A description of the event may be found in “Whistle Up the Inlet,” by G.A. Rushton (J.J. Douglas Ltd., Vancouver BC,1974; p 50):
"Good teamwork in the handling of the ships by the Union Company’s marine department was evidenced when, on September 19, 1907, at 4:30 a.m., the Comox, running in a heavy fog, went aground on Cortez Island reef. All passengers were landed safely in small boats, then picked up by the Cassiar and taken to Heriot Bay for transfer to their destination aboard the Coquitlam. The Comox was pulled from her rocky perch at high water the following day and beached at Mansons, where a three-foot hole between the boiler and starboard bunker were patched. The vessel was towed back to Vancouver on September 22 by the tug Tartar.”
A description of the event may be found in “Whistle Up the Inlet,” by G.A. Rushton (J.J. Douglas Ltd., Vancouver BC,1974; p 50):
"Good teamwork in the handling of the ships by the Union Company’s marine department was evidenced when, on September 19, 1907, at 4:30 a.m., the Comox, running in a heavy fog, went aground on Cortez Island reef. All passengers were landed safely in small boats, then picked up by the Cassiar and taken to Heriot Bay for transfer to their destination aboard the Coquitlam. The Comox was pulled from her rocky perch at high water the following day and beached at Mansons, where a three-foot hole between the boiler and starboard bunker were patched. The vessel was towed back to Vancouver on September 22 by the tug Tartar.”
Photograph is a print taken from the same negative as photograph 2004.001.043 (Florence McKay fonds). The legend of "Seal Boy" is handwritten in Salish (? check language) on the back, with a typed English translation taped on.
Photograph is a print taken from the same negative as photograph 2004.001.043 (Florence McKay fonds). The legend of "Seal Boy" is handwritten in Salish (? check language) on the back, with a typed English translation taped on.
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 Gilean Douglas in a flowered skirt, standing on the steps built into the rocks in front of her house which lead down to the water. The weather station is just above.
Photograph of Gilean Douglas in a flowered skirt, standing on the steps built into the rocks in front of her house which lead down to the water. The weather station is just above.
Photograph of a group of women, possibly a Women's Institute group, in front of the house at Channel Rock.
Front, L to R: Louisa Tooker, Meg Shaw, Mrs. Ella (John) McLean
Back, L to R: (Needs ID), Nesta (Ackerman) Slater, Edith Huck, (Needs ID)
Photograph of a group of women, possibly a Women's Institute group, in front of the house at Channel Rock.
Front, L to R: Louisa Tooker, Meg Shaw, Mrs. Ella (John) McLean
Back, L to R: (Needs ID), Nesta (Ackerman) Slater, Edith Huck, (Needs ID)
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