"Four generation portrait. (L to R) Mrs. Hague (grandmother), Frances Lowe (daughter), Mrs. Heay (great grandmother), Mabel Lowe (mother). Mrs. Heay came to Cortes Island in the early 1890s and lived with her son Horace Heay (brother of Mrs. Hague) in the home he built at the mouth of Manson's Lagoon. In 1895 Mrs. Hague brought her daughters and stayed there too for a time until the Hague home was built on Manson's Lagoon." (from May Ellingsen Historic Photograph Collection: Album 2, p. 19). There is also a copy of this photograph donated by Eleanor Milne, 2004.005.001
"Four generation portrait. (L to R) Mrs. Hague (grandmother), Frances Lowe (daughter), Mrs. Heay (great grandmother), Mabel Lowe (mother). Mrs. Heay came to Cortes Island in the early 1890s and lived with her son Horace Heay (brother of Mrs. Hague) in the home he built at the mouth of Manson's Lagoon. In 1895 Mrs. Hague brought her daughters and stayed there too for a time until the Hague home was built on Manson's Lagoon." (from May Ellingsen Historic Photograph Collection: Album 2, p. 19). There is also a copy of this photograph donated by Eleanor Milne, 2004.005.001
"This shows the main road between Hague Lake and the Hague home property. Walking along the road are Mabel Lowe (L) and grandmother Mrs. Hague. The road had just been put in where there was only a trail before." (from May Ellingsen Historic Photographs: Album 2, p. 17) (Also in collection as 2004.005.004)
"This shows the main road between Hague Lake and the Hague home property. Walking along the road are Mabel Lowe (L) and grandmother Mrs. Hague. The road had just been put in where there was only a trail before." (from May Ellingsen Historic Photographs: Album 2, p. 17) (Also in collection as 2004.005.004)
Emails with info on Mars Water Bomber and Dan McIvor & family (1930s-1970s) provided by his daughter Mary-Anne Forman, 2014. Clippings with info on Pacific Western Airlines, undated (1950s?) and Martin Mars Bomber, 2008.
DVD copy of the television show "Chat Corner" with host Terry Martyniuk, copyright Richmond TV-4, 1990. Topics covered include McIvor's start in aviation, experiences in the Arctic, piloting Sir Edmund Hillary to Mt. Waddington, and his introduction of the use of water bombers to fight forest fires in BC. The signed Cessna propeller which Jack Summers hung in the Mansons Landing coffee shop (now at the museum, 2023) is also mentioned. (DVD is stored in the CD/DVD album in the Archives.)
Emails with info on Mars Water Bomber and Dan McIvor & family (1930s-1970s) provided by his daughter Mary-Anne Forman, 2014. Clippings with info on Pacific Western Airlines, undated (1950s?) and Martin Mars Bomber, 2008.
DVD copy of the television show "Chat Corner" with host Terry Martyniuk, copyright Richmond TV-4, 1990. Topics covered include McIvor's start in aviation, experiences in the Arctic, piloting Sir Edmund Hillary to Mt. Waddington, and his introduction of the use of water bombers to fight forest fires in BC. The signed Cessna propeller which Jack Summers hung in the Mansons Landing coffee shop (now at the museum, 2023) is also mentioned. (DVD is stored in the CD/DVD album in the Archives.)
Photograph of Elmer Ellingsen, holding his accordion and with a pistol in his hand, and Dan Campbell, who is wearing a coonskin hat and lying on the floor holding a Christmas tree. This was part of a skit performed at an Old Age Pensioners' Christmas party.
Photograph of Elmer Ellingsen, holding his accordion and with a pistol in his hand, and Dan Campbell, who is wearing a coonskin hat and lying on the floor holding a Christmas tree. This was part of a skit performed at an Old Age Pensioners' Christmas party.