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"A Davis raft leaving Graham Island for Vancouver"

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1955]
Scope and Content
Photograph of a Davis raft. A Davis raft consisted of a 40-m-long mat of logs woven together with steel cables; logs were piled on in layers.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.1074
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1955]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 11.5 x 8.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of a Davis raft. A Davis raft consisted of a 40-m-long mat of logs woven together with steel cables; logs were piled on in layers.
Subject Access
Columbia Coast Mission
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Baptism at Stuart Island

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1944-1954]
Scope and Content
Photograph of Rev. Boas baptizing the Willcock child at the home of J. B. Willcock, Stuart Island.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.0621
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1944-1954]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 9 x 6.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Rev. Boas baptizing the Willcock child at the home of J. B. Willcock, Stuart Island.
Subject Access
Columbia Coast Mission
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Boat coming into the wharf at Stuart Island, with the store and houses in the background

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1950]
Scope and Content
Photograph of a boat coming into the wharf at Stuart Island, with the store and houses in the background.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.0995
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1950]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 11.5 x 8.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of a boat coming into the wharf at Stuart Island, with the store and houses in the background.
Subject Access
Columbia Coast Mission
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Children in fenced-in play area on a float beside a float houses

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1950]
Scope and Content
Photograph of children in a play area on a float beside their float homes, which is fenced in for safety.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.1029
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1950]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 18 x 12.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of children in a play area on a float beside their float homes, which is fenced in for safety.
Subject Access
Columbia Coast Mission
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Church service outside the school at Surge Narrows, Read Island

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1944-1954]
Scope and Content
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.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.0639
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1944-1954]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 17 x 12.5 cm
Scope and Content
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.
Subject Access
Columbia Coast Mission
Geographic Access
Read Island
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The "Columbia" and the "John Antle" at the wharf on Stuart Island

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1946
Scope and Content
Photograph of The "Columbia" and the "John Antle" at the end of the wharf on Stuart Island, along with other boats. This is cropped from #1999.001.947.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Creator
National Film Board
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.0938
Material Type
graphic material
Responsibility
Alan Greene
Date Range
1946
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 13 x 10 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of The "Columbia" and the "John Antle" at the end of the wharf on Stuart Island, along with other boats. This is cropped from #1999.001.947.
Subject Access
Columbia Coast Mission
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The "Columbia" and the "John Antle" at the wharf on Stuart Island

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1946
Scope and Content
Photograph of the "Columbia" and the "John Antle" at the wharf on Stuart Island. Other boats are also tied up at the dock; there are buildings at the head of the wharf. See also #1999.001.938, which is a crop from this photo.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Creator
National Film Board
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.0947
Material Type
graphic material
Responsibility
Alan Greene
Date Range
1946
Physical Description
2 photograph prints: b&w; 12.5 x 10 cm and 25.5 x 12 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of the "Columbia" and the "John Antle" at the wharf on Stuart Island. Other boats are also tied up at the dock; there are buildings at the head of the wharf. See also #1999.001.938, which is a crop from this photo.
Subject Access
Columbia Coast Mission
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The "Columbia" at Stuart Island

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1946
Scope and Content
Photograph of the "Columbia" and other boats tied to the wharf at Stuart Island.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Creator
National Film Board
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.0943
Material Type
graphic material
Responsibility
Alan Greene
Date Range
1946
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 12.5 x 10.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of the "Columbia" and other boats tied to the wharf at Stuart Island.
Subject Access
Columbia Coast Mission
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Cortes history - patrol of the "Rendezvous"

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
[195-]
Scope and Content
Douglas's typed notes on a trip with the patrol of the Columbia Coast Mission boat "Rendezvous"; typed notes about Blind Creek (Cortes Bay)
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
10
File Number
22
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
[195-]
Scope and Content
Douglas's typed notes on a trip with the patrol of the Columbia Coast Mission boat "Rendezvous"; typed notes about Blind Creek (Cortes Bay)
Storage Location
5-9
Storage Range
5-9
Name Access
Douglas, Gilean
Blind Creek
Cortes Bay
Columbia Coast Mission
Subject Access
Columbia Coast Mission
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Cortez Bay Women's Auxiliary fonds

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Part Of
Cortez Bay Womens' Auxiliary fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1951-1953
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of one minute book containing minutes of meetings of the Cortez Bay Womens' Auxiliary.
Part Of
Cortez Bay Womens' Auxiliary fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Creator
Cortez Bay Womens' Auxiliary fonds
Fonds Number
2005.001
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1951-1953
Physical Description
1 file
History / Biographical
The Cortez Bay Women's Auxiliary (of the Anglican Church) was founded in November, 1951, around the same time that chapters were formed in Whaletown and Manson's Landing.
Custodial History
Donated in 1990 by Sheila Stoppa, the daughter of Ellen Musclow, who was the secretary/treasurer of the organization.
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of one minute book containing minutes of meetings of the Cortez Bay Womens' Auxiliary.
Storage Location
CIMAS Archives Collection box
Storage Range
1-1
Name Access
Cortes Bay
Blind Creek
Columbia Coast Mission
Subject Access
Columbia Coast Mission
Community Associations
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Dick Flanders and his grandchild Louise standing beside a totem pole at Mamalillaculla, Village Island

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1950
Scope and Content
Photograph of Dick Flanders and his grandchild Louise at Mamalillaculla, Village Island. They are standing beside a carved totem pole which is supporting cross beams.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.0976
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1950
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 11.5 x 7 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Dick Flanders and his grandchild Louise at Mamalillaculla, Village Island. They are standing beside a carved totem pole which is supporting cross beams.
Subject Access
Columbia Coast Mission
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Dick Flanders, his grandchild Louise and four boys, Mamalilliculla, Village Island

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1950
Scope and Content
Photograph of Dick Flanders, his grandchild Louise and four boys at Mamalilliculla on Village Island. Thy are standing at the base of a carved totem pole; the village houses may be seen in the background.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.0977
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1950
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 12.5 x 18 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Dick Flanders, his grandchild Louise and four boys at Mamalilliculla on Village Island. Thy are standing at the base of a carved totem pole; the village houses may be seen in the background.
Subject Access
Columbia Coast Mission
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First Aid room at Bendickson's logging camp, Village Island

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1946
Scope and Content
Photograph of
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Creator
National Film Board
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.0946
Material Type
graphic material
Responsibility
Alan Greene
Date Range
1946
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 12.5 x 10 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of
Subject Access
Logging
Columbia Coast Mission
Health care
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Fish boats in front of a small settlement on an island

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1940s?]
Scope and Content
Photograph of fish boats anchored in front of a small settlement (possibly a First Nations village) on an island.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.0967
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1940s?]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 11.5 x 7 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of fish boats anchored in front of a small settlement (possibly a First Nations village) on an island.
Subject Access
Columbia Coast Mission
Fishing
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The Franklin's garden on Merry Island

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1955]
Scope and Content
Photograph of lilies in the Franklin's garden on Merry Island.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.1064
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1955]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 8.5 x 11.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of lilies in the Franklin's garden on Merry Island.
Subject Access
Columbia Coast Mission
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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1955]
Scope and Content
Photograph of the view looking out from Merry Island.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.1067
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1955]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 11.5 x 8.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of the view looking out from Merry Island.
Subject Access
Columbia Coast Mission
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George Parsons and his home at Wyatt Bay on Quadra Island

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1944-1954]
Scope and Content
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)
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.0641
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1944-1954]
Physical Description
2 photograph prints: b&w; 9 x 6.5 cm and 17 x 12 cm
Scope and Content
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)
Subject Access
Columbia Coast Mission
Geographic Access
Quadra Island
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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
textual records
graphic material
cartographic material
ephemera
Accession Number
1999.001
Date Range
1904-1993 (predominant 1948-1993)
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of the personal records of Gilean Douglas which were produced and received during her personal and literary activities. There is some material dating from Douglas's early life, but the bulk of it dates from 1948 to 1993 and directly concerns her life on Cortes Island. Because of Douglas's involvement in the public life of the island, and her interest in local history, her papers contain a great deal of information about the political, community and social life of Cortes Island, particularly the Whaletown area. Fonds is composed of eighteen series: Manuscripts; Correspondence; Literary Records; Regional Director for Area I (Cortes Island); Women's Institute; Women's Auxiliary of the Anglican Church; School District #72; Whaletown Community Club; Channel Rock; Research; "The Log" of the Columbia Coast Mission; Journals and Notebooks; Illustrations and Sketches; Ephemera; Clippings; Maps; Albums; Photographs.
Other Title Info
Title based on contents of the fonds.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Creator
Douglas, Gilean
Fonds Number
1999.001
Accession Number
1999.001
Material Type
textual records
graphic material
cartographic material
ephemera
Date Range
1904-1993 (predominant 1948-1993)
Physical Description
1.9 m of textual records; ca. 2,352 photographic records (1147 prints : b&w and col. - ca. 560 negatives : b&w and col. negatives ; 35 mm and 14 x 11 cm or smaller - 645 slides : col. slides ; 35 mm); 1 cm of graphic material; 8 maps.
Extent
1.9
History / Biographical
Gilean Douglas was born in Toronto, Ont. In 1900. Orphaned at the age of 16, she began to work as a free-lance writer and photographer. Over her lifetime her work appeared in more than 200 publications, often published under pseudonyms (Grant Madison, Armoral Kent and Jill MacLean). Douglas published eight books of poetry and three books of non-fiction, and, from 1961 to 1992, wrote a regular column, “Nature Rambles”, for the Victoria Times-Colonist. In 1939, following the collapse of her third marriage, Douglas moved from Ontario to an isolated cabin in the mountains near Hope, B.C. Her first two books of nature writing (one published under the name Grant Madison) document her life there. Her cabin was destroyed by fire in 1947 and two years later she moved to a 138-acre waterfront homestead on Cortes Island with her fourth husband, Philip Douglas, (née Major). Her marriage ended in 1953, but she remained there until her death in 1993. Her home at Channel Rock was isolated, with no road access and no electricity. Douglas had a large garden, and supplemented her writing income by selling produce and plants. She was a volunteer Weather Observer for Environment Canada for 33 years, receiving several awards for her service. Starting in the 1960s, her writing centered increasingly on her life at Channel Rock. Her "Nature Rambles" columns and book "The Protected Place" reflect her life on the island. During her years on Cortes Island, Douglas took a leading role in community affairs and local politics. She held office in several community organizations and acted as a school trustee. As a member of the Women's Institute, she held local, district, provincial and national office, edited a book on its history, and was awarded a Life Membership in 1989. Douglas was a member of the first Cortes Island Advisory Planning Commission and represented Cortes on the Regional Board of Comox-Strathcona as Alternate Director from 1968 to 1973 and as Director from 1973 until 1977. List of Book Publications: 1952 Now the Green Word (Wings Press, Mill Valley, Ca.) 1953 Poetic Plush (The Story Book Press, Dallas, Texas) 1953 River For My Sidewalk (by “Grant Madison”; J. M. Dent & Sons, Toronto, Ont.) 1954 The Pattern Set (Quality Press, Montreal, Quebec) 1959 Modern Pioneers (a history of the Women's Institute, ed. by Douglas; Evergreen Press) 1967 Seascape With Figures (Prairie Press, Iowa City, Iowa) 1973 Now In This Night (Harlo Press, Detroit, Mi.) 1978 Silence Is My Homeland (Stackpole Books, Harrisburg, Pa.) 1979 The Protected Place (Gray’s Publishing, Sidney, B.C.) 1982 Prodigal (Harbour Publishing, Madeira Park, B.C.) 1984 River For My Sidewalk (by Gilean Douglas; Sono Nis Press) 1985 Kodachromes at Midday (Sono Nis Press) 1992 Seascape With Figures - Poems Selected and New (Sono Nis Press)
Custodial History
Upon Douglas’ death in 1993 her papers were gathered from her house by her literary executor, Gillian Milton. Douglas’ will directed that her papers and photographs be turned over to the University of British Columbia (Douglas’ primary beneficiary), after being examined and used for literary purposes including publication or biography. Accordingly, Milton inventoried the records, and with Andrea Lebowitz made use of them for a biography and anthology of the writings of Douglas, "Gilean Douglas: Writing Nature, Finding Home" (Lebowitz and Milton, Sono Nis Press, 1999). The textual records were turned over to University of British Columbia Library Rare Books and Special Collections in December 1999; the photographic records in 2002. By agreement with UBC, the records and photographs which have to do primarily with Cortes Island were turned over to the Cortes Island Museum and Archives Society (Manson's Landing, B.C.) in 1999.
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of the personal records of Gilean Douglas which were produced and received during her personal and literary activities. There is some material dating from Douglas's early life, but the bulk of it dates from 1948 to 1993 and directly concerns her life on Cortes Island. Because of Douglas's involvement in the public life of the island, and her interest in local history, her papers contain a great deal of information about the political, community and social life of Cortes Island, particularly the Whaletown area. Fonds is composed of eighteen series: Manuscripts; Correspondence; Literary Records; Regional Director for Area I (Cortes Island); Women's Institute; Women's Auxiliary of the Anglican Church; School District #72; Whaletown Community Club; Channel Rock; Research; "The Log" of the Columbia Coast Mission; Journals and Notebooks; Illustrations and Sketches; Ephemera; Clippings; Maps; Albums; Photographs.
Name Access
Douglas, Gilean
Subject Access
Women's Institute
Columbia Coast Mission
Community Associations
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
Related Material
Gilean Douglas fonds at the University of British Columbia Library (Special Collections) Cortes Island Ratepayers Association fonds Gorge Harbour Community Hall fonds Whaletown Community Club fonds Whaletown Women's Institute fonds Regional Director of Electoral Area I (Cortes Island) fonds
Copyright
Copyright for Douglas's published writings is held by the University of British Columbia. Permission to use Douglas's manuscripts for publication purposes must be obtained from the University of British Columbia or from Gillian Milton, literary executor for the estate of Gilean Douglas.
Arrangement
Wherever possible, Douglas’ system of arrangement has been retained, and original groupings of material have been maintained. Other material has been arranged according to type.
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Grave totems of the Newittee Indians on Hope Island (1)

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1954
Scope and Content
Photograph of grave totems of the Newittee on Hope Island.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Creator
Greene, Alan
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.0948
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1954
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 15.5 x 9 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of grave totems of the Newittee on Hope Island.
Subject Access
Columbia Coast Mission
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Grave totems of the Newittee Indians on Hope Island (2)

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1954
Scope and Content
Photograph of grave totems of the Newittee on Hope Island.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Creator
Greene, Alan
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.0949
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1954
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 15 x 10 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of grave totems of the Newittee on Hope Island.
Subject Access
Columbia Coast Mission
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