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"Cortes Queen" approaching the ferry landing in Whaletown Bay
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"Cortes Queen" leaving the ferry dock in Whaletown Bay
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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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View of the site of the present-day ferry landing in Whaletown Bay, showing the Byers and MacKenzie houses
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Blasting for the ferry landing
Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1967-1968]
Scope and Content
Slide shows the blast plume for the ferry landing behind the wings of the ferry dock. Picture was taken from the Weiler property.
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Blasting for the ferry landing
Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1967-1968]
Scope and Content
Slide shows the blast plume for the ferry landing behind the wings of the ferry dock.
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Blasting for the ferry landing
Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1967-1968]
Scope and Content
Slide shows the blast plume for the ferry landing behind the wings of the ferry dock.
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Blasting for the ferry landing
Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1967-1968]
Scope and Content
Slide shows the blast plume for the ferry landing behind the wings of the ferry dock.
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Ferry landing in the snow
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Ferry landing under construction
Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1967-1968]
Scope and Content
Slide of the ferry dock under construction, with a bage loaded with gravel tied up at the site.
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Ferry dock under construction
Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1967-1968]
Scope and Content
Slide of the ferry dock under construction, with a pile driver and a barge loaded with gravel tied up at the site.
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Materials for building the new ferry dock
Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1967-1968]
Scope and Content
Slide of a barge loaded with gravel and a pile driver beside the Whaletown wharf. Johnny Weiler is seated on the edge of the wharf.
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Boats leaving Whaletown Bay before blasting for the ferry landing commenced
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Boats leaving Whaletown Bay before blasting for the ferry landing commenced
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Driving aboard the Cortes ferry in Whaletown Bay
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Weiler house, future ferry dock site in background, large red algae bloom in the foreground
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Cortes Island Visitor's Information hand-out; ferry tickets
Part Of
CIMAS ephemera collection
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
[ca. 1982]
Scope and Content
File contains a Cortes Island Visitor's Information hand-out with a map of the island and lists of businesses and services, published by the Whaletown Community Club; and a set of ticket book backs for the Cortes-Quadra and Quadra-Campbell River ferries.
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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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Disembarking from the "Cortes Queen" in Heriot Bay
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George Freeman's 1928 Ford, decorated for the inaugural trip of the "Cortes Queen"