Photograph of the Church Hall in Whaletown, which stood in front of the old cemetery at the corner of Carrington Bay and Harbour roads. It served the community as both church and a venue for social events for almost forty years. The original Whaletown school became its kitchen, and a sleeping place for tired children.
Photograph of the Church Hall in Whaletown, which stood in front of the old cemetery at the corner of Carrington Bay and Harbour roads. It served the community as both church and a venue for social events for almost forty years. The original Whaletown school became its kitchen, and a sleeping place for tired children.
File contains a notebook used as a guest book for Cortez Lodge. It has lists of names of guests with occupations, addresses and charges for room and board. Records are listed by day and month but there is no year date.
Michael Manson started a trading post at Manson's Spit in the 1880s. In 1910, the "Lodge" was built to house the Mike Manson family. Many people - students and loggers - flowed through the building. In 1921 Hazel Manson and her husband Henry Herrewig moved into the Lodge, later turning part of it into a small store. Mr. and Mrs. Jacks rented the Lodge in 1940 and constructed the front half of a new building which became the Manson's Landing store. The Lodge, store and property was purchased by Mr. and Mrs. Lowe and their in-laws, Ev and Jack Summers. Many improvements were made including living quarters in the store, cabins for rent along the beach and a coffee shop where Mrs. Summers sold her famous pies. Jim Taylor owned the property in the 1960s and it was sold to the government after his death. In 1974 the government designated the 117 acres at Manson's Landing a provincial park. The store continued to operate until 1995, but the Lodge and other buildings were dismantled soon after.
Custodial History
There is no accession record; an arbitrary FIC (Found In Collection) number based on the date of processing has been given.
Scope and Content
File contains a notebook used as a guest book for Cortez Lodge. It has lists of names of guests with occupations, addresses and charges for room and board. Records are listed by day and month but there is no year date.
Photograph of Margaret Middleton (seated in front of log) and Miss Hopwood (lying in front of her on the beach) with a house and outbuildings in the background.
Photograph of Margaret Middleton (seated in front of log) and Miss Hopwood (lying in front of her on the beach) with a house and outbuildings in the background.
Meg Robertson (Shaw), Margaret Middleton, Margaret Copland and Elsie Allen seated on a beached rowboat at a sandy beach at the lake at Manson's Landing. Other people, including children, can be seen in the background.
Meg Robertson (Shaw), Margaret Middleton, Margaret Copland and Elsie Allen seated on a beached rowboat at a sandy beach at the lake at Manson's Landing. Other people, including children, can be seen in the background.
Photograph of Dorothy Huck and Bert Middleton standing beside an open shed housing a donkey winch in a field at Deighton's Camp in Manson's. A house and barn can be seen in the background. (see photos # 2001.001.278, .279 and .280)
Photograph of Dorothy Huck and Bert Middleton standing beside an open shed housing a donkey winch in a field at Deighton's Camp in Manson's. A house and barn can be seen in the background. (see photos # 2001.001.278, .279 and .280)
Photograph of Violet Stoney, Bob Groochy (or Gruchy) and Margaret Middleton (Pete) standing on the steps of the Church Hall in Whaletown after the wedding of Bob and Margaret. (Identified by Doreen Huck Thompson.)
Photograph of Violet Stoney, Bob Groochy (or Gruchy) and Margaret Middleton (Pete) standing on the steps of the Church Hall in Whaletown after the wedding of Bob and Margaret. (Identified by Doreen Huck Thompson.)
