, medical certificate of death, George Ewart, 1946. Info on marriage registration of Frank George Barnard and Blanche Madeline Dennis, 1938 (Ewart's son). Info on medical certificate of death and cemetery query, Josephine Skerton, 1968. Emails associated with all information from 2017. Notes with photographs on Eward family research, 2017

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File

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4

File Number

31

Date Range

early 1900s-present

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Notes, emails, clippings, maps, scanned photographs, and written info on Squirrel Cove, including local businesses and people, early 1900s-present. Squirrel Cove store receipts, 1952-1953. Envelope of files titled "Squirrel Cove - early days - info from Ron Forrest, Nov 2014." Excerpts from Sliammon Life, Sliammon Lands, and Chalkdust & Outhouses, Barbara Ann Lambert. Keywords: Nichols, Squirrel Cove General Store, The Cove Restaurant, Flying Squirrel Take Out, Union Steamship "Cheakamus," Squirrel Cove Church.

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Drawer 4

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May Ellingsen fonds

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Item

Fonds Number

2004.002

Series Number

1

File Number

10

Item Number

2004.003.064

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[ca. 1930's]

Physical Description

1 photograph print: b&w; 11.5 x 8.5 cm

Scope and Content

Ellen Middleton, the eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Middleton, standing behind their house at Squirrel Cove.

Storage Location

Photo Box 3

Geographic Access

Squirrel Cove

Location - Copy

Vol. 9, p. 41a

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Item

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2004.002

Series Number

1

File Number

10

Item Number

2004.003.067

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[ca. 1930's]

Physical Description

1 photograph print: b&w; 9 x 6.5 cm

Scope and Content

The children of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Middleton of Squirrel Cove. L to R: Elma, Madge, Harry Jr., and Ellen.

Storage Location

Photo Box 3

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Squirrel Cove

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Vol. 9, p. 42a

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Item

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2004.002

Series Number

1

File Number

10

Item Number

2004.003.071

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[ca. 1933]

Physical Description

1 photograph print: b&w; 6.5 x 9 cm

Scope and Content

Races held at a community picnic at Squirrel Cove. Ewart's store may be seen in the background.

Storage Location

Photo Box 3

Geographic Access

Squirrel Cove

Location - Copy

Vol. 9, p. 42e

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Item

Fonds Number

2004.002

Series Number

1

File Number

10

Item Number

2004.003.065

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[ca. 1930's]

Physical Description

1 photograph print: b&w; 11 x 8.5cm

Scope and Content

Mrs. George Ewart standing behind the Middleton house at Squirrel Cove. Mrs. George Ewart and husband George Ewart owned the Squirrel Cove Store and the Boarding Rooms. This is the same building which is the present day (2009) Squirrel Cove Store. It was built by Jack Shaler.

Storage Location

Photo Box 3

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Squirrel Cove

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Vol. 9, p. 41b

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Item

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2004.002

Series Number

1

File Number

10

Item Number

2004.003.070

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[ca. 1933]

Physical Description

1 photograph print: b&w; 6.5 x 9 cm

Scope and Content

A photograph of the races held at a community picnic in Squirrel Cove.

Storage Location

Photo Box 3

Geographic Access

Squirrel Cove

Location - Copy

Vol. 9, p. 42c

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Item

Fonds Number

2004.002

Series Number

1

File Number

10

Item Number

2004.003.072

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[ca. 1933]

Physical Description

1 photograph print: b&w; 6.5 x 9 cm

Scope and Content

Another photograph of the community picnic held at Squirrel Cove ca. 1933. Ewart's store can be seen in the background.

Storage Location

Photo Box 3

Geographic Access

Squirrel Cove

Location - Copy

Vol. 9, p. 42f

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Item

Fonds Number

2004.002

Series Number

1

File Number

10

Item Number

2004.003.066

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

1926

Physical Description

1 photograph print: b&w; 10 x 8 cm

Scope and Content

A goup of people admiring Henry Byers' Model T Ford. This was the first car in Squirrel Cove.

Storage Location

Photo Box 3

Geographic Access

Squirrel Cove

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Vol. 9, p. 41c

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Item

Fonds Number

2004.002

Series Number

1

File Number

10

Item Number

2004.003.068

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[ca. 1933]

Physical Description

1 photograph print: b&w; 6.5 x 9 cm

Scope and Content

Harry (Tad) Middleton Jr. on the Squirrel Cove wharf. The Forrest home and Post Office are in the background.

Storage Location

Photo Box 3

Geographic Access

Squirrel Cove

Location - Copy

Vol. 9, p. 42b

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Item

Fonds Number

2004.002

Series Number

1

File Number

10

Item Number

2004.003.069

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[ca. 1933]

Physical Description

1 photograph print: b&w; 6.5 x 9 cm

Scope and Content

Billy Morrison and Harry Middleton Jr. playing beside two wash tubs. In the background is the boat ways with roof to the west of the Middleton machine shop (peaked roof) and the shed-roofed blacksmith shop and engine room. Boats were pulled up with a two-speed winch powered by a single-cylinder Easthope with a water hopper cooling the motor.

Storage Location

Photo Box 3

Geographic Access

Squirrel Cove

Location - Copy

Vol. 9, p. 42c

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Item

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2004.002

Series Number

1

File Number

10

Item Number

2004.003.063

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[ca. 1920]

Physical Description

1 photograph postcard: b&w; 14 x 8.5 cm

Scope and Content

A studio portrait of Doug Forrest. He worked in a Vancouver bank before he came to join his family in Squirrel Cove.

Storage Location

Photo Box 3

Geographic Access

Squirrel Cove

Location - Copy

Vol. 9, p. 38d

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Item

Fonds Number

2004.002

Series Number

1

File Number

10

Item Number

2004.003.061

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[ca. 1912]

Physical Description

1 photograph print: b&w; 10.5 x 6 cm

Scope and Content

Mr. Forrest with his daughter Margaret in front of the tent, set up near John Manson's property, where the family lived for a short time before settling at Squirrel Cove.

Storage Location

Photo Box 3

Geographic Access

Squirrel Cove

Location - Copy

Vol. 9, p. 38b

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Item

Fonds Number

2004.002

Series Number

1

File Number

10

Item Number

2004.003.062

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[ca. 1922]

Physical Description

1 photograph print: b&w; 10.5 x 6 cm

Scope and Content

Doug Forrest with his sister Margaret standing on a beach.

Storage Location

Photo Box 3

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Vol. 9, p. 38c

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File

Series Number

3

File Number

16

Date Range

1940s-2012

Scope and Content

Notes about Reverend Rollo Boas and Kathleen (Kay) Boas, undated (1940s?); scanned photographs: Boas family, 1946 and Squirrel Cove Church burning, 1948; excerpt from The Columbia is Coming mentioning rev Boas, 1982; Posts in WNE by Rollo Boas, 1990; CIMAS News Release "A Woman's Perspective of Life on the Missionary Ships," 2000; posts in Cortes Marketer about Kathleen Boas, 2006, 2007 (obituary); notes on Boas family by Lynne Jordan, 2012

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Drawer 3

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3

File Number

19

Date Range

1863-2009

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Notes on Byers Logging, 1863-1935; facsimile of a letter written by Mike Manson to his brother John in 1923, typed up by Etta Byers in 1978; Read Island History: Byers Family, by Mrs. Etta Byers, nee McKay, 1975; clipping of coastal logging/family camps, Etta Byers, 1977; Etta Byers, interviewed by Marcia Wolter, April 20, 1993; clipping of Clarence and Etta Byers 60th wedding anniversary, 2008; clipping of Clarence Byers obituary, 2009; letter from Etta Byers regarding visit to the museum and her local history, undated. Blue folder labelled Etta Byers: Read Island History, 1975; Hand written notes from Etta Byers, undated; printed photograph of Mary Jane (chapman) Aldrich and Herbert Cyrus Aldrich

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3

File Number

20

Date Range

1946-2016

Scope and Content

Midge Calwell talks about Von Donop Creek, as told to Dianne Hentschel and Doreen Thompson, 2001, with photographs scanned from the Von Donop album, 1946-1949; Emails with Bernice regarding Calwell family, 2016

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Series Number

3

File Number

24

Date Range

1916-2020

Scope and Content

Craig family photo, 1916 forwarded by Dorothy Yada, 2020.

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File

Series Number

3

File Number

27

Date Range

1963-2019

Scope and Content

Co-operative Fire and Casualty Company info regarding request to insure a property, Mr and Mrs Ellingsen, 1963. Licensing and insurance papers for E. Ellingsen, 1968-1970. Info on residential, recreational, commercial, industrial and investment real estate, "Growing with Vancouver," featuring Bruce Ellingsen, 1974. Excerpts from The Columbia is Coming!, Doris Andersen, 1982. Receipts from Mansons Landing Store for May and Elmer Ellingsen, 1982-1987. Old notebook cover, Elmer Ellingsen, undated. Info on memorials: Elmer Ellingsen, 2002; May Ellingsen, 2012; and Virginia Hazel Ellingsen, 2019. Letter from Etta to CIMAS, 2012. Invoice for art purchased by CIMAS from David Ellingsen, 2017. Info on The Last Stand, D. Ellingsen, 2019. Info on Cortes Connection, 2019. Photo of Dianne Hentschel, Nellie Jeffrey, May Ellingsen, undated.

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Drawer 3

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File

Series Number

3

File Number

31

Date Range

1941-2012

Scope and Content

Logging Donkey Engineer Certificate addressed to Wilfred George M. Freeman, 1941; Union Steamships Limited order form, 1941 or 1951; photographs of Eva Freeman and Lotti McDevitt, undated. Memorial info for Wilfred Freeman, 2012

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Drawer 3

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