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Doreen Thompson interview (Side A) and Wilf Freeman interview (Side B)

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Part Of
CIMAS audiovisual collection
Description Level
Item
Material Type
sound recording
Date Range
1995
Scope and Content
Recording consists of oral history interviews of Doreen (Huck) Thompson and Wilfed Freeman by Oonagh O'Connor. Topics covered in Thompson's interview include Huck family history on Cortes; medical emergencies; gardening; fishing; hunting; logging. Topics covered in Freeman's interview include reminiscences of the island in 1927; roads; transportation. There is a short summary of the interview, written by May Ellingsen, in the cassette case.
Part Of
CIMAS audiovisual collection
Description Level
Item
Creator
O'Connor, Oonagh
Series Number
1
Item Number
1999.004.024
Material Type
sound recording
Date Range
1995
Digitized Date
February 2017
Physical Description
1 cassette tape
Custodial History
Found in collection
Scope and Content
Recording consists of oral history interviews of Doreen (Huck) Thompson and Wilfed Freeman by Oonagh O'Connor. Topics covered in Thompson's interview include Huck family history on Cortes; medical emergencies; gardening; fishing; hunting; logging. Topics covered in Freeman's interview include reminiscences of the island in 1927; roads; transportation. There is a short summary of the interview, written by May Ellingsen, in the cassette case.
Subject Access
Fishing
Hunting
Transportation
Health care
Audio Recordings
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Rev. Rollo Boas and his wife Kathleen (Kay), scraping paint from "Rendezvous"

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1949]
Scope and Content
Photograph of Rev. Rollo Boas and his wife Kay scraping paint from the Columbia Coast Mission boat "Rendezvous" at the Whaletown wharf. Ken Slater's troller "Wahkana Bay" is in the background, two unindentified gas boats are tied to the floats. Of note: clearing for the Huck family home in background indicates the year the photo was taken. There are two captions on the back, in different handwriting (top is Gilean Douglas'.)
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.0605
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1949]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 6 x 8.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Rev. Rollo Boas and his wife Kay scraping paint from the Columbia Coast Mission boat "Rendezvous" at the Whaletown wharf. Ken Slater's troller "Wahkana Bay" is in the background, two unindentified gas boats are tied to the floats. Of note: clearing for the Huck family home in background indicates the year the photo was taken. There are two captions on the back, in different handwriting (top is Gilean Douglas'.)
Subject Access
Columbia Coast Mission
Fishing
Geographic Access
Whaletown
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"Viking" on the rocks, from the stern

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1966
Scope and Content
Photograph of the "Viking" leaning sideways, grounded on rocks, well above the water.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.0691
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1966
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 12.5 x 9 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of the "Viking" leaning sideways, grounded on rocks, well above the water.
Subject Access
Fishing
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Three negatives from the "Viking" on the rocks series of photographs

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1966
Scope and Content
Three negatives from the "Viking" on the rocks series of photographs which have no corresponding prints.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.0701
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1966
Physical Description
3 negatives: b&w; 6 x 9 cm
Scope and Content
Three negatives from the "Viking" on the rocks series of photographs which have no corresponding prints.
Subject Access
Fishing
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"Port Neville - The view from the hospital mission ship "Columbia" with fishing vessels alongside the fishermen making various repairs"

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1930s-1950s]
Scope and Content
Photograph of men and fish boats at a dock piled with fishing nets and gear; houses and a clearing may be seen in ghe background. Same as #1999.001.963.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Creator
Greene, Alan
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.0951
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1930s-1950s]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 13 x 10 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of men and fish boats at a dock piled with fishing nets and gear; houses and a clearing may be seen in ghe background. Same as #1999.001.963.
Subject Access
Columbia Coast Mission
Fishing
Images
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"Port Neville - The view from the hospital mission ship "Columbia" with fishing vessels alongside the fishermen making various repairs"

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1930s-1950s]
Scope and Content
Photograph of the wharf at Port Neville, showing fishermen, piles of nets and fish boats tied to the wharf. Greene's label is "The "Columbia" watches fishermen mending their gear." Same as #1999.001.951.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Creator
Greene, Alan
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.0963
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1930s-1950s]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 25.5 x 20 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of the wharf at Port Neville, showing fishermen, piles of nets and fish boats tied to the wharf. Greene's label is "The "Columbia" watches fishermen mending their gear." Same as #1999.001.951.
Subject Access
Columbia Coast Mission
Fishing
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Fish boats in front of a small settlement on an island

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1940s?]
Scope and Content
Photograph of fish boats anchored in front of a small settlement (possibly a First Nations village) on an island.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.0967
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1940s?]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 11.5 x 7 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of fish boats anchored in front of a small settlement (possibly a First Nations village) on an island.
Subject Access
Columbia Coast Mission
Fishing
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Two fish boats tied to the dock, Stuart Island

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1950]
Scope and Content
Photograph of two fish boats tied to the dock, Stuart Island.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.0997
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1950]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 11.5 x 8.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of two fish boats tied to the dock, Stuart Island.
Subject Access
Columbia Coast Mission
Fishing
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Al Taylor fishing from his boat while en route to Read Island

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1965
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.2346
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1965
Physical Description
1 colour slide, 5 x 5 cm
Storage Location
Slide box 1
Subject Access
Fishing
Geographic Access
Read Island
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Wilfred Freeman fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
textual records
cartographic material
ephemera
Date Range
1954-1974
Scope and Content
Fonds comprises material created or collected by Wilfred (Wilf) Freeman in the course of his work as a logger and during his community activities. It includes correspondence, logging records, maps, minutes of committee meetings, financial records, ephemera and clippings. It is arranged in four series: Logging; Centennial Committee; Ephemera; and Cortez Grapevine Telephone Association.
Part Of
Wilfred Freeman fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Creator
Freeman, Wilfred
Fonds Number
2001.001
Material Type
textual records
cartographic material
ephemera
Date Range
1954-1974
Physical Description
15 cm of textual records
History / Biographical
Wilfred (Wilf) Michael Freeman was born October 21, 1917 in Vancouver B.C. and died December 23, 2012. He was the son of William George Freeman and Robina Steel (Manson) Freeman and brother to Elizabeth Jane May (Freeman) Ellingsen (born March 13, 1914). His grandparents were Michael and Jane Manson. Wilf grew up on Hernando Island until 1926 when the family moved to Vancouver. One of his first jobs in the early 1930s was in Powell River where, among other things, he was hand digging basements under some of the original Powell River townsite homes. He gravitated to the logging industry, working for Sigurd Ellingsen and Eric Flescher in Phillips Arm through the late ’30’s and into the 1950’s. He was an excellent worker; strong, resourceful, thoughtful, humorous and thorough, and, as well, he enjoyed hunting and fishing. Wilf and his wife, May (Spence; died 1970) moved down to Smelt Bay on Cortes in the early 1950s from Phillips Arm. He logged with Bill Mathews between 1954 and 1965 in the Von Donop Creek areas. As well, they both crewed on the seine boat “Courtenay Maid” with Pat Andrews for a few summers. When the ferry came to Cortes Island, both Wilf and Bill worked as deckhands, always cheerful and busy throughout the trips, often chipping and repainting rust spots on the ship. Wilf was active in many community affairs over all the years living on Cortes: among them the Ratepayers Association, the 1958 Centennial Committee, the Cortes Grapevine Telephone Assoc. (a local telephone system, 1959 - 1966), Cortes Days summer celebrations, Cortes Island Firefighters Assoc., Cortes Rod and Gun Club. Wilf and his second wife, Nora, lived on in Smelt Bay until they moved to Willow Point, South of Campbell River, in 2002. There they lived until, on December 23, 2102, he passed away while shovelling snow in their back yard.
Custodial History
Accession 2001.001 was donated to CIMAS by Wilfred Freeman on June 16, 2001. Accession 2002.002 was gathered at Wilf Freeman's garage sale by Bonnie MacDonald and donated to the museum in June of 2002. Accession 2017.006 was donated to CIMAS by Bruce Ellingsen, Freeman's nephew, in July of 2017.
Scope and Content
Fonds comprises material created or collected by Wilfred (Wilf) Freeman in the course of his work as a logger and during his community activities. It includes correspondence, logging records, maps, minutes of committee meetings, financial records, ephemera and clippings. It is arranged in four series: Logging; Centennial Committee; Ephemera; and Cortez Grapevine Telephone Association.
Storage Location
Small Box 1
Subject Access
Logging
Ferries
Fishing
Transportation
Water transport
Geographic Access
Hernando Island
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Brigid Weiler fishing from a float in Whaletown

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Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[196-?]
Scope and Content
Slide of Brigid Weiler, holding a fishing rod, on a float in Whaletown, with a view of the old Nick Thompson orchard across the bay.
Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
Item
Creator
Weiler, Mary
Fonds Number
2003.002
Series Number
1
Item Number
2003.002.155
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[196-?]
Physical Description
1 colour slide, 5 x 5 cm
Scope and Content
Slide of Brigid Weiler, holding a fishing rod, on a float in Whaletown, with a view of the old Nick Thompson orchard across the bay.
Storage Location
Slide box 2
Name Access
Weiler, Mary
Subject Access
Fishing
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
Whaletown
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Weiler house, future ferry dock site in background, large red algae bloom in the foreground

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Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[196-?]
Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
Item
Creator
Weiler, Mary
Fonds Number
2003.002
Series Number
1
Item Number
2003.002.157
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[196-?]
Physical Description
1 colour slide, 5 x 5 cm
Storage Location
Slide box 2
Name Access
Weiler, Mary
Subject Access
Ferries
Fishing
Transportation
Water transport
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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View of the entrance to Whaletown Bay taken from the Weiler property

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Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[196-?]
Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
Item
Creator
Weiler, Mary
Fonds Number
2003.002
Series Number
1
Item Number
2003.002.160
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[196-?]
Physical Description
1 colour slide, 5 x 5 cm
Storage Location
Slide box 2
Name Access
Weiler, Mary
Subject Access
Fishing
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
Whaletown
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Man (ID) unloading fish from his boat onto the dock

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Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[196-?]
Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
Item
Creator
Weiler, Mary
Fonds Number
2003.002
Series Number
1
Item Number
2003.002.168
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[196-?]
Physical Description
1 colour slide, 5 x 5 cm
Storage Location
Slide box 2
Name Access
Weiler, Mary
Subject Access
Fishing
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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The Whaletown dock, with fish boats tied up to it and a float plane coming in to the end

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Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[196-]
Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
Item
Creator
Weiler, Mary
Fonds Number
2003.002
Series Number
1
Item Number
2003.002.474
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[196-]
Physical Description
1 photograph: b&w; 11.5 x 7.5 cm
Storage Location
Photograph box 3
Name Access
Weiler, Mary
Subject Access
Air transport
Transportation
Fishing
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
Whaletown
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May Ellingsen Historic Photograph Collection: Album Eight

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Part Of
May Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
graphic material
textual records
Scope and Content
Album 8, "Harbours and Marinas on Cortes Island", contains photographs of wharves and their surroundings in Whaletown, Manson's Landing, Cortes Bay, Marina Island, Camp/Subtle Island, and other nearby coastal areas.
Part Of
May Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Creator
Ellingsen, May
Fonds Number
2004.002
Series Number
1
File Number
8
Material Type
graphic material
textual records
Physical Description
1 binder : 70 pages
Scope and Content
Album 8, "Harbours and Marinas on Cortes Island", contains photographs of wharves and their surroundings in Whaletown, Manson's Landing, Cortes Bay, Marina Island, Camp/Subtle Island, and other nearby coastal areas.
Name Access
Ellingsen, May
Subject Access
Aquaculture
Ferries
Fishing
Postal services
Union Steamship Company
Water transport
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
Documents

Album 8-May Ellingsen Historic Photograph Collection.pdf

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Four people landing a row boat on a beach on the west side of Marina Island

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[1950s]
Scope and Content
Photograph shows a man and a woman, both holding a fish, standing in one of the row boats from the Cortes Lodge. Another man on shore is also holding a fish, while a man behind him (likely Jack Summers) pulls the boat in.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
13
Item Number
2007.001.364
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[1950s]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 13 x 10 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph shows a man and a woman, both holding a fish, standing in one of the row boats from the Cortes Lodge. Another man on shore is also holding a fish, while a man behind him (likely Jack Summers) pulls the boat in.
Storage Location
Photograph Box 4
Subject Access
Fishing
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Union steamship "Chelohsin" alongside Manson's wharf

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[1950s]
Scope and Content
Photograph of the Union steamship "Chelohsin" alongside Manson's wharf. The photograph is taken from down on the floats; there is a local fish boat tied in front of the Chelohsin, and the ramp and freight shed are visible to the left.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
13
Item Number
2007.001.399
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[1950s]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 21 x 25 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of the Union steamship "Chelohsin" alongside Manson's wharf. The photograph is taken from down on the floats; there is a local fish boat tied in front of the Chelohsin, and the ramp and freight shed are visible to the left.
Storage Location
Photograph Box 4
Subject Access
Union Steamship Company
Fishing
Transportation
Water transport
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Harbour Authority of Cortes Island

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Part Of
Harbour Authority of Cortes Island fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
textual records
Accession Number
2012.003
Date Range
2000-2006
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of records of the Harbour Authority of Cortes Island and includes meeting minutes, financial statements, administrative documents, correspondence, leases and newsletters. Original order has been maintained.
Part Of
Harbour Authority of Cortes Island fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Creator
Harbour Authority of Cortes Island
Fonds Number
2012.003
Accession Number
2012.003
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
2000-2006
Physical Description
3.5 cm of textual records
Extent
3.5 cm
History / Biographical
In 1995, Canada's Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) was directed to divest all its recreational harbours managed under the Small Craft Harbours program. In the following years, the DFO launched a program to encourage local non-profit groups to assume day-to-day management and operation of fishing harbours. The Harbour Authority of Cortes Island was formed in 1998 or 1999 to "[r]epresent the community of Cortes Island to preserve and promote the present and future marine infrastructure and maritime transportation links, including wharves; docking launch and moorage facilities until being replaced by a suitable public representative or government agency". The Harbour Authority of Cortes Island manages five locations, Cortes Bay, Squirrel Cove Dock, Gorge Harbour Government Dock, Manson’s Landing Dock and Whaletown Dock. All provide safe well-maintained moorage facilities for a wide-ranging group of marine users year round.
Custodial History
Records were donated to CIMAS by Lynne Jordan in 2012.
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of records of the Harbour Authority of Cortes Island and includes meeting minutes, financial statements, administrative documents, correspondence, leases and newsletters. Original order has been maintained.
Storage Location
Small Box 2
Storage Range
1-12 - 1-20
Name Access
Harbour Authority of Cortes Island
Subject Access
Transportation
Fishing
Community Associations
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
Squirrel Cove
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Textual records from Peggy Newsham

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Part Of
Peggy Newsham fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1960-1972
Scope and Content
File consists of two ink sketches of a man fishing by Jay Nixon; a recipe for "Married Woman's Cake"; two pages about the Cortes Island Day Barbeque (1972) with lists of expenses, income from concessions, items purchased and notes for next year; and a 13 verse poem by Mabel Christensen, "Picnic", about the Cortes Island Day picnic listing many of the island attendees (1960).
Part Of
Peggy Newsham fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2019.007
File Number
1
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1960-1972
Physical Description
1 file of textual records
Custodial History
Donated by Dennis Newsham and Frances Guthrie after Peggy Newsham's death.
Scope and Content
File consists of two ink sketches of a man fishing by Jay Nixon; a recipe for "Married Woman's Cake"; two pages about the Cortes Island Day Barbeque (1972) with lists of expenses, income from concessions, items purchased and notes for next year; and a 13 verse poem by Mabel Christensen, "Picnic", about the Cortes Island Day picnic listing many of the island attendees (1960).
Storage Location
Small fonds box, 1-9
Storage Range
Small fonds box, 1-9
Name Access
Newsham, Peggy
Subject Access
Fishing
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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