Fonds consists of photographs and records of the Cortes Walking Group. Photographs depict walks and social activities and are arranged in two albums and one printed photo book. Textual records include two small notebooks with notes of walk routes, times and participants; membership lists; and accounts of activities with associated photographs, including a history of the Walking Group. A copy of the cerlox-bound "Listings of the Cortes Island Cemeteries" contains annotations up to 2020, mostly concerning the Mansons Landing cemetery.
The Cortes Walking Group was started in September of 2000 when Ann Dewar and Gail Ringwood decided to meet every Tuesday and Thursday at 9 AM to walk and put up a sign announcing their intention. The days were changed to the still-current schedule of Monday, Wednesday and Friday, and soon incorporated a visit to a coffee shop following the outings.
Walking Group activities are ongoing (2024). Walks leave from the parking lot at Manson's Hall at 9 AM sharp and are open to everyone. The route is decided just before the walks, which last anywhere from 45 minutes to 4 hours, but are usually one to two hours long.
Custodial History
The photo albums were mostly assembled by Gail Ringwood using photographs taken by Richard Trueman, Jurek and Gina Trzesicka and other group members. They were kept in the Pioneer Room at Manson's Hall and then at the Co-op Cafe. They were donated to the Museum by Sue Ellingsen and Myrna Kerr, members of the Walking Group, in 2022.
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of photographs and records of the Cortes Walking Group. Photographs depict walks and social activities and are arranged in two albums and one printed photo book. Textual records include two small notebooks with notes of walk routes, times and participants; membership lists; and accounts of activities with associated photographs, including a history of the Walking Group. A copy of the cerlox-bound "Listings of the Cortes Island Cemeteries" contains annotations up to 2020, mostly concerning the Mansons Landing cemetery.
Meg Robertson, Margaret Middleton,and Dorothy Huck, all wearing bathing suits and caps in the lagoon beside the Robertson's home at Burnside in Whaletown. Rankin Robertson's feet are sticking up out of the water at the right.
Meg Robertson, Margaret Middleton,and Dorothy Huck, all wearing bathing suits and caps in the lagoon beside the Robertson's home at Burnside in Whaletown. Rankin Robertson's feet are sticking up out of the water at the right.
Photograph of Harold, John (Jack) and William (Billie) Huck standing in front of a fruit tree. Fences, fields and forested hills are in the background.
Photograph of Harold, John (Jack) and William (Billie) Huck standing in front of a fruit tree. Fences, fields and forested hills are in the background.
Photograph of four young women pulling a wooden rowboat onto the shore, Gorge Harbour. Left to right: Dorothy Huck, Joyce Allen, Marge (?) and Jean Cornell. Identification comes from a photograph from the collection of Meg Robertson Shaw in the "Whaletown to 1930" album created by Doreen Huck Thompson.
Photograph of four young women pulling a wooden rowboat onto the shore, Gorge Harbour. Left to right: Dorothy Huck, Joyce Allen, Marge (?) and Jean Cornell. Identification comes from a photograph from the collection of Meg Robertson Shaw in the "Whaletown to 1930" album created by Doreen Huck Thompson.
Photograph of children jumping off a floating log dock and playing in the water at Delight Lake (the small lake in Green Valley now known as Little Barrett or Little Blue Jay lake).
Photograph of children jumping off a floating log dock and playing in the water at Delight Lake (the small lake in Green Valley now known as Little Barrett or Little Blue Jay lake).
Photograph of Billie Huck, in shorts and barefoot, seated on the edge of a wooden box in a field. Split-rail fences and part of a building (probably Burnside) can be seen in the background.
Photograph of Billie Huck, in shorts and barefoot, seated on the edge of a wooden box in a field. Split-rail fences and part of a building (probably Burnside) can be seen in the background.
Photograph of seven people, all but one in bathing suits, standing on a dock made of two logs with a few boards nailed across them, in Carrington Lagoon.
Photograph of seven people, all but one in bathing suits, standing on a dock made of two logs with a few boards nailed across them, in Carrington Lagoon.
Photograph of a group of people in bathing clothes beside the Whaletown lagoon at Burnside. Left to right: ?, Harry Huck, Margaret Huck, William (Billie) Huck, Mabel Huck and Ella Huck.
Photograph of a group of people in bathing clothes beside the Whaletown lagoon at Burnside. Left to right: ?, Harry Huck, Margaret Huck, William (Billie) Huck, Mabel Huck and Ella Huck.
Photograph of a group of people in bathing costumes at the edge of Whaletown lagoon at Burnside. Left to right: Dorothy Huck, Harry Huck, Margaret Huck, William (Billie) Huck, Ella Huck atop the rock, Mabel Huck, and a boy (John (Jack) Huck?).
Photograph of a group of people in bathing costumes at the edge of Whaletown lagoon at Burnside. Left to right: Dorothy Huck, Harry Huck, Margaret Huck, William (Billie) Huck, Ella Huck atop the rock, Mabel Huck, and a boy (John (Jack) Huck?).
Photograph of a group of people in bathing attire leaning against a large rock beside the Whaletown lagoon at Burnside. Left to right: John Huck(?), unidentified man, Harry Huck, Dorothy Huck with Margaret Huck leaning over her, Mabel Huck; Billie Huck in front.
Photograph of a group of people in bathing attire leaning against a large rock beside the Whaletown lagoon at Burnside. Left to right: John Huck(?), unidentified man, Harry Huck, Dorothy Huck with Margaret Huck leaning over her, Mabel Huck; Billie Huck in front.
