One of a series of 20 photographs documenting the move of the old Manson's Landing store from its position by the wharf in Mansons Landing Provincial Park to the present Museum site on Beasley Rd. The photographs are from an envelope labelled "Moving Museum, Dec. 1995. Moved by Able Transport. Paid for by Elmer and May Ellingsen."
Jennifer Rowse was Treasurer and Diane Bersea was President of the Cortes Island Museum & Archives Society at the time.
Found in Information Files folder (Cortes Island Museum & Archives info"), Jan. 2021
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One of a series of 20 photographs documenting the move of the old Manson's Landing store from its position by the wharf in Mansons Landing Provincial Park to the present Museum site on Beasley Rd. The photographs are from an envelope labelled "Moving Museum, Dec. 1995. Moved by Able Transport. Paid for by Elmer and May Ellingsen."
Jennifer Rowse was Treasurer and Diane Bersea was President of the Cortes Island Museum & Archives Society at the time.
Photograph of Gilean Douglas (L), MaryAnn McCoy (R) and Leona Mueller (behind) at the meeting of the Cortes Island Women's Institute at Channel Rock, where Gilean Douglas was presented with a Life Membership in the Women's Institute.
Photograph of Gilean Douglas (L), MaryAnn McCoy (R) and Leona Mueller (behind) at the meeting of the Cortes Island Women's Institute at Channel Rock, where Gilean Douglas was presented with a Life Membership in the Women's Institute.
Photograph of Lorena Teames (L) presenting Gilean Douglas with her pin at the meeting of the Cortes Island Women's Institute at Channel Rock, where Gilean Douglas was presented with a Life Membership in the Women's Institute.
Photograph of Lorena Teames (L) presenting Gilean Douglas with her pin at the meeting of the Cortes Island Women's Institute at Channel Rock, where Gilean Douglas was presented with a Life Membership in the Women's Institute.
File contains May Ellingsen's notes on a project, sponsored by the Campbell River Museum, to find and preserve old photographs of the area. It also contains correspondence from Sue Hetherington on island settlement history.
File contains May Ellingsen's notes on a project, sponsored by the Campbell River Museum, to find and preserve old photographs of the area. It also contains correspondence from Sue Hetherington on island settlement history.
File contains correspondence between May Ellingsen and the Campbell River Museum re a project to reproduce early Cortes Island photographs. There is also a copy of the Campbell River Museums "Musings" publication containing an article about the program.
File contains correspondence between May Ellingsen and the Campbell River Museum re a project to reproduce early Cortes Island photographs. There is also a copy of the Campbell River Museums "Musings" publication containing an article about the program.
Photograph of the gate at the bottom of the garden at Channel Rock leading into a small area defined with short stone walls that Gilean Douglas called the "secret garden".
Photograph of the gate at the bottom of the garden at Channel Rock leading into a small area defined with short stone walls that Gilean Douglas called the "secret garden".
