Photograph of of a booming ground at the mouth of the Klina Klini River. Captioned by Douglas: "British Columbia booming ground in the Knight Inlet country."
One of a series of photographs taken at Clarence and Doug Boardman's Dot Logging Co. camp in Knight Inlet.
3 photograph prints: b&w ; 15 x 10 cm, 21.5 x 16.5 cm & 25 x 20 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of of a booming ground at the mouth of the Klina Klini River. Captioned by Douglas: "British Columbia booming ground in the Knight Inlet country."
One of a series of photographs taken at Clarence and Doug Boardman's Dot Logging Co. camp in Knight Inlet.
Photograph of a log booming ground at the mouth of the river in Knight Inlet. Captioned by Douglas: "Booming on the Klina Klini River (Dot houses in the background) in country that loggers and grizzlies love." Another print is captioned "Mountain meadows and a log boom at the Dot Logging Camp on the Klinaklini River"
One of a series of photographs taken at Clarence and Doug Boardman's Dot Logging Co. camp in Knight Inlet.
2 photograph prints: b&w ; 15 x 10 cm & 21.5 x 16.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of a log booming ground at the mouth of the river in Knight Inlet. Captioned by Douglas: "Booming on the Klina Klini River (Dot houses in the background) in country that loggers and grizzlies love." Another print is captioned "Mountain meadows and a log boom at the Dot Logging Camp on the Klinaklini River"
One of a series of photographs taken at Clarence and Doug Boardman's Dot Logging Co. camp in Knight Inlet.
John Manson (1868-1959) was born in the Shetland Islands and migrated to British Columbia in 1887, where he joined his brother Michael Manson on Cortes Island. He married Margaret Ellen Smith in 1894 and they had four children: Jack (born 1896), Anna (1898), Rose (1900) and Nicol (1906). The family lived at Sunny Brae Farm, on the south-east side of Cortes, across from Twin Islands.
Custodial History
Most of the files in this series were in an old wooden box when transferred to the archives, suggesting that they were collected from John Manson's house as a unit.
Scope and Content
Series consists of records created by John Manson of Sunny Brae farm, including legal documents, financial records, correspondence and ephemera.
Photograph of forest with large fir trees. Photo was likely taken in Knight Inlet, as another print of the same photo was in an envelope with other photographs taken there.
One of a series of photographs taken at Clarence and Doug Boardman's Dot Logging Co. camp in Knight Inlet.
3 photograph prints: b&w ; 10 x 15 cm, 16 x 21 cm & 20 x 25 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of forest with large fir trees. Photo was likely taken in Knight Inlet, as another print of the same photo was in an envelope with other photographs taken there.
One of a series of photographs taken at Clarence and Doug Boardman's Dot Logging Co. camp in Knight Inlet.
Photograph of three loggers from the Dot Logging camp in Knight Inlet, standing at the base of a giant first-growth cedar tree. Douglas has captioned it: "A giant red cedar of the Pacific Northwest which may have been a seedling when Columbus discovered America."
One of a series of photographs taken at Clarence and Doug Boardman's Dot Logging Co. camp in Knight Inlet.
3 photograph prints: b&w ; 15 x 10 cm, 21.5 x 16.5 cm & 25 x 20 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of three loggers from the Dot Logging camp in Knight Inlet, standing at the base of a giant first-growth cedar tree. Douglas has captioned it: "A giant red cedar of the Pacific Northwest which may have been a seedling when Columbus discovered America."
One of a series of photographs taken at Clarence and Doug Boardman's Dot Logging Co. camp in Knight Inlet.
Photograph of three loggers from the Dot logging camp in Knight Inlet, standing among the giants of a first-growth forest in Knight Inlet. Another print of this photograph is labelled "Douglas Fir in the Klinaklini country.
One of a series of photographs taken at Clarence and Doug Boardman's Dot Logging Co. camp in Knight Inlet.
3 photograph prints: b&w ; 15 x 10 cm, 21.5 x 16.5 cm & 25 x 20 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of three loggers from the Dot logging camp in Knight Inlet, standing among the giants of a first-growth forest in Knight Inlet. Another print of this photograph is labelled "Douglas Fir in the Klinaklini country.
One of a series of photographs taken at Clarence and Doug Boardman's Dot Logging Co. camp in Knight Inlet.
Photograph of a group of people, including a woman and child, standing beside an old Ford car in the valley at Knight Inlet. Buildings may be seen in the background.
One of a series of photographs taken at Clarence and Doug Boardman's Dot Logging Co. camp in Knight Inlet.
2 photograph prints: b&w ; 15 x 10 cm & 21.5 x 16.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of a group of people, including a woman and child, standing beside an old Ford car in the valley at Knight Inlet. Buildings may be seen in the background.
One of a series of photographs taken at Clarence and Doug Boardman's Dot Logging Co. camp in Knight Inlet.