Part Of

CIMAS information files

Description Level

File

Series Number

3

File Number

55

Date Range

late 1800s-1982

Scope and Content

Typed up information including newspaper excerpts including info from Shetland Islands, Scotland, "Story of the Weeks" by Peg Pyner (1950s), a letter from Mike to John Manson (1923), and general info on Manson family early days, from late 1800s-mid 1950s. Certificate of Competency as Master of a Passenger Steamer, M. Manson, 1890s; and info on M. Manson's Steam Tug Stella, 1892. Info on Read Island Murder Mystery, early 1900s. Info on Steam Donkey explosion @ Hague Lake, 1923. M. Manson diary from trip to Washington, 1923. Letters from Wilfred Freeman (grandson of M. Manson) from 2005 re: "Sketches from the Life of Michael Manson," 1932. Excerpt from The Log, 1944. Info on Murder at Savary Island, published in 1982. Excerpt from Seven Knot Summers, Beth Hill. Genealogical info, charts, old letters. Additonal keywords: Columbia Coast Mission; Queen's Tyee

Storage Range

Drawer 3

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CIMAS information files

Description Level

File

Series Number

3

File Number

69

Date Range

1954-1958

Scope and Content

This folder is for the copies of Peg Pyner's column, "Manson's Landing Mirror," containing a wealth of information on local people and daily happenings, 1954-1958

Storage Range

Drawer 3

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CIMAS ephemera collection

Description Level

File

File Number

17

Material Type

textual records

Date Range

1926

Scope and Content

File contains oversize newspaper pages (18 inches x 22.5 inches) with an article about Cortes Island. John Manson is mentioned in the article

Name Access

Southern Cortes Community Association

Geographic Access

Cortes Island

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CIMAS ephemera collection

Description Level

File

File Number

19

Accession Number

2011.002

Date Range

[ca. 2005]

Custodial History

Donated to CIMAS by Diane Brussell in 2011.

Scope and Content

File contains a plastic-covered menu from the Taka Mika, a restaurant owned and operated by Benny and Ruth Beaulieu. The restaurant was on the site of the old Manson's Landing school; it is now (2019) the Cortes Natural Foods Co-op.

Storage Location

Ephemera - Box 1

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CIMAS audiovisual collection

Description Level

Item

Series Number

1

Item Number

1999.004.029

Material Type

sound recording

Date Range

1981

Digitized Date

February 2017

Physical Description

1 cassette tape

Custodial History

Found in collection

Scope and Content

This recording was made at a party at John and Joanne Wasyliw's property, formerly part of the John Manson farm. It includes recollections of Rose (Manson) McKay, and a sing-along interspersed with conversation.

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CIMAS audiovisual collection

Description Level

Item

Creator

Hentschel, Dianne and Thompson, Doreen

Series Number

1

Item Number

1999.004.041

Material Type

sound recording

Date Range

2005

Digitized Date

February 2017

Physical Description

1 cassette tape

Custodial History

Found in collection

Scope and Content

Recording consists of an interview with Bill Guthrie, done to gather information for the "Memories of Manson’s Landing" exhibit.

Geographic Access

Manson's Landing

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Gilean Douglas fonds

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

1999.001

Series Number

18

Item Number

1999.001.0298

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

1962

Physical Description

1 photograph print: colour; 11.5 x 8 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph of the garden and barn, taken from outside the gate.

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Gilean Douglas fonds

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

1999.001

Series Number

18

Item Number

1999.001.0365

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

1965

Physical Description

1 photograph print: b&w; 10.5 x 7.5 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph of a float plane landing in front of the cabin at cabin at Channel Rock.

Subject Access

Air transport

Transportation

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Gilean Douglas fonds

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

1999.001

Series Number

18

Item Number

1999.001.0380

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

1966

Physical Description

1 photograph print: b&w; 10 x 7 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph of the view from Channel Rock to Shark Spit on Marina Island.

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Gilean Douglas fonds

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

1999.001

Series Number

18

Item Number

1999.001.0391

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

1968-1969

Physical Description

1 photograph print: b&w; 12 x 8cm

Scope and Content

Photograph of icicles hanging from the eaves of the cabin at Channel Rock.

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Gilean Douglas fonds

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

1999.001

Series Number

18

Item Number

1999.001.0406

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

1970

Physical Description

1 photograph print: b&w; 10.5 x 7.5 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph of the house across the road from the entrance to the trail to Channel Rock.

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Gilean Douglas fonds

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

1999.001

Series Number

18

Item Number

1999.001.0411

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

1970

Physical Description

1 photograph print: colour; 12 x 8.5 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph of Tyee Plaza and the water taken from the Discovery Inn, Campbell River.

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Gilean Douglas fonds

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

1999.001

Series Number

18

Item Number

1999.001.0420

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[ca. 1970]

Physical Description

1 photograph print: colour; 8.5 x 8.5 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph of the cabin at Channel Rock taken from the cliff beside it.

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Gilean Douglas fonds

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

1999.001

Series Number

18

Item Number

1999.001.0421

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[ca. 1970]

Physical Description

1 photograph print: colour; 8.5 x 8.5 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph of the cabin at Channel Rock taken from the rocks below the house

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Gilean Douglas fonds

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

1999.001

Series Number

18

Item Number

1999.001.0426

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

1974

Physical Description

1 photograph print: b&w; 12 x 8.5 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph of a view towards Shark Spit, with an ominous winter sky.

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Gilean Douglas fonds

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

1999.001

Series Number

18

Item Number

1999.001.0443

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[ca. late 1960s]

Physical Description

1 photograph print: colour; 12.5 x 9 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph of cars parked at Manson's Spit for the Fiesta.

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Gilean Douglas fonds

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

1999.001

Series Number

18

Item Number

1999.001.0454

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[ca. 1959]

Physical Description

1 photograph print: b&w; 9 x 6.5 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph of Channel Rock, taken from beside the light on the rock in Uganda Pass. (check)

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Gilean Douglas fonds

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

1999.001

Series Number

18

Item Number

1999.001.0455

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[ca. 1059]

Physical Description

1 photograph print: b&w; 9 x 6.5 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph of the view towards Marina Island from the cleft in the rocks beside the cabin at Channel Rock.

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Gilean Douglas fonds

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

1999.001

Series Number

18

Item Number

1999.001.0463

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[ca. 1978]

Physical Description

1 photograph print: colour; 12.5 x 9 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph of the water, from the front of the cabin at Channel Rock.

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Gilean Douglas fonds

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

1999.001

Series Number

18

Item Number

1999.001.0485

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

1964

Physical Description

1 photograph print: colour; 8.5 x 8.5

Scope and Content

Photograph of a side view of the cabin at Channel Rock from the bluff beside it.

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