Fonds consists of sixty prints and slides dating from 1951 to 1971. It includes scenes of of Cortes Island school students, logging, and the Union Steamship. Most photographs are from the Whaletown area. There are 16 slides of a logging camp at the Quatam River in Ramsey Arm, BC.
The Maclean family (parents Don and Doris, and children Janice, Heather and Ian) lived in Whaletown from 1961 to 1973.
Don Maclean's parents, John and Edna Maclean, lived for many years in Edmonton, Alberta. When their son came home from the war they bought property near Coulter Bay and moved to Cortes Island. Don Maclean became a fisherman, eventually living on his fishing boat.
Doris Lancaster Maclean was born and raised in Victoria, B.C. In the late 1940s she answered a call from the Anglican Church to come and do Vacation Bible School with the Columbia Coast Mission on Cortes and nearby islands.
Doris and Don married in 1954. They moved to Cortes Island in 1961 when Don was hired to operate the Columbia Coast Mission boat, the "Alan Greene". They lived in the Mission house in Whaletown, next to the church. Don Maclean acted as a Lay Reader for the Columbia Coast Mission in the 1960s when no clergymen were available, holding services in the three Anglican churches on the island.
In 1967 the Diocese sold the "Alan Greene" and the Macleans were required to move out of the mission house. Maclean built a house on the beach of what used to be called Jardine’s property, although by this time it was owned by a cousin of Doris Maclean. He was hired as the Industrial First Aid man on site for the building of the Whaletown Ferry dock and after that worked as a clam digger.
The Maclean family left Cortes in 1973 and moved to Regina, SK. The house that Don built was rented for a couple of years and then sold and moved to a new location; it burned down a few years later.
Custodial History
Twenty-seven photographs and 15 slides were mailed to CIMAS by Janice Maclean Kerr in 2019; two more photos were mailed in Apr. 2021; 16 slides were mailed in Sept. 2021
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of sixty prints and slides dating from 1951 to 1971. It includes scenes of of Cortes Island school students, logging, and the Union Steamship. Most photographs are from the Whaletown area. There are 16 slides of a logging camp at the Quatam River in Ramsey Arm, BC.
Verso says "Easter Egg Hunt 1966. Johnny Weiler (back); Janice Maclean, Heather Maclean, Ian Maclean (back), Philip Bergman, Doug McCoy, Sarah Weiler (kneeling)
Verso says "Easter Egg Hunt 1966. Johnny Weiler (back); Janice Maclean, Heather Maclean, Ian Maclean (back), Philip Bergman, Doug McCoy, Sarah Weiler (kneeling)
Photo shows the Whaletown store with the ramp to the wharf to the side. A storage shed is to the left, and the post office can be seen in the background.
Photo shows the Whaletown store with the ramp to the wharf to the side. A storage shed is to the left, and the post office can be seen in the background.
Photograph postcard of the Whaletown Church. This same postcard is found in other fonds (Items 2003.002.024 and 2006.001.001). This one is dated on the back and is in very good condition.
Photograph postcard of the Whaletown Church. This same postcard is found in other fonds (Items 2003.002.024 and 2006.001.001). This one is dated on the back and is in very good condition.
Photograph depicts the Whaletown wharf with a Union Steamship beside it. There is a truck parked on the wharf with several people standing beside it. The sheds on the wharf, the boat dock and the buildings across the bay at the present site of the ferry dock may be clearly seen.
Photograph depicts the Whaletown wharf with a Union Steamship beside it. There is a truck parked on the wharf with several people standing beside it. The sheds on the wharf, the boat dock and the buildings across the bay at the present site of the ferry dock may be clearly seen.
Front, L to R: Phillip Bergman, Janice Maclean, Doug McCoy, Jeannie Matthews, Sarah Weiler, Sheryl Matthews with Ricky Matthews in front, Heather Maclean, Ian Maclean.
Back Row L to R: Pat McCoy, Brigid Weiler, Johnny Weiler, Mr. Don McDevitt.
Front, L to R: Phillip Bergman, Janice Maclean, Doug McCoy, Jeannie Matthews, Sarah Weiler, Sheryl Matthews with Ricky Matthews in front, Heather Maclean, Ian Maclean.
Back Row L to R: Pat McCoy, Brigid Weiler, Johnny Weiler, Mr. Don McDevitt.
Teacher Don McDevitt with group of Whaletown pupils holding ribbons and trophies.
L to R: Pat McCoy, Johnny Weiler with Jeannie Matthews in front, Sheryl Matthews, Brigid Weiler with Janice Maclean in front, Mr. Don McDevitt with Ian Maclean in front, Heather Maclean.
Teacher Don McDevitt with group of Whaletown pupils holding ribbons and trophies.
L to R: Pat McCoy, Johnny Weiler with Jeannie Matthews in front, Sheryl Matthews, Brigid Weiler with Janice Maclean in front, Mr. Don McDevitt with Ian Maclean in front, Heather Maclean.
Photograph of teacher Don McDevitt and Sarah Weiler blowing out the candles on a birthday cake inside the Whaletown school. Mr McDevitt and Sarah had the same birthday.
L to R: Don McDevitt, Janice Maclean, Jeannie Matthews, Johnny Weiler, Heather Maclean, Sheryl Matthews in behind Heather, Philip Bergman, Doug McCoy, Ian Maclean, and Sarah Weiler.
Photograph of teacher Don McDevitt and Sarah Weiler blowing out the candles on a birthday cake inside the Whaletown school. Mr McDevitt and Sarah had the same birthday.
L to R: Don McDevitt, Janice Maclean, Jeannie Matthews, Johnny Weiler, Heather Maclean, Sheryl Matthews in behind Heather, Philip Bergman, Doug McCoy, Ian Maclean, and Sarah Weiler.
Photograph of the Whaletown Brownie troupe seated on the floor in the Whaletown clinic.
L to R: Sheryl Matthews, Johnny Weiler, Heather Maclean, Jeannie Matthews, Sarah Weiler; Brown Owl Doris Maclean behind.
Photograph of the Whaletown Brownie troupe seated on the floor in the Whaletown clinic.
L to R: Sheryl Matthews, Johnny Weiler, Heather Maclean, Jeannie Matthews, Sarah Weiler; Brown Owl Doris Maclean behind.
L to R Doug McCoy, Phillip Bergman, Ian Maclean,Gary York (?), Mr. Don McDevitt, Sheryl Matthews, Heather Maclean, Jeannie Matthews, Johnny Weiler, Sarah Weiler.
Back Row Pat McCoy.
L to R Doug McCoy, Phillip Bergman, Ian Maclean,Gary York (?), Mr. Don McDevitt, Sheryl Matthews, Heather Maclean, Jeannie Matthews, Johnny Weiler, Sarah Weiler.
Back Row Pat McCoy.