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Administrative documents

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Part Of
Whaletown Community Club fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Accession Number
2017.009
Date Range
1938; 1985-2015
Scope and Content
Series consists of Whaletown Community Club executive membership rosters, constitution, and by-laws. Of note, the certificate of incorporation of the Gorge Harbour Hall Society (1938). Series also includes documents pertaining to the Gorge Hall, including events lists, list of upgrades, history of rental fees, occupant load certificate, and rental agreement. Series was removed from a binder when accessioned.
Part Of
Whaletown Community Club fonds
Description Level
File
Creator
Whaletown Community Club
Fonds Number
2003.003
Series Number
3
File Number
15
Accession Number
2017.009
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1938; 1985-2015
Scope and Content
Series consists of Whaletown Community Club executive membership rosters, constitution, and by-laws. Of note, the certificate of incorporation of the Gorge Harbour Hall Society (1938). Series also includes documents pertaining to the Gorge Hall, including events lists, list of upgrades, history of rental fees, occupant load certificate, and rental agreement. Series was removed from a binder when accessioned.
Storage Location
2-30
Storage Range
2-30
Name Access
Whaletown Community Club
Subject Access
Community Associations
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
Whaletown
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Aerial view of the entrance to Gorge Harbour

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Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1968]
Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
Item
Creator
Weiler, Mary
Fonds Number
2003.002
Series Number
1
Item Number
2003.002.376
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1968]
Physical Description
1 colour slide, 5 x 5 cm
Storage Location
Slide box 2
Name Access
Weiler, Mary
Subject Access
Air transport
Transportation
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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Aerial view of Whaletown and Whaletown Bay from the northwest

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Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1968
Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
Item
Creator
Weiler, Mary
Fonds Number
2003.002
Series Number
1
Item Number
2003.002.370
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1968
Physical Description
1 colour slide, 5 x 5 cm
Storage Location
Slide box 2
Name Access
Weiler, Mary
Subject Access
Air transport
Transportation
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
Whaletown
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Aerial view of Whaletown Bay

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Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[1960s]
Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
Item
Creator
Weiler, Mary
Fonds Number
2003.002
Series Number
1
Item Number
2003.002.368
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[1960s]
Physical Description
1 colour slide, 5 x 5 cm
Storage Location
Slide box 2
Name Access
Weiler, Mary
Subject Access
Air transport
Transportation
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
Whaletown
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Aerial view of Whaletown Bay, with the Weiler house center right

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Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. early 1970s]
Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
Item
Creator
Weiler, Mary
Fonds Number
2003.002
Series Number
1
Item Number
2003.002.373
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. early 1970s]
Physical Description
1 colour slide, 5 x 5 cm
Storage Location
Slide box 2
Name Access
Weiler, Mary
Subject Access
Air transport
Transportation
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
Whaletown
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Aerial view of Whaletown from the north, Marina Island in the background

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Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1968
Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
Item
Creator
Weiler, Mary
Fonds Number
2003.002
Series Number
1
Item Number
2003.002.371
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1968
Physical Description
1 colour slide, 5 x 5 cm
Storage Location
Slide box 2
Name Access
Weiler, Mary
Subject Access
Air transport
Transportation
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
Whaletown
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Aftermath of steam donkey explosion on Hague Lake

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1923
Scope and Content
"One man (operator) was killed. One piece of donkey went through the air and landed on other side of lake (near where Bert Hansen now lives)." (Item #2007.001.234 is a duplicate.)
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
13
Item Number
2007.001.697
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1923
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 13 x 8 cm
Scope and Content
"One man (operator) was killed. One piece of donkey went through the air and landed on other side of lake (near where Bert Hansen now lives)." (Item #2007.001.234 is a duplicate.)
Storage Location
Photograph Box 4
Subject Access
Logging
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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Agreement with Whaletown Women's Institute re Church Hall

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Part Of
Whaletown Community Club fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Accession Number
2003.003
Date Range
1953
Scope and Content
File contains an agreement passing the responsibility for the Church Hall (at the corner of Harbour road next to the first Whaletown cemetery) from the Whaletown Community Club to the Whaletown Women's Institute. At that time, the Gorge Harbour Community Hall Society turned the Gorge Hall over to the Whaletown Community Club.
Part Of
Whaletown Community Club fonds
Description Level
File
Creator
Whaletown Community Club
Fonds Number
2003.003
Series Number
3
File Number
2
Accession Number
2003.003
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1953
Physical Description
1 folder of textual records
Scope and Content
File contains an agreement passing the responsibility for the Church Hall (at the corner of Harbour road next to the first Whaletown cemetery) from the Whaletown Community Club to the Whaletown Women's Institute. At that time, the Gorge Harbour Community Hall Society turned the Gorge Hall over to the Whaletown Community Club.
Storage Location
1-18
Storage Range
1-18
Name Access
Whaletown Community Club
Subject Access
Community Associations
Women's Institute
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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Alta and Lois boarding a float plane at Channel Rock

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1959
Scope and Content
Photograph of Alta and Lois, old friends of Gilean Douglas from California
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.2123
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1959
Physical Description
1 colour slide, 5 x 5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Alta and Lois, old friends of Gilean Douglas from California
Storage Location
Slide box 1
Subject Access
Air transport
Transportation
Channel Rock
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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Andy and Aaron Ellingsen on the trail to Manson's on a snowy day

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Part Of
Cortes Walking Group fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
2005
Part Of
Cortes Walking Group fonds
Description Level
Item
Creator
Cortes Walking Group
Fonds Number
2022.002
Series Number
1
Item Number
2022.002.151
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
2005
Physical Description
1 photograph: col ; 15 x 10 cm
Storage Location
Cortes Walking Group box
Name Access
Cortes Walking Group
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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Part Of
Ballantyne family fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
graphic material (electronic)
sound recording (electronic)
Date Range
1929-[ca. 1950s?]
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of photographs of the Gorge Harbour Lodge and Lodge activities, the Corneille and Ballantyne families, and Gladys Ballantyne's house, Gypsy Hill.
Part Of
Ballantyne family fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Fonds Number
2020.006
Material Type
graphic material (electronic)
sound recording (electronic)
Date Range
1929-[ca. 1950s?]
Physical Description
24 photographs (jpeg)
1 audio interview (mp4)
History / Biographical
Bobby (Elizabeth) Corneille Ballantyne (1914-2009) was born in Vancouver and moved to Cortes Island as a young child. She was 4 years old when her father died suddenly on Marina Island in 1919; she remembers that they had to wait 3 days for a Union Steamship to get the body. Her mother Tena (Sarah Christena) Corneille (1877-1949) bought a tourist lodge at the east end of Gorge Harbour in 1929, and ran it until 1936 with the help of her two teen-age daughters. Gorge Harbour Lodge offered accommodations in the main building or in tents, tennis and badminton courts, and excellent boating, bathing and fishing. Vacationers came up from Vancouver on the Union Steamships for a round-trip ticket price of $6.65. The annual Regatta was the main social event of the season, with people arriving by boat from Cortes and the surrounding islands. It featured boat and swimming races, and a dance in the evening. Gladys Georgeson Ballantyne (1882-1964), first came to Cortes in about 1910. In about 1920 she bought a property in Whaletown (now 640 Whaletown Rd.) that she called "Gypsy Hill". She was one of the original members of the Whaletown Friendly Circle, later the Whaletown Women's Institute. Gladys, her son Bill, daughter Valerie and her fiance were all on Cortes building a summer cottage when the Depression suddenly hit. Their off-island jobs fell through, and they remained at "Gypsy Hill" for the duration. Bill Ballantyne (1908-1993) was in the Merchant Marine from 1924-1929. When he was unable to find work on ships during the Depression, he took whatever jobs he could find hand-logging and fishing. Bill and Bobby Corneille were married in 1937. They and other young Whaletown residents formed the Gorge Harbour Dramatic Society to help raise funds to build a community hall, and Bill was the work boss of the building crew for the Gorge Hall. In 1941 they moved to Victoria, and after the war settled in Courtenay with their two sons Peter and Ross. In the late 1950s they returned to Whaletown on Cortes Island where they fished for many years on the gulf troller “Viking”. During that time many young “deckhands” spent time aboard during summer vacations. On retirement, Campbell River became their home.
Custodial History
Electronic records were downloaded in 2012 from an internet address provided by Peter Ballantyne. One photograph was scanned from a photograph temporarily loaned by John and De Clarke.
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of photographs of the Gorge Harbour Lodge and Lodge activities, the Corneille and Ballantyne families, and Gladys Ballantyne's house, Gypsy Hill.
Name Access
Ballantyne, Peter
Ballantyne, Gladys
Ballantyne, Bill
Ballantyne, Bobby
Corneille, Sarah
Subject Access
Logging
Union Steamship Company
Fishing
Transportation
Water transport
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
Whaletown
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Barge loaded with pilings, tied up beside the Whaletown wharf

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Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1967-1968]
Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
Item
Creator
Weiler, Mary
Fonds Number
2003.002
Series Number
1
Item Number
2003.002.054
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1967-1968]
Physical Description
1 colour slide, 5 x 5 cm
Storage Location
Slide box 2
Name Access
Weiler, Mary
Subject Access
Ferries
Transportation
Water transport
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
Whaletown
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Barge with heavy equipment and gravel for building the new ferry dock at Whaletown wharf

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Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1967-1968]
Scope and Content
Slide depicts a barge loaded with gravel, a loader and a pile driver next to the Whaletown wharf. The Thompson house across the bay is in the background.
Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
Item
Creator
Weiler, Mary
Fonds Number
2003.002
Series Number
1
Item Number
2003.002.056
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1967-1968]
Physical Description
1 colour slide, 5 x 5 cm
Scope and Content
Slide depicts a barge loaded with gravel, a loader and a pile driver next to the Whaletown wharf. The Thompson house across the bay is in the background.
Storage Location
Slide box 2
Name Access
Weiler, Mary
Subject Access
Ferries
Transportation
Water transport
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
Whaletown
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Barge with pile driver being towed into Whaletown Bay

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Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1968]
Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
Item
Creator
Weiler, Mary
Fonds Number
2003.002
Series Number
1
Item Number
2003.002.369
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1968]
Physical Description
1 colour slide, 5 x 5 cm
Storage Location
Slide box 2
Name Access
Weiler, Mary
Subject Access
Air transport
Transportation
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
Whaletown
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Base of a spar tree surrounded by piles of logs which have been yarded to it (ID)

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Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[195?]
Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
Item
Creator
Weiler, Mary
Fonds Number
2003.002
Series Number
1
Item Number
2003.002.498
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[195?]
Physical Description
1 photograph: b&w; 15 x 9 cm
Storage Location
Photograph box 3
Name Access
Weiler, Mary
Subject Access
Logging
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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Basil and Jill Seaton fonds

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Part Of
Basil and Jill Seaton fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
textual records
cartographic material
Accession Number
2019.011
Date Range
1987-1992
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of correspondence, notes and maps relating to the establishment of Von Donop Marine Park (now known as Háthayim Marine Park).
Part Of
Basil and Jill Seaton fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Creator
Seaton, Basil and Jill
Fonds Number
2019.011
Accession Number
2019.011
Material Type
textual records
cartographic material
Date Range
1987-1992
Physical Description
4 cm of textual records
History / Biographical
Basil (1910-2012) and Jill Seaton, environmentalists and naturalists, lived on Cortes Island from 1982 to 1992.
Custodial History
The Seatons gave these records to Fred Zwickel when they moved from Cortes Island; they were subsequently given to Nancy Kendel for donation to the museum in 2012.
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of correspondence, notes and maps relating to the establishment of Von Donop Marine Park (now known as Háthayim Marine Park).
Storage Location
Small fonds box Oversize materials box
Storage Range
Small fonds box 1-14 to 1-17 Oversize materials box
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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BC Ferries - fare rate increases

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Part Of
Regional Director of Area I (Cortes Island) fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Accession Number
2004.004
Date Range
1997-1998
Scope and Content
File contains material relating to fare rate increases: background financial information, correspondence, coverage of a protest in Campbell River, interview notes, and a Issue 153 of the Discovery Islander (June 1998) with an article on ferry fares roll-back.
Part Of
Regional Director of Area I (Cortes Island) fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2002.001.3
Sous Fonds Number
3
Series Number
6
File Number
36
Accession Number
2004.004
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1997-1998
Scope and Content
File contains material relating to fare rate increases: background financial information, correspondence, coverage of a protest in Campbell River, interview notes, and a Issue 153 of the Discovery Islander (June 1998) with an article on ferry fares roll-back.
Storage Location
6-16
Storage Range
6-16
Name Access
Sirk, George
Subject Access
Ferries
Transportation
Water transport
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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BC Ministry of Lands and Forests Land Referral form re Elmer Ellingsen's subdivision at Hague Lake

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Part Of
Regional Director of Area I (Cortes Island) fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Accession Number
2004.004
Date Range
1989
Part Of
Regional Director of Area I (Cortes Island) fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2002.001.3
Sous Fonds Number
3
Series Number
3
File Number
1
Accession Number
2004.004
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1989
Storage Location
4-16
Storage Range
4-16
Name Access
Sirk, George
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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B.C. Societies Act reports

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Part Of
Whaletown Community Club fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Accession Number
2003.003
Date Range
1976-1982
Scope and Content
Reports filed annually with the provincial Registrar of Societies with information on the names and addresses of directors of the club and numbers of voting and non-voting members.
Part Of
Whaletown Community Club fonds
Description Level
File
Creator
Whaletown Community Club
Fonds Number
2003.003
Series Number
3
File Number
6
Accession Number
2003.003
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1976-1982
Physical Description
1 folder of textual records
Scope and Content
Reports filed annually with the provincial Registrar of Societies with information on the names and addresses of directors of the club and numbers of voting and non-voting members.
Storage Location
1-22
Storage Range
1-22
Name Access
Whaletown Community Club
Subject Access
Community Associations
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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Blasting for the ferry landing

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Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1967-1968]
Scope and Content
Slide shows the blast plume for the ferry landing behind the wings of the ferry dock. Picture was taken from the Weiler property.
Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
Item
Creator
Weiler, Mary
Fonds Number
2003.002
Series Number
1
Item Number
2003.002.060
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1967-1968]
Physical Description
1 colour slide, 5 x 5 cm
Scope and Content
Slide shows the blast plume for the ferry landing behind the wings of the ferry dock. Picture was taken from the Weiler property.
Storage Location
Slide box 2
Name Access
Weiler, Mary
Subject Access
Ferries
Transportation
Water transport
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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