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Two men loading first-growth fir logs onto a logging truck, Knight Inlet

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
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Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1950]
Scope and Content
Captioned by Douglas: "Douglas fir coming out of Pacific coast forests."
One of a series of photographs taken at Clarence and Doug Boardman's Dot Logging Co. camp in Knight Inlet.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.1045
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1950]
Physical Description
2 photograph prints: b&w ; 18 x 12.5 cm & 21.5 x 16.5 cm
Scope and Content
Captioned by Douglas: "Douglas fir coming out of Pacific coast forests."
One of a series of photographs taken at Clarence and Doug Boardman's Dot Logging Co. camp in Knight Inlet.
Subject Access
Logging
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Knight Inlet
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Giant first-growth fir logs being loaded onto a logging truck, Knight Inlet

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1950]
Scope and Content
Photograph of giant first-growth fir logs being loaded onto a logging truck in Knight Inlet.
One of a series of photographs taken at Clarence and Doug Boardman's Dot Logging Co. camp in Knight Inlet.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.1051
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1950]
Physical Description
3 photograph prints: b&w ; 15 x 10 cm, 21.5 x 16.5 cm & 25 x 20 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of giant first-growth fir logs being loaded onto a logging truck in Knight Inlet.
One of a series of photographs taken at Clarence and Doug Boardman's Dot Logging Co. camp in Knight Inlet.
Subject Access
Logging
Geographic Access
Knight Inlet
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Log boom in Knight Inlet, with logging machinery in the background

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
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Item
Material Type
graphic
Date Range
[ca. 1950]
Scope and Content
Captioned "On the banks of the Klinaklini River you'll find mostly loggers and grizzlies".
One of a series of photographs taken at Clarence and Doug Boardman's Dot Logging Co. camp in Knight Inlet.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.1168
Material Type
graphic
Date Range
[ca. 1950]
Physical Description
3 photograph prints: b&w ; 15 x 10 cm, 21 x 16 cm & 25 x 20 cm
Scope and Content
Captioned "On the banks of the Klinaklini River you'll find mostly loggers and grizzlies".
One of a series of photographs taken at Clarence and Doug Boardman's Dot Logging Co. camp in Knight Inlet.
Subject Access
Logging
Geographic Access
Knight Inlet
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Large fir log being loaded onto a logging truck, Knight Inlet

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic
Date Range
[ca. 1950]
Scope and Content
This is a near-duplicate of 1999.001,1050. One print is captioned "Modern machinery in an ancient wilderness".
One of a series of photographs taken at Clarence and Doug Boardman's Dot Logging Co. camp in Knight Inlet.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.1166
Material Type
graphic
Date Range
[ca. 1950]
Physical Description
2 photograph prints: b&w ; 12 x 18 cm & 21 x 16 cm
Scope and Content
This is a near-duplicate of 1999.001,1050. One print is captioned "Modern machinery in an ancient wilderness".
One of a series of photographs taken at Clarence and Doug Boardman's Dot Logging Co. camp in Knight Inlet.
Subject Access
Logging
Geographic Access
Knight Inlet
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Logging truck being loaded, Knight Inlet

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1950]
Scope and Content
Photograph of a logging truck being loaded with fir logs, Knight Inlet.
One of a series of photographs taken at Clarence and Doug Boardman's Dot Logging Co. camp in Knight Inlet.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.1050
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1950]
Physical Description
2 photograph prints: b&w ; 15 x 10 cm & 21.5 x 16.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of a logging truck being loaded with fir logs, Knight Inlet.
One of a series of photographs taken at Clarence and Doug Boardman's Dot Logging Co. camp in Knight Inlet.
Subject Access
Logging
Geographic Access
Knight Inlet
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Bulldozer used to make logging roads, Knight Inlet

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1950]
Scope and Content
Photograph of a bulldozer of the Dot logging camp in Knight Inlet, on a logging road it has made.
One of a series of photographs taken at Clarence and Doug Boardman's Dot Logging Co. camp in Knight Inlet.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.1060
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1950]
Physical Description
3 photograph prints: b&w ; 15 x 10 cm, 21.5 x 16.5 cm & 25 x 20 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of a bulldozer of the Dot logging camp in Knight Inlet, on a logging road it has made.
One of a series of photographs taken at Clarence and Doug Boardman's Dot Logging Co. camp in Knight Inlet.
Subject Access
Logging
Geographic Access
Knight Inlet
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Doug Boardman logging equipment at Dot Camp, Knight Inlet

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1950]
Scope and Content
Captioned: "Doug Boardman and some of the big cats, cherry pickers and other logging equipment which had to be rafted in to the Dot."
One of a series of photographs taken at Clarence and Doug Boardman's Dot Logging Co. camp in Knight Inlet.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.1040
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1950]
Physical Description
2 photograph prints: b&w; 21.5 x 16.5 cm & 25 x 20 cm
Scope and Content
Captioned: "Doug Boardman and some of the big cats, cherry pickers and other logging equipment which had to be rafted in to the Dot."
One of a series of photographs taken at Clarence and Doug Boardman's Dot Logging Co. camp in Knight Inlet.
Storage Location
Oversize photograph box
Subject Access
Logging
Geographic Access
Knight Inlet
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Tall tree trunks of the first-growth forest in Knight Inlet

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1950]
Scope and Content
Photograph of the first-growth forest in Knight Inlet, showing the towering straight trunks of the giant fir trees.
One of a series of photographs taken at Clarence and Doug Boardman's Dot Logging Co. camp in Knight Inlet.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.1059
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1950]
Physical Description
2 photograph prints: b&w ; 10 x 15 cm & 16.5 x 21.5
Scope and Content
Photograph of the first-growth forest in Knight Inlet, showing the towering straight trunks of the giant fir trees.
One of a series of photographs taken at Clarence and Doug Boardman's Dot Logging Co. camp in Knight Inlet.
Subject Access
Logging
Geographic Access
Knight Inlet
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Three loggers standing at the base of a huge first-growth cedar tree, Knight Inlet

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1950]
Scope and Content
Photograph of three loggers from the Dot Logging camp in Knight Inlet, standing at the base of a giant first-growth cedar tree. Douglas has captioned it: "A giant red cedar of the Pacific Northwest which may have been a seedling when Columbus discovered America."
One of a series of photographs taken at Clarence and Doug Boardman's Dot Logging Co. camp in Knight Inlet.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.1046
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1950]
Physical Description
3 photograph prints: b&w ; 15 x 10 cm, 21.5 x 16.5 cm & 25 x 20 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of three loggers from the Dot Logging camp in Knight Inlet, standing at the base of a giant first-growth cedar tree. Douglas has captioned it: "A giant red cedar of the Pacific Northwest which may have been a seedling when Columbus discovered America."
One of a series of photographs taken at Clarence and Doug Boardman's Dot Logging Co. camp in Knight Inlet.
Subject Access
Logging
Geographic Access
Knight Inlet
Images
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Three loggers standing among the giant trees of a first-growth forest in Knight Inlet

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1950]
Scope and Content
Photograph of three loggers from the Dot logging camp in Knight Inlet, standing among the giants of a first-growth forest in Knight Inlet. Another print of this photograph is labelled "Douglas Fir in the Klinaklini country.
One of a series of photographs taken at Clarence and Doug Boardman's Dot Logging Co. camp in Knight Inlet.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.1048
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1950]
Physical Description
3 photograph prints: b&w ; 15 x 10 cm, 21.5 x 16.5 cm & 25 x 20 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of three loggers from the Dot logging camp in Knight Inlet, standing among the giants of a first-growth forest in Knight Inlet. Another print of this photograph is labelled "Douglas Fir in the Klinaklini country.
One of a series of photographs taken at Clarence and Doug Boardman's Dot Logging Co. camp in Knight Inlet.
Subject Access
Logging
Geographic Access
Knight Inlet
Images
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Three loggers standing at the base of a giant first-growth Douglas fir tree, Knight Inlet

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1950]
Scope and Content
Photograph of three loggers from the Dot logging camp in Knight Inlet, standing at the base of a giant first-growth Douglas fir tree.
One of a series of photographs taken at Clarence and Doug Boardman's Dot Logging Co. camp in Knight Inlet.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.1047
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1950]
Physical Description
3 photograph prints: b&w ; 15 x 10 cm, 21.5 x 16.5 cm & 25 x 20 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of three loggers from the Dot logging camp in Knight Inlet, standing at the base of a giant first-growth Douglas fir tree.
One of a series of photographs taken at Clarence and Doug Boardman's Dot Logging Co. camp in Knight Inlet.
Subject Access
Logging
Geographic Access
Knight Inlet
Images
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Log booming ground in Knight Inlet

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1950]
Scope and Content
Photograph of of a booming ground at the mouth of the Klina Klini River. Captioned by Douglas: "British Columbia booming ground in the Knight Inlet country."
One of a series of photographs taken at Clarence and Doug Boardman's Dot Logging Co. camp in Knight Inlet.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.1056
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1950]
Physical Description
3 photograph prints: b&w ; 15 x 10 cm, 21.5 x 16.5 cm & 25 x 20 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of of a booming ground at the mouth of the Klina Klini River. Captioned by Douglas: "British Columbia booming ground in the Knight Inlet country."
One of a series of photographs taken at Clarence and Doug Boardman's Dot Logging Co. camp in Knight Inlet.
Subject Access
Logging
Geographic Access
Knight Inlet
Images
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Log boom in the Klinaklini River, Knight Inlet

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic
Date Range
[ca. 1950]
Scope and Content
One of a series of photographs taken at Clarence and Doug Boardman's Dot Logging Co. camp in Knight Inlet.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.1169
Material Type
graphic
Date Range
[ca. 1950]
Physical Description
3 photograph prints: b&w ; 15 x 10 cm, 21 x 16 cm & 25 x 20 cm
Scope and Content
One of a series of photographs taken at Clarence and Doug Boardman's Dot Logging Co. camp in Knight Inlet.
Subject Access
Logging
Geographic Access
Knight Inlet
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Denise Gibbons, playing the piano in her log home, Refuge Cove

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Part Of
Cortes Island Museum & Archives Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material (electronic)
Date Range
[ca. 1976]
Part Of
Cortes Island Museum & Archives Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Creator
Gibbons, Norm
Fonds Number
2021.001
Series Number
5
File Number
2
Item Number
NG.026
Material Type
graphic material (electronic)
Date Range
[ca. 1976]
Physical Description
1 image (electronic) : col
Name Access
Gibbons, Norm
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Refuge Cove
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The stained glass windows on the front of Norm and Denise Gibbons' log house at Refuge Cove

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Part Of
Cortes Island Museum & Archives Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material (electronic)
Date Range
2013
Part Of
Cortes Island Museum & Archives Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Creator
Gibbons, Norm
Fonds Number
2021.001
Series Number
5
File Number
2
Item Number
NG.023
Material Type
graphic material (electronic)
Date Range
2013
Physical Description
1 image (electronic) : col
Name Access
Gibbons, Norm
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Refuge Cove
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Norm Gibbons and Mike Lovell putting up the ridgepole of Norm's log house, Refuge Cove

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Part Of
Cortes Island Museum & Archives Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material (electronic)
Date Range
1973
Scope and Content
Mike Lovell was a co-op member. His wife, Pat Reese, was Norm's cousin. They had three children: Tracy, Dean and (?).
Part Of
Cortes Island Museum & Archives Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Creator
Gibbons, Norm
Fonds Number
2021.001
Series Number
5
File Number
2
Item Number
NG.021
Material Type
graphic material (electronic)
Date Range
1973
Physical Description
1 image (electronic) : col
Scope and Content
Mike Lovell was a co-op member. His wife, Pat Reese, was Norm's cousin. They had three children: Tracy, Dean and (?).
Name Access
Gibbons, Norm
Geographic Access
Refuge Cove
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Ryan Holt (L) and Norm Gibbons (R) beside Norm's log house at Refuge Cove

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Part Of
Cortes Island Museum & Archives Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material (electronic)
Date Range
2013
Scope and Content
Ryan Holt was an original member of the Refuge Cove co-op.
Part Of
Cortes Island Museum & Archives Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Creator
Gibbons, Norm
Fonds Number
2021.001
Series Number
5
File Number
2
Item Number
NG.022
Material Type
graphic material (electronic)
Date Range
2013
Physical Description
1 image (electronic) : col
Scope and Content
Ryan Holt was an original member of the Refuge Cove co-op.
Name Access
Gibbons, Norm
Geographic Access
Refuge Cove
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Booming logs on the Klina Klini River, Knight Inlet

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1950]
Scope and Content
Photograph of a log booming ground at the mouth of the river in Knight Inlet. Captioned by Douglas: "Booming on the Klina Klini River (Dot houses in the background) in country that loggers and grizzlies love." Another print is captioned "Mountain meadows and a log boom at the Dot Logging Camp on the Klinaklini River"
One of a series of photographs taken at Clarence and Doug Boardman's Dot Logging Co. camp in Knight Inlet.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.1055
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1950]
Physical Description
2 photograph prints: b&w ; 15 x 10 cm & 21.5 x 16.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of a log booming ground at the mouth of the river in Knight Inlet. Captioned by Douglas: "Booming on the Klina Klini River (Dot houses in the background) in country that loggers and grizzlies love." Another print is captioned "Mountain meadows and a log boom at the Dot Logging Camp on the Klinaklini River"
One of a series of photographs taken at Clarence and Doug Boardman's Dot Logging Co. camp in Knight Inlet.
Subject Access
Logging
Geographic Access
Knight Inlet
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Norm Gibbons (middle) and Barry Ketchison (R), beside Norm's log house under construction at Refuge Cove

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Part Of
Cortes Island Museum & Archives Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material (electronic)
Date Range
1973
Scope and Content
The man on the left is a guest, Peter Kuyt, who kayaked up from Lasqueti Island. He built a cabin by the lagoon at Refuge Cove, but drowned while kayaking back to Lasqueti. Barry Ketchison was a co-op member.
Part Of
Cortes Island Museum & Archives Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Creator
Gibbons, Norm
Fonds Number
2021.001
Series Number
5
File Number
2
Item Number
NG.020
Material Type
graphic material (electronic)
Date Range
1973
Physical Description
1 image (electronic) : col
Scope and Content
The man on the left is a guest, Peter Kuyt, who kayaked up from Lasqueti Island. He built a cabin by the lagoon at Refuge Cove, but drowned while kayaking back to Lasqueti. Barry Ketchison was a co-op member.
Name Access
Gibbons, Norm
Geographic Access
Refuge Cove
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Buildings at Refuge Cove

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Part Of
Cortes Island Museum & Archives Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material (electronic)
Date Range
[ca.1955]
Scope and Content
Buildings, from L to R: Norm and Doris Hope's house, far left; small house where the store keeper lived; the old store; fuel tanks with house to their right; teacher's cottage and school building at far right. In front are several fish boats; the dock with a freight shed; a barge for ice storage and fish-buying; float houses near the school. The Hope's house is the only one of these buildings still there (2023). The old store burned down in 1968.
Part Of
Cortes Island Museum & Archives Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Creator
Gibbons, Norm
Fonds Number
2021.001
Series Number
5
File Number
2
Item Number
NG.001
Item Number Range
NG.001
Material Type
graphic material (electronic)
Date Range
[ca.1955]
Physical Description
1 image (electronic) : col
Scope and Content
Buildings, from L to R: Norm and Doris Hope's house, far left; small house where the store keeper lived; the old store; fuel tanks with house to their right; teacher's cottage and school building at far right. In front are several fish boats; the dock with a freight shed; a barge for ice storage and fish-buying; float houses near the school. The Hope's house is the only one of these buildings still there (2023). The old store burned down in 1968.
Name Access
Gibbons, Norm
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Refuge Cove
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