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Donkey explosion at Gunflint Lake

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1927]
Scope and Content
Photograph of the scene of the steam donkey explosion on Gunflint Lake. One man was killed; a piece of the donkey went through the air and landed on the other side of the lake. (Item #2007.001.697 is a duplicate.)
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
13
Item Number
2007.001.234
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1927]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 12 x 7 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of the scene of the steam donkey explosion on Gunflint Lake. One man was killed; a piece of the donkey went through the air and landed on the other side of the lake. (Item #2007.001.697 is a duplicate.)
Storage Location
Photo box 4
Subject Access
Logging
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CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Date Range
1923-2004
Scope and Content
Info from the 1923 explosion of the Steam Donkey on Cortes, and the Steam Donkey exhibit at the Campbell River Museum, 2004.
Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Series Number
4
File Number
32
Date Range
1923-2004
Scope and Content
Info from the 1923 explosion of the Steam Donkey on Cortes, and the Steam Donkey exhibit at the Campbell River Museum, 2004.
Storage Range
Drawer 4
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"Haywire" logging with steam donkey at Stag Bay, Hernando Island

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1922]
Scope and Content
Photograph of a steam donkey on a float, pulling in logs from the beach. L to R: Ervie McKay, Nicol Manson, Wilf Manson This is a reprint of an original photograph from the collection of Florence McKay. It is part of the Campbell River Museum collection (CR 13644) and is also reproduced in the May Ellingsen Historic Photograph Collection: Album Five, page 32.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
13
Item Number
2007.001.753
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1922]
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 15 x 10 cm
Custodial History
Found in CIMAS Information Files folder (Hernando Island), with May Ellingsen's handwriting on the verso. (January 2021)
Scope and Content
Photograph of a steam donkey on a float, pulling in logs from the beach. L to R: Ervie McKay, Nicol Manson, Wilf Manson This is a reprint of an original photograph from the collection of Florence McKay. It is part of the Campbell River Museum collection (CR 13644) and is also reproduced in the May Ellingsen Historic Photograph Collection: Album Five, page 32.
Storage Location
Photo Box 4
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Hague Lake, Cortes Island

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1900s]
Scope and Content
Photograph of an aerial view of Hague Lake, Manson's Landing.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
13
Item Number
2007.001.051
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1900s]
Physical Description
1 photograph postcard: b&w: 13 x 7.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of an aerial view of Hague Lake, Manson's Landing.
Storage Location
Photo box 4
Geographic Access
Manson's Landing
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Picnic grounds at Hague Lake

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Accession Number
2018.002
Date Range
1910
Scope and Content
Fadelma Doering, Gertie Mundigel, Eugene Marquette and Bill Marquette
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
13
Item Number
2007.001.580
Accession Number
2018.002
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1910
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 12.5 x 9 cm
Scope and Content
Fadelma Doering, Gertie Mundigel, Eugene Marquette and Bill Marquette
Storage Location
Photo box 4
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Man on dock in Hague Lake

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Accession Number
2018.002
Date Range
[190-?]
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
13
Item Number
2007.001.638
Accession Number
2018.002
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[190-?]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 11.5 x 9 cm
Storage Location
Photo box 4
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May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Accession Number
2018.002
Date Range
[190-?]
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
13
Item Number
2007.001.639
Accession Number
2018.002
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[190-?]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 9 x 11.5 cm
Storage Location
Photo box 4
Subject Access
Fishing
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CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Date Range
late 1800s-2014
Scope and Content
Historical info including Coast Salish placenames, ecosystems, early settlement, 1800s-early 1900s. Photocopies of historical photos with info: Hague Lake from Stuart Lambert collection, 1910; Hague Lake from Bert Froud collection, 1917; Mr. Hague in boat on Hague Lake from Mabel Christensen collection, 1930s; Gunflint Lake Ranch from Flo McKay collection, 1930s-1940s. Emails, clipping, and pamplet with info on Hague and Gunflint Lake algae blooms, FOCI, 2014. Postcards, undated
Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Series Number
2
File Number
39
Date Range
late 1800s-2014
Scope and Content
Historical info including Coast Salish placenames, ecosystems, early settlement, 1800s-early 1900s. Photocopies of historical photos with info: Hague Lake from Stuart Lambert collection, 1910; Hague Lake from Bert Froud collection, 1917; Mr. Hague in boat on Hague Lake from Mabel Christensen collection, 1930s; Gunflint Lake Ranch from Flo McKay collection, 1930s-1940s. Emails, clipping, and pamplet with info on Hague and Gunflint Lake algae blooms, FOCI, 2014. Postcards, undated
Storage Range
Drawer 2
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People in a rowboat (Hague Lake?) (ID)

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[192-?]
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
13
Item Number
2007.001.706
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[192-?]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 15 x 12.5 cm
Storage Location
Photo box 4
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Wilfred, Nicol and Jack Manson and Ervin McKay, donkey logging on Hernando Island

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1920s]
Scope and Content
Donkey logging at Haywire Point, Hernando Island. Wilfred Manson, with cousins Nicol Manson and Jack Manson and brother-in-law Ervin McKay, standing in front of a steam donkey.Photograph of four men standing beside a steam donkey. Other copies of this photograph are 2004.001.031; Campbell River Museum #13642, and on p.32 of May Ellingsen Historic Photograph Collection, Album 5, p. 32 (fonds 2004.002).
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
13
Item Number
2007.001.123
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1920s]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 12 x 9 cm
Scope and Content
Donkey logging at Haywire Point, Hernando Island. Wilfred Manson, with cousins Nicol Manson and Jack Manson and brother-in-law Ervin McKay, standing in front of a steam donkey.Photograph of four men standing beside a steam donkey. Other copies of this photograph are 2004.001.031; Campbell River Museum #13642, and on p.32 of May Ellingsen Historic Photograph Collection, Album 5, p. 32 (fonds 2004.002).
Storage Location
Photo box 4
Subject Access
Logging
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Aerial view of Hague Lake and Manson's Lagoon

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[198-?]
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
13
Item Number
2007.001.702
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[198-?]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 25 x 25 cm
Storage Location
Photo box 4
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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Map of Section 6/7 on Hague Lake

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1953
Scope and Content
File contains a map of Section 6/7 by Hague Lake.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
10
File Number
6
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1953
Scope and Content
File contains a map of Section 6/7 by Hague Lake.
Storage Location
7-69
Storage Range
7-69
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Three women at the Sandy Beach on Hague Lake

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[1950s]
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
13
Item Number
2007.001.357
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[1950s]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 9 x 9 cm
Storage Location
Photo box 4
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Group of people at the Sandy Beach at Hague Lake (ID)

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1918]
Scope and Content
Photograph of a group of people on the Sandy Beach at Hague Lake. Photographs #2007.001.278 and 2007.001.279 depict the same occasion.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
13
Item Number
2007.001.278
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1918]
Physical Description
2 photograph prints: b&w; 13 x 8 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of a group of people on the Sandy Beach at Hague Lake. Photographs #2007.001.278 and 2007.001.279 depict the same occasion.
Storage Location
Photo box 4
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Group of people on the Sandy Beach at Hague Lake (ID)

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1918]
Scope and Content
Photograph of a group of people on the Sandy Beach at Hague Lake and a later copy. Photographs #2007.001.278 and 2007.001.279 depict the same occasion.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
13
Item Number
2007.001.279
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1918]
Physical Description
2 photograph print: b&w; 13 x 8 cm 1 photograph print: b&w; 17.5 x 10
Scope and Content
Photograph of a group of people on the Sandy Beach at Hague Lake and a later copy. Photographs #2007.001.278 and 2007.001.279 depict the same occasion.
Storage Location
Photo box 4
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Three women and a man in a rowboat on Hague Lake (ID)

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1920s]
Scope and Content
Photograph of three women and a man in a rowboat on Hague Lake. Photos # 301-304 are from the same set.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
13
Item Number
2007.001.286
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1920s]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 13 x 7.5
Scope and Content
Photograph of three women and a man in a rowboat on Hague Lake. Photos # 301-304 are from the same set.
Storage Location
Photo box 4
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Molly Switzer (friend of Alethea Brooks) on the sandy beach at Hague Lake

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Part Of
Brooks family fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1942]
Part Of
Brooks family fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2019.021
Item Number
2019.021.013
Item Number Range
2019.021.013
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1942]
Physical Description
1 photograph print : b&w ; 6 x 9 cm
Storage Location
Photo box 5
Storage Range
Photo box 5
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Steam tug towing a log boom

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[195?]
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
13
Item Number
2007.001.405
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[195?]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 14.5 x 9 cm
Storage Location
Photo box 4
Subject Access
Logging
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Rowboat in Hague Lake, just off the Sandy Beach; Ellingsen house in the distance at the right

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[1950s]
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
13
Item Number
2007.001.368
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[1950s]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 13 x 10 cm
Storage Location
Photo box 4
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Donkey logging at Stag Bay, Hernando Island

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Accession Number
2019.019
Date Range
[1920s]
Scope and Content
Photograph of Wilfred Manson on steam donkey, and Ervin McKay with a bundle of drift wood to fire the donkey. This is a reprint of an original photograph from the collection of Florence McKay. It is part of the Campbell River Museum collection (CR 13644) and is also reproduced in the May Ellingsen Historic Photograph Collection: Album Nine, page 25.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
13
Item Number
2007.001.752
Accession Number
2019.019
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[1920s]
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 15 x 10 cm
Custodial History
Found in CIMAS Information Files folder (Hernando Island), with May Ellingsen's handwriting on the verso. (January 2021)
Scope and Content
Photograph of Wilfred Manson on steam donkey, and Ervin McKay with a bundle of drift wood to fire the donkey. This is a reprint of an original photograph from the collection of Florence McKay. It is part of the Campbell River Museum collection (CR 13644) and is also reproduced in the May Ellingsen Historic Photograph Collection: Album Nine, page 25.
Storage Location
Photo Box 4
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