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Union Steamship Comox being raised from Cortes Reef (Sutil Point)

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Accession Number
2018.002
Date Range
1907
Scope and Content
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.”
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
13
Item Number
2007.001.609
Accession Number
2018.002
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1907
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 17.5 x 12 cm
Scope and Content
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.”
Storage Location
Photograph Box 4
Subject Access
Union Steamship Company
Transportation
Water transport
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Union Steamship "Cowichan" at Whaletown wharf

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Accession Number
2018.002
Date Range
[190-?]
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
13
Item Number
2007.001.628
Accession Number
2018.002
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[190-?]
Physical Description
2 photograph prints: b&w; 12.5 x 8.5 cm
Storage Location
Photograph Box 4
Subject Access
Union Steamship Company
Transportation
Water transport
Geographic Access
Whaletown
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"S.S. Cheakamus, Whaletown"

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Part Of
Dorothy Huck Whalley fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
ca. 1917
Scope and Content
Photograph of Union steamship S.S. Cheakamus leaving Whaletown Bay.
Part Of
Dorothy Huck Whalley fonds
Description Level
Item
Creator
Whalley, Dorothy Huck
Fonds Number
2011.001
Series Number
1
Item Number
2011.001.007
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
ca. 1917
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 7 x 5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Union steamship S.S. Cheakamus leaving Whaletown Bay.
Subject Access
Union Steamship Company
Transportation
Water transport
Geographic Access
Whaletown
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"Mr. B. Allen, Whaletown wharf"

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Part Of
Dorothy Huck Whalley fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1919]
Scope and Content
Photograph of Bernie Allen standing on the Whaletown wharf. A Union Steamship and a woman seated on a stack of pallets are in the background.
Part Of
Dorothy Huck Whalley fonds
Description Level
Item
Creator
Whalley, Dorothy Huck
Fonds Number
2011.001
Series Number
1
Item Number
2011.001.131
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1919]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 6 x 10
Scope and Content
Photograph of Bernie Allen standing on the Whaletown wharf. A Union Steamship and a woman seated on a stack of pallets are in the background.
Subject Access
Union Steamship Company
Transportation
Water transport
Geographic Access
Whaletown
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