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Float plane at the end of the Whaletown dock
Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. late 1940s to 1953]
Scope and Content
Note: Photo shows the place where Harry & Edith Huck's home was built; they moved in in 1953 so this photo is before then.
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Mail arriving at Whaletown dock by float plane
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Freight boat entering Whaletown Bay, seen through the window of the Weiler house
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Aerial view of Whaletown Bay, with the Weiler house center right
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The Whaletown dock, with fish boats tied up to it and a float plane coming in to the end
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Frank Roberts, piloting a float plane
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Pilot standing on the float of a Cessna float plane with a paddle
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Alta and Lois boarding a float plane at Channel Rock
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1959
Scope and Content
Photograph of Alta and Lois, old friends of Gilean Douglas from California
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Small float camp under tow (probably Bill Emery's buildings)
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Pile driver on a float beside the Whaletown wharf
Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. late 1960s]
Scope and Content
Slide of a pile driver beside the Whaletown wharf during replacement of the floating dock. The ferry dock is visible in the background.
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Brigid Weiler fishing from a float in Whaletown
Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[196-?]
Scope and Content
Slide of Brigid Weiler, holding a fishing rod, on a float in Whaletown, with a view of the old Nick Thompson orchard across the bay.
Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
Item
Creator
Weiler, Mary
Fonds Number
2003.002
Series Number
1
Item Number
2003.002.155
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[196-?]
Physical Description
1 colour slide, 5 x 5 cm
Scope and Content
Slide of Brigid Weiler, holding a fishing rod, on a float in Whaletown, with a view of the old Nick Thompson orchard across the bay.
Storage Location
Slide box 2
Name Access
Weiler, Mary
Subject Access
Fishing
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
Whaletown
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Aerial view of Whaletown and Whaletown Bay from the northwest
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Aerial view of Whaletown from the north, Marina Island in the background
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Barge with heavy equipment and gravel for building the new ferry dock at Whaletown wharf
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.
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View of Whaletown wharf, store and houses from the water
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Whaletown wharf
Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. late 1940s]
Scope and Content
Photograph shows an old car parked beside the freight shed on the Whaletown wharf. Beside it a man is pushing the freight cart; a freight boat is alongside the wharf at back.
Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
Item
Creator
Weiler, Mary
Fonds Number
2003.002
Series Number
1
Item Number
2003.002.027
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. late 1940s]
Physical Description
1 photograph: b&w; 12.5 x 8 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph shows an old car parked beside the freight shed on the Whaletown wharf. Beside it a man is pushing the freight cart; a freight boat is alongside the wharf at back.
Storage Location
Photo Box 3
Name Access
Weiler, Mary
Subject Access
Water transport
Transportation
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
Whaletown
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Float buildings being towed past Channel Rock
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Boats at the Squirrel Cove wharf; Klahoose buildings in the background
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Looking into Carrington Lagoon from Jim Palmer & Jan Gemmel’s float house.
Part Of
Cortes Island Museum & Archives Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material (electronic)
Date Range
1978-1985
Scope and Content
“Large numbers of sea birds overwinter in Carrington Lagoon & Bay. Nudibranchs spawn in lagoon as well as chum & coho (Spruce Creek). Herring run into the bay.”
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Weiler house, future ferry dock site in background, large red algae bloom in the foreground