Truck parked to the side of the road at Clinic Hill in Whaletown; a large first-growth fir has fallen across the road and a section of the log has been cut out to clear the road
Photograph of the "Echo III", a 60 foot live-aboard kept in Cortes Bay and Gorge Harbour for some years. It took Elmer Ellingsen's Austin pickup to Campbell River on its roof for repairs. On the return, strong SE winds and tide drove it down toward Mittlenatch and the pickup went overboard.
Photograph of the "Echo III", a 60 foot live-aboard kept in Cortes Bay and Gorge Harbour for some years. It took Elmer Ellingsen's Austin pickup to Campbell River on its roof for repairs. On the return, strong SE winds and tide drove it down toward Mittlenatch and the pickup went overboard.
BC Bureau of Provincial Information Bulletin No. 7, 1929. Poem written by Emily Rekert, 1933. Excerpt from The Log of the Columbia, 1947. Issues of "The Log," a publication of the Columbia Coast Mission, 1951-1967. Writing, photographs, and article clippings with info on St John the Baptist Church in Whaletown, Rev. Alan Greene, Rev. Douglas Kendall, Columbia III, Rev. Patrick Ellis, Rev. Rollo Boas, old Cortes Clinic, Mrs. David A. Robertson, The Rendezvous, Rev. Ivan H. Futter, Simmon float, 1957-2011. Excerpts from The Columbia is Coming! by Doris Andersen, 1982. Receipt issued to Vern Logan, 2017.
BC Bureau of Provincial Information Bulletin No. 7, 1929. Poem written by Emily Rekert, 1933. Excerpt from The Log of the Columbia, 1947. Issues of "The Log," a publication of the Columbia Coast Mission, 1951-1967. Writing, photographs, and article clippings with info on St John the Baptist Church in Whaletown, Rev. Alan Greene, Rev. Douglas Kendall, Columbia III, Rev. Patrick Ellis, Rev. Rollo Boas, old Cortes Clinic, Mrs. David A. Robertson, The Rendezvous, Rev. Ivan H. Futter, Simmon float, 1957-2011. Excerpts from The Columbia is Coming! by Doris Andersen, 1982. Receipt issued to Vern Logan, 2017.
Info on: history, leadership, culture, community initiatives, sustainability, reconciliation, self-governance, treaties and land claims, archaeology, legends, events, partnerships, politics; First Nations Ownership, Control, Access, and Possession (OCAP); Klahoose Qathen Xwegus Management Corporation (QXMC); and more, 1983-2018. Excerpts from: Sliammon Life, Sliammon Lands, Bouchard and Kennedy, 1983; Seven-Knot Summers, B. Hill, 1994; and Indian Myths and Legends, Bouchard and Kennedy, 2002 (translated from Boas' 1895 edition). Full issues of Community Stories, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, 2009; Salish Sea Sentinel, "Coast Salish Country," 2016; Canadian Geographic "Canada's Indigenous Peoples," 2018. Email exchange regarding partnership with North Vancouver Island Aboriginal Training Society (NVIATS), 2014
Info on: history, leadership, culture, community initiatives, sustainability, reconciliation, self-governance, treaties and land claims, archaeology, legends, events, partnerships, politics; First Nations Ownership, Control, Access, and Possession (OCAP); Klahoose Qathen Xwegus Management Corporation (QXMC); and more, 1983-2018. Excerpts from: Sliammon Life, Sliammon Lands, Bouchard and Kennedy, 1983; Seven-Knot Summers, B. Hill, 1994; and Indian Myths and Legends, Bouchard and Kennedy, 2002 (translated from Boas' 1895 edition). Full issues of Community Stories, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, 2009; Salish Sea Sentinel, "Coast Salish Country," 2016; Canadian Geographic "Canada's Indigenous Peoples," 2018. Email exchange regarding partnership with North Vancouver Island Aboriginal Training Society (NVIATS), 2014
Historical info on local forestry and early logging practices from as early as the late 1800s. Signed agreement between Elmer Ellingsen and Ernest Anderson, 1948. Invoices and other business documents, including handwritten notes "bills paid to Finning Tractor," for Ernel Logging Company, 1949-1952. West Coast Ballads sheet music written by Victor Couture from poems by Robert E. Swanson (BC Truck Loggers Association), 1969. Clippings and emails with info on historical logging practices and camps, local forestry, accidents, political influence, tourism, protests and controversies, 1958-2020. Excerpt from Goosegrass and Buttercups, D.C. Kirk, undated. Additional keywords: Ripple Rock; tug towed booms from Teakerne Arm; Carrington Lagoon; Squirrel Cove; MTV; the Ellingsen Jack; Forbes Bay; Von Donop; Island Timberlands; Tony Fhunka; Truck Loggers Association; Wildstands/Wild We Stand
Historical info on local forestry and early logging practices from as early as the late 1800s. Signed agreement between Elmer Ellingsen and Ernest Anderson, 1948. Invoices and other business documents, including handwritten notes "bills paid to Finning Tractor," for Ernel Logging Company, 1949-1952. West Coast Ballads sheet music written by Victor Couture from poems by Robert E. Swanson (BC Truck Loggers Association), 1969. Clippings and emails with info on historical logging practices and camps, local forestry, accidents, political influence, tourism, protests and controversies, 1958-2020. Excerpt from Goosegrass and Buttercups, D.C. Kirk, undated. Additional keywords: Ripple Rock; tug towed booms from Teakerne Arm; Carrington Lagoon; Squirrel Cove; MTV; the Ellingsen Jack; Forbes Bay; Von Donop; Island Timberlands; Tony Fhunka; Truck Loggers Association; Wildstands/Wild We Stand
