Photograph of Rev. Rollo Boas leading a church service just outside the school building at Surge Narrows on Read Island. Five women and a girl are seated in chairs or on the grass.
Photograph of Rev. Rollo Boas leading a church service just outside the school building at Surge Narrows on Read Island. Five women and a girl are seated in chairs or on the grass.
File contains two letters, written in pencil, to "Mother and Dad" by "Freddie" (surname unknown) on July 9, 1942 (7 pages) and July 13, 1942 (5 pages). Freddie was aboard the mission ship "John Antle", based in Whaletown with Canon Alan Greene, and writes of his experiences as part of the mission patrol. Places visited include Redonda Bay, Alert Bay, Rock Bay, Surge Narrows and Cortes Island settlements.
Donated by Bill Bartlett, of the Gerald Wellburn Philatelic Foundation, Victoria BC, in 2021. The letters were part of a stamp collection given to the Foundation. Bartlett recognized the connection to Cortes Island and mailed the letters to the Museum.
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File contains two letters, written in pencil, to "Mother and Dad" by "Freddie" (surname unknown) on July 9, 1942 (7 pages) and July 13, 1942 (5 pages). Freddie was aboard the mission ship "John Antle", based in Whaletown with Canon Alan Greene, and writes of his experiences as part of the mission patrol. Places visited include Redonda Bay, Alert Bay, Rock Bay, Surge Narrows and Cortes Island settlements.
File contains minutes, agendas and other material relating to meetings of the Klahoose Table, attended by members of CILAC, Klahoose First Nations and government negotiators. It includes material relating to a proposed park at Carrington Bay.
File contains minutes, agendas and other material relating to meetings of the Klahoose Table, attended by members of CILAC, Klahoose First Nations and government negotiators. It includes material relating to a proposed park at Carrington Bay.
File contains correspondence regarding development in Carrington Bay, between Friends of Cortes Island (FOCI), Regional Director George Sirk, and Klahoose First Nation.
File contains correspondence regarding development in Carrington Bay, between Friends of Cortes Island (FOCI), Regional Director George Sirk, and Klahoose First Nation.
Photograph of "George Parsons in his home bay on Quadra. Behind him is the house which is now at Campbell River." (Gilean Douglas' typed caption, taped to photo)
2 photograph prints: b&w; 9 x 6.5 cm and 17 x 12 cm
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Photograph of "George Parsons in his home bay on Quadra. Behind him is the house which is now at Campbell River." (Gilean Douglas' typed caption, taped to photo)
