Clippings with info relating to FOCI, 1967-2014. FOCI newsletters and pamphlets, 2001-2018. Info from the Charrette event, 2005. Living Green on Cortes: Building Your Home, info booklet, 2006. Watershed Sentinel, newsletter, 2007. Emails about Lake Stewardship and the Signature High Income Fund, 2015. Cortes Island info booklet, undated. FOCI posters with educational resources and events
Clippings with info relating to FOCI, 1967-2014. FOCI newsletters and pamphlets, 2001-2018. Info from the Charrette event, 2005. Living Green on Cortes: Building Your Home, info booklet, 2006. Watershed Sentinel, newsletter, 2007. Emails about Lake Stewardship and the Signature High Income Fund, 2015. Cortes Island info booklet, undated. FOCI posters with educational resources and events
Historical info including Coast Salish placenames, ecosystems, early settlement, 1800s-early 1900s. Photocopies of historical photos with info: Hague Lake from Stuart Lambert collection, 1910; Hague Lake from Bert Froud collection, 1917; Mr. Hague in boat on Hague Lake from Mabel Christensen collection, 1930s; Gunflint Lake Ranch from Flo McKay collection, 1930s-1940s. Emails, clipping, and pamplet with info on Hague and Gunflint Lake algae blooms, FOCI, 2014. Postcards, undated
Historical info including Coast Salish placenames, ecosystems, early settlement, 1800s-early 1900s. Photocopies of historical photos with info: Hague Lake from Stuart Lambert collection, 1910; Hague Lake from Bert Froud collection, 1917; Mr. Hague in boat on Hague Lake from Mabel Christensen collection, 1930s; Gunflint Lake Ranch from Flo McKay collection, 1930s-1940s. Emails, clipping, and pamplet with info on Hague and Gunflint Lake algae blooms, FOCI, 2014. Postcards, undated
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
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
Autobiography of Henry Hague and photographs of family and home at Manson's Landing, 1859-1960s. Info on Eve Rickenbacker (nee Hague) and Dewey Rickenbacker. Notes for talk on Hague family history by Yvonne Kipp. Photograph of Padgett's goats in Smelt Bay, early 1900s. Info on Cortes post offices, 1894-present. Letter from CIMAS to Mrs Florence Campbell about restoration work on Hague family. Ruth Zwickel's Memories of Mabel Christensen and the Hague Family (in conversation with Dianne Hentschel), undated. Info on early logging, early 1900s. Photographs of Henry Hague as Postmaster at Manson's Landing Post Office, 1940; and of Hague House, 2007
Autobiography of Henry Hague and photographs of family and home at Manson's Landing, 1859-1960s. Info on Eve Rickenbacker (nee Hague) and Dewey Rickenbacker. Notes for talk on Hague family history by Yvonne Kipp. Photograph of Padgett's goats in Smelt Bay, early 1900s. Info on Cortes post offices, 1894-present. Letter from CIMAS to Mrs Florence Campbell about restoration work on Hague family. Ruth Zwickel's Memories of Mabel Christensen and the Hague Family (in conversation with Dianne Hentschel), undated. Info on early logging, early 1900s. Photographs of Henry Hague as Postmaster at Manson's Landing Post Office, 1940; and of Hague House, 2007
Series consists of articles, maps, correspondence, and notes pertaining to public access of Hank's Beach and surrounding areas on the south end of Cortes Island.
Series consists of articles, maps, correspondence, and notes pertaining to public access of Hank's Beach and surrounding areas on the south end of Cortes Island.
Verso reads "this house was Vonn's [Vaughn's?] and somewhere near Mike Talbot's house stands now." (to the east of the Gorge Harbour government wharf). Print is mounted on board.
Verso reads "this house was Vonn's [Vaughn's?] and somewhere near Mike Talbot's house stands now." (to the east of the Gorge Harbour government wharf). Print is mounted on board.
Identified on the verso (May Ellingsen's handwriting) as (L to R) Jack Manson, Anna Manson, Beatrice Hawkins, Meg Robertson, Mabel Hawkins.
Jack Manson has his arm in a sling; he had suffered an accident while working in the woods.
Found on shelf, November 2021, in an envelope labelled "Early Days Cortes Island. Enclosed Etta Byers' stuff including her typed story".
Scope and Content
Identified on the verso (May Ellingsen's handwriting) as (L to R) Jack Manson, Anna Manson, Beatrice Hawkins, Meg Robertson, Mabel Hawkins.
Jack Manson has his arm in a sling; he had suffered an accident while working in the woods.
Fonds consists of sixteen photographs depicting people and scenes, primarily of the Manson's Landing area. Identification was provided by Fred Brooks Jr. in an interview with Cathy Jenks.
Alethea and Frederick (Fred) James Brooks Sr. and their two sons, Frederick (Fred) Earl, Jr. and Bob, lived on Cortes Island from ca. 1941 to 1944, near Manson's Landing. Fred Sr. logged in Cortes Bay and employed two of the Hawkins boys, Bill and George.
Fred Jr. attended grades three to six at Cortes Island school before the family moved to Pender Harbour. Some of the names he recalls are: the Christiansen kids (Robert, Jim, and a sister), the Tibers on the west side of Cortes Island, and the Jefferys of Smelt Bay.
Custodial History
Fred Brooks Jr. gave the photographs to Cathy Brooks of Pender Harbour Living Heritage Society, who facilitated the donation by collecting the photographs, donation form and information from Brooks and sending the materials to CIMAS.
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of sixteen photographs depicting people and scenes, primarily of the Manson's Landing area. Identification was provided by Fred Brooks Jr. in an interview with Cathy Jenks.
Pender Harbour Living Heritage holds related material from the Brooks family: https://penderharbourheritage.pastperfectonline.com/bysearchterm?keyword=Brooks+family
