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 Bill Barrett seated on a mowing machine pulled by his horse Tom, mowing a field clover beside a house. Doreen Thompson identified the location as Braeside in Whaletown, the home of Mary Barrett's brother Bert Middleton.
Photograph of Bill Barrett seated on a mowing machine pulled by his horse Tom, mowing a field clover beside a house. Doreen Thompson identified the location as Braeside in Whaletown, the home of Mary Barrett's brother Bert Middleton.
File consists of a letter to Alice Collinge from the Provincial Assessor re valuation of properties for the four school districts on Cortex (sic) Island.
File consists of a letter to Alice Collinge from the Provincial Assessor re valuation of properties for the four school districts on Cortex (sic) Island.
File consists of Incoming correspondence. It also includes a hand-written report by the Public Health Nurse about school visits and material on potato-growing and a poultry-raising competition.
File consists of Incoming correspondence. It also includes a hand-written report by the Public Health Nurse about school visits and material on potato-growing and a poultry-raising competition.
File consists of correspondence; it also includes a copy of the bylaws, communications from the provincial and federal WIs, a bulletin from Dominion Experimental Farms and a BC Public Service bulletin.
File consists of correspondence; it also includes a copy of the bylaws, communications from the provincial and federal WIs, a bulletin from Dominion Experimental Farms and a BC Public Service bulletin.