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"The Story of the Bute Inlet Expedition and the Massacre by the Chilcoaten Indians"

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Accession Number
2019.002
Date Range
1885
Scope and Content
File contains a copy of an article from "The Resources of British Columbia".
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
5.2
File Number
102
Accession Number
2019.002
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1885
Scope and Content
File contains a copy of an article from "The Resources of British Columbia".
Storage Location
6-7.5
Storage Range
6-7.5
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May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1923
Scope and Content
Photograph of a scene along the shore in Toba Inlet.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
13
Item Number
2007.001.104
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1923
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w: 7 x 10 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of a scene along the shore in Toba Inlet.
Storage Location
Photograph Box 4
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May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
2001
Scope and Content
File contains Shirley (Ellingsen) Cole's reminiscences of life in Von Donop; notes from a meeting about logging in Von Donop; and interviews with May, Elmer, Bruce and Andy Ellingsen and with Norah Cowan Thompson.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Creator
Ellingsen, May
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
5.2
File Number
67
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
2001
Scope and Content
File contains Shirley (Ellingsen) Cole's reminiscences of life in Von Donop; notes from a meeting about logging in Von Donop; and interviews with May, Elmer, Bruce and Andy Ellingsen and with Norah Cowan Thompson.
Storage Location
5-67
Storage Range
5-67
Subject Access
Logging
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CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Date Range
2010
Scope and Content
Article about the Inlet, date unknown; trip advertisement in Cortes Marketer; promotional posters; hand written notes working out cost of trip, invoices, fees paid, cost per person, and profit; emails regarding taxi and charter quote, tour guide, estimated cost per person, dates, coordinations, advertisements, and invoices; write up for press release; handwritten note noting how much they enjoyed the trip
Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Series Number
1
File Number
28
Date Range
2010
Scope and Content
Article about the Inlet, date unknown; trip advertisement in Cortes Marketer; promotional posters; hand written notes working out cost of trip, invoices, fees paid, cost per person, and profit; emails regarding taxi and charter quote, tour guide, estimated cost per person, dates, coordinations, advertisements, and invoices; write up for press release; handwritten note noting how much they enjoyed the trip
Storage Range
Drawer 1
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David Guthrie, Judy Noble, Charlie Jeffery and others on the Whaletown (?) wharf

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. mid-1960s]
Scope and Content
Photograph of (L to R) David Guthrie, Judy Noble, ? and Charlie Jeffery standing on the Whaletown wharf. (Needs ID)
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
13
Item Number
2007.001.019
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. mid-1960s]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: colour: 11.5 x 8 cm??
Scope and Content
Photograph of (L to R) David Guthrie, Judy Noble, ? and Charlie Jeffery standing on the Whaletown wharf. (Needs ID)
Storage Location
Photograph Box 4
Geographic Access
Whaletown
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Crowd of people standing on the government dock at Manson's Landing

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1920s]
Scope and Content
Photograph of a crowd of people on the government dock at Manson's Landing, likely waiting for the arrival of a Union Steamship. They are standing in front of a building sided with vertical shake boards, with "Cortes Island" and "Telegraph Office" signs on its side. View is looking along the Spit.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
13
Item Number
2007.001.064
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1920s]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w: 10 x 7 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of a crowd of people on the government dock at Manson's Landing, likely waiting for the arrival of a Union Steamship. They are standing in front of a building sided with vertical shake boards, with "Cortes Island" and "Telegraph Office" signs on its side. View is looking along the Spit.
Storage Location
Photograph Box 4
Subject Access
Union Steamship Company
Transportation
Water transport
Geographic Access
Manson's Landing
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Family with truck on wharf (ID)

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[194-?]
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
13
Item Number
2007.001.715
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[194-?]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 17 x 10 cm
Storage Location
Photograph Box 4
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Ernel Logging government documents and correspondence

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Accession Number
2017.003
Date Range
1952-1953
Scope and Content
File contains documents created by the Province of British Columbia, Canadian Department of National Revenue, Workmen's Compensation Board, and Forest Service.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Creator
Ellingsen, May & Elmer
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
3.1
File Number
37
Accession Number
2017.003
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1952-1953
Scope and Content
File contains documents created by the Province of British Columbia, Canadian Department of National Revenue, Workmen's Compensation Board, and Forest Service.
Storage Location
3-3.2
Storage Range
3-3.2
Subject Access
Logging
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Government cougar hunters with their cougar hounds

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Accession Number
2018.002
Date Range
[194?]
Scope and Content
Photograph shows government cougar hunters Jimmy Dewar (L) and possibly Skate Haines or Jimmy's brother Percy, kneeling beside their cougar hounds (Joe, Danny, Sammy and Lynn, Lou and Lige) and in front of a large cougar hanging from a pole. (ID of men by Dennis Newsham.) This photo used to hang in Eva Freeman's house.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
13
Item Number
2007.001.747
Item Number Range
2007.001.747
Accession Number
2018.002
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[194?]
Physical Description
1 framed photograph print: b&w; cm
Scope and Content
Photograph shows government cougar hunters Jimmy Dewar (L) and possibly Skate Haines or Jimmy's brother Percy, kneeling beside their cougar hounds (Joe, Danny, Sammy and Lynn, Lou and Lige) and in front of a large cougar hanging from a pole. (ID of men by Dennis Newsham.) This photo used to hang in Eva Freeman's house.
Subject Access
Hunting
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Aquaculture: General and Government Documents

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Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Date Range
1980s-2016
Scope and Content
GENERAL: Articles and clippings with info on aquaculture from 1984-2016. Posts in WNE about Cortes Island Seafood Association, 1991; Poster for Aquaculture Walk About, Regional Board for Aquaculture Zoning, undated. GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS: Gov of Canada Fisheries and Oceans Brochure, undated; Navigable Waters Protection Act Application Guide, 1980s; Aquaculture Information, Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, 1986; Crown Land for Finfish Aquaculture, BC Lands, 1987; Permit and license structure for Marine Finfish Culture, Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, 1987; Ministry of Forests and Lands Personal Crown Land Application File, 1987-1988; Commercial Aquaculture in Canada Fisheries and Oceans report, 1988; BC Farmers Association brochure and licensing documents entitled Farm Fresh Salmon from BC, Canada, A Breed Apart, 1988; News release, Fisheries and Oceans, 1988; Seafood and Marine Products Sector Campaign, Environmental Research and Development Framework Review, 1991; Aquaculture Industry Assessment, 1992; Notice of Public Hearing, Comox-Strathcona RD, 2002; Draft Cortes Island Aquaculture Zones, Comox-Strathcona RD, 2004
Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Series Number
1
File Number
12
Date Range
1980s-2016
Scope and Content
GENERAL: Articles and clippings with info on aquaculture from 1984-2016. Posts in WNE about Cortes Island Seafood Association, 1991; Poster for Aquaculture Walk About, Regional Board for Aquaculture Zoning, undated. GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS: Gov of Canada Fisheries and Oceans Brochure, undated; Navigable Waters Protection Act Application Guide, 1980s; Aquaculture Information, Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, 1986; Crown Land for Finfish Aquaculture, BC Lands, 1987; Permit and license structure for Marine Finfish Culture, Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, 1987; Ministry of Forests and Lands Personal Crown Land Application File, 1987-1988; Commercial Aquaculture in Canada Fisheries and Oceans report, 1988; BC Farmers Association brochure and licensing documents entitled Farm Fresh Salmon from BC, Canada, A Breed Apart, 1988; News release, Fisheries and Oceans, 1988; Seafood and Marine Products Sector Campaign, Environmental Research and Development Framework Review, 1991; Aquaculture Industry Assessment, 1992; Notice of Public Hearing, Comox-Strathcona RD, 2002; Draft Cortes Island Aquaculture Zones, Comox-Strathcona RD, 2004
Storage Range
Drawer 1
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Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Date Range
1868-2019
Scope and Content
Excerpt from Transactions of the Edinburgh Geological Society, 1868; A Trapper's Journal, Charlie Rasmussen, 1929; excerpt from The Last Great Sea mentioning Bute Wax, 2000; Bute Inlet history and the Glacier Museum Project, Judith Williams, 2010; BC Arts Capacity and Sustainability Grant draft application, 2011; emails and webpage printouts, 2010, 2011, 2015. Newspaper clippings and magazine articles relating to Bute Inlet, 2010-2019, subjects mentioned include: George Vancouver, Cougar Companions, Disposition of Crown Land and Allocation of Water, Plutonic Power, fishing, Homalco history and culture, Tsilqot'in, Glen Macklin, National Geographic. CIMAS promotional material for the Bute Inlet boat trip and exhibit; photographs and post cards
Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Series Number
1
File Number
27
Date Range
1868-2019
Scope and Content
Excerpt from Transactions of the Edinburgh Geological Society, 1868; A Trapper's Journal, Charlie Rasmussen, 1929; excerpt from The Last Great Sea mentioning Bute Wax, 2000; Bute Inlet history and the Glacier Museum Project, Judith Williams, 2010; BC Arts Capacity and Sustainability Grant draft application, 2011; emails and webpage printouts, 2010, 2011, 2015. Newspaper clippings and magazine articles relating to Bute Inlet, 2010-2019, subjects mentioned include: George Vancouver, Cougar Companions, Disposition of Crown Land and Allocation of Water, Plutonic Power, fishing, Homalco history and culture, Tsilqot'in, Glen Macklin, National Geographic. CIMAS promotional material for the Bute Inlet boat trip and exhibit; photographs and post cards
Storage Range
Drawer 1
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Bute Inlet Exhibit & Catalogue

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Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Date Range
2009-2011
Scope and Content
Newspaper clippings and articles re: Bute Inlet hydro project; Plutonic Power; run-of-river projects; Friends of Bute; Bute history; exhibition; But Inlet boat tour. Emails re: art; grants; curation of exhibit; critique of Rob Wood and CIMAS by Klahoose member Ken Hanuse; request for Open Meadows Project song performance by Klahoose member Brenda Hansen; display cabinets; exhibit fees. Review of exhibit by Marcel Creurer; project proposal sent to the Vancouver Foundation; handwritten notes by Lynne Jordan and Judy WIlliams; invoices; records of financial contributions; promotional material; photographs
Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Series Number
1
File Number
29
Date Range
2009-2011
Scope and Content
Newspaper clippings and articles re: Bute Inlet hydro project; Plutonic Power; run-of-river projects; Friends of Bute; Bute history; exhibition; But Inlet boat tour. Emails re: art; grants; curation of exhibit; critique of Rob Wood and CIMAS by Klahoose member Ken Hanuse; request for Open Meadows Project song performance by Klahoose member Brenda Hansen; display cabinets; exhibit fees. Review of exhibit by Marcel Creurer; project proposal sent to the Vancouver Foundation; handwritten notes by Lynne Jordan and Judy WIlliams; invoices; records of financial contributions; promotional material; photographs
Storage Range
Drawer 1
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"Manson's Landing" - Settler/Colonial History

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Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Date Range
1886-2012
Scope and Content
Historical info packets on history of colonization and early settlers, including info on the park and lagoon, from 1886 onwards. Timeline of early settlers, 1887-1940s. Publications of "Manson's Landing Mirror," Peg Pyner, 1954-1958. Transcribed interviews: Bert and Ken Summers in conversation with Susan Ellingsen, Dianne Hentschel and Doreen Thompson, 2005; Sue Ellingsen, Doreen Thompson, and Dianne Hentschel in conversation with Maryann McCoy, Anne Barton, and Fred Reedel; interview with Barbie Pyner; and interview with Nancy Anderson. Info on Heay Family and George Leask. Excerpts from: The Log, 1940-1946; Goosegrass and Buttercups, D.C. Kirk; The Columbia is Coming; Chalkdust & Outhouses, Barbara Ann Lambert; Seven-Knot Summers, Beth Hill; and PHSC Journal, 2012. Play script, "Gracious Living." Additional info in clippings, handwritten notes, pictures, and emails.
Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Series Number
2
File Number
66
Date Range
1886-2012
Scope and Content
Historical info packets on history of colonization and early settlers, including info on the park and lagoon, from 1886 onwards. Timeline of early settlers, 1887-1940s. Publications of "Manson's Landing Mirror," Peg Pyner, 1954-1958. Transcribed interviews: Bert and Ken Summers in conversation with Susan Ellingsen, Dianne Hentschel and Doreen Thompson, 2005; Sue Ellingsen, Doreen Thompson, and Dianne Hentschel in conversation with Maryann McCoy, Anne Barton, and Fred Reedel; interview with Barbie Pyner; and interview with Nancy Anderson. Info on Heay Family and George Leask. Excerpts from: The Log, 1940-1946; Goosegrass and Buttercups, D.C. Kirk; The Columbia is Coming; Chalkdust & Outhouses, Barbara Ann Lambert; Seven-Knot Summers, Beth Hill; and PHSC Journal, 2012. Play script, "Gracious Living." Additional info in clippings, handwritten notes, pictures, and emails.
Storage Range
Drawer 2
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Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Date Range
1949-2010
Scope and Content
Excerpts from The Log of the Columbia with info on Toba inlet, 1949-1950; more recent clippings with info on Toba Inlet, 2009-2010
Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Series Number
4
File Number
42
Date Range
1949-2010
Scope and Content
Excerpts from The Log of the Columbia with info on Toba inlet, 1949-1950; more recent clippings with info on Toba Inlet, 2009-2010
Storage Range
Drawer 4
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Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Date Range
1920-2013
Scope and Content
Clippings with info on floathouses, the hermit of Von Donop Channel, the landslide at Spences Bridge, Von Donop Marine Park, Klahoose First Nation, and Doreen Thompson, 1920-2017, and clippings from WNE, 1987-1989. Transcript with info on the Ellingsens in Von Donop Creek, 1946-1950, from interview with May, Elmer, Andy, and Bruce Ellginsen, 2001. Info on logging in Von Donop Creek, 1920s-1960, from a logging meeting in 2001. Info from Von Donop Creek Research and Display for CIMAS, 2001. An envelope with info from Bev Mathews, donated in 2013.
Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Series Number
4
File Number
54
Date Range
1920-2013
Scope and Content
Clippings with info on floathouses, the hermit of Von Donop Channel, the landslide at Spences Bridge, Von Donop Marine Park, Klahoose First Nation, and Doreen Thompson, 1920-2017, and clippings from WNE, 1987-1989. Transcript with info on the Ellingsens in Von Donop Creek, 1946-1950, from interview with May, Elmer, Andy, and Bruce Ellginsen, 2001. Info on logging in Von Donop Creek, 1920s-1960, from a logging meeting in 2001. Info from Von Donop Creek Research and Display for CIMAS, 2001. An envelope with info from Bev Mathews, donated in 2013.
Storage Range
Drawer 4
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Sign for the Mother's Day sale put on by the St. James Women's Auxiliary

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
ephemera
Date Range
[ca. 1950]
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Creator
St. James Women's Auxiliary
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
7
File Number
17
Material Type
textual records
ephemera
Date Range
[ca. 1950]
Storage Location
6-53
Storage Range
6-53
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Manson's Landing wharf, airplane float

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Accession Number
2018.002
Date Range
[195-?]
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
13
Item Number
2007.001.465
Accession Number
2018.002
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[195-?]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 7 x 11.5 cm
Storage Location
Photograph Box 4
Geographic Access
Manson's Landing
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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Accession Number
2018.002
Date Range
[195-?]
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
13
Item Number
2007.001.467
Accession Number
2018.002
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[195-?]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 7 x 11.5 cm
Storage Location
Photograph Box 4
Geographic Access
Manson's Landing
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Costumed man with "kittens for sale" sign at festival (needs ID)

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Accession Number
2018.002
Date Range
[195-?]
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
13
Item Number
2007.001.505
Accession Number
2018.002
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[195-?]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 7 x 11.5 cm
Storage Location
Photograph Box 4
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Surge Narrows wharf, taken from "Chrislo"

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Accession Number
2018.002
Date Range
[196-?]
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
13
Item Number
2007.001.524
Accession Number
2018.002
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[196-?]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 12.5 x 9 cm
Storage Location
Photograph Box 4
Geographic Access
Read Island
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