"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
Photograph is a print taken from the same negative as photograph 2004.001.043 (Florence McKay fonds). The legend of "Seal Boy" is handwritten in Salish (? check language) on the back, with a typed English translation taped on.
Photograph is a print taken from the same negative as photograph 2004.001.043 (Florence McKay fonds). The legend of "Seal Boy" is handwritten in Salish (? check language) on the back, with a typed English translation taped on.
Photograph of a girl holding a kitten, beside an out-building with hand-split cedar board siding. The location is identified as "Cortes Island, The Gorge" and the date as 1956. (Oversize)
Photograph of a girl holding a kitten, beside an out-building with hand-split cedar board siding. The location is identified as "Cortes Island, The Gorge" and the date as 1956. (Oversize)
L to R: Kyoshi Kosky, Justin Stirn
Part of a series of 8 photographs which document a clean-up at the proposed Carrington Bay Park site. The squatters' cabin was built in the 1970s, on the east side of Carrington Bay.
L to R: Kyoshi Kosky, Justin Stirn
Part of a series of 8 photographs which document a clean-up at the proposed Carrington Bay Park site. The squatters' cabin was built in the 1970s, on the east side of Carrington Bay.
Photograph of a large, hand-lettered and framed poster which details the history of St. James Church, built in 1927. The vision behind the church, the names of community members who donated land and built the church, the first special services, and the planting of two special trees are mentioned. This plaque is now at CIMAS.
Photograph of a large, hand-lettered and framed poster which details the history of St. James Church, built in 1927. The vision behind the church, the names of community members who donated land and built the church, the first special services, and the planting of two special trees are mentioned. This plaque is now at CIMAS.