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Aftermath of steam donkey explosion on Hague Lake

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1923
Scope and Content
"One man (operator) was killed. One piece of donkey went through the air and landed on other side of lake (near where Bert Hansen now lives)." (Item #2007.001.234 is a duplicate.)
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
13
Item Number
2007.001.697
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1923
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 13 x 8 cm
Scope and Content
"One man (operator) was killed. One piece of donkey went through the air and landed on other side of lake (near where Bert Hansen now lives)." (Item #2007.001.234 is a duplicate.)
Storage Location
Photograph Box 4
Subject Access
Logging
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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"Official Woodworker's Time Book"

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Part Of
James Layton fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1948
Scope and Content
File consists of a 64 page Time Book published by the International Woodworkers of America, BC District Council No. 1. The booklet contains ads, information and a fold-out map with the locations of BC mills and logging camps. Layton, a member of Local Union 1-71, has entered a record of his income on page 62.
Part Of
James Layton fonds
Description Level
File
Creator
Layton, James
Fonds Number
2019.020
File Number
8
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1948
Physical Description
1 notebook, 10 x 17 cm
Scope and Content
File consists of a 64 page Time Book published by the International Woodworkers of America, BC District Council No. 1. The booklet contains ads, information and a fold-out map with the locations of BC mills and logging camps. Layton, a member of Local Union 1-71, has entered a record of his income on page 62.
Name Access
Layton, James
Subject Access
Logging
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
Von Donop Inlet
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Part Of
Whaletown Community Club fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Accession Number
2003.003
Date Range
1951
Scope and Content
File contains minutes of three general meetings, including the Annual General Meeting with election of officers.
Part Of
Whaletown Community Club fonds
Description Level
File
Creator
Whaletown Community Club
Fonds Number
2003.003
Series Number
1
File Number
1
Accession Number
2003.003
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1951
Physical Description
Two handwritten pages
Scope and Content
File contains minutes of three general meetings, including the Annual General Meeting with election of officers.
Storage Location
1-1
Storage Range
1-1
Name Access
Whaletown Community Club
Subject Access
Community Associations
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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Letter to Whaletown Women's Institute members

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1952
Scope and Content
File consists of a 3 page letter written by Gilean Douglas to the members of the Whaletown Women's Institute about procedures and goals.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
5
File Number
12
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1952
Custodial History
Donated by Dianne (Reedel) Hansen in 2014.
Scope and Content
File consists of a 3 page letter written by Gilean Douglas to the members of the Whaletown Women's Institute about procedures and goals.
Storage Location
6-26
Storage Range
6-26
Name Access
Whaletown Women's Institute
Subject Access
Women's Institute
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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Part Of
Whaletown Community Club fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Accession Number
2003.003
Date Range
1952
Scope and Content
This folder contains an original draft of the Constitution and Bylaws adopted in 1952, which set out the objects of the Club and the conditions of its operation, including area of operation, membership requirements, duties of officers and conduct of meetings.
Part Of
Whaletown Community Club fonds
Description Level
File
Creator
Whaletown Community Club
Fonds Number
2003.003
Series Number
3
File Number
1
Accession Number
2003.003
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1952
Physical Description
1 folder of textual records
History / Biographical
In 1950 all records of the Whaletown Community Club were destroyed in a fire, and the Constitution and Bylaws had to be rewritten.
Scope and Content
This folder contains an original draft of the Constitution and Bylaws adopted in 1952, which set out the objects of the Club and the conditions of its operation, including area of operation, membership requirements, duties of officers and conduct of meetings.
Storage Location
1-17
Storage Range
1-17
Name Access
Whaletown Community Club
Subject Access
Community Associations
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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Three loggers sitting in a clear-cut (ID)

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Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1952
Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
Item
Creator
Weiler, Mary
Fonds Number
2003.002
Series Number
1
Item Number
2003.002.500
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1952
Physical Description
1 photograph: b&w; 15 x 9 cm
Storage Location
Photograph box 3
Name Access
Weiler, Mary
Subject Access
Logging
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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Spar tree in a logged area with yarded logs at its base (ID)

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Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1952
Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
Item
Creator
Weiler, Mary
Fonds Number
2003.002
Series Number
1
Item Number
2003.002.501
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1952
Physical Description
1 photograph: b&w; 15 x 9 cm
Storage Location
Photograph box 3
Name Access
Weiler, Mary
Subject Access
Logging
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
Images
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Log being loaded onto a logging truck using the frame on a spar tree (ID)

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Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1952
Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
Item
Creator
Weiler, Mary
Fonds Number
2003.002
Series Number
1
Item Number
2003.002.502
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1952
Physical Description
1 photograph: b&w; 15 x 9 cm
Storage Location
Photograph box 3
Name Access
Weiler, Mary
Subject Access
Logging
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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Heavily-loaded logging truck on the main road (ID)

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Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1952
Scope and Content
(Possible duplicate: 2019.023.025)
Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
Item
Creator
Weiler, Mary
Fonds Number
2003.002
Series Number
1
Item Number
2003.002.503
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1952
Physical Description
1 photograph: b&w; 15 x 9 cm
Scope and Content
(Possible duplicate: 2019.023.025)
Storage Location
Photograph box 3
Name Access
Weiler, Mary
Subject Access
Logging
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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The Union steamship "Cardena"

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Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1952
Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
Item
Creator
Weiler, Mary
Fonds Number
2003.002
Series Number
1
Item Number
2003.002.031
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1952
Physical Description
1 photograph: b&w; 14.5 x 9 cm
Storage Location
Photograph box 3
Name Access
Weiler, Mary
Subject Access
Union Steamship Company
Transportation
Water transport
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
Images
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The Union steamship "Cardena" entering Whaletown Bay

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Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1952
Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
Item
Creator
Weiler, Mary
Fonds Number
2003.002
Series Number
1
Item Number
2003.002.032
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1952
Physical Description
1 photograph: b&w; 14.5 x 9 cm
Storage Location
Photograph box 3
Name Access
Weiler, Mary
Subject Access
Union Steamship Company
Transportation
Water transport
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
Whaletown
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Agreement with Whaletown Women's Institute re Church Hall

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Part Of
Whaletown Community Club fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Accession Number
2003.003
Date Range
1953
Scope and Content
File contains an agreement passing the responsibility for the Church Hall (at the corner of Harbour road next to the first Whaletown cemetery) from the Whaletown Community Club to the Whaletown Women's Institute. At that time, the Gorge Harbour Community Hall Society turned the Gorge Hall over to the Whaletown Community Club.
Part Of
Whaletown Community Club fonds
Description Level
File
Creator
Whaletown Community Club
Fonds Number
2003.003
Series Number
3
File Number
2
Accession Number
2003.003
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1953
Physical Description
1 folder of textual records
Scope and Content
File contains an agreement passing the responsibility for the Church Hall (at the corner of Harbour road next to the first Whaletown cemetery) from the Whaletown Community Club to the Whaletown Women's Institute. At that time, the Gorge Harbour Community Hall Society turned the Gorge Hall over to the Whaletown Community Club.
Storage Location
1-18
Storage Range
1-18
Name Access
Whaletown Community Club
Subject Access
Community Associations
Women's Institute
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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Logger climbing a tall fir tree with an axe and a chainsaw (#1 of a series of 4 photographs) (ID)

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Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1953
Scope and Content
(Duplicate: Item 2019.023.017)
Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
Item
Creator
Weiler, Mary
Fonds Number
2003.002
Series Number
1
Item Number
2003.002.489
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1953
Physical Description
1 photograph: b&w; 15 x 9 cm
Scope and Content
(Duplicate: Item 2019.023.017)
Storage Location
Photograph box 3
Name Access
Weiler, Mary
Subject Access
Logging
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
Images
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Logger near the top of a tall fir tree which he has limbed on the way up (#2 of a series of 4 photographs)

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Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1953
Scope and Content
(Duplicate: Item 2019.023.018)
Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
Item
Creator
Weiler, Mary
Fonds Number
2003.002
Series Number
1
Item Number
2003.002.490
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1953
Physical Description
1 photograph: b&w; 15 x 9 cm
Scope and Content
(Duplicate: Item 2019.023.018)
Storage Location
Photograph box 3
Name Access
Weiler, Mary
Subject Access
Logging
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
Images
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Logger cutting the top off a tall fir tree to make a spar tree (#3 of a series of 4 photographs)

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Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1953
Scope and Content
(Duplicate: Item 2019.023.019)
Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
Item
Creator
Weiler, Mary
Fonds Number
2003.002
Series Number
1
Item Number
2003.002.491
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1953
Physical Description
1 photograph: b&w; 15 x 9 cm
Scope and Content
(Duplicate: Item 2019.023.019)
Storage Location
Photograph box 3
Name Access
Weiler, Mary
Subject Access
Logging
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
Images
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Logger at the top of a spar tree (#4 of a series of 4 photographs)

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Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1953
Scope and Content
(Duplicate: Item 2019.023.020)
Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
Item
Creator
Weiler, Mary
Fonds Number
2003.002
Series Number
1
Item Number
2003.002.492
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1953
Physical Description
1 photograph: b&w; 15 x 9 cm
Scope and Content
(Duplicate: Item 2019.023.020)
Storage Location
Photograph box 3
Name Access
Weiler, Mary
Subject Access
Logging
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
Images
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Freshly turned soil in the vegetable area of the garden at Channel Rock; the water may be seen through the trees at the bottom of the garden

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1958
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.2068
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1958
Physical Description
1 colour slide, 5 x 5 cm
Storage Location
Slide box 1
Subject Access
Channel Rock
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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Whaletown Women's Institute cookbook master pages

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Part Of
CIMAS ephemera collection
Description Level
File
Material Type
ephemera
Date Range
1959
Scope and Content
File consists of master pages of a fund-raising cookbook produced by the Whaletown Women's Institute. Typed recipes are pasted onto construction paper sheets; sheets are crumbling. Complete copies of the cookbook may be found in the Whaletown Women's Institute fonds and the Island Women's Club fonds.
Part Of
CIMAS ephemera collection
Description Level
File
File Number
24
Material Type
ephemera
Date Range
1959
Custodial History
Donated by Ian Disney in 2012.
Scope and Content
File consists of master pages of a fund-raising cookbook produced by the Whaletown Women's Institute. Typed recipes are pasted onto construction paper sheets; sheets are crumbling. Complete copies of the cookbook may be found in the Whaletown Women's Institute fonds and the Island Women's Club fonds.
Storage Location
Ephemera - Box 1
Name Access
Whaletown Women's Institute
Subject Access
Women's Institute
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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Eddie Huck, Andy Robertson and Dennis Newsham

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1959
Scope and Content
Photograph of Eddie Huck, Andy Robertson and Dennis Newsham, probably at Channel Rock while working on the Whaletown Women's Institute telephone line (see Gilean Douglas' Christmas letter for 1959).
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.2112
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1959
Physical Description
1 colour slide, 5 x 5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Eddie Huck, Andy Robertson and Dennis Newsham, probably at Channel Rock while working on the Whaletown Women's Institute telephone line (see Gilean Douglas' Christmas letter for 1959).
Storage Location
Slide box 1
Subject Access
Channel Rock
Women's Institute
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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Alta and Lois boarding a float plane at Channel Rock

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1959
Scope and Content
Photograph of Alta and Lois, old friends of Gilean Douglas from California
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.2123
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1959
Physical Description
1 colour slide, 5 x 5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Alta and Lois, old friends of Gilean Douglas from California
Storage Location
Slide box 1
Subject Access
Air transport
Transportation
Channel Rock
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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