Photograph of Elsie Allen standing beside sheep, with two cows in the pen in back of her, at the Allen homestead in Gorge Harbour (site of present-day Gorge Harbour Marina).
Photograph of Elsie Allen standing beside sheep, with two cows in the pen in back of her, at the Allen homestead in Gorge Harbour (site of present-day Gorge Harbour Marina).
Photograph of Dorothy Huck on the deck of a Union Steamship. (This page has the caption "Easter Week, 1922, S. S. Cowichan" referring to four of the photos.)
Photograph of Dorothy Huck on the deck of a Union Steamship. (This page has the caption "Easter Week, 1922, S. S. Cowichan" referring to four of the photos.)
Photograph of Dorothy Huck and Bob Gruchy on the deck of a Union Steamship. (This page has the caption "Easter Week, 1922, S. S. Cowichan" referring to four of the photos.)
Photograph of Dorothy Huck and Bob Gruchy on the deck of a Union Steamship. (This page has the caption "Easter Week, 1922, S. S. Cowichan" referring to four of the photos.)
Photograph of Dorothy Huck and Margaret Middleton on the deck of a Union Steamship. (This page has the caption "Easter Week, 1922, S. S. Cowichan" referring to four of the photos.)
Photograph of Dorothy Huck and Margaret Middleton on the deck of a Union Steamship. (This page has the caption "Easter Week, 1922, S. S. Cowichan" referring to four of the photos.)
Photograph of Allan (last name?), Pete (Margaret Middleton), Chickie (real name?) and Henry (last name?) seated on a rock beside the dock in Whaletown. A Union Steamship is behind them and the wharf and freight shed are to the right.
Photograph of Allan (last name?), Pete (Margaret Middleton), Chickie (real name?) and Henry (last name?) seated on a rock beside the dock in Whaletown. A Union Steamship is behind them and the wharf and freight shed are to the right.
Fonds consists of photographs of Cortes Island people and events, and one file of textual records, which includes a 13 verse poem by Mabel Christensen, "Picnic", about Cortes Island Day.
Peggy Newsham (1907-1999) was born in Belfast, Ireland. At the age of 16, she emigrated to Vancouver, Canada. In 1937, Peggy met Doll (Jeffery) Hansen and together they traveled on the Union Steamship to Cortes Island. She worked for Alice Robertson at Burnside in Whaletown, helping with the gardening, livestock and household chores. Peggy moved to Manson's Landing in the late 1960s, where she was active in the Community Club and took part in many social activities. She was crowned "Queen of Cortes" by acclamation at Cortes Day in 1979. There is a memorial to Peggy in the garden of the Cortes Island Museum.
Custodial History
Donated by Dennis Newsham and Frances Guthrie.
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of photographs of Cortes Island people and events, and one file of textual records, which includes a 13 verse poem by Mabel Christensen, "Picnic", about Cortes Island Day.
Photograph of Meg Robertson, Elsie Allen and Margaret (Pete) Middleton, standing in front of the stairs up to the Allen's house in Gorge Harbour (now the Gorge Harbour Marina).
Photograph of Meg Robertson, Elsie Allen and Margaret (Pete) Middleton, standing in front of the stairs up to the Allen's house in Gorge Harbour (now the Gorge Harbour Marina).
Meg Robertson (Shaw), Margaret Middleton, Margaret Copland and Elsie Allen seated on a beached rowboat at a sandy beach at the lake at Manson's Landing. Other people, including children, can be seen in the background.
Meg Robertson (Shaw), Margaret Middleton, Margaret Copland and Elsie Allen seated on a beached rowboat at a sandy beach at the lake at Manson's Landing. Other people, including children, can be seen in the background.