This is a copy of a recording made by Imbert Orchard as part of a "People in Landscape" series for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. In this program, some of the people who grew up on Cortes Island recall how the settlement began, and discuss the quality of life there -- as it is today, and as it used to be. Voices heard include: Otto and Mary Weiler, Elmer and May Ellingsen, Rose (Manson) MacKay, Allen Robertson, and Duncan Robertson.
Tape was found at the Cortes Island Recycling Center and donated to the museum by Gail Ringwood on Oct. 3, 2004. Original owner is unknown.
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This is a copy of a recording made by Imbert Orchard as part of a "People in Landscape" series for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. In this program, some of the people who grew up on Cortes Island recall how the settlement began, and discuss the quality of life there -- as it is today, and as it used to be. Voices heard include: Otto and Mary Weiler, Elmer and May Ellingsen, Rose (Manson) MacKay, Allen Robertson, and Duncan Robertson.
Photograph of Bert and Pauline Middleton's two-story house "Braeside" in Whaletown, located on what is now Sawmill Rd. The house is in a large clearing; the figures of two people and a dog can be seen on the porch.
Photograph of Bert and Pauline Middleton's two-story house "Braeside" in Whaletown, located on what is now Sawmill Rd. The house is in a large clearing; the figures of two people and a dog can be seen on the porch.
Photograph of four people on the porch of Madge Christie's house, a picket fence in the foreground. Madge Christie was the daughter of Bill and Mary Barrett of Green Valley; she lived in Vancouver after marrying Hugh Christie.
Photograph of four people on the porch of Madge Christie's house, a picket fence in the foreground. Madge Christie was the daughter of Bill and Mary Barrett of Green Valley; she lived in Vancouver after marrying Hugh Christie.