Buildings, from L to R: Norm and Doris Hope's house, far left; small house where the store keeper lived; the old store; fuel tanks with house to their right; teacher's cottage and school building at far right. In front are several fish boats; the dock with a freight shed; a barge for ice storage and fish-buying; float houses near the school.
The Hope's house is the only one of these buildings still there (2023). The old store burned down in 1968.
Buildings, from L to R: Norm and Doris Hope's house, far left; small house where the store keeper lived; the old store; fuel tanks with house to their right; teacher's cottage and school building at far right. In front are several fish boats; the dock with a freight shed; a barge for ice storage and fish-buying; float houses near the school.
The Hope's house is the only one of these buildings still there (2023). The old store burned down in 1968.
Plucking some of the 50 chickens raised for meat before dinner and a dance, "Chicken Pluckers' Stomp".
L to R: (ID), (ID), Michael Gibbons (mostly hidden), Judy White in blue, (ID), Mark Mellieux (sp?), Lisa Gibbons
Plucking some of the 50 chickens raised for meat before dinner and a dance, "Chicken Pluckers' Stomp".
L to R: (ID), (ID), Michael Gibbons (mostly hidden), Judy White in blue, (ID), Mark Mellieux (sp?), Lisa Gibbons
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.
Photograph of a store at the end of a dock. On the back of the photo, Douglas had identified it as "Tipton's store, Surge Narrow, Read Island", but had crossed that out. (ID)
Photograph of a store at the end of a dock. On the back of the photo, Douglas had identified it as "Tipton's store, Surge Narrow, Read Island", but had crossed that out. (ID)
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.