Recording is an oral history interview of Duncan Robertson by Oonagh O'Connor at his home in Whaletown (Part 1 of 2). Topics covered include some family history; people and customs of the early days on the island; logging; fishing; hunting; cougars; Cortes in the 1950s and 1960s. There is a short summary of the interview, written by May Ellingsen, in the cassette case.
Recording is an oral history interview of Duncan Robertson by Oonagh O'Connor at his home in Whaletown (Part 1 of 2). Topics covered include some family history; people and customs of the early days on the island; logging; fishing; hunting; cougars; Cortes in the 1950s and 1960s. There is a short summary of the interview, written by May Ellingsen, in the cassette case.
Recording is an oral history interview of Duncan Robertson by Oonagh O'Connor (Part 2 of 2). Topics covered include Dunc's children Ann (Dewar) and Lynn (Summers); oysters; the Whaletown store; early telephone system; mining; the Robertson family; the ferry; changes in wildlife population he has observe over the years; and logging practices. There is a short summary of the interview, written by May Ellingsen, in the cassette case.
Recording is an oral history interview of Duncan Robertson by Oonagh O'Connor (Part 2 of 2). Topics covered include Dunc's children Ann (Dewar) and Lynn (Summers); oysters; the Whaletown store; early telephone system; mining; the Robertson family; the ferry; changes in wildlife population he has observe over the years; and logging practices. There is a short summary of the interview, written by May Ellingsen, in the cassette case.
Photograph of Don Maclean in his garden at Cedar Hill Cross Roads. Maclean acted as a Lay Reader for the Columbia Coast Mission in Whaletown in the 1960s when no clergymen were available.
Photograph of Don Maclean in his garden at Cedar Hill Cross Roads. Maclean acted as a Lay Reader for the Columbia Coast Mission in Whaletown in the 1960s when no clergymen were available.
Photograph has a caption by Gilean Douglas: "Rendezvous Patrol. The good ship noses into a floating logging camp, where patients are waiting to be taken to the medical, dental clinic held at Whaletown in the mission house."
Photograph has a caption by Gilean Douglas: "Rendezvous Patrol. The good ship noses into a floating logging camp, where patients are waiting to be taken to the medical, dental clinic held at Whaletown in the mission house."
File contains George Sirk's report on birds, photocopied clippings about the logging and a protest on Cortes Island, correspondence and Issue #156 of The Discovery Islander (Feb 1998).
File contains George Sirk's report on birds, photocopied clippings about the logging and a protest on Cortes Island, correspondence and Issue #156 of The Discovery Islander (Feb 1998).
