Series consists of publicity articles written by Douglas for the Women's Institute during her term as Publicity Convener, and reports, speeches and notes from her activities on the provincial and national boards.
Series consists of publicity articles written by Douglas for the Women's Institute during her term as Publicity Convener, and reports, speeches and notes from her activities on the provincial and national boards.
Series consists of material generated and collected by Douglas during the course of her involvement with the Whaletown Women's Auxiliary, a group which provided support for the activities of the Columbia Coast Mission. From 1949 to 1961, the CCM maintained a station at Whaletown comprising a mission house, clinic building and church. Series includes correspondence, typed manuscripts of Douglas's annual World Day of Prayer talks, records of the Cortes Island Clinic Society and clippings.
Series consists of material generated and collected by Douglas during the course of her involvement with the Whaletown Women's Auxiliary, a group which provided support for the activities of the Columbia Coast Mission. From 1949 to 1961, the CCM maintained a station at Whaletown comprising a mission house, clinic building and church. Series includes correspondence, typed manuscripts of Douglas's annual World Day of Prayer talks, records of the Cortes Island Clinic Society and clippings.
Fonds consists of photographs of the Gorge Harbour Lodge and Lodge activities, the Corneille and Ballantyne families, and Gladys Ballantyne's house, Gypsy Hill.
Bobby (Elizabeth) Corneille Ballantyne (1914-2009) was born in Vancouver and moved to Cortes Island as a young child. She was 4 years old when her father died suddenly on Marina Island in 1919; she remembers that they had to wait 3 days for a Union Steamship to get the body. Her mother Tena (Sarah Christena) Corneille (1877-1949) bought a tourist lodge at the east end of Gorge Harbour in 1929, and ran it until 1936 with the help of her two teen-age daughters. Gorge Harbour Lodge offered accommodations in the main building or in tents, tennis and badminton courts, and excellent boating, bathing and fishing. Vacationers came up from Vancouver on the Union Steamships for a round-trip ticket price of $6.65. The annual Regatta was the main social event of the season, with people arriving by boat from Cortes and the surrounding islands. It featured boat and swimming races, and a dance in the evening.
Gladys Georgeson Ballantyne (1882-1964), first came to Cortes in about 1910. In about 1920 she bought a property in Whaletown (now 640 Whaletown Rd.) that she called "Gypsy Hill". She was one of the original members of the Whaletown Friendly Circle, later the Whaletown Women's Institute. Gladys, her son Bill, daughter Valerie and her fiance were all on Cortes building a summer cottage when the Depression suddenly hit. Their off-island jobs fell through, and they remained at "Gypsy Hill" for the duration.
Bill Ballantyne (1908-1993) was in the Merchant Marine from 1924-1929. When he was unable to find work on ships during the Depression, he took whatever jobs he could find hand-logging and fishing. Bill and Bobby Corneille were married in 1937. They and other young Whaletown residents formed the Gorge Harbour Dramatic Society to help raise funds to build a community hall, and Bill was the work boss of the building crew for the Gorge Hall. In 1941 they moved to Victoria, and after the war settled in Courtenay with their two sons Peter and Ross. In the late 1950s they returned to Whaletown on Cortes Island where they fished for many years on the gulf troller “Viking”. During that time many young “deckhands” spent time aboard during summer vacations. On retirement, Campbell River became their home.
Custodial History
Electronic records were downloaded in 2012 from an internet address provided by Peter Ballantyne. One photograph was scanned from a photograph temporarily loaned by John and De Clarke.
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of photographs of the Gorge Harbour Lodge and Lodge activities, the Corneille and Ballantyne families, and Gladys Ballantyne's house, Gypsy Hill.
Series consists of records of the Whaletown Community Club from the 1950s, and club newsletters from the late 1980s. Both Gilean Douglas and Philip Major Douglas held office in the club during the 1950s. Series includes correspondence, financial reports, lists of members and other administrative documents, and newsletters.
Series consists of records of the Whaletown Community Club from the 1950s, and club newsletters from the late 1980s. Both Gilean Douglas and Philip Major Douglas held office in the club during the 1950s. Series includes correspondence, financial reports, lists of members and other administrative documents, and newsletters.
Photograph of an injured logger on a stretcher, being loaded off of a logging camp launch onto the "Columbia". Photo c is in the oversize photo box and has Alan Greene's notations on the back. See #1999.001.958. (see "Anderson, Doris, "The Columbia Is Coming"; Gray's Publishing, 1982, photo inset)
3 photograph prints: b&w; a & b are 13 x 10 cm; c is 25.5 x 20.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of an injured logger on a stretcher, being loaded off of a logging camp launch onto the "Columbia". Photo c is in the oversize photo box and has Alan Greene's notations on the back. See #1999.001.958. (see "Anderson, Doris, "The Columbia Is Coming"; Gray's Publishing, 1982, photo inset)
Photograph of Rev. Heber Greene sitting on the steps of a logging camp float house with three children. Greene's title is "Rev. Heber Greene and children at a logging camp with children's Sunday School papers."
Photograph of Rev. Heber Greene sitting on the steps of a logging camp float house with three children. Greene's title is "Rev. Heber Greene and children at a logging camp with children's Sunday School papers."
Photograph titled "The second "Columbia" tied up to a floating logging camp in the beautiful Knight Inlet country. When it's rough enough you can be seasick right in your own livig-room." Note: This photograph appears to be the source of the painting on the cover of "God's Little Ships" by Michael Hadley (Harbour Publishing, 1995). It was probably printed in "The Log".
Photograph titled "The second "Columbia" tied up to a floating logging camp in the beautiful Knight Inlet country. When it's rough enough you can be seasick right in your own livig-room." Note: This photograph appears to be the source of the painting on the cover of "God's Little Ships" by Michael Hadley (Harbour Publishing, 1995). It was probably printed in "The Log".
Photograph of two men on floats made of logs chained together, with the buildings, tanks and other paraphernalia of a logging camp on the floats. Location is Seymour Inlet.
Photograph of two men on floats made of logs chained together, with the buildings, tanks and other paraphernalia of a logging camp on the floats. Location is Seymour Inlet.
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