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Portrait of Victor Von Donop (see Series 4)

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Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
[ca. 1870s] (date of reproduction: ca. mid 1900s)
Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2003.002
Series Number
1
Item Number
2003.002.393
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
[ca. 1870s] (date of reproduction: ca. mid 1900s)
Physical Description
1 photograph: b&w; 13 x 17.5 cm
Name Access
Weiler, Mary
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
Series
Material Type
textual records
graphic material
Date Range
1937-1961
Scope and Content
Series consists of correspondence from Theodore Von Donop to Jimmy Layton and information, photographs and ephemera relating to Victor Von Donop, after whom Von Donop Inlet was named. The two photographs that were part of this material (2003.002.393-Portrait of Victor Von Donop and 2003.002.394-Coat of arms of Von Donop family) are described in Series 1 and stored in the Photographs box with the other photographs in the Weiler fonds.)
Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
Series
Fonds Number
2003.002
Series Number
3
Material Type
textual records
graphic material
Date Range
1937-1961
Custodial History
Material was collected by Jimmy Layton, who had a homestead at the head of Von Donop Inlet; he gave it to Otto Weiler.
Scope and Content
Series consists of correspondence from Theodore Von Donop to Jimmy Layton and information, photographs and ephemera relating to Victor Von Donop, after whom Von Donop Inlet was named. The two photographs that were part of this material (2003.002.393-Portrait of Victor Von Donop and 2003.002.394-Coat of arms of Von Donop family) are described in Series 1 and stored in the Photographs box with the other photographs in the Weiler fonds.)
Storage Range
1-26 - 1-27
Name Access
Weiler, Mary
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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Logger at the top of a spar tree (#4 of a series of 4 photographs)

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Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1953
Scope and Content
(Duplicate: Item 2019.023.020)
Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
Item
Creator
Weiler, Mary
Fonds Number
2003.002
Series Number
1
Item Number
2003.002.492
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1953
Physical Description
1 photograph: b&w; 15 x 9 cm
Scope and Content
(Duplicate: Item 2019.023.020)
Storage Location
Photo Box 3
Name Access
Weiler, Mary
Subject Access
Logging
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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History of Von Donop Inlet

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Part Of
Basil and Jill Seaton fonds
Description Level
File
Date Range
1963-1989
Scope and Content
File contains hand-written notes on the history of different areas of Von Donop, a map of Cortes Island (1963), and a photocopy of a page from "British Columbia Place Names" about the inlet.
Part Of
Basil and Jill Seaton fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2019.011
File Number
4
Date Range
1963-1989
Scope and Content
File contains hand-written notes on the history of different areas of Von Donop, a map of Cortes Island (1963), and a photocopy of a page from "British Columbia Place Names" about the inlet.
Storage Location
Small fonds box 1-17
Storage Range
Small fonds box 1-17
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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Women sitting on a rock in Von Donop Inlet

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Part Of
Peggy Newsham fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Accession Number
2019.007
Date Range
1939
Part Of
Peggy Newsham fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2019.007
Item Number
2019.007.003
Accession Number
2019.007
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1939
Physical Description
1 photograph print : b&w ; 9 x 6 cm
Custodial History
Donated by Dennis Newsham and Frances Guthrie after Peggy Newsham's death.
Storage Location
Photo Box 3
Name Access
Newsham, Peggy
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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Reunion of the group that lived in Von Donop Inlet

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Part Of
Peggy Newsham fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Accession Number
2019.007
Date Range
1987
Scope and Content
Scottie & Amy McKenzie, Elmer & May Ellingsen, Mike & Vi Herrewig
Part Of
Peggy Newsham fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2019.007
Item Number
2019.007.014
Accession Number
2019.007
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1987
Physical Description
1 photograph print : colour ; 13 x 9 cm
Custodial History
Donated by Dennis Newsham and Frances Guthrie after Peggy Newsham's death.
Scope and Content
Scottie & Amy McKenzie, Elmer & May Ellingsen, Mike & Vi Herrewig
Storage Location
Photo Box 3
Name Access
Newsham, Peggy
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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Information about Victor Von Donop (1844-1881)

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Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1960-1962
Scope and Content
File contains correspondence to Theodore Von Donop re Victor VonDonop and correspondence from Theodore Von Donop to Jimmy Layton.
Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2003.002
Series Number
3
File Number
1
Item Number Range
1-26
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1960-1962
Scope and Content
File contains correspondence to Theodore Von Donop re Victor VonDonop and correspondence from Theodore Von Donop to Jimmy Layton.
Storage Location
Small Box 1
Storage Range
1-26
Name Access
Weiler, Mary
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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Maps of proposed boundaries of Von Donop Marine Park

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Part Of
Basil and Jill Seaton fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
cartographic material
Date Range
1987-1992
Part Of
Basil and Jill Seaton fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2019.011
File Number
1
Material Type
cartographic material
Date Range
1987-1992
Storage Location
Small fonds box 1-14
Storage Range
Small fonds box 1-14
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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"The Changing Face of Von Donop Inlet Marine Park"

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Part Of
Basil and Jill Seaton fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
cartographic material
Date Range
1987-1989
Scope and Content
File consists of five laminated maps showing changes in proposed park boundaries from 1987-1989.
Part Of
Basil and Jill Seaton fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2019.011
File Number
5
Material Type
cartographic material
Date Range
1987-1989
Scope and Content
File consists of five laminated maps showing changes in proposed park boundaries from 1987-1989.
Storage Location
Oversize box
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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Logger climbing a tall fir tree with an axe and a chainsaw (#1 of a series of 4 photographs) (ID)

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Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1953
Scope and Content
(Duplicate: Item 2019.023.017)
Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
Item
Creator
Weiler, Mary
Fonds Number
2003.002
Series Number
1
Item Number
2003.002.489
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1953
Physical Description
1 photograph: b&w; 15 x 9 cm
Scope and Content
(Duplicate: Item 2019.023.017)
Storage Location
Photo Box 3
Name Access
Weiler, Mary
Subject Access
Logging
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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Logger cutting the top off a tall fir tree to make a spar tree (#3 of a series of 4 photographs)

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Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1953
Scope and Content
(Duplicate: Item 2019.023.019)
Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
Item
Creator
Weiler, Mary
Fonds Number
2003.002
Series Number
1
Item Number
2003.002.491
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1953
Physical Description
1 photograph: b&w; 15 x 9 cm
Scope and Content
(Duplicate: Item 2019.023.019)
Storage Location
Photo Box 3
Name Access
Weiler, Mary
Subject Access
Logging
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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Logger near the top of a tall fir tree which he has limbed on the way up (#2 of a series of 4 photographs)

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Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1953
Scope and Content
(Duplicate: Item 2019.023.018)
Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
Item
Creator
Weiler, Mary
Fonds Number
2003.002
Series Number
1
Item Number
2003.002.490
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1953
Physical Description
1 photograph: b&w; 15 x 9 cm
Scope and Content
(Duplicate: Item 2019.023.018)
Storage Location
Photo Box 3
Name Access
Weiler, Mary
Subject Access
Logging
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
Series
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1945-1969
Scope and Content
Series contains correspondence from Otto Weiler, and a receipt with a Whaletown Post Office cancellation stamp.
Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
Series
Fonds Number
2003.002
Series Number
2
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1945-1969
Scope and Content
Series contains correspondence from Otto Weiler, and a receipt with a Whaletown Post Office cancellation stamp.
Storage Range
1-23 - 1-25
Name Access
Weiler, Otto
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
Series
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1945] - [ca.1979]
Scope and Content
Series consists of 510 photographs (slides and prints), depicting places, people and events on Cortes Island, predominantly the Whaletown area.
Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
Series
Creator
Weiler, Mary
Fonds Number
2003.002
Series Number
1
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1945] - [ca.1979]
Physical Description
132 prints: b&w and col.
378 slides: col. slides
Scope and Content
Series consists of 510 photographs (slides and prints), depicting places, people and events on Cortes Island, predominantly the Whaletown area.
Storage Location
Photo Box 3
Name Access
Weiler, Mary
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
Series
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1960-1967
Scope and Content
Series contains a newspaper page about the opening of the road between Whaletown and Manson's Landing, and copies of the "Log" of the Columbia Coast Mission
Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
Series
Fonds Number
2003.002
Series Number
4
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1960-1967
Scope and Content
Series contains a newspaper page about the opening of the road between Whaletown and Manson's Landing, and copies of the "Log" of the Columbia Coast Mission
Storage Range
1-28 - 1-29
Name Access
Weiler, Mary
Subject Access
Columbia Coast Mission
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1908]
Scope and Content
Herb Aldrich, Cyrus Aldrich, Ed Wiley, Jesse Aldrich, Wallace Aldrich, Mary Aldrich with son Earl, Ruth Aldruch
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
13
Item Number
2007.001.692
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1908]
Physical Description
1 digital print: b&w; 12.5 x 9.5 cm
Scope and Content
Herb Aldrich, Cyrus Aldrich, Ed Wiley, Jesse Aldrich, Wallace Aldrich, Mary Aldrich with son Earl, Ruth Aldruch
Storage Location
Photo box 4
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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Nichols family fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
textual records (electronic)
Date Range
1936-[ca. 1960]
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of 7 photographs of the Nichols family: Valentine and Alberta Nichols and two daughters, Margery and Elsie.
Part Of
Nichols family fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Fonds Number
2022.007
Material Type
textual records (electronic)
Date Range
1936-[ca. 1960]
Physical Description
7 photographs : b&w
Custodial History
Donated by Dorothy Mouncey Pusch, daughter of Margery Nichols Mouncey.
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of 7 photographs of the Nichols family: Valentine and Alberta Nichols and two daughters, Margery and Elsie.
Storage Location
Photograph Box 5
Storage Range
Photograph Box 5
Name Access
Nichols, Valentine
Nichols, Alberta
Nichols, Elsie
Nichols, Margery
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
Squirrel Cove
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Part Of
May Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Series
Material Type
graphic material
Accession Number
2004.002
Date Range
1912-1917
Scope and Content
Series consists of 80 photographs with typed explanatory captions, depicting scenes and activities relating to the Manson's Landing school, general scenes of Cortes Island, and James Nixon family of Twin Islands. Many of the the photographs have information written on their backs.
Part Of
May Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Series
Creator
Ellingsen, May
Fonds Number
2004.002
Series Number
2
Item Number Range
2004.002.001 - 2004.002.080
Accession Number
2004.002
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1912-1917
Physical Description
80 photographs
Custodial History
May Ellingsen compiled this album from photographs in the possession of the Manson family and wrote the explanatory captions. The photographs of Manson's school were taken by Katherine Lettice, the teacher at the time; photographs of Twin Islands were taken by the Nixon family, who lived there and were friends of the Manson family. Photographs were turned over to May by Rose or John Manson. Some photographs were in May's possession as her mother, Robina (Manson) Freeman, was a daughter of Michael Manson.
Scope and Content
Series consists of 80 photographs with typed explanatory captions, depicting scenes and activities relating to the Manson's Landing school, general scenes of Cortes Island, and James Nixon family of Twin Islands. Many of the the photographs have information written on their backs.
Geographic Access
Twin Islands
Finding Aid
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Brooks family fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
graphic material
Accession Number
2019.021
Date Range
1941-1956
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of sixteen photographs depicting people and scenes, primarily of the Manson's Landing area. Identification was provided by Fred Brooks Jr. in an interview with Cathy Jenks.
Part Of
Brooks family fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Fonds Number
2019.021
Item Number Range
2019.021.001 - .016
Accession Number
2019.021
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1941-1956
Physical Description
15 photographs : b&w 1 photograph : colour
History / Biographical
Alethea and Frederick (Fred) James Brooks Sr. and their two sons, Frederick (Fred) Earl, Jr. and Bob, lived on Cortes Island from ca. 1941 to 1944, near Manson's Landing. Fred Sr. logged in Cortes Bay and employed two of the Hawkins boys, Bill and George. Fred Jr. attended grades three to six at Cortes Island school before the family moved to Pender Harbour. Some of the names he recalls are: the Christiansen kids (Robert, Jim, and a sister), the Tibers on the west side of Cortes Island, and the Jefferys of Smelt Bay.
Custodial History
Fred Brooks Jr. gave the photographs to Cathy Brooks of Pender Harbour Living Heritage Society, who facilitated the donation by collecting the photographs, donation form and information from Brooks and sending the materials to CIMAS.
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of sixteen photographs depicting people and scenes, primarily of the Manson's Landing area. Identification was provided by Fred Brooks Jr. in an interview with Cathy Jenks.
Storage Location
Photo box 5
Storage Range
Photo box 5
Name Access
Brooks, Fred
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
Manson's Landing
Related Material
Pender Harbour Living Heritage holds related material from the Brooks family: https://penderharbourheritage.pastperfectonline.com/bysearchterm?keyword=Brooks+family
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Part Of
Byers family fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
graphic material
Accession Number
2020.003
Date Range
1937-1972
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of ten photographs (nine black and white; 1 coloured) depicting members of the extended Byers/ Manson families, logging at Seaford and Von Donop Inlet, and the Union Steamship Chelohsin.
Part Of
Byers family fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Creator
Byers family
Fonds Number
2020.003
Accession Number
2020.003
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1937-1972
Physical Description
10 photographs
History / Biographical
Henry and Ruth Byers, Ervin and Florence (Manson) McKay, Clarence and Etta (McKay) Byers, Ken and Hazel (McKay) Hansen, Scotty and Amy (Byers) McKenzie moved to Von Donop Inlet in 1939, where they ran a logging operation.
Custodial History
Found in Information Files folder (Byers family), August 1, 2020 and transferred to Archives.
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of ten photographs (nine black and white; 1 coloured) depicting members of the extended Byers/ Manson families, logging at Seaford and Von Donop Inlet, and the Union Steamship Chelohsin.
Storage Location
Photo box 5
Storage Range
Photo box 5
Name Access
Byers, Henry and Ruth
Byers, Clarence and Etta
Hansen, Ken and Hazel
McKay, Ervin and Florence
McKenzie, Scotty and Amy
Subject Access
Logging
Union Steamship Company
Transportation
Water transport
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
Von Donop Inlet
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