Photograph of a grave totem with a carved tablet at Alert Bay. Greene's title is "An Indian totem and tomb-stone in an Indian graveyard at Alret Bay, BC."
Photograph of a grave totem with a carved tablet at Alert Bay. Greene's title is "An Indian totem and tomb-stone in an Indian graveyard at Alret Bay, BC."
Photograph of St. George's Hospital in Alert Bay, five years after it was built. (see "Anderson, Doris, "The Columbia Is Coming"; Gray's Publishing, 1982, photo inset)
Photograph of St. George's Hospital in Alert Bay, five years after it was built. (see "Anderson, Doris, "The Columbia Is Coming"; Gray's Publishing, 1982, photo inset)
Photograph of a newly-wed Nick and Vera Manson, surrounded by students, holding a sign "Good Luck and Best Wishes - Our principal and primary teacher just married".
Photograph of a newly-wed Nick and Vera Manson, surrounded by students, holding a sign "Good Luck and Best Wishes - Our principal and primary teacher just married".
File contains two letters, written in pencil, to "Mother and Dad" by "Freddie" (surname unknown) on July 9, 1942 (7 pages) and July 13, 1942 (5 pages). Freddie was aboard the mission ship "John Antle", based in Whaletown with Canon Alan Greene, and writes of his experiences as part of the mission patrol. Places visited include Redonda Bay, Alert Bay, Rock Bay, Surge Narrows and Cortes Island settlements.
Donated by Bill Bartlett, of the Gerald Wellburn Philatelic Foundation, Victoria BC, in 2021. The letters were part of a stamp collection given to the Foundation. Bartlett recognized the connection to Cortes Island and mailed the letters to the Museum.
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File contains two letters, written in pencil, to "Mother and Dad" by "Freddie" (surname unknown) on July 9, 1942 (7 pages) and July 13, 1942 (5 pages). Freddie was aboard the mission ship "John Antle", based in Whaletown with Canon Alan Greene, and writes of his experiences as part of the mission patrol. Places visited include Redonda Bay, Alert Bay, Rock Bay, Surge Narrows and Cortes Island settlements.
Photograph of Emmeline Pickles and her children at Smelt Bay, with the O'Donnell's boat house in the background. (From an envelope "May Ellingsen photos Manson's Landing")
Photograph of Emmeline Pickles and her children at Smelt Bay, with the O'Donnell's boat house in the background. (From an envelope "May Ellingsen photos Manson's Landing")
Binder contains interviews, stories, clippings and photographs documenting the social history of the Coulter Bay and Carrington Bay areas. It was created as part of the Windows on Whaletown Exhibit, curated and mounted by Doreen Thompson.
Binder contains interviews, stories, clippings and photographs documenting the social history of the Coulter Bay and Carrington Bay areas. It was created as part of the Windows on Whaletown Exhibit, curated and mounted by Doreen Thompson.