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Union Steamship Comox being raised from Cortes Reef (Sutil Point)

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Accession Number
2018.002
Date Range
1907
Scope and Content
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.”
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
13
Item Number
2007.001.609
Accession Number
2018.002
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1907
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 17.5 x 12 cm
Scope and Content
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.”
Storage Location
Photograph Box 4
Subject Access
Union Steamship Company
Transportation
Water transport
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Manson's Landing from aboard the "Cardena"

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1923-1958]
Scope and Content
Photograph of Manson's Landing taken from aboard the Union Steamship "Cardena".
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
13
Item Number
2007.001.029
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1923-1958]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w: 12.5 x 7 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Manson's Landing taken from aboard the Union Steamship "Cardena".
Storage Location
Photograph Box 4
Subject Access
Union Steamship Company
Transportation
Water transport
Geographic Access
Manson's Landing
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Correspondence from Bessie Fry Symons

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
[ca. 1959-1968]
Scope and Content
Correspondence from Bessie Fry Symons, an artist who lived on Read Island.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
2
File Number
22
Material Type
textual records
Responsibility
Symons, Bessie Fry
Date Range
[ca. 1959-1968]
Scope and Content
Correspondence from Bessie Fry Symons, an artist who lived on Read Island.
Storage Location
3-1
Storage Range
3-1
Name Access
Douglas, Gilean
Symons, Bessie Fry
Subject Access
Read Island
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Correspondence from Al Taylor

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1953-1990
Scope and Content
Correspondence from Al Taylor, a resident of Read Island. Douglas and Taylor sometimes corresponded in Spanish.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
2
File Number
23
Material Type
textual records
Responsibility
Taylor, Al
Date Range
1953-1990
Scope and Content
Correspondence from Al Taylor, a resident of Read Island. Douglas and Taylor sometimes corresponded in Spanish.
Storage Location
3-2
Storage Range
3-2
Name Access
Douglas, Gilean
Taylor, Al
Subject Access
Read Island
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Correspondence from Katherine and Tom Widdowson

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
[ca. 1960-1989]
Scope and Content
Correspondence from Katherine and Tom Widdowson, residents of Read Island.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
2
File Number
25
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
[ca. 1960-1989]
Scope and Content
Correspondence from Katherine and Tom Widdowson, residents of Read Island.
Storage Location
3-4
Storage Range
3-4
Name Access
Widdowson, Tom
Widdowson, Katherine
Douglas, Gilean
Subject Access
Read Island
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People (Mrs. Barnard, R) looking out from an enclosed deck space on a Union steamship

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[1950s]
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
13
Item Number
2007.001.379
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[1950s]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 13 x 10 cm
Storage Location
Photograph Box 4
Subject Access
Union Steamship Company
Transportation
Water transport
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Union steamship "Chelohsin" at Squirrel Cove wharf, seen from the shore

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[195?]
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
13
Item Number
2007.001.428
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[195?]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 10 x 13 cm
Storage Location
Photograph Box 4
Subject Access
Union Steamship Company
Transportation
Water transport
Geographic Access
Squirrel Cove
Images
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Union steamship "Chelohsin" at Squirrel Cove wharf, seen from the beach

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[195?]
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
13
Item Number
2007.001.429
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[195?]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 10 x 13 cm
Storage Location
Photograph Box 4
Subject Access
Union Steamship Company
Transportation
Water transport
Geographic Access
Squirrel Cove
Images
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