Binder contains interviews, stories and photographs relating to Michael and John Manson and their families. It was created as part of the Memories of Manson's Landing Exhibit, curated and mounted by Doreen Thompson.
Binder contains interviews, stories and photographs relating to Michael and John Manson and their families. It was created as part of the Memories of Manson's Landing Exhibit, curated and mounted by Doreen Thompson.
Michael and Jane Manson seated in the centre of a large family group at their Golden Wedding Anniversary in front of the home they had built at Manson's Landing.
Back row, L to R: Percy Renwick holding his son, Fraser Campbell, Flossie Kenny, George Freeman, Hazel Herrewig, Dave Renwick (Jane's brother)
Middle row, L to R: Liz Renwick, Mrs Hurren, Mike Manson, Jane Manson, Mary Anne Renwick, Margaret Manson, Tom Renwick standing (Jane's brother)
Front row, L to R: Harold Smith, Hubert Smith, Gwen Campbell holding Calvin with Thelma just in front, Ethel Hurren, Eileen Kenny in foreground in front of flowers, Robina Freeman, Flo McKay with Hazel just in front
Michael and Jane Manson seated in the centre of a large family group at their Golden Wedding Anniversary in front of the home they had built at Manson's Landing.
Back row, L to R: Percy Renwick holding his son, Fraser Campbell, Flossie Kenny, George Freeman, Hazel Herrewig, Dave Renwick (Jane's brother)
Middle row, L to R: Liz Renwick, Mrs Hurren, Mike Manson, Jane Manson, Mary Anne Renwick, Margaret Manson, Tom Renwick standing (Jane's brother)
Front row, L to R: Harold Smith, Hubert Smith, Gwen Campbell holding Calvin with Thelma just in front, Ethel Hurren, Eileen Kenny in foreground in front of flowers, Robina Freeman, Flo McKay with Hazel just in front
Photograph of the Manson's Landing wharf, taken from the water at high tide. It includes the oil and wharf sheds on the dock, an unknown scow boat with cabin at the float and the store ashore. Note: telephone poles from the original phone line across the mouth of the lagoon; higher banks along the shoreline.
Photograph of the Manson's Landing wharf, taken from the water at high tide. It includes the oil and wharf sheds on the dock, an unknown scow boat with cabin at the float and the store ashore. Note: telephone poles from the original phone line across the mouth of the lagoon; higher banks along the shoreline.
Photograph of Manson's Landing wharf, with Cat and Kitten Islands in the bacckground. Their are two sheds at the end of the dock above the ramp, and an old car is parked beside them. (date?)
Photograph of Manson's Landing wharf, with Cat and Kitten Islands in the bacckground. Their are two sheds at the end of the dock above the ramp, and an old car is parked beside them. (date?)
Florence (L) and Flossie (R) Manson, twin daughters of Michael and Jane Manson, standing in front of the porch of the Mike Manson home at Manson's Landing. They went to Vancouver in 1915 to take up dressmaking and millinery lessons along with younger sister Gwen (not pictured).
Florence (L) and Flossie (R) Manson, twin daughters of Michael and Jane Manson, standing in front of the porch of the Mike Manson home at Manson's Landing. They went to Vancouver in 1915 to take up dressmaking and millinery lessons along with younger sister Gwen (not pictured).
Photograph of the Manson's Landing school in the background. A man is seated on a tractor, with several children around him; there is a car in the right foreground, and a truck behind.
Photograph of the Manson's Landing school in the background. A man is seated on a tractor, with several children around him; there is a car in the right foreground, and a truck behind.
The Manson's Landing store in Mansons Landing Provincial Park. This photograph was taken a few months before the building was moved to Beasley Rd. to become the Cortes Island Museum.
The Manson's Landing store in Mansons Landing Provincial Park. This photograph was taken a few months before the building was moved to Beasley Rd. to become the Cortes Island Museum.