Part Of

Whaletown Community Club fonds

Description Level

File

Creator

Whaletown Community Club

Fonds Number

2003.003

Series Number

5

File Number

20

Accession Number

2017.009

Material Type

textual records

Date Range

2007-2010

Scope and Content

File contains advertising materials, financial statements, correspondence, and task lists pertaining to Gorge Hall work bees.

Storage Location

2-29

Storage Range

2-29

Name Access

Whaletown Community Club

Subject Access

Community Associations

Geographic Access

Cortes Island

Whaletown

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Part Of

Mae Sherwood fonds

Description Level

Item

Creator

Sherwood, Mae

Fonds Number

2017.005

Series Number

3

Item Number

2017.005.195

Item Number Range

2017.005.195

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[ca. 1931]

Physical Description

2 digital prints : b&w, 27 x 20 cm

Custodial History

This photograph was given to the Whaletown Community Club in 2008 by Margaret Schindeler, a granddaughter of George Beattie, the donor of the land the Hall stands on.

Scope and Content

Photograph depicts several men standing on the platform of the Gorge Hall at the start of construction. From the caption to this photo in June Cameron's memoir (p. 169): "Among a crew of volunteers who built the Gorge Community Hall in 1933 were Ed Tooker, George Beattie, Charlie Allen, Elsie Beattie and Elsie's baby Margaret. (Margaret Schindler photo)" (Cameron, June. "Destination Cortez Island". Surrey BC: Heritage House, 1999 - page 169)

Storage Location

Oversize Photographs box

Name Access

Sherwood, Mae

Whaletown Community Club

Geographic Access

Cortes Island

Whaletown

Related Material

Gorge Harbour Community Hall Society fonds (1999.003)

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