Photograph of two men standing on springboards, felling a large fir tree with a two-man saw. Part of a series of three photographs: 2011.001.299, .300 and .301.
Photograph of two men standing on springboards, felling a large fir tree with a two-man saw. Part of a series of three photographs: 2011.001.299, .300 and .301.
Emails, posts in tideline, brainstorming ideas and notes for the Big Tree exhibit; posts about the medicinal and endangered agarikon mushroom and Paul Stamets; receipts and donations related to the exhibit; Big Tree postcards; contest tickets; exhibit activity book. Historical context for oldgrowth, Douglas Fir, and logging: scans from Whaletown album, 1922-1930; article on tree diseases in Forest and Mill, 1948; article about Douglas Fir in Maclean's Magazine, 1958
Emails, posts in tideline, brainstorming ideas and notes for the Big Tree exhibit; posts about the medicinal and endangered agarikon mushroom and Paul Stamets; receipts and donations related to the exhibit; Big Tree postcards; contest tickets; exhibit activity book. Historical context for oldgrowth, Douglas Fir, and logging: scans from Whaletown album, 1922-1930; article on tree diseases in Forest and Mill, 1948; article about Douglas Fir in Maclean's Magazine, 1958
Photograph of the Christmas tree in the corner of the living room at Channel Rock. Christmas was a significant holiday for Gilean Douglas, and she took pictures every year of her carefully decorated tree.
Photograph of the Christmas tree in the corner of the living room at Channel Rock. Christmas was a significant holiday for Gilean Douglas, and she took pictures every year of her carefully decorated tree.
Photograph of what Gilean Douglas called the Indian tree. It was a large cedar tree which grew close to a rock face on the trail between the house and garden at Channel Rock. The bottom facing the rock face was burnt out and formed a natural hearth, where a fire could be built; the rocks would reflect the heat and the cedar branches would give protection from the rain, thus creating a space for people to keep warm and dry.
Photograph of what Gilean Douglas called the Indian tree. It was a large cedar tree which grew close to a rock face on the trail between the house and garden at Channel Rock. The bottom facing the rock face was burnt out and formed a natural hearth, where a fire could be built; the rocks would reflect the heat and the cedar branches would give protection from the rain, thus creating a space for people to keep warm and dry.
Photograph of a hawthorn tree in the garden at Channel Rock, labelled "Grape vines, roses, honeysuckle etc. all climbing on a hawthorne tree" in Philip Major Douglas' handwriting.
Photograph of a hawthorn tree in the garden at Channel Rock, labelled "Grape vines, roses, honeysuckle etc. all climbing on a hawthorne tree" in Philip Major Douglas' handwriting.
Photograph of the hollowed out bole of a large cedar tree which stood right beside a rock face between the cabin and the garden at Channel Rock. Gilean Douglas said it had been used as a shelter by First Nations people; the cavity formed a natural chimney for fires.
Photograph of the hollowed out bole of a large cedar tree which stood right beside a rock face between the cabin and the garden at Channel Rock. Gilean Douglas said it had been used as a shelter by First Nations people; the cavity formed a natural chimney for fires.