Photographs, postcard, emails, articles, and notes containing info on: Whaletown Church, Reverends Douglas Kendall and Alan Greene; Klahoose; Chief Billy Mitchell; Manson family; Squirrel Cove; Boas family; Marg Sullivan's stained glass windows; and St James Church of the Columbia Coast Mission. A school handout announcing construction of church ready for Sunday Mass (among other things), 1979; a letter from Imperial Casket Company Limited, 1969
Photographs, postcard, emails, articles, and notes containing info on: Whaletown Church, Reverends Douglas Kendall and Alan Greene; Klahoose; Chief Billy Mitchell; Manson family; Squirrel Cove; Boas family; Marg Sullivan's stained glass windows; and St James Church of the Columbia Coast Mission. A school handout announcing construction of church ready for Sunday Mass (among other things), 1979; a letter from Imperial Casket Company Limited, 1969
Receipts for community hall related income and expenses, 1952-1972. Keywords: Southern Cortes Community Association, Manson's Landing Community Club, Cortes Barbeque Committee. Tax form, order form, 1970. Southern Cortes Community Association reports, 2009-2018.
Receipts for community hall related income and expenses, 1952-1972. Keywords: Southern Cortes Community Association, Manson's Landing Community Club, Cortes Barbeque Committee. Tax form, order form, 1970. Southern Cortes Community Association reports, 2009-2018.
Email exchanges with Heather Harbord, author of Desolation Sound, on book tour, 2007. Pamphlets and posters from CIMAS event for Desolation Sound with Heather Harbord, 2007
Email exchanges with Heather Harbord, author of Desolation Sound, on book tour, 2007. Pamphlets and posters from CIMAS event for Desolation Sound with Heather Harbord, 2007
Historical info on the Gorge Harbour Community Hall Society, the building of the Gorge Harbour Hall in 1933, and the Gorge Harbour Young People's Dramatic Socety, 1930s. Clippings about Gorge Hall events, taxes and community resources, 1962-2013. Broadway Musical Comedy itinerary, Gorge Hall, 1972. Vintage looking poster "Songs for Winter," Gorge Hall, undated.
Historical info on the Gorge Harbour Community Hall Society, the building of the Gorge Harbour Hall in 1933, and the Gorge Harbour Young People's Dramatic Socety, 1930s. Clippings about Gorge Hall events, taxes and community resources, 1962-2013. Broadway Musical Comedy itinerary, Gorge Hall, 1972. Vintage looking poster "Songs for Winter," Gorge Hall, undated.
Info on Southern Cortes Community Association, 1956-2017. Info on building a new Manson's community hall, 1978-1979. Clippings, and emails regarding hall, and full issue of The Howling Wolf, 1982-2019. Additional info on history of Manson's hall, grant application, and community hall and tax service.
Info on Southern Cortes Community Association, 1956-2017. Info on building a new Manson's community hall, 1978-1979. Clippings, and emails regarding hall, and full issue of The Howling Wolf, 1982-2019. Additional info on history of Manson's hall, grant application, and community hall and tax service.
Gas Tax/Public Transit Management Services letter from gov BC, 2006. Info on the Community Works Fund in emails, notes, reports, schedules, and letters, 2011-2012.
Gas Tax/Public Transit Management Services letter from gov BC, 2006. Info on the Community Works Fund in emails, notes, reports, schedules, and letters, 2011-2012.
File contains a report on the Whaletown Church Hall, including its history and terms of use, Greene's hand-written copy of the motion to construct a church hall, and a cover sheet from the Land Registry Office indicating the transfer of title from Alice Robertson to the Columbia Coast Mission (although the Certificate of Title itself is missing).
File contains a report on the Whaletown Church Hall, including its history and terms of use, Greene's hand-written copy of the motion to construct a church hall, and a cover sheet from the Land Registry Office indicating the transfer of title from Alice Robertson to the Columbia Coast Mission (although the Certificate of Title itself is missing).
Clippings, emails, and written info on history, people, events, placenames, schools, post offices, libraries, churches, parks, SRD updates, and businesses in Whaletown, info from 1867-2018. Additional keywords: Columbia Coast Mission; Whaletown Commons; Trude's Cafe; Wee Park; WNE. Excerpt from Phillip Major's Diary, 1948. Excerpts from Chalkdust & Outhouses, West Coast Schools 1893-1950, Barbara Ann Lambert, and The Log of the Columbia, 1947-1950. A Tour Guide to Whaletown, K. Pemberton, 1999. Letters to Doreen Thompson from Mary M. McMillan, Etta Byers, D. Henderson, McKay, and Peggy Munro Anderson, 1999. Photos (copies) from Norma DeWolfe of Whaletown store, dock, post office, ferry, 1970s.
Clippings, emails, and written info on history, people, events, placenames, schools, post offices, libraries, churches, parks, SRD updates, and businesses in Whaletown, info from 1867-2018. Additional keywords: Columbia Coast Mission; Whaletown Commons; Trude's Cafe; Wee Park; WNE. Excerpt from Phillip Major's Diary, 1948. Excerpts from Chalkdust & Outhouses, West Coast Schools 1893-1950, Barbara Ann Lambert, and The Log of the Columbia, 1947-1950. A Tour Guide to Whaletown, K. Pemberton, 1999. Letters to Doreen Thompson from Mary M. McMillan, Etta Byers, D. Henderson, McKay, and Peggy Munro Anderson, 1999. Photos (copies) from Norma DeWolfe of Whaletown store, dock, post office, ferry, 1970s.
Fonds consists of a minute book and an accounts book of the Whaletown Church Hall Building Fund Committee, documents written by Canon Alan Greene setting out the history, responsibility and terms of use for the Church Hall, and a cover letter for the Certificate of Title from the Land Registry Office.
In 1919, the settlers of Whaletown decided to raise the funds necessary to erect a combined church and hall, to be used for both secular and religious purposes. The new building was attached to the first Whaletown school building, which was then used as a kitchen and dressing room. At this time, the parcel of land on which the school stood, at the corner of present-day Carrington Bay and Harbour Rd. in Whaletown, was deeded to the Diocese of Columbia by Mrs. Alice Robertson, and part of the property was set aside for a cemetery.
After a church was built in Whaletown in 1950, the Church Hall continued to be used for social events. In 1952 the Whaletown Community Club took over responsibility for the Gorge Hall, which then replaced the Church Hall as the main venue for weddings, dances, meetings and parties for both the Whaletown and Gorge Harbour communities. In 1953, the Whaletown Women's Institute signed agreements with both the Whaletown Community Club and the Columbia Coast Mission to assume responsibility for the use and upkeep of the Church Hall and cemetery. The Church Hall was used for a few more years. It was decommissioned in about 1957 and later dismantled.
Custodial History
Canon Alan Greene of the Columbia Coast Mission was involved in the project to build a new Church Hall, and wrote the document setting forth its history and terms of use; envelopes indicate the material was in his possession. Found in a box on the archives shelves; provenance unknown.
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of a minute book and an accounts book of the Whaletown Church Hall Building Fund Committee, documents written by Canon Alan Greene setting out the history, responsibility and terms of use for the Church Hall, and a cover letter for the Certificate of Title from the Land Registry Office.
1999.002 Whaletown Women's Institute fonds
2003.003 Whaletown Community Club fonds
2009.001 Island Women's Club fonds
2011.001 Dorothy Huck Whalley fonds
Clippings, emails, and additional info on history of whaletown dock including government issued certificates, land registries, and subdivisions, 1903-2019.
Clippings, emails, and additional info on history of whaletown dock including government issued certificates, land registries, and subdivisions, 1903-2019.
