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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[199?]
Scope and Content
Photograph of unidentified people at Sandcastle Day, Smelt Bay. (Photographs .315 - .318 are from the same envelope.)
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
13
Item Number
2007.001.318
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[199?]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: colour: 15 x 10 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of unidentified people at Sandcastle Day, Smelt Bay. (Photographs .315 - .318 are from the same envelope.)
Storage Location
Photo box 4
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Hayes Home, Poison Bay, built early 1920s

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Accession Number
2018.002
Date Range
[196-?]
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
13
Item Number
2007.001.587
Accession Number
2018.002
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[196-?]
Physical Description
2 photograph prints: b&w; 17.5 x 12.5 cm
Storage Location
Photo box 4
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Early spring flowers in front of the cabin at Channel Rock

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1978
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.2626
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1978
Physical Description
1 colour slide, 5 x 5 cm
Storage Location
Slide box 1
Subject Access
Channel Rock
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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Etta and Clarence Byers interview (2)

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Part Of
CIMAS audiovisual collection
Description Level
Item
Material Type
sound recording
Date Range
1995
Scope and Content
Item consists of the continuation of an interview with Etta and Clarence Byers by Oonagh O'Connor. On Side A, Etta Byers talks about her childhood on Cortes, how she met Clarence and her married life in Seaford, Von Donop, Powell River and Courtenay. On Side B, Clarence talks about when his family moved to Cortes Island, and his experiences logging, starting at age thirteen. There is a short summary of the interview, written by May Ellingsen, in the cassette case.
  2 audios     2 documents  
Part Of
CIMAS audiovisual collection
Description Level
Item
Creator
O'Connor, Oonagh
Series Number
1
Item Number
1999.004.005
Material Type
sound recording
Date Range
1995
Digitized Date
February 2017
Physical Description
1 cassette tape
Custodial History
Found in collection
Scope and Content
Item consists of the continuation of an interview with Etta and Clarence Byers by Oonagh O'Connor. On Side A, Etta Byers talks about her childhood on Cortes, how she met Clarence and her married life in Seaford, Von Donop, Powell River and Courtenay. On Side B, Clarence talks about when his family moved to Cortes Island, and his experiences logging, starting at age thirteen. There is a short summary of the interview, written by May Ellingsen, in the cassette case.
Subject Access
Logging
Audio Recordings
Documents

1999.004.004B Etta & Clarence Byers (1).pdf

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"Mrs. Allen, Mr. Munn, Lorine, Mrs. Munn and Margaret Robertson, Gorge Harbour, 1918"

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Part Of
Dorothy Huck Whalley fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1918
Scope and Content
Photograph of (L to R) Lorine, Mrs. Charles Allen, Mrs. Munn, Mr. Munn (in uniform) and Margaret (Meg) Robertson, standing in front of a house bordered with flowering bushes, probably at the Allen homestead, Bute Ranch, on Gorge Harbour.
Part Of
Dorothy Huck Whalley fonds
Description Level
Item
Creator
Whalley, Dorothy Huck
Fonds Number
2011.001
Series Number
1
Item Number
2011.001.125
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1918
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 10 x 6 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of (L to R) Lorine, Mrs. Charles Allen, Mrs. Munn, Mr. Munn (in uniform) and Margaret (Meg) Robertson, standing in front of a house bordered with flowering bushes, probably at the Allen homestead, Bute Ranch, on Gorge Harbour.
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"M. Robertson, M. MIddleton, M. Copland & E. Allen, Manson's Lake, July 1, 1919"

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Part Of
Dorothy Huck Whalley fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1919
Scope and Content
Meg Robertson (Shaw), Margaret Middleton, Margaret Copland and Elsie Allen seated on a beached rowboat at a sandy beach at the lake at Manson's Landing. Other people, including children, can be seen in the background.
Part Of
Dorothy Huck Whalley fonds
Description Level
Item
Creator
Whalley, Dorothy Huck
Fonds Number
2011.001
Series Number
1
Item Number
2011.001.070
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1919
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 10 x 6 cm
Scope and Content
Meg Robertson (Shaw), Margaret Middleton, Margaret Copland and Elsie Allen seated on a beached rowboat at a sandy beach at the lake at Manson's Landing. Other people, including children, can be seen in the background.
Geographic Access
Manson's Landing
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Interview with Bill and Bobby Ballantyne - Early Life on Cortes Island

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Part Of
CIMAS audiovisual collection
Description Level
Item
Material Type
multiple media
Accession Number
2019.013
Date Range
[199?]
Scope and Content
CD is from the Archives Research Centre of the Campbell River Museum and is for research and display use only.
Part Of
CIMAS audiovisual collection
Description Level
Item
Series Number
2
Item Number
2019.013.004
Accession Number
2019.013
Material Type
multiple media
Date Range
[199?]
Physical Description
1 CD
Scope and Content
CD is from the Archives Research Centre of the Campbell River Museum and is for research and display use only.
Storage Location
CD/DVD album
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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David Guthrie's map of early Cortes Island property owners

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Part Of
CIMAS audiovisual collection
Description Level
Item
Material Type
multiple media
Accession Number
2019.013
Date Range
[200?]
Scope and Content
CD of a map of early Cortes property owners; a copy of the map is in the map cabinet.
Part Of
CIMAS audiovisual collection
Description Level
Item
Creator
Guthrie, David
Series Number
2
Item Number
2019.013.006
Accession Number
2019.013
Material Type
multiple media
Date Range
[200?]
Physical Description
1 CD
Scope and Content
CD of a map of early Cortes property owners; a copy of the map is in the map cabinet.
Storage Location
CD/DVD album
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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Correspondence and information re early settlement on Cortes and Hernando; wharves

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
[ca. 1970-1985]
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
5.2
File Number
72
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
[ca. 1970-1985]
Storage Location
5-72
Storage Range
5-72
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Dunc Robertson interview (1)

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Part Of
CIMAS audiovisual collection
Description Level
Item
Material Type
sound recording
Date Range
1995
Scope and Content
Recording is an oral history interview of Duncan Robertson by Oonagh O'Connor at his home in Whaletown (Part 1 of 2). Topics covered include some family history; people and customs of the early days on the island; logging; fishing; hunting; cougars; Cortes in the 1950s and 1960s. There is a short summary of the interview, written by May Ellingsen, in the cassette case.
Part Of
CIMAS audiovisual collection
Description Level
Item
Creator
O'Connor, Oonagh
Series Number
1
Item Number
1999.004.020
Material Type
sound recording
Date Range
1995
Digitized Date
February 2017
Physical Description
1 cassette tape
Custodial History
Found in collection
Scope and Content
Recording is an oral history interview of Duncan Robertson by Oonagh O'Connor at his home in Whaletown (Part 1 of 2). Topics covered include some family history; people and customs of the early days on the island; logging; fishing; hunting; cougars; Cortes in the 1950s and 1960s. There is a short summary of the interview, written by May Ellingsen, in the cassette case.
Subject Access
Logging
Hunting
Fishing
Geographic Access
Whaletown
Audio Recordings
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"Burnside Swimming Days - July 1922"

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Part Of
Dorothy Huck Whalley fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1922
Scope and Content
Photograph of a group of people in bathing clothes beside the Whaletown lagoon at Burnside. Left to right: ?, Harry Huck, Margaret Huck, William (Billie) Huck, Mabel Huck and Ella Huck.
Part Of
Dorothy Huck Whalley fonds
Description Level
Item
Creator
Whalley, Dorothy Huck
Fonds Number
2011.001
Series Number
2
Item Number
2011.001.302
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1922
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 7 x 11 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of a group of people in bathing clothes beside the Whaletown lagoon at Burnside. Left to right: ?, Harry Huck, Margaret Huck, William (Billie) Huck, Mabel Huck and Ella Huck.
Geographic Access
Whaletown
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"Burnside Swimming Days - July 1922"

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Part Of
Dorothy Huck Whalley fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1922
Scope and Content
Photograph of a group of people in bathing costumes at the edge of Whaletown lagoon at Burnside. Left to right: Dorothy Huck, Harry Huck, Margaret Huck, William (Billie) Huck, Ella Huck atop the rock, Mabel Huck, and a boy (John (Jack) Huck?).
Part Of
Dorothy Huck Whalley fonds
Description Level
Item
Creator
Whalley, Dorothy Huck
Fonds Number
2011.001
Series Number
2
Item Number
2011.001.303
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1922
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 9 x 6 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of a group of people in bathing costumes at the edge of Whaletown lagoon at Burnside. Left to right: Dorothy Huck, Harry Huck, Margaret Huck, William (Billie) Huck, Ella Huck atop the rock, Mabel Huck, and a boy (John (Jack) Huck?).
Geographic Access
Whaletown
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"Burnside Swimming Days - July 1922"

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Part Of
Dorothy Huck Whalley fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1922
Scope and Content
Photograph of a group of people in bathing attire leaning against a large rock beside the Whaletown lagoon at Burnside. Left to right: John Huck(?), unidentified man, Harry Huck, Dorothy Huck with Margaret Huck leaning over her, Mabel Huck; Billie Huck in front.
Part Of
Dorothy Huck Whalley fonds
Description Level
Item
Creator
Whalley, Dorothy Huck
Fonds Number
2011.001
Series Number
2
Item Number
2011.001.304
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1922
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 9 x 6 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of a group of people in bathing attire leaning against a large rock beside the Whaletown lagoon at Burnside. Left to right: John Huck(?), unidentified man, Harry Huck, Dorothy Huck with Margaret Huck leaning over her, Mabel Huck; Billie Huck in front.
Geographic Access
Whaletown
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Fretwell baby, age 5 days

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Part Of
Michael Carkener collection
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Accession Number
2013.002
Date Range
[ca. 1950s - 1960s]
Scope and Content
Photograph of an infant, age five days, in a cardboard folder which has a photograph of Grace Hospital, Vancouver BC on the front.
Part Of
Michael Carkener collection
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2013.002
Series Number
1
Item Number
2013.002.005
Accession Number
2013.002
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1950s - 1960s]
Physical Description
1 photograph print in a folder: b&w; 11.5 x 7 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of an infant, age five days, in a cardboard folder which has a photograph of Grace Hospital, Vancouver BC on the front.
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"Last Days of the Whaletown store" (incomplete)

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Part Of
CIMAS audiovisual collection
Description Level
Item
Material Type
multiple media
Accession Number
2007.004
Date Range
1987
Scope and Content
DVD with footage shot by George Sirk of Carlberg General Merchants before it closed in May, 1987. Copyright George Sirk; to be used for display and research purposes only.
Part Of
CIMAS audiovisual collection
Description Level
Item
Creator
Sirk, George
Series Number
2
Item Number
2007.004.008
Accession Number
2007.004
Material Type
multiple media
Date Range
1987
Physical Description
1 DVD, copied from an original VHS tape
Custodial History
Copied from George Sirk's VHS tapes with his permission to use the contents for display and research purposes.
Scope and Content
DVD with footage shot by George Sirk of Carlberg General Merchants before it closed in May, 1987. Copyright George Sirk; to be used for display and research purposes only.
Storage Location
CD/DVD album
Name Access
Sirk, George
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
Whaletown
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Wilfred Manson house under construction at Stag Bay, Hernando Island (2)

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Part Of
May Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1923]
Scope and Content
Wilfred and Jean Manson's nearly completed home at Stag Bay, Hernando Island. The former logging camp cookhouse can be seen to the left. At this time it was used as a storage building for hay.
Part Of
May Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2004.002
Series Number
1
File Number
10
Item Number
2004.003.037
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1923]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 8.5 x 12.5 cm
Scope and Content
Wilfred and Jean Manson's nearly completed home at Stag Bay, Hernando Island. The former logging camp cookhouse can be seen to the left. At this time it was used as a storage building for hay.
Storage Location
Photo Box 3
Subject Access
Logging
Geographic Access
Hernando Island
Location - Copy
Vol. 9, p. 19b
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"Mermaids - Burnside Swimming Days - July 1922"

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Part Of
Dorothy Huck Whalley fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1922
Scope and Content
Photograph of Mabel Huck and Ella Huck standing thigh-deep in the Whaletown lagoon at Burnside. Photograph is faded.
Part Of
Dorothy Huck Whalley fonds
Description Level
Item
Creator
Whalley, Dorothy Huck
Fonds Number
2011.001
Series Number
2
Item Number
2011.001.305
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1922
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 6 x 9 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Mabel Huck and Ella Huck standing thigh-deep in the Whaletown lagoon at Burnside. Photograph is faded.
Geographic Access
Whaletown
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Von Donop Logging: Round-table discussion - Part 1 (Side A)/Part 2 (Side B)

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Part Of
CIMAS audiovisual collection
Description Level
Item
Material Type
sound recording
Date Range
2001
Scope and Content
Recording consists of a round-table discussion, held to gather information for the "The Von Donop Creek Story" exhibit. Participants were [CHECK] (See 1999.004.048 for Part 3)
Part Of
CIMAS audiovisual collection
Description Level
Item
Creator
Hentschel, Dianne and Thompson, Doreen
Series Number
1
Item Number
1999.004.047
Material Type
sound recording
Date Range
2001
Digitized Date
February 2017
Physical Description
1 cassette tape
Custodial History
Found in collection
Scope and Content
Recording consists of a round-table discussion, held to gather information for the "The Von Donop Creek Story" exhibit. Participants were [CHECK] (See 1999.004.048 for Part 3)
Subject Access
Logging
Audio Recordings
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Early spring picnic: toddler and a large black dog, in the garden at Channel Rock

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1968
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.2498
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1968
Physical Description
1 colour slide, 5 x 5 cm
Storage Location
Slide box 1
Subject Access
Channel Rock
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
Maclean family fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1953
Scope and Content
Duplicate: Item 2003.002.490
Part Of
Maclean family fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2019.023
Item Number
2019.023.018
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1953
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w ; 15 x 9 cm
Scope and Content
Duplicate: Item 2003.002.490
Storage Location
Photo Box 5
Name Access
Kerr, Janice Maclean
Subject Access
Logging
Geographic Access
Whaletown
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