Photograph of Allan (last name?), Pete (Margaret Middleton), Chickie (real name?) and Henry (last name?) seated on a rock beside the dock in Whaletown. A Union Steamship is behind them and the wharf and freight shed are to the right.
Photograph of Allan (last name?), Pete (Margaret Middleton), Chickie (real name?) and Henry (last name?) seated on a rock beside the dock in Whaletown. A Union Steamship is behind them and the wharf and freight shed are to the right.
Photograph of Billie Barrett, Len Hawkins and Margaret Copland seated on the wharf in Whaletown. Whaletown Lagoon and houses across the bay can be seen in the background.
Photograph of Billie Barrett, Len Hawkins and Margaret Copland seated on the wharf in Whaletown. Whaletown Lagoon and houses across the bay can be seen in the background.
Photograph of (L to R) Billie (possibly Billie Barrett), Margaret Huck, Mrs. Pauline Middleton, Bob Groochie and Mr. Munn, standing on the wharf in Whaletown.
Photograph of (L to R) Billie (possibly Billie Barrett), Margaret Huck, Mrs. Pauline Middleton, Bob Groochie and Mr. Munn, standing on the wharf in Whaletown.
Photograph of Billy Tait standing on the dock in Whaletown. The channel marker and houses near the present-day ferry dock can be seen in the background.
Photograph of Billy Tait standing on the dock in Whaletown. The channel marker and houses near the present-day ferry dock can be seen in the background.
Photograph of the Church Hall in Whaletown, which stood in front of the old cemetery at the corner of Carrington Bay and Harbour roads. It served the community as both church and a venue for social events for almost forty years. The original Whaletown school became its kitchen, and a sleeping place for tired children.
Photograph of the Church Hall in Whaletown, which stood in front of the old cemetery at the corner of Carrington Bay and Harbour roads. It served the community as both church and a venue for social events for almost forty years. The original Whaletown school became its kitchen, and a sleeping place for tired children.
Fonds consists of a summary of the results of a questionnaire regarding ferry service composed by the Transportation Committee and sent to Cortes Island residents; the original questionnaires returned by islanders; and notes on other transportation issues such as road pavement and boat launch sites.
A District of Campbell River meeting March 22, 1993 took place in the Campbell River Hall. Present at that meeting were the Chairman of the B.C. Ferry Corporation; Peter Hughes, Operations Manager BC Ferry Corporation for North Islands; representative of the Campbell River Council and Campbell River School District; Gretchen Brewin, Chair Community Relations Committee; Colin Gabelman and his Executive Assistant; various B.C. Ferry Corp personnel including the person responsible for docks and terminals; and Jim Abrams and Ralph Nursall representing the Regional District.
At that meeting Peter Hughes recommended that Cortes Islanders form a Transportation Committee to liaison with B.C. Ferry Corp.
When Ralph returned to Cortes Island he spoke with a number of people he thought might be interested in forming the backbone of such an Island Committee. Eight of the 20+ people Ralph had contacted attended an April 21, 1993 Cortes Island preliminary meeting--Joanne Weyler, Sabina Mense, Joan Bevington, Ken Ferguson, Herbert Havelaar, Norm Gibbons, Tom Bennet and Dick Teams. What was discussed was the convening of a Transportation Committee meeting to bring together all those Islanders interested in transportation issues on the island. No one at that meeting volunteered to convene such a meeting. Ralph contacted then acting Operation Manager for B.C. Ferry Corp., Capt. Norman Craddock, and made arrangements for a public meeting with Capt. Craddock in attendance to answer questions from the floor. Joanne Weyler advertised the event through the Cortes Classifieds.
The May 12, 1993 Transportation Committee consisted of all those who attended that public meeting held at the Gorge Hall. The high turnout (50+) indicated an intense interest in transportation issues on the Island and there was a spirited exchange of questions and answers. Before this meeting, Dennis Mense had agreed to act as convener for an Executive of the Transportation Committee and Ralph Nursall asked for volunteers to serve on the Executive. Volunteers included Harry Breurkens, Glen Carleton, Norm Gibbons, Bertha Jeffery, Ted Pudden, Carol Reese and Joanne Weyler. [ . . . ]
The "mandate" for the Committee and its Executive, as expressed by Ralph Nursall, as as follows: "[I]t is intended that the Transportation Committee be an independent, community committee operating as it sees fit to collect opinions of Islanders to transport to the B.C. Ferry Corp. and getting information from the Corporation for Islanders. [ . . . ] the Committee will also interest itself in Highways and other transportation matters of the Island."
(From "Cortes Island Transportation Committee Background Information," in Regional Director fonds)
Custodial History
The material was compiled by the Cortes Island Transportation Committee. It was made available to islanders at the Manson's Landing library, and later transferred to CIMAS.
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of a summary of the results of a questionnaire regarding ferry service composed by the Transportation Committee and sent to Cortes Island residents; the original questionnaires returned by islanders; and notes on other transportation issues such as road pavement and boat launch sites.
Photograph of Elsie Allen standing beside sheep, with two cows in the pen in back of her, at the Allen homestead in Gorge Harbour (site of present-day Gorge Harbour Marina).
Photograph of Elsie Allen standing beside sheep, with two cows in the pen in back of her, at the Allen homestead in Gorge Harbour (site of present-day Gorge Harbour Marina).
Photograph of four young women pulling a wooden rowboat onto the shore, Gorge Harbour. Left to right: Dorothy Huck, Joyce Allen, Marge (?) and Jean Cornell. Identification comes from a photograph from the collection of Meg Robertson Shaw in the "Whaletown to 1930" album created by Doreen Huck Thompson.
Photograph of four young women pulling a wooden rowboat onto the shore, Gorge Harbour. Left to right: Dorothy Huck, Joyce Allen, Marge (?) and Jean Cornell. Identification comes from a photograph from the collection of Meg Robertson Shaw in the "Whaletown to 1930" album created by Doreen Huck Thompson.
File consists of the Transportation Committee's interpretive report and summary of responses to their survey of island residents regarding the Cortes Island ferry service.
File consists of the Transportation Committee's interpretive report and summary of responses to their survey of island residents regarding the Cortes Island ferry service.
Photograph of Joyce Allen, Dorothy Huck and Margaret Middleton standing on the wharf in Whaletown. Two women are sitting on a bench beside the freight shed behind them.
Photograph of Joyce Allen, Dorothy Huck and Margaret Middleton standing on the wharf in Whaletown. Two women are sitting on a bench beside the freight shed behind them.
Photograph of four young women, Margaret Copland, Violet Stoney, Muriel Cunliffe (teacher at the Whaletown school) and Joyce Allen, seated on a bench against the front of the freight shed on the Whaletown wharf. Posters advertising the Vancouver exhibition and a dentist can be clearly read on the side of the freight shed.
Photograph of four young women, Margaret Copland, Violet Stoney, Muriel Cunliffe (teacher at the Whaletown school) and Joyce Allen, seated on a bench against the front of the freight shed on the Whaletown wharf. Posters advertising the Vancouver exhibition and a dentist can be clearly read on the side of the freight shed.
