Recording of Norm and Lisa Gibbons talking about their experiences at Refuge Cove, recorded by Lisa Gibbons during a museum-sponsored trip to Refuge Cove on the "Misty Isles". See also the digitized photographs from Norm Gibbons' album which illustrate many of the stories in the recording. (Cortes Island Museum & Archives Society fonds, Series 5, File 2)
Recorded by Lisa Gibbons on her iPhone, July 15, 2023
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Recording of Norm and Lisa Gibbons talking about their experiences at Refuge Cove, recorded by Lisa Gibbons during a museum-sponsored trip to Refuge Cove on the "Misty Isles". See also the digitized photographs from Norm Gibbons' album which illustrate many of the stories in the recording. (Cortes Island Museum & Archives Society fonds, Series 5, File 2)
DVD of footage shot by George Sirk of Jim Guthrie and his skidder (198-), and building a boat (1990).
Copyright George Sirk; to be used for display and research purposes only.
Copied from George Sirk's VHS tapes with his permission to use the contents for display and research purposes.
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DVD of footage shot by George Sirk of Jim Guthrie and his skidder (198-), and building a boat (1990).
Copyright George Sirk; to be used for display and research purposes only.
“Large numbers of sea birds overwinter in Carrington Lagoon & Bay. Nudibranchs spawn in lagoon as well as chum & coho (Spruce Creek). Herring run into the bay.”
“Large numbers of sea birds overwinter in Carrington Lagoon & Bay. Nudibranchs spawn in lagoon as well as chum & coho (Spruce Creek). Herring run into the bay.”
Mark Appleyard makes an oar as Emily looks on. Wendy Knudsen, Mark & Emily lived aboard the sailboat Cytherea. Zuk’s boat Devotion in background (Whaletown dock)
Looking north from Green Mountain over Carrington Lagoon and Carrington Bay (tidal falls in between) across 5 miles of water to Read Island, with a slew of islands to the north.
Buildings, from L to R: Norm and Doris Hope's house, far left; small house where the store keeper lived; the old store; fuel tanks with house to their right; teacher's cottage and school building at far right. In front are several fish boats; the dock with a freight shed; a barge for ice storage and fish-buying; float houses near the school.
The Hope's house is the only one of these buildings still there (2023). The old store burned down in 1968.
Buildings, from L to R: Norm and Doris Hope's house, far left; small house where the store keeper lived; the old store; fuel tanks with house to their right; teacher's cottage and school building at far right. In front are several fish boats; the dock with a freight shed; a barge for ice storage and fish-buying; float houses near the school.
The Hope's house is the only one of these buildings still there (2023). The old store burned down in 1968.
Photograph of the original store at Refuge Cove, taken from the head of the ramp by Norman and Doris Hope's house. To the right of the store is a fuel tank and a shed used for storing the tools needed for the tanks, drums of oil, etc. The store burned down in 1968.
Photograph of the original store at Refuge Cove, taken from the head of the ramp by Norman and Doris Hope's house. To the right of the store is a fuel tank and a shed used for storing the tools needed for the tanks, drums of oil, etc. The store burned down in 1968.
The man on the left is a guest, Peter Kuyt, who kayaked up from Lasqueti Island. He built a cabin by the lagoon at Refuge Cove, but drowned while kayaking back to Lasqueti. Barry Ketchison was a co-op member.
The man on the left is a guest, Peter Kuyt, who kayaked up from Lasqueti Island. He built a cabin by the lagoon at Refuge Cove, but drowned while kayaking back to Lasqueti. Barry Ketchison was a co-op member.