Photograph of the booming ground at the mouth of the river in Knight Inlet. Captioned by Douglas: "Grizzlies and loggers like this country of lush meadows and evergreen woods, tall trees and swift rivers."
One of a series of photographs taken at Clarence and Doug Boardman's Dot Logging Co. camp in Knight Inlet.
3 photograph prints: b&w ; 15 x 10 cm, 21.5 x 16.5 cm & 25 x 20 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of the booming ground at the mouth of the river in Knight Inlet. Captioned by Douglas: "Grizzlies and loggers like this country of lush meadows and evergreen woods, tall trees and swift rivers."
One of a series of photographs taken at Clarence and Doug Boardman's Dot Logging Co. camp in Knight Inlet.
Photograph of a log booming ground at the mouth of the river in Knight Inlet. Captioned by Douglas: "Booming on the Klina Klini River (Dot houses in the background) in country that loggers and grizzlies love." Another print is captioned "Mountain meadows and a log boom at the Dot Logging Camp on the Klinaklini River"
One of a series of photographs taken at Clarence and Doug Boardman's Dot Logging Co. camp in Knight Inlet.
2 photograph prints: b&w ; 15 x 10 cm & 21.5 x 16.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of a log booming ground at the mouth of the river in Knight Inlet. Captioned by Douglas: "Booming on the Klina Klini River (Dot houses in the background) in country that loggers and grizzlies love." Another print is captioned "Mountain meadows and a log boom at the Dot Logging Camp on the Klinaklini River"
One of a series of photographs taken at Clarence and Doug Boardman's Dot Logging Co. camp in Knight Inlet.
Photograph titled "The second "Columbia" tied up to a floating logging camp in the beautiful Knight Inlet country. When it's rough enough you can be seasick right in your own livig-room." Note: This photograph appears to be the source of the painting on the cover of "God's Little Ships" by Michael Hadley (Harbour Publishing, 1995). It was probably printed in "The Log".
Photograph titled "The second "Columbia" tied up to a floating logging camp in the beautiful Knight Inlet country. When it's rough enough you can be seasick right in your own livig-room." Note: This photograph appears to be the source of the painting on the cover of "God's Little Ships" by Michael Hadley (Harbour Publishing, 1995). It was probably printed in "The Log".
Photograph of forest with large fir trees. Photo was likely taken in Knight Inlet, as another print of the same photo was in an envelope with other photographs taken there.
One of a series of photographs taken at Clarence and Doug Boardman's Dot Logging Co. camp in Knight Inlet.
3 photograph prints: b&w ; 10 x 15 cm, 16 x 21 cm & 20 x 25 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of forest with large fir trees. Photo was likely taken in Knight Inlet, as another print of the same photo was in an envelope with other photographs taken there.
One of a series of photographs taken at Clarence and Doug Boardman's Dot Logging Co. camp in Knight Inlet.
Photograph of a group of people, including a woman and child, standing beside an old Ford car in the valley at Knight Inlet. Buildings may be seen in the background.
One of a series of photographs taken at Clarence and Doug Boardman's Dot Logging Co. camp in Knight Inlet.
2 photograph prints: b&w ; 15 x 10 cm & 21.5 x 16.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of a group of people, including a woman and child, standing beside an old Ford car in the valley at Knight Inlet. Buildings may be seen in the background.
One of a series of photographs taken at Clarence and Doug Boardman's Dot Logging Co. camp in Knight Inlet.
Photograph of of a booming ground at the mouth of the Klina Klini River. Captioned by Douglas: "British Columbia booming ground in the Knight Inlet country."
One of a series of photographs taken at Clarence and Doug Boardman's Dot Logging Co. camp in Knight Inlet.
3 photograph prints: b&w ; 15 x 10 cm, 21.5 x 16.5 cm & 25 x 20 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of of a booming ground at the mouth of the Klina Klini River. Captioned by Douglas: "British Columbia booming ground in the Knight Inlet country."
One of a series of photographs taken at Clarence and Doug Boardman's Dot Logging Co. camp in Knight Inlet.
Photograph of a man standing a bulldozer and logging trucks, Knight Inlet. Captioned by Douglas:"The Dot Company's modern machinery must make grizzlies feel quite prehistoric."
One of a series of photographs taken at Clarence and Doug Boardman's Dot Logging Co. camp in Knight Inlet.
Photograph of a man standing a bulldozer and logging trucks, Knight Inlet. Captioned by Douglas:"The Dot Company's modern machinery must make grizzlies feel quite prehistoric."
One of a series of photographs taken at Clarence and Doug Boardman's Dot Logging Co. camp in Knight Inlet.
This collection consists of ten photograph albums (binders) compiled and annotated by May Ellingsen. The albums contain both original and reproduced photographs of Cortes Island and nearby islands, including Twin Islands and Hernando Island. They are accompanied by captions and additional textual information such as pre-emption records, reminiscences and newspaper clippings. Most of the photographs date from the early decades of the 20th century, depicting homes and buildings, pioneer families, community activities, schools, wharves, boats, logging and marine activity. Fonds consists of two series: Series 1 (The May Ellingsen Historic Photograph Collection, Vol. 1-9, Accession 2004.003) and Series 2 (The Manson Family Album, Accession 2004.002).
Ten photograph albums (binders) containing 152 original photographs and 482 reproductions.
History / Biographical
May Ellingsen was born on March 13, 1914 to George and Robina Freeman. Her maternal grandfather, Michael Manson, was the first person to pre-empt land on Cortes Island, claiming a quarter section on Gunflint Lake in 1886. May spent her childhood on Hernando Island, where her family homesteaded and logged, and on Cortes Island, where she attended the log school at Manson's Landing.
In 1936 May married Elmer Ellingsen. They spent the next ten years in the Loughborough Inlet/Phillips Arm area while Elmer worked for his father's logging operations. During those years their children, Shirley, Bruce and Andy, were born. In 1946 the family moved to Von Donop Creek, where Elmer was logging. In 1950 they moved their float house, built at the time of their marriage, to Manson's Landing Lagoon and two years later, to its present permanent location on Hague Lake.
May and Elmer devoted much time and energy to building their community. Amongst her many community activities, May ran the library at Manson's Hall. She had a strong interest in local history, researching the history of land pre-emptions on the island, collecting and annotating photographs from pioneer families and recording interviews with old timers. She was a founder of the Cortes Island Museum and Archives Society; the archives reading room is named in her honor. Historical materials and artifacts gathered by May formed the kernel of the museum's collections and archives.
Custodial History
May Ellingsen created the albums in the 1980s, and kept adding to them throughout the 1990s. She kept them at the Manson's Landing library and then at the museum from 1999. She officially donated them to CIMAS in 2004.
Scope and Content
This collection consists of ten photograph albums (binders) compiled and annotated by May Ellingsen. The albums contain both original and reproduced photographs of Cortes Island and nearby islands, including Twin Islands and Hernando Island. They are accompanied by captions and additional textual information such as pre-emption records, reminiscences and newspaper clippings. Most of the photographs date from the early decades of the 20th century, depicting homes and buildings, pioneer families, community activities, schools, wharves, boats, logging and marine activity. Fonds consists of two series: Series 1 (The May Ellingsen Historic Photograph Collection, Vol. 1-9, Accession 2004.003) and Series 2 (The Manson Family Album, Accession 2004.002).
