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Wilfred Manson holding his daughter Dorothy at Stag Bay, Hernando Island

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Part Of
May Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1924]
Scope and Content
Wilfred Manson holding his daughter Dorothy at Stag Bay on the beach at Stag Bay, Hernando Island. The old building in the background is located directly downhill from the George Freeman home. While the Campbell River Lumber Company was logging, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Robertson lived there. They owned an English bulldog who sired 'Brindle', the dog in the picture.
Part Of
May Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2004.002
Series Number
1
File Number
10
Item Number
2004.003.033
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1924]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 12.5 x 11.5 cm
Scope and Content
Wilfred Manson holding his daughter Dorothy at Stag Bay on the beach at Stag Bay, Hernando Island. The old building in the background is located directly downhill from the George Freeman home. While the Campbell River Lumber Company was logging, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Robertson lived there. They owned an English bulldog who sired 'Brindle', the dog in the picture.
Storage Location
Photograph box 3
Subject Access
Logging
Geographic Access
Hernando Island
Location - Copy
Vol. 9, p. 14a
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Wilfred, Nicol and Jack Manson and Ervin McKay, donkey logging on Hernando Island

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1920s]
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).
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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Wilfred, Nicol and Jack Manson and Ervin McKay donkey logging on Hernando Island

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Part Of
Florence McKay fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1920]
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 has a diagonal crease. Other copies of this photograph are 2007.001.123; Campbell River Museum #13642, and and on p.32 of May Ellingsen Historic Photograph Collection, Album 5, p. 32 (fonds 2004.002).
Part Of
Florence McKay fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2004.001
Item Number
2004.001.031
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1920]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 10 x 13 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 has a diagonal crease. Other copies of this photograph are 2007.001.123; Campbell River Museum #13642, and and on p.32 of May Ellingsen Historic Photograph Collection, Album 5, p. 32 (fonds 2004.002).
Storage Location
Photograph box 3
Subject Access
Logging
Geographic Access
Hernando Island
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Dunc Robertson interview (1)

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Part Of
CIMAS audiovisual collection
Description Level
Item
Material Type
sound recording
Date Range
1995
Scope and Content
Recording is an oral history interview of Duncan Robertson by Oonagh O'Connor at his home in Whaletown (Part 1 of 2). Topics covered include some family history; people and customs of the early days on the island; logging; fishing; hunting; cougars; Cortes in the 1950s and 1960s. There is a short summary of the interview, written by May Ellingsen, in the cassette case.
Part Of
CIMAS audiovisual collection
Description Level
Item
Creator
O'Connor, Oonagh
Series Number
1
Item Number
1999.004.020
Material Type
sound recording
Date Range
1995
Digitized Date
February 2017
Physical Description
1 cassette tape
Custodial History
Found in collection
Scope and Content
Recording is an oral history interview of Duncan Robertson by Oonagh O'Connor at his home in Whaletown (Part 1 of 2). Topics covered include some family history; people and customs of the early days on the island; logging; fishing; hunting; cougars; Cortes in the 1950s and 1960s. There is a short summary of the interview, written by May Ellingsen, in the cassette case.
Subject Access
Logging
Hunting
Fishing
Geographic Access
Whaletown
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Roland (Rollie) Woolsey up the mast of his fish boat

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Part Of
May Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1950]
Scope and Content
Rollie Woolsey at the top of the mast of his fishing boat.
Part Of
May Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2004.002
Series Number
1
File Number
10
Item Number
2004.003.018
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1950]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 16.5 x 11 cm
Custodial History
Donated to May Ellingsen by Rollie Woolsey
Scope and Content
Rollie Woolsey at the top of the mast of his fishing boat.
Storage Location
Photograph box 3
Subject Access
Fishing
Location - Copy
Vol. 8, p. 9b
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Buddy Dewar driving his skidder when logging at Channel Rock

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1967
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.2408
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1967
Physical Description
1 colour slide, 5 x 5 cm
Storage Location
Slide box 1
Subject Access
Logging
Channel Rock
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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Man (ID) unloading fish from his boat onto the dock

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Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[196-?]
Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
Item
Creator
Weiler, Mary
Fonds Number
2003.002
Series Number
1
Item Number
2003.002.168
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[196-?]
Physical Description
1 colour slide, 5 x 5 cm
Storage Location
Slide box 2
Name Access
Weiler, Mary
Subject Access
Fishing
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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View over the lawn of the Gorge Lodge, with a towboat and boom in the background

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Part Of
Ballantyne family fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material (electronic)
Accession Number
2020.006
Date Range
[ca. 1932]
Part Of
Ballantyne family fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2020.006
Item Number
2020.006.013
Accession Number
2020.006
Material Type
graphic material (electronic)
Date Range
[ca. 1932]
Digitized Date
2012
Physical Description
1 photograph (jpeg)
Scan Resolution
2092×1389
Name Access
Ballantyne, Peter
Subject Access
Logging
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
Whaletown
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Luke Kingery and his pet crow on the dock of a float camp, Seymour Inlet

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1950]
Scope and Content
Photograph of Luke Kingery with his pet crow Jim on his shoulder, standing beside a float house in Seymour Inlet.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.1031
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1950]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 18 x 12.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Luke Kingery with his pet crow Jim on his shoulder, standing beside a float house in Seymour Inlet.
Subject Access
Logging
Columbia Coast Mission
Geographic Access
Seymour Inlet
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Rev. Rollo Boas and his wife Kathleen (Kay), scraping paint from "Rendezvous"

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1949]
Scope and Content
Photograph of Rev. Rollo Boas and his wife Kay scraping paint from the Columbia Coast Mission boat "Rendezvous" at the Whaletown wharf. Ken Slater's troller "Wahkana Bay" is in the background, two unindentified gas boats are tied to the floats. Of note: clearing for the Huck family home in background indicates the year the photo was taken. There are two captions on the back, in different handwriting (top is Gilean Douglas'.)
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.0605
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1949]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 6 x 8.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Rev. Rollo Boas and his wife Kay scraping paint from the Columbia Coast Mission boat "Rendezvous" at the Whaletown wharf. Ken Slater's troller "Wahkana Bay" is in the background, two unindentified gas boats are tied to the floats. Of note: clearing for the Huck family home in background indicates the year the photo was taken. There are two captions on the back, in different handwriting (top is Gilean Douglas'.)
Subject Access
Columbia Coast Mission
Fishing
Geographic Access
Whaletown
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Al Taylor fishing from his boat while en route to Read Island

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1965
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.2346
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1965
Physical Description
1 colour slide, 5 x 5 cm
Storage Location
Slide box 1
Subject Access
Fishing
Geographic Access
Read Island
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Doreen Thompson interview (Side A) and Wilf Freeman interview (Side B)

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Part Of
CIMAS audiovisual collection
Description Level
Item
Material Type
sound recording
Date Range
1995
Scope and Content
Recording consists of oral history interviews of Doreen (Huck) Thompson and Wilfed Freeman by Oonagh O'Connor. Topics covered in Thompson's interview include Huck family history on Cortes; medical emergencies; gardening; fishing; hunting; logging. Topics covered in Freeman's interview include reminiscences of the island in 1927; roads; transportation. There is a short summary of the interview, written by May Ellingsen, in the cassette case.
Part Of
CIMAS audiovisual collection
Description Level
Item
Creator
O'Connor, Oonagh
Series Number
1
Item Number
1999.004.024
Material Type
sound recording
Date Range
1995
Digitized Date
February 2017
Physical Description
1 cassette tape
Custodial History
Found in collection
Scope and Content
Recording consists of oral history interviews of Doreen (Huck) Thompson and Wilfed Freeman by Oonagh O'Connor. Topics covered in Thompson's interview include Huck family history on Cortes; medical emergencies; gardening; fishing; hunting; logging. Topics covered in Freeman's interview include reminiscences of the island in 1927; roads; transportation. There is a short summary of the interview, written by May Ellingsen, in the cassette case.
Subject Access
Fishing
Hunting
Transportation
Health care
Audio Recordings
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Correspondence regarding Klahoose First Nation concerns over logging in Squirrel Cove

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
cartographic material
Accession Number
2017.003
Date Range
1987-1989
Scope and Content
File contains correspondence and a map of Smelt Bay Park.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Creator
Ellingsen, May & Elmer
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
1
File Number
56
Accession Number
2017.003
Material Type
textual records
cartographic material
Date Range
1987-1989
Scope and Content
File contains correspondence and a map of Smelt Bay Park.
Storage Location
1-56
Storage Range
1-56
Subject Access
Logging
Geographic Access
Squirrel Cove
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Ellingsen Logging Jack flyer and Signals of Hand-logging pamphlet

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
ephemera
Accession Number
2019.019
Date Range
1951
Scope and Content
File contains a sales brochure for the Ellingsen Jack, invented by Sigurd Ellingsen, and a pamphlet of the signals used in hand-logging.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
11
File Number
9
Accession Number
2019.019
Material Type
ephemera
Date Range
1951
Scope and Content
File contains a sales brochure for the Ellingsen Jack, invented by Sigurd Ellingsen, and a pamphlet of the signals used in hand-logging.
Storage Location
8-9
Storage Range
8-9
Subject Access
Logging
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Manson family information

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
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.
Part Of
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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John Manson - logging records

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
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.
Part Of
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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Dorothy Manson with two dogs, Hernando Island

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Part Of
May Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1926]
Scope and Content
Dorothy Manson standing behind 'Ruff' the new sheepdog, 'Brindle' lying beside them. In the background, beyond the rail fence, is (left to right) a steam donkey, a storage shed, the main camp manager's house (now the home of Mike Manson), a garage for the car and a barn.
Part Of
May Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2004.002
Series Number
1
File Number
10
Item Number
2004.003.045
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1926]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 8.5 x 10 cm
Scope and Content
Dorothy Manson standing behind 'Ruff' the new sheepdog, 'Brindle' lying beside them. In the background, beyond the rail fence, is (left to right) a steam donkey, a storage shed, the main camp manager's house (now the home of Mike Manson), a garage for the car and a barn.
Storage Location
Photograph box 3
Subject Access
Logging
Geographic Access
Hernando Island
Location - Copy
Vol. 9, p. 23c
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Fishing and pleasure boats at the Manson's Landing dock

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1970
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.2534
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1970
Physical Description
1 colour slide, 5 x 5 cm
Storage Location
Slide box 1
Subject Access
Fishing
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
Manson's Landing
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Union steamship "Chelohsin" alongside Manson's wharf

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[1950s]
Scope and Content
Photograph of the Union steamship "Chelohsin" alongside Manson's wharf. The photograph is taken from down on the floats; there is a local fish boat tied in front of the Chelohsin, and the ramp and freight shed are visible to the left.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
13
Item Number
2007.001.399
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[1950s]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 21 x 25 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of the Union steamship "Chelohsin" alongside Manson's wharf. The photograph is taken from down on the floats; there is a local fish boat tied in front of the Chelohsin, and the ramp and freight shed are visible to the left.
Storage Location
Photograph Box 4
Subject Access
Union Steamship Company
Fishing
Transportation
Water transport
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Dorothy Manson with dog at Stag Bay, Hernando Island

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Part Of
May Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1925]
Scope and Content
Dorothy Manson, daughter of Wilfred and Jean Manson, with her dog 'Brindle' at Stag Bay, Hernando Island. Where the bulk of logging camp buildings had been, has been cleared and seeded to clover for hay. The house with a ladder had been one of the camp family houses. Note the beached "little green boat" at the end of her career.
Part Of
May Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2004.002
Series Number
1
File Number
10
Item Number
2004.003.039
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1925]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 9 x 12.5 cm
Scope and Content
Dorothy Manson, daughter of Wilfred and Jean Manson, with her dog 'Brindle' at Stag Bay, Hernando Island. Where the bulk of logging camp buildings had been, has been cleared and seeded to clover for hay. The house with a ladder had been one of the camp family houses. Note the beached "little green boat" at the end of her career.
Storage Location
Photograph box 3
Subject Access
Logging
Geographic Access
Hernando Island
Location - Copy
Vol. 9, p. 21a
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