This is a copy of a recording made by Imbert Orchard as part of a "People in Landscape" series for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. In this program, some of the people who grew up on Cortes Island recall how the settlement began, and discuss the quality of life there -- as it is today, and as it used to be. Voices heard include: Otto and Mary Weiler, Elmer and May Ellingsen, Rose (Manson) MacKay, Allen Robertson, and Duncan Robertson.
Tape was found at the Cortes Island Recycling Center and donated to the museum by Gail Ringwood on Oct. 3, 2004. Original owner is unknown.
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This is a copy of a recording made by Imbert Orchard as part of a "People in Landscape" series for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. In this program, some of the people who grew up on Cortes Island recall how the settlement began, and discuss the quality of life there -- as it is today, and as it used to be. Voices heard include: Otto and Mary Weiler, Elmer and May Ellingsen, Rose (Manson) MacKay, Allen Robertson, and Duncan Robertson.
Recording of Norm and Lisa Gibbons talking about their experiences at Refuge Cove, recorded by Lisa Gibbons during a museum-sponsored trip to Refuge Cove on the "Misty Isles". See also the digitized photographs from Norm Gibbons' album which illustrate many of the stories in the recording. (Cortes Island Museum & Archives Society fonds, Series 5, File 2)
Recorded by Lisa Gibbons on her iPhone, July 15, 2023
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Recording of Norm and Lisa Gibbons talking about their experiences at Refuge Cove, recorded by Lisa Gibbons during a museum-sponsored trip to Refuge Cove on the "Misty Isles". See also the digitized photographs from Norm Gibbons' album which illustrate many of the stories in the recording. (Cortes Island Museum & Archives Society fonds, Series 5, File 2)
Photograph of Gilean Douglas from her trip across the United States. She called herself "Bobs" and delighted in dressing in men's clothing and being mistaken for a boy. Here she is seated on a raft in Yellowstone Park and smoking a pipe.
Photograph of Gilean Douglas from her trip across the United States. She called herself "Bobs" and delighted in dressing in men's clothing and being mistaken for a boy. Here she is seated on a raft in Yellowstone Park and smoking a pipe.
Photograph of Nancy and Clyde Gildersleeve standing beside the woodshed behind the house at Channel Rock. They were from Port Hardy, and operated a mission boat for the Seventh Day Adventist Church.
Photograph of Nancy and Clyde Gildersleeve standing beside the woodshed behind the house at Channel Rock. They were from Port Hardy, and operated a mission boat for the Seventh Day Adventist Church.
