Part Of

May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

2007.001

Series Number

13

Item Number

2007.001.234

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[ca. 1927]

Physical Description

1 photograph print: b&w; 12 x 7 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph of the scene of the steam donkey explosion on Gunflint Lake. One man was killed; a piece of the donkey went through the air and landed on the other side of the lake. (Item #2007.001.697 is a duplicate.)

Storage Location

Photograph Box 4

Subject Access

Logging

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May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

2007.001

Series Number

13

Item Number

2007.001.697

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

1923

Physical Description

1 photograph print: b&w; 13 x 8 cm

Scope and Content

"One man (operator) was killed. One piece of donkey went through the air and landed on other side of lake (near where Bert Hansen now lives)." (Item #2007.001.234 is a duplicate.)

Storage Location

Photograph Box 4

Subject Access

Logging

Geographic Access

Cortes Island

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May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

2007.001

Series Number

13

Item Number

2007.001.566

Accession Number

2018.002

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[1929?]

Physical Description

1 photograph print : b&w; 9 x 11 cm 1 photograph print : b&w; 11 x 16.5 cm

Storage Location

Photograph Box 4

Subject Access

Logging

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May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds

Description Level

File

Fonds Number

2007.001

Series Number

5.1

File Number

17

Material Type

textual records

Date Range

[ca. 2000]

Scope and Content

File contains material relating to Michael Manson: a manifest of the "Cardena" (undated); a typed copy of the 1891 log of the schooner "Thistle"; a typed copy of Manson's diary of a trip to Washington DC in 1923; a family tree of the Bain family of Shetland ca. 1983; typed copies of various newspaper stories about John and Michael Manson; photocopied diary pages; a printed story of the steam donkey explosion on Gunflint Lake.

Storage Location

5-17

Storage Range

5-17

Subject Access

Logging

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May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds

Description Level

File

Fonds Number

2007.001

Series Number

6

File Number

6

Material Type

textual records

Date Range

1912-1935

Scope and Content

File contains logging records of John Manson, including agreements re logging various properties on Cortes Island and stumpage and royalty statements.

Storage Location

6-13

Storage Range

6-13

Subject Access

Logging

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Part Of

May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

2007.001

Series Number

13

Item Number

2007.001.123

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[ca. 1920s]

Physical Description

1 photograph print: b&w; 12 x 9 cm

Scope and Content

Donkey logging at Haywire Point, Hernando Island. Wilfred Manson, with cousins Nicol Manson and Jack Manson and brother-in-law Ervin McKay, standing in front of a steam donkey.Photograph of four men standing beside a steam donkey. Other copies of this photograph are 2004.001.031; Campbell River Museum #13642, and on p.32 of May Ellingsen Historic Photograph Collection, Album 5, p. 32 (fonds 2004.002).

Storage Location

Photograph Box 4

Subject Access

Logging

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