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Part Of
Florence McKay fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
graphic material
textual records
Accession Number
2004.001
Date Range
1878-1990
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of 49 original photographs from the Michael Manson family, mostly from the early 20th century (1898-1928). The photographs depict the Manson family, logging and farming on Hernando and Cortes Islands, Michael and Jane Manson's Golden Wedding anniversary, and Florence McKay's 90th birthday celebration. The photographs were originally in an album with handwritten captions along with newspaper articles about Michael Manson, Jane Manson and Florence McKay.
Part Of
Florence McKay fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Creator
McKay, Florence
Fonds Number
2004.001
Item Number Range
2004.001.001 - 2004.001.049
Accession Number
2004.001
Material Type
graphic material
textual records
Date Range
1878-1990
Digitized Date
2005/2006
Physical Description
49 photographs; 3 newspaper articles
History / Biographical
Florence Manson McKay was born Jan. 21, 1900 to Michael and Jane Manson. Michael Manson was the first person to pre-empt land on Cortes Island, a quarter section on Gunflint Lake (present-day Linnaea Farm). Florence married Ervin McKay in 1918. They moved to Hernando Island in 1921 and Ervin worked with extended family members logging there and on Cortes Island. Florence and Ervin had two children: Etta (b. 1918) and Hazel (b. 1920). In 1929 the McKays took over Michael Manson's original pre-emption on Gunflint Lake, where they farmed until retiring in 1950. They moved to Courtenay, turning the farm over to daughter Hazel and her husband Ken Hansen. Florence was widowed in 1978 and returned to Cortes to live with Ken and Hazel, who had sold the farm but kept 16 acres to live on. Florence passed away in 1995.
Custodial History
Florence McKay gathered the photographs and her daughter, Hazel Hansen, compiled the album and wrote the captions. The album was donated to CIMAS by Hazel's son, Albert Hansen, in 2004.
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of 49 original photographs from the Michael Manson family, mostly from the early 20th century (1898-1928). The photographs depict the Manson family, logging and farming on Hernando and Cortes Islands, Michael and Jane Manson's Golden Wedding anniversary, and Florence McKay's 90th birthday celebration. The photographs were originally in an album with handwritten captions along with newspaper articles about Michael Manson, Jane Manson and Florence McKay.
Storage Location
Photograph Box #3
Subject Access
Logging
Geographic Access
Hernando Island
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Wilfred, Nicol and Jack Manson and Ervin McKay donkey logging on Hernando Island

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Part Of
Florence McKay fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1920]
Scope and Content
Donkey logging at Haywire Point, Hernando Island. Wilfred Manson, with cousins Nicol Manson and Jack Manson and brother-in-law Ervin McKay, standing in front of a steam donkey. Photograph has a diagonal crease. Other copies of this photograph are 2007.001.123; Campbell River Museum #13642, and and on p.32 of May Ellingsen Historic Photograph Collection, Album 5, p. 32 (fonds 2004.002).
Part Of
Florence McKay fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2004.001
Item Number
2004.001.031
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1920]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 10 x 13 cm
Scope and Content
Donkey logging at Haywire Point, Hernando Island. Wilfred Manson, with cousins Nicol Manson and Jack Manson and brother-in-law Ervin McKay, standing in front of a steam donkey. Photograph has a diagonal crease. Other copies of this photograph are 2007.001.123; Campbell River Museum #13642, and and on p.32 of May Ellingsen Historic Photograph Collection, Album 5, p. 32 (fonds 2004.002).
Storage Location
Photograph box 3
Subject Access
Logging
Geographic Access
Hernando Island
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Members of the Michael Manson family standing on a log boom, Hernando Island

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Part Of
Florence McKay fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[1922 or 1923]
Scope and Content
Donkey logging at Haywire Point, Hernando Island. Standing on the logs are (L to R): Ervie McKay; Hazel McKay standing beside her mother Florence McKay; Wilfred Freeman beside his mother Robina Freeman. Buildings on the beach in the background are three individual family cabins and the cookhouse. The steam donkey is on the extreme right of the photo.
Part Of
Florence McKay fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2004.001
Item Number
2004.001.032
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[1922 or 1923]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 13 x 10 cm
Scope and Content
Donkey logging at Haywire Point, Hernando Island. Standing on the logs are (L to R): Ervie McKay; Hazel McKay standing beside her mother Florence McKay; Wilfred Freeman beside his mother Robina Freeman. Buildings on the beach in the background are three individual family cabins and the cookhouse. The steam donkey is on the extreme right of the photo.
Storage Location
Photograph box 3
Subject Access
Logging
Geographic Access
Hernando Island
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Steam donkey, Hernando Island

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Part Of
Florence McKay fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[1922 or 1923]
Scope and Content
Donkey logging at Haywire Point, Hernando Island. This picture shows the steam donkey in its shed with Wilfred Manson at the controls.
Part Of
Florence McKay fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2004.001
Item Number
2004.001.033
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[1922 or 1923]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 13 x 10 cm
Scope and Content
Donkey logging at Haywire Point, Hernando Island. This picture shows the steam donkey in its shed with Wilfred Manson at the controls.
Storage Location
Photograph box 3
Subject Access
Logging
Geographic Access
Hernando Island
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Ervin McKay readying a horse for logging

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Part Of
Florence McKay fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca.1925]
Scope and Content
Horse logging on Cortes Island. Ervin McKay cleaning the hoof of one of the draft horses.
Part Of
Florence McKay fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2004.001
Item Number
2004.001.034
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca.1925]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 9.5 x 12.5 cm
Scope and Content
Horse logging on Cortes Island. Ervin McKay cleaning the hoof of one of the draft horses.
Storage Location
Photograph box 3
Subject Access
Logging
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Ervin McKay with a horse

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Part Of
Florence McKay fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1925]
Scope and Content
Horse logging on Cortes Island. Ervin McKay with one of the draft horses, standing in front of a barn with wall made of hand-split cedar shakes.
Part Of
Florence McKay fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2004.001
Item Number
2004.001.035
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1925]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 9.5 x 12 cm
Scope and Content
Horse logging on Cortes Island. Ervin McKay with one of the draft horses, standing in front of a barn with wall made of hand-split cedar shakes.
Storage Location
Photograph box 3
Subject Access
Logging
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Ervin McKay hauling bark with horses

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Part Of
Florence McKay fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1925]
Scope and Content
Horse logging on Cortes Island. The team of draft horses is hauling a load of bark on a wooden sledge.
Part Of
Florence McKay fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2004.001
Item Number
2004.001.036
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1925]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 9.5 x 12 cm
Scope and Content
Horse logging on Cortes Island. The team of draft horses is hauling a load of bark on a wooden sledge.
Storage Location
Photograph box 3
Subject Access
Logging
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Cortes Ecoforestry Society fonds
Description Level
Series
Material Type
textual records
Accession Number
2017.011
Date Range
2003
Scope and Content
Series consists of documents pertaining to a lawsuit between Chief Raymond Noble of Klahoose First Nation (suing on behalf of all members of the KFN) and the following plaintiffs: Cortes Ecoforestry Society, Linnaea Farm Society, certain members of the Klahoose First Nation, and members of the aforementioned organizations. The lawsuit concerned an alleged blockage, which barred access to Woodlot 009, thus interfering with Klahoose logging operations.
Part Of
Cortes Ecoforestry Society fonds
Description Level
Series
Creator
Cortes Ecoforestry Society
Fonds Number
2017.011
Series Number
10
Accession Number
2017.011
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
2003
Scope and Content
Series consists of documents pertaining to a lawsuit between Chief Raymond Noble of Klahoose First Nation (suing on behalf of all members of the KFN) and the following plaintiffs: Cortes Ecoforestry Society, Linnaea Farm Society, certain members of the Klahoose First Nation, and members of the aforementioned organizations. The lawsuit concerned an alleged blockage, which barred access to Woodlot 009, thus interfering with Klahoose logging operations.
Storage Range
2-12 to 2-18
Name Access
Cortes Ecoforestry Society
Subject Access
Logging
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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Part Of
Cortes Ecoforestry Society fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Accession Number
2017.011
Date Range
1990-2000
Scope and Content
File contains materials related to Raven Forest Products Ltd's proposal for logging in Section 38 on Cortes Island, including maps, correspondence, meeting transcripts, and newsletters.
Part Of
Cortes Ecoforestry Society fonds
Description Level
File
Creator
Cortes Ecoforestry Society
Fonds Number
2017.011
Series Number
13
File Number
1
Accession Number
2017.011
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1990-2000
Scope and Content
File contains materials related to Raven Forest Products Ltd's proposal for logging in Section 38 on Cortes Island, including maps, correspondence, meeting transcripts, and newsletters.
Storage Location
2-30
Storage Range
2-30
Name Access
Cortes Ecoforestry Society
Subject Access
Logging
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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Part Of
Ballantyne family fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
graphic material (electronic)
sound recording (electronic)
Date Range
1929-[ca. 1950s?]
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of photographs of the Gorge Harbour Lodge and Lodge activities, the Corneille and Ballantyne families, and Gladys Ballantyne's house, Gypsy Hill.
Part Of
Ballantyne family fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Fonds Number
2020.006
Material Type
graphic material (electronic)
sound recording (electronic)
Date Range
1929-[ca. 1950s?]
Physical Description
24 photographs (jpeg)
1 audio interview (mp4)
History / Biographical
Bobby (Elizabeth) Corneille Ballantyne (1914-2009) was born in Vancouver and moved to Cortes Island as a young child. She was 4 years old when her father died suddenly on Marina Island in 1919; she remembers that they had to wait 3 days for a Union Steamship to get the body. Her mother Tena (Sarah Christena) Corneille (1877-1949) bought a tourist lodge at the east end of Gorge Harbour in 1929, and ran it until 1936 with the help of her two teen-age daughters. Gorge Harbour Lodge offered accommodations in the main building or in tents, tennis and badminton courts, and excellent boating, bathing and fishing. Vacationers came up from Vancouver on the Union Steamships for a round-trip ticket price of $6.65. The annual Regatta was the main social event of the season, with people arriving by boat from Cortes and the surrounding islands. It featured boat and swimming races, and a dance in the evening. Gladys Georgeson Ballantyne (1882-1964), first came to Cortes in about 1910. In about 1920 she bought a property in Whaletown (now 640 Whaletown Rd.) that she called "Gypsy Hill". She was one of the original members of the Whaletown Friendly Circle, later the Whaletown Women's Institute. Gladys, her son Bill, daughter Valerie and her fiance were all on Cortes building a summer cottage when the Depression suddenly hit. Their off-island jobs fell through, and they remained at "Gypsy Hill" for the duration. Bill Ballantyne (1908-1993) was in the Merchant Marine from 1924-1929. When he was unable to find work on ships during the Depression, he took whatever jobs he could find hand-logging and fishing. Bill and Bobby Corneille were married in 1937. They and other young Whaletown residents formed the Gorge Harbour Dramatic Society to help raise funds to build a community hall, and Bill was the work boss of the building crew for the Gorge Hall. In 1941 they moved to Victoria, and after the war settled in Courtenay with their two sons Peter and Ross. In the late 1950s they returned to Whaletown on Cortes Island where they fished for many years on the gulf troller “Viking”. During that time many young “deckhands” spent time aboard during summer vacations. On retirement, Campbell River became their home.
Custodial History
Electronic records were downloaded in 2012 from an internet address provided by Peter Ballantyne. One photograph was scanned from a photograph temporarily loaned by John and De Clarke.
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of photographs of the Gorge Harbour Lodge and Lodge activities, the Corneille and Ballantyne families, and Gladys Ballantyne's house, Gypsy Hill.
Name Access
Ballantyne, Peter
Ballantyne, Gladys
Ballantyne, Bill
Ballantyne, Bobby
Corneille, Sarah
Subject Access
Logging
Union Steamship Company
Fishing
Transportation
Water transport
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
Whaletown
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View over the lawn of the Gorge Lodge, with a towboat and boom in the background

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Part Of
Ballantyne family fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material (electronic)
Accession Number
2020.006
Date Range
[ca. 1932]
Part Of
Ballantyne family fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2020.006
Item Number
2020.006.013
Accession Number
2020.006
Material Type
graphic material (electronic)
Date Range
[ca. 1932]
Digitized Date
2012
Physical Description
1 photograph (jpeg)
Scan Resolution
2092×1389
Name Access
Ballantyne, Peter
Subject Access
Logging
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
Whaletown
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