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Carcass of a bear shot by Norm Gibbons hanging beside their house

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Part Of
Cortes Island Museum & Archives Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material (electronic)
Date Range
1979
Scope and Content
For the story of how the bear was shot, see the transcript of Norm and Lisa Gibbons talking about Refuge Cove.
Part Of
Cortes Island Museum & Archives Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Creator
Gibbons, Norm
Fonds Number
2021.001
Series Number
5
File Number
2
Item Number
NG.042
Material Type
graphic material (electronic)
Date Range
1979
Physical Description
1 image (electronic) : col
Scope and Content
For the story of how the bear was shot, see the transcript of Norm and Lisa Gibbons talking about Refuge Cove.
Name Access
Gibbons, Norm
Geographic Access
Refuge Cove
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Ernst Hoge and his wife, behind the Gibbons' house

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Part Of
Cortes Island Museum & Archives Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material (electronic)
Date Range
1981
Part Of
Cortes Island Museum & Archives Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Creator
Gibbons, Norm
Fonds Number
2021.001
Series Number
5
File Number
2
Item Number
NG.037
Material Type
graphic material (electronic)
Date Range
1981
Physical Description
1 image (electronic) : col
Name Access
Gibbons, Norm
Geographic Access
Refuge Cove
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Group of people in the new addition to Doris Hope's house, Refuge Cove

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Part Of
Cortes Island Museum & Archives Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material (electronic)
Date Range
1979
Scope and Content
Standing, L to R: Inez White, Judith Williams, Sherry Hall Seated, L to R: Bonnie MacDonald holding daughter Lucy, Ann Ferguson, Pat Lovell, Judy White, (? ID), Doris Hope, Denise Gibbons, In front of Doris Hope: (? - lived in Teakerne Arm)
Part Of
Cortes Island Museum & Archives Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Creator
Gibbons, Norm
Fonds Number
2021.001
Series Number
5
File Number
2
Item Number
NG.045
Material Type
graphic material (electronic)
Date Range
1979
Physical Description
1 image (electronic) : col
Scope and Content
Standing, L to R: Inez White, Judith Williams, Sherry Hall Seated, L to R: Bonnie MacDonald holding daughter Lucy, Ann Ferguson, Pat Lovell, Judy White, (? ID), Doris Hope, Denise Gibbons, In front of Doris Hope: (? - lived in Teakerne Arm)
Name Access
Gibbons, Norm
Geographic Access
Refuge Cove
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May and Elmer Ellingsen interview

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Part Of
CIMAS audiovisual collection
Description Level
Item
Material Type
sound recording
Date Range
1995
Scope and Content
Recording is an oral history interview of May and Elmer Ellingsen by Oonagh O'Connor. Topics covered include how Elmer came to the island and met May; logging experiences; Cortes roads and telephone system; and living at Von Donop Inlet. Several humorous stories are related. There is a short summary of the interview, written by May Ellingsen, in the cassette case.
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Part Of
CIMAS audiovisual collection
Description Level
Item
Creator
O'Connor, Oonagh
Series Number
1
Item Number
1999.004.008
Material Type
sound recording
Date Range
1995
Digitized Date
February 2017
Physical Description
1 cassette tape
Custodial History
Found in collection
Scope and Content
Recording is an oral history interview of May and Elmer Ellingsen by Oonagh O'Connor. Topics covered include how Elmer came to the island and met May; logging experiences; Cortes roads and telephone system; and living at Von Donop Inlet. Several humorous stories are related. There is a short summary of the interview, written by May Ellingsen, in the cassette case.
Subject Access
Logging
Audio Recordings
Documents

1999.004.008A May & Elmer Ellingsen.pdf

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1999.004.008B May & Elmer Ellingsen.pdf

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CIMAS audiovisual collection
Description Level
Item
Material Type
sound recording
Date Range
1995
Scope and Content
Recording is an oral history interview of May Ellingsen by Oonagh O'Connor. May traces her family history and then talks about her childhood on Cortes and Hernando Islands; meeting and marrying Elmer; living in a float house at logging camps in Loughborough Inlet, Phillips Arm and Von Donop Inlet; and moving the house to Hague Lake in 1952. There is a short summary of the interview, written by May Ellingsen, in the cassette case.
Part Of
CIMAS audiovisual collection
Description Level
Item
Creator
O'Connor, Oonagh
Series Number
1
Item Number
1999.004.009
Material Type
sound recording
Date Range
1995
Digitized Date
February 2017
Physical Description
1 cassette tape
Custodial History
Found in collection
Scope and Content
Recording is an oral history interview of May Ellingsen by Oonagh O'Connor. May traces her family history and then talks about her childhood on Cortes and Hernando Islands; meeting and marrying Elmer; living in a float house at logging camps in Loughborough Inlet, Phillips Arm and Von Donop Inlet; and moving the house to Hague Lake in 1952. There is a short summary of the interview, written by May Ellingsen, in the cassette case.
Subject Access
Logging
Audio Recordings
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Norm Gibbons and Mike Lovell putting up the ridgepole of Norm's log house, Refuge Cove

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Part Of
Cortes Island Museum & Archives Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material (electronic)
Date Range
1973
Scope and Content
Mike Lovell was a co-op member. His wife, Pat Reese, was Norm's cousin. They had three children: Tracy, Dean and (?).
Part Of
Cortes Island Museum & Archives Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Creator
Gibbons, Norm
Fonds Number
2021.001
Series Number
5
File Number
2
Item Number
NG.021
Material Type
graphic material (electronic)
Date Range
1973
Physical Description
1 image (electronic) : col
Scope and Content
Mike Lovell was a co-op member. His wife, Pat Reese, was Norm's cousin. They had three children: Tracy, Dean and (?).
Name Access
Gibbons, Norm
Geographic Access
Refuge Cove
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Norm Gibbons (middle) and Barry Ketchison (R), beside Norm's log house under construction at Refuge Cove

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Part Of
Cortes Island Museum & Archives Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material (electronic)
Date Range
1973
Scope and Content
The man on the left is a guest, Peter Kuyt, who kayaked up from Lasqueti Island. He built a cabin by the lagoon at Refuge Cove, but drowned while kayaking back to Lasqueti. Barry Ketchison was a co-op member.
Part Of
Cortes Island Museum & Archives Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Creator
Gibbons, Norm
Fonds Number
2021.001
Series Number
5
File Number
2
Item Number
NG.020
Material Type
graphic material (electronic)
Date Range
1973
Physical Description
1 image (electronic) : col
Scope and Content
The man on the left is a guest, Peter Kuyt, who kayaked up from Lasqueti Island. He built a cabin by the lagoon at Refuge Cove, but drowned while kayaking back to Lasqueti. Barry Ketchison was a co-op member.
Name Access
Gibbons, Norm
Geographic Access
Refuge Cove
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Ryan Holt (L) and Norm Gibbons (R) beside Norm's log house at Refuge Cove

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Part Of
Cortes Island Museum & Archives Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material (electronic)
Date Range
2013
Scope and Content
Ryan Holt was an original member of the Refuge Cove co-op.
Part Of
Cortes Island Museum & Archives Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Creator
Gibbons, Norm
Fonds Number
2021.001
Series Number
5
File Number
2
Item Number
NG.022
Material Type
graphic material (electronic)
Date Range
2013
Physical Description
1 image (electronic) : col
Scope and Content
Ryan Holt was an original member of the Refuge Cove co-op.
Name Access
Gibbons, Norm
Geographic Access
Refuge Cove
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The stained glass windows on the front of Norm and Denise Gibbons' log house at Refuge Cove

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Part Of
Cortes Island Museum & Archives Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material (electronic)
Date Range
2013
Part Of
Cortes Island Museum & Archives Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Creator
Gibbons, Norm
Fonds Number
2021.001
Series Number
5
File Number
2
Item Number
NG.023
Material Type
graphic material (electronic)
Date Range
2013
Physical Description
1 image (electronic) : col
Name Access
Gibbons, Norm
Geographic Access
Refuge Cove
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