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Part Of
Doreen Thompson fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
textual records
graphic material
cartographic material
Accession Number
2006.001
Date Range
[192-]-2005
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of material that was gathered by Thompson as she researched island history for museum exhibits and local history albums. It includes land title information about Cortes Island properties going back to the original Crown Grants, correspondence and notes about Cortes Island history, photographs, maps and ephemera. Fonds is arranged in five series: Land Titles Research; Historical Information; Maps; Photographs; and Ephemera.
Part Of
Doreen Thompson fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Creator
Thompson, Doreen
Fonds Number
2006.001
Accession Number
2006.001
Material Type
textual records
graphic material
cartographic material
Date Range
[192-]-2005
Physical Description
30 cm of textual records 40 photographs 12 maps 2 CDs
History / Biographical
Doreen (Huck) Thompson, 1944-2006: Doreen’s grandparents, William Edward Huck and Mabel Wells Huck, arrived on Cortes Island in 1915. Widowed in WWI, Mabel and her four children left Cortes for Vancouver in 1923. Her son Harry, Doreen’s father, returned to Cortes in the 1930s. He married Edith Launchbury in 1937 and had two children, Doreen (b.1944) and Ed (b.1945, d.1993). Doreen and Ed were raised in Whaletown and attended school there and at Manson’s Landing. Doreen graduated from Vic High in Victoria before marrying Bob Thompson in 1962. From 1961 to 1963, Doreen lived in Teakerne Arm in a floathouse Bob had built on the shore of the Whaletown Lagoon and then moved to the shores of Heriot Bay on Quadra Island. Her children were born in 1964 (Janny) and 1965 (Debby). In 1970 the family and the house moved to Cortes Island where both daughters attended school to Grade 10. Doreen spent a few years living in Alberta and Victoria in the early 1980s and then returned to Cortes Island. Doreen developed a deep knowledge of the history of the island and she devoted considerable time to preserving, gathering and sharing her own and others knowledge of the island through her volunteer work at the Cortes Island Museum and Archives. Doreen was one of the founders of the Cortes Island Museum. She curated four exhibits at the Museum, including “Windows on Whaletown” in 1999, “Von Donop Inlet”, the commercial fishing portion of “Celebrating Wild Salmon”, and “Memories of Manson’s Landing”. She researched and created albums which combine photographs, reminiscences and clippings to document the history of various island areas, such as Green Valley and Whaletown. The Doreen Thompson Exhibit Gallery at the Museum commemorates her contributions. Doreen was making a fourth cross-Canada road trip from Cortes to Newfoundland when she was killed in a car accident near Fort McLeod, Alberta on August 1, 2006.
Custodial History
Material was stored at the museum or collected from Doreen Thomas' house.
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of material that was gathered by Thompson as she researched island history for museum exhibits and local history albums. It includes land title information about Cortes Island properties going back to the original Crown Grants, correspondence and notes about Cortes Island history, photographs, maps and ephemera. Fonds is arranged in five series: Land Titles Research; Historical Information; Maps; Photographs; and Ephemera.
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
Manson's Landing
Whaletown
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Research for lots in the Carrington Bay area and in Sections 26, 31, 37 and 41, Cortes Island, Sayward District

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Part Of
Doreen Thompson fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1999
Scope and Content
File contains a key map which was pasted on the front of the envelope indicating the areas researched for Files 12-16; notes on the titles; photocopies of Crown Grants and subsequent title information for: BC Buildings Corp: 1982, Crown Grant for Block A of SW 1/4 of Sec. 25 (Highways Maintenance Yard) District Lot 871 (40 acres between Carrington and Coulter Bays): to James Frederick McManus, 1919 To Ernest Henry Vaughn: 1922, Crown Grant for NE 1/4 and NW 1/4 of NE 1/4 of Sec. 24; SE 1/4 of SW 1/4 and SW 1/4 of SE 1/4 of Sec 31 Herbert Proctor: 1928 for fractional SW 1/4 of Sec. 41, bordering Tork Reserve; 159 acres for $159.00 (orig. Crown Grant to Herbert Proctor in 1922) To William Cowan: 1937, E 1/2 of SE 1/4 of Sec. 26, 89 acres (Files 12 through 16 are from the same envelope.)
Part Of
Doreen Thompson fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2006.001
Series Number
1
File Number
12
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1999
Scope and Content
File contains a key map which was pasted on the front of the envelope indicating the areas researched for Files 12-16; notes on the titles; photocopies of Crown Grants and subsequent title information for: BC Buildings Corp: 1982, Crown Grant for Block A of SW 1/4 of Sec. 25 (Highways Maintenance Yard) District Lot 871 (40 acres between Carrington and Coulter Bays): to James Frederick McManus, 1919 To Ernest Henry Vaughn: 1922, Crown Grant for NE 1/4 and NW 1/4 of NE 1/4 of Sec. 24; SE 1/4 of SW 1/4 and SW 1/4 of SE 1/4 of Sec 31 Herbert Proctor: 1928 for fractional SW 1/4 of Sec. 41, bordering Tork Reserve; 159 acres for $159.00 (orig. Crown Grant to Herbert Proctor in 1922) To William Cowan: 1937, E 1/2 of SE 1/4 of Sec. 26, 89 acres (Files 12 through 16 are from the same envelope.)
Storage Range
1-11
Geographic Access
Carrington Bay
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Research for grants near Carrington Bay and Coulter Bay, Cortes Island, Sayward District

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Part Of
Doreen Thompson fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1999
Scope and Content
File contains photocopies of original Crown Grants, subsequent title changes and maps for: To Joseph Gregson: 1926, Crown Grant for fractional W 1/2 of Lot 899 and Lot 901 (between Coulter and Carrington Bays), with a water easement for Wailes To John Nugent McIllree: 1957, Crown Grant of mineral rights to lots at Coulter Bay surveyed as the "Arrow" and "Bullseye" mineral claims To Hilda Peterson: 1919, Crown Grant for Lot 878, Carrington Bay, 55 acres (Files 12 through 16 are from the same envelope.)
Part Of
Doreen Thompson fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2006.001
Series Number
1
File Number
13
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1999
Scope and Content
File contains photocopies of original Crown Grants, subsequent title changes and maps for: To Joseph Gregson: 1926, Crown Grant for fractional W 1/2 of Lot 899 and Lot 901 (between Coulter and Carrington Bays), with a water easement for Wailes To John Nugent McIllree: 1957, Crown Grant of mineral rights to lots at Coulter Bay surveyed as the "Arrow" and "Bullseye" mineral claims To Hilda Peterson: 1919, Crown Grant for Lot 878, Carrington Bay, 55 acres (Files 12 through 16 are from the same envelope.)
Storage Range
1-12
Geographic Access
Carrington Bay
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Research for Sections 38 and 39, Cortes Island, Sayward District, near Carrington Bay

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Part Of
Doreen Thompson fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1999
Scope and Content
File contains a page of notes, and photocopies of a tax sale notice (1938) and list of properties forfeited for non-payment of taxes, Crown Grants and other title information for the following: William Walter James: 1926, Crown Grant for NW 1/4 of Sec. 38; 156 acres for $1.00; forfeited to Crown in 1939 Tom Albinson: 1919, Crown Grant for Lot 867; forfeited in 1927 Sadie McMurray: 1917, NE 1/4 of Sec. 39; 160 acres for $160 Peter Police: 1925, fractional NW 1/4 of Sec. 39; 103 acres for $1.00 (Files 12 through 16 are from the same envelope.)
Part Of
Doreen Thompson fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2006.001
Series Number
1
File Number
14
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1999
Scope and Content
File contains a page of notes, and photocopies of a tax sale notice (1938) and list of properties forfeited for non-payment of taxes, Crown Grants and other title information for the following: William Walter James: 1926, Crown Grant for NW 1/4 of Sec. 38; 156 acres for $1.00; forfeited to Crown in 1939 Tom Albinson: 1919, Crown Grant for Lot 867; forfeited in 1927 Sadie McMurray: 1917, NE 1/4 of Sec. 39; 160 acres for $160 Peter Police: 1925, fractional NW 1/4 of Sec. 39; 103 acres for $1.00 (Files 12 through 16 are from the same envelope.)
Storage Range
1-13
Geographic Access
Carrington Bay
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Research for Sections 22, 23, 32, 33 and 46

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Part Of
Doreen Thompson fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
cartographic material
Date Range
1999
Scope and Content
File contains information for the following properties: E. H. Vaughn: 1893, Crown Grant for fractional N 1/2 of Sec. 22; 90 acres for $90.00. James P. Allen: 1913, Crown Grant for NW 34 acres of Sec. 23; $170.00 Bernard Robinson Allen: 1919, Crown Grant for SW 1/4 of Sec. 23, 159 acres Charles Allen: 1912, Crown Grant for SW 1/4 of Sec. 33; 160 acres for $160.00 Harold Marshall Wood: Crown Grant for E 1/2 of NE 1/4 of Sec. 46 (east of Carrington Bay); 81 acres for $1.00. File contains the following maps, stored in the Map Cabinet: Subdivision Plan of parcel C & E, NW 1/4 of Sec. 21, 1976 Subdivision of the fractional NE 1/4 of Sec 21, 1966; with names of property owners penciled in Subdivision Plan of Parcel C and part of Parcel E of fractional NE 1/4 of Sec. 21, 1975 Subdivision Plan of fractional NE 1/4 of Sec. 21 and W 1/2 of SW 1/4 of Sec. 34 (Files 17 through 19 are from the same envelope.)
Part Of
Doreen Thompson fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2006.001
Series Number
1
File Number
19
Material Type
textual records
cartographic material
Date Range
1999
Scope and Content
File contains information for the following properties: E. H. Vaughn: 1893, Crown Grant for fractional N 1/2 of Sec. 22; 90 acres for $90.00. James P. Allen: 1913, Crown Grant for NW 34 acres of Sec. 23; $170.00 Bernard Robinson Allen: 1919, Crown Grant for SW 1/4 of Sec. 23, 159 acres Charles Allen: 1912, Crown Grant for SW 1/4 of Sec. 33; 160 acres for $160.00 Harold Marshall Wood: Crown Grant for E 1/2 of NE 1/4 of Sec. 46 (east of Carrington Bay); 81 acres for $1.00. File contains the following maps, stored in the Map Cabinet: Subdivision Plan of parcel C & E, NW 1/4 of Sec. 21, 1976 Subdivision of the fractional NE 1/4 of Sec 21, 1966; with names of property owners penciled in Subdivision Plan of Parcel C and part of Parcel E of fractional NE 1/4 of Sec. 21, 1975 Subdivision Plan of fractional NE 1/4 of Sec. 21 and W 1/2 of SW 1/4 of Sec. 34 (Files 17 through 19 are from the same envelope.)
Storage Range
1-18
Geographic Access
Carrington Bay
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Church of St. John the Baptist, Whaletown

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Part Of
Doreen Thompson fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Accession Number
2006.001
Date Range
1954
Scope and Content
Photograph postcard of the Whaletown Church. Originally from the collection of Gilean Douglas. Note - There is a digital enlargement of this postcard in the oversize box. This same postcard is found in other fonds (Items 2003.002.024 and 2019.023.013).
Part Of
Doreen Thompson fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2006.001
Series Number
4
Item Number
2006.001.001
Accession Number
2006.001
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1954
Physical Description
1 photograph postcard : b&w ; 13.5 x 8.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph postcard of the Whaletown Church. Originally from the collection of Gilean Douglas. Note - There is a digital enlargement of this postcard in the oversize box. This same postcard is found in other fonds (Items 2003.002.024 and 2019.023.013).
Storage Location
Photograph Box 3
Geographic Access
Whaletown
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Friends of Gilean Douglas standing next to the fuel shed at Carlberg General Merchants, Whaletown

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Part Of
Doreen Thompson fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Accession Number
2006.001
Date Range
1957
Scope and Content
Note the oil barrels on the walkway to the wharf. Originally from the collection of Gilean Douglas.
Part Of
Doreen Thompson fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2006.001
Series Number
4
Item Number
2006.001.002
Accession Number
2006.001
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1957
Physical Description
1 photograph print : b&w ; 12.5 x 9 cm
Scope and Content
Note the oil barrels on the walkway to the wharf. Originally from the collection of Gilean Douglas.
Storage Location
Photograph Box 3
Geographic Access
Whaletown
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John Nagle and woman standing beside Whaletown store

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Part Of
Doreen Thompson fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Accession Number
2006.001
Date Range
[195-?]
Scope and Content
Likely, originally from the collection of the Weiler family.
Part Of
Doreen Thompson fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2006.001
Series Number
4
Item Number
2006.001.003
Accession Number
2006.001
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[195-?]
Physical Description
1 photograph print : b&w ; 9.5 x 15
Scope and Content
Likely, originally from the collection of the Weiler family.
Storage Location
Photograph Box 3
Geographic Access
Whaletown
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John Nagle at Cortes Bay

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Part Of
Doreen Thompson fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Accession Number
2006.001
Date Range
1953
Scope and Content
Nagle is holding a 42 pound salmon that he did not catch. Likely, originally from the collection of the Weiler family.
Part Of
Doreen Thompson fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2006.001
Series Number
4
Item Number
2006.001.004
Accession Number
2006.001
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1953
Physical Description
1 photograph print : b&w ; 9 x 14 cm
Scope and Content
Nagle is holding a 42 pound salmon that he did not catch. Likely, originally from the collection of the Weiler family.
Storage Location
Photograph Box 3
Geographic Access
Whaletown
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Halloween at the Gorge Hall

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Part Of
Doreen Thompson fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Accession Number
2006.001
Date Range
[late 1960s?]
Scope and Content
(L to R): Brigid Weiler, Sheril Mathews, Diane (likely, Diane Palmer), and Johnnie Weiler. Likely, orginally from the Weiler family collection.
Part Of
Doreen Thompson fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2006.001
Series Number
4
Item Number
2006.001.005
Accession Number
2006.001
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[late 1960s?]
Physical Description
1 photograph print : b&w ; 9 x 9 cm
Scope and Content
(L to R): Brigid Weiler, Sheril Mathews, Diane (likely, Diane Palmer), and Johnnie Weiler. Likely, orginally from the Weiler family collection.
Storage Location
Photograph Box 3
Geographic Access
Whaletown
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Whaletown post office, in its original location

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Part Of
Doreen Thompson fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Accession Number
2006.001
Date Range
[196-]
Scope and Content
The post office was built in this location (on the property of 315 Whaletown Rd) in 1947. In 1981 it was moved across the road next to the parking area of the Whaletown store. Likely originally from the collection of the Weiler family.
Part Of
Doreen Thompson fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2006.001
Series Number
4
Item Number
2006.001.006
Accession Number
2006.001
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[196-]
Physical Description
1 photograph print : colour ; 9 x 9 cm
Scope and Content
The post office was built in this location (on the property of 315 Whaletown Rd) in 1947. In 1981 it was moved across the road next to the parking area of the Whaletown store. Likely originally from the collection of the Weiler family.
Storage Location
Photograph Box 3
Geographic Access
Whaletown
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Whaletown Brownie troupe at Channel Rock

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Part Of
Doreen Thompson fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Accession Number
2006.001
Date Range
[1958?]
Scope and Content
Doris Maclean, Heather Maclean, Janice Maclean, Sheril Mathews, Brig Weiler, Jeannie Mathews. From the collection of Gilean Douglas.
Part Of
Doreen Thompson fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2006.001
Series Number
4
Item Number
2006.001.007
Accession Number
2006.001
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[1958?]
Physical Description
1 photograph print : colour ; 9 x 12.5 cm
Scope and Content
Doris Maclean, Heather Maclean, Janice Maclean, Sheril Mathews, Brig Weiler, Jeannie Mathews. From the collection of Gilean Douglas.
Storage Location
Photograph Box 3
Geographic Access
Whaletown
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Gary & Velma Bergman standing in front of her garden in Whaletown

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Part Of
Doreen Thompson fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Accession Number
2006.001
Date Range
[198-]
Scope and Content
Likely from the Weiler family collection.
Part Of
Doreen Thompson fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2006.001
Series Number
4
Item Number
2006.001.008
Accession Number
2006.001
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[198-]
Physical Description
1 photograph print : colour ; 9 x 12.5 cm
Scope and Content
Likely from the Weiler family collection.
Storage Location
Photograph Box 3
Geographic Access
Whaletown
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Ottie & Mary Weiler at a baptism, Whaletown Church

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Part Of
Doreen Thompson fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Accession Number
2006.001
Date Range
1959
Scope and Content
Probably from the Weiler family collection.
Part Of
Doreen Thompson fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2006.001
Series Number
4
Item Number
2006.001.009
Accession Number
2006.001
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1959
Physical Description
1 photograph print : colour ; 10 x 15 cm
Scope and Content
Probably from the Weiler family collection.
Storage Location
Photograph Box 3
Geographic Access
Whaletown
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Girl Guides and friends posing with cookies, Whaletown vicarage

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Part Of
Doreen Thompson fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Accession Number
2006.001
Date Range
[c. 1956]
Scope and Content
Heather Alderson, Elaine McKenzie (holding Stephen Titus?), Doreen Huck, Dennis Newsham, Eddie Huck, Ann Robertson, Lynn Robertson.
Part Of
Doreen Thompson fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2006.001
Series Number
4
Item Number
2006.001.010
Accession Number
2006.001
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[c. 1956]
Physical Description
1 photograph print : colour ; 10 x 15 cm
Scope and Content
Heather Alderson, Elaine McKenzie (holding Stephen Titus?), Doreen Huck, Dennis Newsham, Eddie Huck, Ann Robertson, Lynn Robertson.
Storage Location
Photograph Box 3
Geographic Access
Whaletown
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Part Of
Doreen Thompson fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Accession Number
2006.001
Date Range
[ca. 1956]
Scope and Content
Heather Alderson, Doreen Huck, Elaine MacKenzie
Part Of
Doreen Thompson fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2006.001
Series Number
4
Item Number
2006.001.011
Accession Number
2006.001
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1956]
Physical Description
1 photograph print : colour ; 15 x 10 cm
Scope and Content
Heather Alderson, Doreen Huck, Elaine MacKenzie
Storage Location
Photograph Box 3
Geographic Access
Whaletown
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Columbia Coast Mission sponsored picnic at Gundry's Beach, Plunger Pass

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Part Of
Doreen Thompson fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Accession Number
2006.001
Date Range
1955
Scope and Content
Lynn Robertson, Joy McLeod, Dennis Newsham, Doreen Huck, Elaine MacKenzie, Ann Robertson, Karen Mann, Tom Anthony
Part Of
Doreen Thompson fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2006.001
Series Number
4
Item Number
2006.001.012
Accession Number
2006.001
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1955
Physical Description
1 photograph print : colour ; 15 x 10 cm
Scope and Content
Lynn Robertson, Joy McLeod, Dennis Newsham, Doreen Huck, Elaine MacKenzie, Ann Robertson, Karen Mann, Tom Anthony
Storage Location
Photograph Box 3
Subject Access
Columbia Coast Mission
Geographic Access
Whaletown
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Kids on "Rendezvous" at picnic to celebrate the end of school, Whaletown wharf

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Part Of
Doreen Thompson fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Accession Number
2006.001
Date Range
1958
Scope and Content
Photograph of Whaletown school students aboard the Columbia Coast Mission boat with the Rev. J. Titus, skipper.
Part Of
Doreen Thompson fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2006.001
Series Number
4
Item Number
2006.001.013
Accession Number
2006.001
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1958
Physical Description
1 photograph print : colour ; 8.5 x 8.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Whaletown school students aboard the Columbia Coast Mission boat with the Rev. J. Titus, skipper.
Storage Location
Photograph Box 3
Subject Access
Columbia Coast Mission
Geographic Access
Whaletown
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Part Of
Doreen Thompson fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Accession Number
2006.001
Date Range
[19--]
Part Of
Doreen Thompson fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2006.001
Series Number
4
Item Number
2006.001.017
Accession Number
2006.001
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[19--]
Physical Description
1 photographic negative : b&w ; 11 x 7 cm
Custodial History
From Fred Reedel
Storage Location
Photograph Box 3
Geographic Access
Whaletown
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Barrett homestead, Green Valley

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Part Of
Doreen Thompson fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Accession Number
2006.001
Date Range
[192-]
Scope and Content
Photograph of the Barrett homestead at Blue Jay Lake (formerly known as Barrett Lake).
Part Of
Doreen Thompson fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2006.001
Series Number
4
Item Number
2006.001.018
Accession Number
2006.001
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[192-]
Physical Description
1 photograph print : b&w ; 12.5 x 8.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of the Barrett homestead at Blue Jay Lake (formerly known as Barrett Lake).
Storage Location
Photograph Box 3
Geographic Access
Whaletown
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