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File

Series Number

1

File Number

24

Date Range

1912-1993

Scope and Content

Excerpt from Goosegrass and Buttercups by Doris C. Kirk, 1912; article in North Island News "Ice Cream! 'Boat Day' was major event for the coastal urchins of yesteryear," 1993

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Drawer 1

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File

Series Number

1

File Number

28

Date Range

2010

Scope and Content

Article about the Inlet, date unknown; trip advertisement in Cortes Marketer; promotional posters; hand written notes working out cost of trip, invoices, fees paid, cost per person, and profit; emails regarding taxi and charter quote, tour guide, estimated cost per person, dates, coordinations, advertisements, and invoices; write up for press release; handwritten note noting how much they enjoyed the trip

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Drawer 1

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File

Series Number

2

File Number

41

Date Range

late 1800s-2018

Scope and Content

Excerpt from From Shetland to British Columbia, Alaska and the United States (containing the Seal Boy Story), Sinclair Thomas Duncan, 1911. Clippings with info on Hank's Beach management plan, park dedication, beach and trail access, 2009-2013. Notice of Public Open House re: Hank's Beach Management Plan. Emails with info on Hank's Beach history and park designation celebration, historical info dating back to late 1800s, 2011. Info on Brigitte's Beach (located within Hank's Beach SRD Park), Cortes Island Information Booklet, 2013. Typed info on park: "The Real Story of Hank's Beach," 2018. Park guide pamphlets. Additional keywords: Henry Herrewig; Loon Ranch; Brigitte and Hannes Grosse; Volker Steigemann

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Drawer 2

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File

Series Number

4

File Number

37

Date Range

1946-2007

Scope and Content

Info on the Sylva Jane, as well as the model of the boat in the museum's collection, 1946-2007

Storage Range

Drawer 4

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May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

2007.001

Series Number

13

Item Number

2007.001.008

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[ca. early 1900s]

Physical Description

1 photograph print: b&w; 11.5 x 6.5 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph of a pebble beach below the high tide mark; low headland at the end of the beach.

Storage Location

Photograph Box 4

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Item

Fonds Number

2007.001

Series Number

13

Item Number

2007.001.026

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[ca. 1929]

Physical Description

1 photograph print: b&w: 12.5 x 7

Scope and Content

Photograph of John Manson's farm, Sunny Brae, taken from the beach at low tide. Notes written by May Ellingsen are on the back.

Storage Location

Photograph Box 4

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May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds

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Item

Fonds Number

2007.001

Series Number

13

Item Number

2007.001.027

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[ca. 1929]

Physical Description

1 photograph print: b&w: 12.5 x 7 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph of a woman with a rowboat, on a beach at low tide. May Ellingsen's note on the back says "Mrs. Conant? Where?"

Storage Location

Photograph Box 4

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Item

Fonds Number

2007.001

Series Number

13

Item Number

2007.001.032

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

1933

Physical Description

1 photograph print: b&w: 8.5 x 6 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph of a Boat with group of men on board, the "Duck Hunting Special", owned by John Gibbons

Storage Location

Photograph Box 4

Subject Access

Hunting

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Item

Fonds Number

2007.001

Series Number

13

Item Number

2007.001.036

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

1933

Physical Description

1 photograph print: b&w: 8.5 x 6 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph of a plane, missing its floats and propeller, upside-down on the beach at Alert Bay.

Storage Location

Photograph Box 4

Subject Access

Air transport

Transportation

Geographic Access

Alert Bay

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Item

Fonds Number

2007.001

Series Number

13

Item Number

2007.001.042

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

1933

Physical Description

1 photograph print: b&w: 14 x 8 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph of a dock with fishing boats, Alert Bay.

Storage Location

Photograph Box 4

Subject Access

Fishing

Geographic Access

Alert Bay

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Item

Fonds Number

2007.001

Series Number

13

Item Number

2007.001.069

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[ca. 19 ]

Physical Description

1 photograph print: b&w: 8 x 6 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph of a group of people in English Bay beside a boat with the words "Mercury 2" on its side.

Storage Location

Photograph Box 4

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Item

Fonds Number

2007.001

Series Number

13

Item Number

2007.001.070

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[ca. 19 ]

Physical Description

1 photograph print: b&w: 8 x 6 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph of a boat in English Bay.

Storage Location

Photograph Box 4

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Item

Fonds Number

2007.001

Series Number

13

Item Number

2007.001.077

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[ca. 19 ]

Physical Description

1 photograph print: b&w: 10.5 x 8 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph of a shack on the beach, in front of a logging slash.

Storage Location

Photograph Box 4

Subject Access

Logging

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Item

Fonds Number

2007.001

Series Number

13

Item Number

2007.001.116

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[ca. 19 ]

Physical Description

1 photograph print: b & w; 8 x 5 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph of a boat; no identification.(From envelope labelled "Dorothy MacDougal (cousin of May's) pictures") (Needs ID)

Storage Location

Photograph Box 4

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Item

Fonds Number

2007.001

Series Number

13

Item Number

2007.001.119

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[1956]

Physical Description

1 photograph print: b&w; 8 x 8 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph of a house, with a large foreshore in the front. (Possibly Hernando? check) (From envelope labelled "Dorothy MacDougal (cousin of May's) pictures") (Needs ID)

Storage Location

Photograph Box 4

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Item

Fonds Number

2007.001

Series Number

13

Item Number

2007.001.177

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[ca. 1912]

Physical Description

1 photograph print: b&w; 11 x 7.5 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph of the Mission Manson family on the beach during their Cortes Island visit

Storage Location

Photograph Box 4

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Item

Fonds Number

2007.001

Series Number

13

Item Number

2007.001.209

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[197-]

Physical Description

2 photograph prints and 1 negative: colour; 12.5 x 98

Scope and Content

Photographs and negative of a framed photograph of May and Elmer Ellingsen at Long Beach on the west coast of Vancouver Island.

Storage Location

Photograph Box 4

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Item

Fonds Number

2007.001

Series Number

13

Item Number

2007.001.229

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[ca. 1925]

Physical Description

1 photograph print: b&w; 12 x 6.5

Scope and Content

Photograph of people seated aboard a forestry boat stationed at Squirrel Cove. L to R: Charlie Nichols, Margaret Forrest, Norma Calwell, Joe Munro, unknown, George Palmer, young Finney, Andy Byers, Jim Anderson, unknown

Storage Location

Photograph Box 4

Geographic Access

Squirrel Cove

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Item

Fonds Number

2007.001

Series Number

13

Item Number

2007.001.253

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[ca. 1920s]

Physical Description

1 photograph print: b&w; 4 x 5.5 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph of (probably) Hank's Beach.

Storage Location

Photograph Box 4

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Item

Fonds Number

2007.001

Series Number

13

Item Number

2007.001.278

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[ca. 1918]

Physical Description

2 photograph prints: b&w; 13 x 8 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph of a group of people on the Sandy Beach at Hague Lake. Photographs #2007.001.278 and 2007.001.279 depict the same occasion.

Storage Location

Photograph Box 4

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