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"Ferry Landing in Whaletown Bay, Cortez Island"

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Part Of
CIMAS photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[197-]
Part Of
CIMAS photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2019.003
Item Number
2019.003.132
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[197-]
Physical Description
2 postcards : colour ; 15 x 10.5 cm
Storage Location
Photo Box 3
Subject Access
Ferries
Transportation
Water transport
Geographic Access
Whaletown
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Newspaper clippings re: Ferries and electrical power

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Part Of
Cortes Island Ratepayers Association fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1963-1967
Part Of
Cortes Island Ratepayers Association fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2000.003
Series Number
8
File Number
1
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1963-1967
Storage Location
3-38
Storage Range
3-38
Name Access
Cortes Island Ratepayers Association
Subject Access
Ferries
Transportation
Water transport
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Farmers' Market at the Whaletown school; ferry fares protest

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Part Of
Mae Sherwood fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1997
Scope and Content
File contains photographs of a Farmers' Market at the grounds of the old Whaletown school, and a protest against higher ferry fares in Campbell River.
Part Of
Mae Sherwood fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2017.005
Series Number
1
File Number
5
Item Number Range
2017.005.028 - .040
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1997
Physical Description
13 photographs: colour ; 15 x 10 cm
Scope and Content
File contains photographs of a Farmers' Market at the grounds of the old Whaletown school, and a protest against higher ferry fares in Campbell River.
Name Access
Sherwood, Mae
Whaletown Community Club
Subject Access
Ferries
Transportation
Water transport
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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Tyee Plaza and the ferry dock, with the "Quadra Queen" at the dock

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1970
Scope and Content
Photograph of Tyee Plaza and the ferry dock, with the "Quadra Queen" at the dock.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.0413
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 ferry dock, with the "Quadra Queen" at the dock.
Subject Access
Ferries
Transportation
Water transport
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Signs beside the road leading from the ferry dock

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1972
Scope and Content
Photograph of signs at the ferry landing: Soft Pavement, no horses allowed; Campbell - Social Credit).
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.0573
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1972
Physical Description
1 photograph print: colour; 12.5 x 9 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of signs at the ferry landing: Soft Pavement, no horses allowed; Campbell - Social Credit).
Subject Access
Ferries
Transportation
Water transport
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Briefs and correspondence re: introduction and inauguration of ferry service

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Part Of
Cortes Island Ratepayers Association fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1960-1969
Part Of
Cortes Island Ratepayers Association fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2000.003
Series Number
6
File Number
4
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1960-1969
Storage Location
2-25
Storage Range
2-25
Name Access
Cortes Island Ratepayers Association
Subject Access
Ferries
Transportation
Water transport
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Whaletown Bay from the water, before construction of the ferry dock

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1950s]
Scope and Content
Photograph of Whaletown Bay taken from the water, showing the navigation marker at the entrance, and the houses to the left of the future site of the ferry landing.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.0689
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1950s]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 11 x 8 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Whaletown Bay taken from the water, showing the navigation marker at the entrance, and the houses to the left of the future site of the ferry landing.
Subject Access
Ferries
Transportation
Water transport
Geographic Access
Whaletown
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Boats leaving Whaletown Bay before blasting for the ferry landing commenced

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Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1967-1968]
Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
Item
Creator
Weiler, Mary
Fonds Number
2003.002
Series Number
1
Item Number
2003.002.068
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1967-1968]
Physical Description
1 colour slide, 5 x 5 cm
Storage Location
Slide box 2
Name Access
Weiler, Mary
Subject Access
Ferries
Transportation
Water transport
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
Whaletown
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Boats leaving Whaletown Bay before blasting for the ferry landing commenced

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Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1967-1968]
Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
Item
Creator
Weiler, Mary
Fonds Number
2003.002
Series Number
1
Item Number
2003.002.069
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1967-1968]
Physical Description
1 colour slide, 5 x 5 cm
Storage Location
Slide box 2
Name Access
Weiler, Mary
Subject Access
Ferries
Transportation
Water transport
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
Whaletown
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Barge with heavy equipment and gravel for building the new ferry dock at Whaletown wharf

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Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1967-1968]
Scope and Content
Slide depicts a barge loaded with gravel, a loader and a pile driver next to the Whaletown wharf. The Thompson house across the bay is in the background.
Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
Item
Creator
Weiler, Mary
Fonds Number
2003.002
Series Number
1
Item Number
2003.002.056
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1967-1968]
Physical Description
1 colour slide, 5 x 5 cm
Scope and Content
Slide depicts a barge loaded with gravel, a loader and a pile driver next to the Whaletown wharf. The Thompson house across the bay is in the background.
Storage Location
Slide box 2
Name Access
Weiler, Mary
Subject Access
Ferries
Transportation
Water transport
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
Whaletown
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MV Lester Jones in Whaletown Bay, with the houses next to the ferry landing in the background

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Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. early 1970s]
Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
Item
Creator
Weiler, Mary
Fonds Number
2003.002
Series Number
1
Item Number
2003.002.342
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. early 1970s]
Physical Description
1 colour slide, 5 x 5 cm
Storage Location
Slide box 2
Name Access
Weiler, Mary
Subject Access
Ferries
Transportation
Water transport
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
Whaletown
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Aerial view of Powell Lake

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Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1969]
Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
Item
Creator
Weiler, Mary
Fonds Number
2003.002
Series Number
1
Item Number
2003.002.386
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1969]
Physical Description
1 colour slide, 5 x 5 cm
Storage Location
Slide box 2
Name Access
Weiler, Mary
Subject Access
Air transport
Transportation
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Aerial view of Powell Lake

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Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1969]
Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
Item
Creator
Weiler, Mary
Fonds Number
2003.002
Series Number
1
Item Number
2003.002.387
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1969]
Physical Description
1 colour slide, 5 x 5 cm
Storage Location
Slide box 2
Name Access
Weiler, Mary
Subject Access
Air transport
Transportation
Images
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View of the site of the present-day ferry landing in Whaletown Bay, showing the Byers and MacKenzie houses

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Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[195?]
Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
Item
Creator
Weiler, Mary
Fonds Number
2003.002
Series Number
1
Item Number
2003.002.435
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[195?]
Physical Description
1 photograph: b&w; 11.5 x 7 cm
Storage Location
Photo Box 3
Name Access
Weiler, Mary
Subject Access
Ferries
Transportation
Water transport
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
Whaletown
Images
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Weiler house, future ferry dock site in background, large red algae bloom in the foreground

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Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[196-?]
Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
Item
Creator
Weiler, Mary
Fonds Number
2003.002
Series Number
1
Item Number
2003.002.157
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[196-?]
Physical Description
1 colour slide, 5 x 5 cm
Storage Location
Slide box 2
Name Access
Weiler, Mary
Subject Access
Ferries
Fishing
Transportation
Water transport
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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Muriel, Doris and Ethel Hurren at their home in Powell River

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 19 ]
Scope and Content
Photograph of Muriel and Doris Hurren with their mother Ethel (Mrs. Jack Hurren) in front of their home in Powell River.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
13
Item Number
2007.001.095
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 19 ]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w: 14 x 8 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Muriel and Doris Hurren with their mother Ethel (Mrs. Jack Hurren) in front of their home in Powell River.
Storage Location
Photo box 4
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Part Of
Cortes Island Ratepayers Association fonds
Description Level
Series
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1963-1982
Scope and Content
Series consists of clippings related to issues concerning Cortes Island, including ferry service and electrical power, building codes and the CIRA vs Raven Lumber court case.
Part Of
Cortes Island Ratepayers Association fonds
Description Level
Series
Fonds Number
2000.003
Series Number
8
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1963-1982
Physical Description
2 cm. of textual records
Scope and Content
Series consists of clippings related to issues concerning Cortes Island, including ferry service and electrical power, building codes and the CIRA vs Raven Lumber court case.
Storage Range
3-38 - 3-41
Subject Access
Ferries
Transportation
Water transport
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Correspondence - ferries

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Part Of
Southern Cortes Community Association fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Accession Number
2000.001
Date Range
1961-1963
Scope and Content
File consists of correspondence re establishing a ferry service to the island, reports of joint meetings between the SCCA, the Whaletown Community Club and a Quadra Island group to explore the possibility and freight rates of Coast Ferries Ltd. The meeting reports also include discussion on forming a Ratepayers Association.
Part Of
Southern Cortes Community Association fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2000.001
Series Number
4
File Number
14
Accession Number
2000.001
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1961-1963
Scope and Content
File consists of correspondence re establishing a ferry service to the island, reports of joint meetings between the SCCA, the Whaletown Community Club and a Quadra Island group to explore the possibility and freight rates of Coast Ferries Ltd. The meeting reports also include discussion on forming a Ratepayers Association.
Storage Range
2-12
Name Access
Southern Cortes Community Association
Subject Access
Ferries
Transportation
Water transport
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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Cortes Island newsletters

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Accession Number
2019.002
Date Range
1999-2004
Scope and Content
File contains various local publications: Blue Jay Lake Gardening Partners newsletter, BC Ferries newsletter, Whaletown National Enquirer and SCCA newsletter.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
8
File Number
55
Accession Number
2019.002
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1999-2004
Scope and Content
File contains various local publications: Blue Jay Lake Gardening Partners newsletter, BC Ferries newsletter, Whaletown National Enquirer and SCCA newsletter.
Storage Location
7-48.7
Storage Range
7-48.7
Subject Access
Ferries
Transportation
Water transport
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Ferries/Roads correspondence

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Part Of
Regional Director of Area I (Cortes Island) fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Accession Number
2008.001
Date Range
1987-1991
Part Of
Regional Director of Area I (Cortes Island) fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2002.001.2
Series Number
6.5
File Number
22
Accession Number
2008.001
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1987-1991
Storage Location
Ralph Nursall fonds: Box
Storage Range
Ralph Nursall fonds: Box
2-16
Subject Access
Ferries
Transportation
Water transport
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