A description of the event may be found in “Whistle Up the Inlet,” by G.A. Rushton (J.J. Douglas Ltd., Vancouver BC,1974; p 50):
"Good teamwork in the handling of the ships by the Union Company’s marine department was evidenced when, on September 19, 1907, at 4:30 a.m., the Comox, running in a heavy fog, went aground on Cortez Island reef. All passengers were landed safely in small boats, then picked up by the Cassiar and taken to Heriot Bay for transfer to their destination aboard the Coquitlam. The Comox was pulled from her rocky perch at high water the following day and beached at Mansons, where a three-foot hole between the boiler and starboard bunker were patched. The vessel was towed back to Vancouver on September 22 by the tug Tartar.”
A description of the event may be found in “Whistle Up the Inlet,” by G.A. Rushton (J.J. Douglas Ltd., Vancouver BC,1974; p 50):
"Good teamwork in the handling of the ships by the Union Company’s marine department was evidenced when, on September 19, 1907, at 4:30 a.m., the Comox, running in a heavy fog, went aground on Cortez Island reef. All passengers were landed safely in small boats, then picked up by the Cassiar and taken to Heriot Bay for transfer to their destination aboard the Coquitlam. The Comox was pulled from her rocky perch at high water the following day and beached at Mansons, where a three-foot hole between the boiler and starboard bunker were patched. The vessel was towed back to Vancouver on September 22 by the tug Tartar.”
Photograph of a child, Colin Campbell, wearing night clothes, yawning and stretching on the porch of a house. Note cat door and feeding bowl on the right.
Photograph of a child, Colin Campbell, wearing night clothes, yawning and stretching on the porch of a house. Note cat door and feeding bowl on the right.
Photograph of Jane Manson, granddaughter Thelma Campbell, Fraser Campbell with Shep the dog, Gwen Campbell with baby Minerva, Ervin (Ervie) McKay with Hazel, and Etta McKay in front.
This is a reprint of an original photograph from the collection of Florence McKay. It is part of the Campbell River Museum collection (CR 13650) and is also reproduced in the May Ellingsen Historic Photograph Collection: Album Nine, page 28.
Found in CIMAS Information Files folder (Hernando Island), with May Ellingsen's handwriting on the verso. (January 2021)
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Photograph of Jane Manson, granddaughter Thelma Campbell, Fraser Campbell with Shep the dog, Gwen Campbell with baby Minerva, Ervin (Ervie) McKay with Hazel, and Etta McKay in front.
This is a reprint of an original photograph from the collection of Florence McKay. It is part of the Campbell River Museum collection (CR 13650) and is also reproduced in the May Ellingsen Historic Photograph Collection: Album Nine, page 28.
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