"Note the 38.55 Winchester rifle leaning on porch rail beside Frank. This and the .56 were since referred to as the guns that "won the West". Frank holds a .22 Winchester that got many grouse and some deer. The 38.55 W. was Frank Tooker Sr's and now belongs to grandson Fred Reedel--a keepsake from early days on Cortes Island."
"Note the 38.55 Winchester rifle leaning on porch rail beside Frank. This and the .56 were since referred to as the guns that "won the West". Frank holds a .22 Winchester that got many grouse and some deer. The 38.55 W. was Frank Tooker Sr's and now belongs to grandson Fred Reedel--a keepsake from early days on Cortes Island."
Photograph of a cougar looming large in front of the Manson's Landing school. Captioned "This was shot at the had of the Manson's Lagoon and brought up to the school for the children to see".
Photograph of a cougar looming large in front of the Manson's Landing school. Captioned "This was shot at the had of the Manson's Lagoon and brought up to the school for the children to see".
Photograph of Gilean Douglas (second from left) holding a rifle and three men (two with guns and one holding an unidentified animal upside down), standing in front of a log building at Limberlost.
Photograph of Gilean Douglas (second from left) holding a rifle and three men (two with guns and one holding an unidentified animal upside down), standing in front of a log building at Limberlost.
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.
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.
File contains scanned copies of photographs donated by Jim Palmer for the Carrington Bay exhibit in 2009, depicting the community living in Carrington Bay in the 1970s and 1980s.
Jim Palmer and Jan Gemmel lived in a house on the west side of the log jam between Carrington Lagoon and Carrington Bay. Jim built the house at the property of John and Anna Gregg in Manson's Landing and relocated it onto pilings in Carrington Bay. Jim and Jan later fabricated steel pontoons for it. In 1985 the house was moved onto the floats and towed into Gorge Harbour by Bob Thompson with his boat "Sutil Chief".
File contains scanned copies of photographs donated by Jim Palmer for the Carrington Bay exhibit in 2009, depicting the community living in Carrington Bay in the 1970s and 1980s.
Jim Palmer and Jan Gemmel lived in a house on the west side of the log jam between Carrington Lagoon and Carrington Bay. Jim built the house at the property of John and Anna Gregg in Manson's Landing and relocated it onto pilings in Carrington Bay. Jim and Jan later fabricated steel pontoons for it. In 1985 the house was moved onto the floats and towed into Gorge Harbour by Bob Thompson with his boat "Sutil Chief".