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.
Back, L to R: (ID unknown), Jessie Thornton, John Nagle, Ruth Byers, Pat Robertson, Marg Dalskog
Center: Margaret Walsh, Dell Tooker, Meg Shaw, (ID unknown), Madeleine Emanuelson, Louise Kendrick
Front: Sid Fry, Velma Bergman
Back, L to R: (ID unknown), Jessie Thornton, John Nagle, Ruth Byers, Pat Robertson, Marg Dalskog
Center: Margaret Walsh, Dell Tooker, Meg Shaw, (ID unknown), Madeleine Emanuelson, Louise Kendrick
Front: Sid Fry, Velma Bergman
Photograph of a group of people seated aboard a yacht in front of an American flag. David Edwards is second from the left and Gilean Douglas is fourth from the left.
Photograph of a group of people seated aboard a yacht in front of an American flag. David Edwards is second from the left and Gilean Douglas is fourth from the left.
