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CIMAS information files
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File
Date Range
1916-2017
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Info on Manson's Landing Cemetery, Old Whaletown Cemetery, and New Whaletown Cemetery such as history of cemeteries, grave plots, names of those buried, etc; letters regarding cemetery approvals on Cortes, 1916-1926; Letter from the Cemeteries Division, Ministry of Consumer and Corporate Affairs, 1986; listings of the Cortes Island Cemeteries from the Campbell River Genealogy Club, 1993; Manson's Landing cemetery plan, 1995; Whaletown Cemetery plot list, 2008; Chapter 12, 32, and 34 of the Cemetery Companies Act; articles re cemeteries, 1990-2017; email about possible grave site on Green Mountain, 2013. Keywords: Beesley/Beasley, Southern Cortes Community Association, Seaford Development Ltd, Whaletown Community Club, Genealogy Club of Campbell River, Ellingsen; updated plot plan and lists of burials, 2023
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CIMAS information files
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File
Series Number
1
File Number
36
Date Range
1916-2017
Scope and Content
Info on Manson's Landing Cemetery, Old Whaletown Cemetery, and New Whaletown Cemetery such as history of cemeteries, grave plots, names of those buried, etc; letters regarding cemetery approvals on Cortes, 1916-1926; Letter from the Cemeteries Division, Ministry of Consumer and Corporate Affairs, 1986; listings of the Cortes Island Cemeteries from the Campbell River Genealogy Club, 1993; Manson's Landing cemetery plan, 1995; Whaletown Cemetery plot list, 2008; Chapter 12, 32, and 34 of the Cemetery Companies Act; articles re cemeteries, 1990-2017; email about possible grave site on Green Mountain, 2013. Keywords: Beesley/Beasley, Southern Cortes Community Association, Seaford Development Ltd, Whaletown Community Club, Genealogy Club of Campbell River, Ellingsen; updated plot plan and lists of burials, 2023
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Drawer 1
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Whaletown Cemetery Area A.pdf

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Whaletown cemetery Area B.pdf

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Whaletown cemetery plot plan 2023 .jpg

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File
Date Range
1966-2018
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Clippings and emails with info on park, 1973-2018. Mansons Landing Provincial Park Master Plan, Province of British Columbia, 1987. Info packet "Fauna and Flora Associated with Manson's Lagoon, a portion of Manson's Landing Park," Fred and Ruth Zwickel, 2003. Info on Robert James Taylor, title holder of Manson's Landing in 1966-1967, received in 2010.
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CIMAS information files
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File
Series Number
2
File Number
65
Date Range
1966-2018
Scope and Content
Clippings and emails with info on park, 1973-2018. Mansons Landing Provincial Park Master Plan, Province of British Columbia, 1987. Info packet "Fauna and Flora Associated with Manson's Lagoon, a portion of Manson's Landing Park," Fred and Ruth Zwickel, 2003. Info on Robert James Taylor, title holder of Manson's Landing in 1966-1967, received in 2010.
Storage Range
Drawer 2
Documents

Mansons Lagoon – Fauna and Flora.pdf

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1930s-2014
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Emails with info on Mars Water Bomber and Dan McIvor & family (1930s-1970s) provided by his daughter Mary-Anne Forman, 2014. Clippings with info on Pacific Western Airlines, undated (1950s?) and Martin Mars Bomber, 2008. DVD copy of the television show "Chat Corner" with host Terry Martyniuk, copyright Richmond TV-4, 1990. Topics covered include McIvor's start in aviation, experiences in the Arctic, piloting Sir Edmund Hillary to Mt. Waddington, and his introduction of the use of water bombers to fight forest fires in BC. The signed Cessna propeller which Jack Summers hung in the Mansons Landing coffee shop (now at the museum, 2023) is also mentioned. (DVD is stored in the CD/DVD album in the Archives.)
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CIMAS information files
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File
Series Number
3
File Number
59
Date Range
1930s-2014
Scope and Content
Emails with info on Mars Water Bomber and Dan McIvor & family (1930s-1970s) provided by his daughter Mary-Anne Forman, 2014. Clippings with info on Pacific Western Airlines, undated (1950s?) and Martin Mars Bomber, 2008. DVD copy of the television show "Chat Corner" with host Terry Martyniuk, copyright Richmond TV-4, 1990. Topics covered include McIvor's start in aviation, experiences in the Arctic, piloting Sir Edmund Hillary to Mt. Waddington, and his introduction of the use of water bombers to fight forest fires in BC. The signed Cessna propeller which Jack Summers hung in the Mansons Landing coffee shop (now at the museum, 2023) is also mentioned. (DVD is stored in the CD/DVD album in the Archives.)
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Drawer 3
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D McIvor interview transcript.pdf

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File
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Two folders containing obituaries of Cortes residents. Filing note: if a file exists for the person, put their obituary post there rather than the general file
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File
Series Number
3
File Number
8
Scope and Content
Two folders containing obituaries of Cortes residents. Filing note: if a file exists for the person, put their obituary post there rather than the general file
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Drawer 3
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Obituary list to 2022.pdf

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May Ellingsen Historic Photograph Collection: Album One

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May Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
graphic material
textual records
Date Range
1908-1986
Scope and Content
Whaletown homes 1908-1950
Manson's Landing homes 1910 - 1986
Part Of
May Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Creator
Ellingsen, May
Fonds Number
2004.002
Series Number
1
File Number
1
Material Type
graphic material
textual records
Date Range
1908-1986
Physical Description
1 binder : 64 pages
Scope and Content
Whaletown homes 1908-1950
Manson's Landing homes 1910 - 1986
Name Access
Ellingsen, May
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
Documents

Album 1-May Ellingsen Historic Photograph Collection.pdf

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Mrs. Mabel (Lowe) Christensen with a set of her handmade dolls

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May Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1970]
Scope and Content
Mrs. Mabel (Lowe) Christensen posed with one set of the great many totally handmade dolls that she made over the years. The angel at the top of the community Christmas tree each year was, for many years, Mabel's handmade angel.
Part Of
May Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2004.002
Series Number
1
File Number
10
Item Number
2004.003.001
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1970]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 10x12 cm.
Scope and Content
Mrs. Mabel (Lowe) Christensen posed with one set of the great many totally handmade dolls that she made over the years. The angel at the top of the community Christmas tree each year was, for many years, Mabel's handmade angel.
Storage Location
Photograph box 3
Location - Copy
Vol. 2, p. 19a
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A set of Mabel Christensen's handmade Scottish dolls

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Part Of
May Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1970]
Scope and Content
A set of Mabel Christensen's handmade Scottish dolls.
Part Of
May Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2004.002
Series Number
1
File Number
10
Item Number
2004.003.002
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1970]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: colour; 8.5 x 12 cm.
Scope and Content
A set of Mabel Christensen's handmade Scottish dolls.
Storage Location
Photograph box 3
Location - Copy
Vol. 2, p. 19b
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A set of Mabel Christensen's handmade old-fashioned dolls

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May Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1970]
Scope and Content
A set of Mabel Christensen's old-fashioned dolls. Mabel made many sets, each in a different costume, for her granddaughters.
Part Of
May Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2004.002
Series Number
1
File Number
10
Item Number
2004.003.003
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1970]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: colour; 8.5 x 12 cm
Scope and Content
A set of Mabel Christensen's old-fashioned dolls. Mabel made many sets, each in a different costume, for her granddaughters.
Storage Location
Photograph box 3
Location - Copy
Vol. 2, p. 19c
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Ruins of the Horace Ward house

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Part Of
May Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1985
Scope and Content
This photograph and the next two photographs in the album show what, in 1985, was left of the house built by Horace Ward when he took up his 1911 pre-emption of 120 acres of the N.1/2 of S.E.1/4 of Section 31. It was cancelled in 1922.
Part Of
May Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2004.002
Series Number
1
File Number
10
Item Number
2004.003.004
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1985
Physical Description
1 photograph print: colour; 8.5 x 13 cm
Scope and Content
This photograph and the next two photographs in the album show what, in 1985, was left of the house built by Horace Ward when he took up his 1911 pre-emption of 120 acres of the N.1/2 of S.E.1/4 of Section 31. It was cancelled in 1922.
Storage Location
Photograph box 3
Location - Copy
Vol. 3, p. 30a
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Ruins of the Horace Ward house (2)

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Part Of
May Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1985
Scope and Content
Ruins of the Horace Ward house.
Part Of
May Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2004.002
Series Number
1
File Number
10
Item Number
2004.003.005
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1985
Physical Description
1 photograph print: colour; 8.5 x 13 cm
Scope and Content
Ruins of the Horace Ward house.
Storage Location
Photograph box 3
Location - Copy
Vol. 3, p. 30b
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Newspaper from 1915 pasted on the wall of the Horace Ward house

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May Ellingsen fonds
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Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1985
Scope and Content
A close-up of a newspaper page dated March 15, 1915, which had been pasted on the wall of the Horace Ward house.
Part Of
May Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2004.002
Series Number
1
File Number
10
Item Number
2004.003.006
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1985
Physical Description
1 photograph print: colour; 8.5 x 13 cm
Scope and Content
A close-up of a newspaper page dated March 15, 1915, which had been pasted on the wall of the Horace Ward house.
Storage Location
Photograph box 3
Location - Copy
Vol. 3, p. 30c
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Group photo of a picnic at Manson's Landing

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Part Of
May Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1911
Scope and Content
A group photo taken at a picnic at Manson's Landing in 1911. Photograph 2004.003.008 is a numbered key to the people in the photograph.
Part Of
May Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2004.002
Series Number
1
File Number
10
Item Number
2004.003.007
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1911
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 9.5 x 17 cm
Scope and Content
A group photo taken at a picnic at Manson's Landing in 1911. Photograph 2004.003.008 is a numbered key to the people in the photograph.
Storage Location
Photograph box 3
Geographic Access
Manson's Landing
Location - Copy
Vol. 3 p. 34a
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Identity key to group photograph 2004.003.007

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May Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1911
Scope and Content
Identity key to group photograph taken at Manson's Landing in 1911. 1. Eugene Paulson 2. Mrs. E. Paulson 3. Rose Manson 4. Lennard Hawkins 5. William (Bill) Hawkins 6.Hazel Manson 7. Mrs. Margaret (John) Manson 8. John Manson 9. George Freeman 10. Robina Manson 11. Florence Manson 12. Herbert Hawkins 13. Beatrice Hawkins 14. unknown 15. Mrs. George Quimby 16. George Quimby 17. George Quimby Jr. 18. Veronica Tiber 19. August Tiber 20. Mrs. August Tiber 21. Frederick Froud 22. Alice Marquette 23. Miss Kathleen Richards (teacher) 24. Frank Petznick 25. Anna Manson 26. Mabel Hawkins 27. Flossie Manson 28. Mrs. Fred Hawkins 29. Mrs. Gertie (Tom) Lambert 30. Tom Lambert 31. Bob Smith 32. Andy Hemorach 33. Nicol Manson
Part Of
May Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2004.002
Series Number
1
File Number
10
Item Number
2004.003.008
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1911
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 9.5 x 17 cm
Scope and Content
Identity key to group photograph taken at Manson's Landing in 1911. 1. Eugene Paulson 2. Mrs. E. Paulson 3. Rose Manson 4. Lennard Hawkins 5. William (Bill) Hawkins 6.Hazel Manson 7. Mrs. Margaret (John) Manson 8. John Manson 9. George Freeman 10. Robina Manson 11. Florence Manson 12. Herbert Hawkins 13. Beatrice Hawkins 14. unknown 15. Mrs. George Quimby 16. George Quimby 17. George Quimby Jr. 18. Veronica Tiber 19. August Tiber 20. Mrs. August Tiber 21. Frederick Froud 22. Alice Marquette 23. Miss Kathleen Richards (teacher) 24. Frank Petznick 25. Anna Manson 26. Mabel Hawkins 27. Flossie Manson 28. Mrs. Fred Hawkins 29. Mrs. Gertie (Tom) Lambert 30. Tom Lambert 31. Bob Smith 32. Andy Hemorach 33. Nicol Manson
Storage Location
Photograph box 3
Geographic Access
Manson's Landing
Location - Copy
Vol. 3 p. 34b
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Girl Guide leaders Joan Heaver and Olga Hynek

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Part Of
May Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1950]
Scope and Content
"Girl Guide leaders Joan Heaver (Grey Owl) on left, and Olga Hynek, second in command. They had the group on an Outdoors/Campfire badge outing in the Gorge Harbour area. The girls got their badges and had a great time." (May Ellingsen)
Part Of
May Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2004.002
Series Number
1
File Number
10
Item Number
2004.003.009
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1950]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 15 x 9 cm
Custodial History
Donated to May Ellingsen by Gail Herrewig
Scope and Content
"Girl Guide leaders Joan Heaver (Grey Owl) on left, and Olga Hynek, second in command. They had the group on an Outdoors/Campfire badge outing in the Gorge Harbour area. The girls got their badges and had a great time." (May Ellingsen)
Storage Location
Photograph box 3
Location - Copy
Vol. 3, p. 60
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Sheila Musclow and Gail Herrewig in Girl Guide uniforms

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Part Of
May Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1950]
Scope and Content
Sheila Musclow and Gail Herrewig when they were Girl Guides under the direction of Doris Lancaster. The picture was taken at the Manson's Landing School grounds.
Part Of
May Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2004.002
Series Number
1
File Number
10
Item Number
2004.003.010
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1950]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 15 x 10 cm
Custodial History
Donated to May Ellingsen by Violet Herrewig
Scope and Content
Sheila Musclow and Gail Herrewig when they were Girl Guides under the direction of Doris Lancaster. The picture was taken at the Manson's Landing School grounds.
Storage Location
Photograph box 3
Geographic Access
Manson's Landing
Location - Copy
Vol. 3, p. 61
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Teacher and pupils dressed as Indians for a school play, Manson's Landing School

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Part Of
May Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1925]
Scope and Content
Teacher and pupils dressed as Indians for a school play at Manson's Landing School. In the back is Miss Barbara McBeth Middle, L to R: Muriel Hurren, Jack Froud, Russel Lambert Front, L to R: Doris Hurren, Patsy McLennan
Part Of
May Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2004.002
Series Number
1
File Number
10
Item Number
2004.003.011
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1925]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 16.5 x 10.5 cm
Scope and Content
Teacher and pupils dressed as Indians for a school play at Manson's Landing School. In the back is Miss Barbara McBeth Middle, L to R: Muriel Hurren, Jack Froud, Russel Lambert Front, L to R: Doris Hurren, Patsy McLennan
Storage Location
Photograph box 3
Geographic Access
Manson's Landing
Location - Copy
Vol. 4, p. 34a
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Teacher and pupils dressed as Indians for a school play, Manson's Landing School

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Part Of
May Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1925]
Scope and Content
Teacher and pupils dressed as Indians for a school play, Manson's Landing School. Back, L to R: Lyle Pickles, Mike Herrewig, Marjorie Pickles, Miss Barbara McBeth, Stuart Lambert and Harold Pickles Middle, L to R: Ralph Morris, Bernadette Petznick, Arthur Pickles. Front, L to R: Russel Lambert, Muriel Hurren, Jack Froud, Patsy McLennan
Part Of
May Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2004.002
Series Number
1
File Number
10
Item Number
2004.003.012
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1925]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 10.5 x 16.5 cm
Scope and Content
Teacher and pupils dressed as Indians for a school play, Manson's Landing School. Back, L to R: Lyle Pickles, Mike Herrewig, Marjorie Pickles, Miss Barbara McBeth, Stuart Lambert and Harold Pickles Middle, L to R: Ralph Morris, Bernadette Petznick, Arthur Pickles. Front, L to R: Russel Lambert, Muriel Hurren, Jack Froud, Patsy McLennan
Storage Location
Photograph box 3
Geographic Access
Manson's Landing
Location - Copy
Vol. 4, p. 34b
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Manson's Landing one-room school

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Part Of
May Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1943
Scope and Content
The one-room school at Manson's Landing. The main part had been a log school built in 1909. In this picture, it has board siding and the road side windows have been changed. The dogwood tree planted by Miss Lettice is growing to the left of the flagpole.
Part Of
May Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2004.002
Series Number
1
File Number
10
Item Number
2004.003.013
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1943
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 12.5 x 17.5 cm
Custodial History
Donated to May Ellingsen by Mary Mumford
Scope and Content
The one-room school at Manson's Landing. The main part had been a log school built in 1909. In this picture, it has board siding and the road side windows have been changed. The dogwood tree planted by Miss Lettice is growing to the left of the flagpole.
Storage Location
Photograph box 3
Geographic Access
Manson's Landing
Location - Copy
Vol. 4, p. 44
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Gathering at the Whaletown wharf

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Part Of
May Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1951
Scope and Content
A gathering at the Whaletown wharf to welcome personnel from the radio station CJOR. (See also Campbell River Museum photograph 16510.) Roland (Rollie) Woolsey is the driver seated in the 'Whaletown Tallyho' and wearing the feather headdress. Note Captain Findlay's house in the background.
Part Of
May Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2004.002
Series Number
1
File Number
10
Item Number
2004.003.014
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1951
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 12 x 17.5 cm
Custodial History
Donated to May Ellingsen by Rollie Woolsey
Scope and Content
A gathering at the Whaletown wharf to welcome personnel from the radio station CJOR. (See also Campbell River Museum photograph 16510.) Roland (Rollie) Woolsey is the driver seated in the 'Whaletown Tallyho' and wearing the feather headdress. Note Captain Findlay's house in the background.
Storage Location
Photograph box 3
Geographic Access
Whaletown
Location - Copy
Vol. 4, p. 64
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Allen Robertson in uniform

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Part Of
May Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1915]
Scope and Content
Allen Robertson, oldest son of David and Alice Robertson of 'Burnside', Whaletown, in uniform and ready to go overseas in World War I.
Part Of
May Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2004.002
Series Number
1
File Number
10
Item Number
2004.003.015
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1915]
Physical Description
1 photograph postcard: b&w; 13.5 x 8.5 cm
Scope and Content
Allen Robertson, oldest son of David and Alice Robertson of 'Burnside', Whaletown, in uniform and ready to go overseas in World War I.
Storage Location
Photograph box 3
Geographic Access
Whaletown
Location - Copy
Vol. 6, p. 6a
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