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Thunderbird totem at Alert Bay
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Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1920s-1950s]
Scope and Content
Photograph of a thunderbird, the top figure of a totem pole at Alert Bay.
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Grave totem at Alert Bay
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1946
Scope and Content
Photograph of a grave totem with a carved tablet at Alert Bay. Greene's title is "An Indian totem and tomb-stone in an Indian graveyard at Alret Bay, BC."
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Creator
Greene, Alan
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.0961
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1946
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 12.5 x 10.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of a grave totem with a carved tablet at Alert Bay. Greene's title is "An Indian totem and tomb-stone in an Indian graveyard at Alret Bay, BC."
Subject Access
Columbia Coast Mission
Geographic Access
Alert Bay
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View of ship, Alert Bay
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1933
Scope and Content
Photograph of a ship off shore, Alert Bay.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
13
Item Number
2007.001.035
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1933
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w: 8.5 x 6 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of a ship off shore, Alert Bay.
Storage Location
Photo box 4
Geographic Access
Alert Bay
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Man and woman, Alert Bay
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1933
Scope and Content
Photograph of a man and woman, Alert Bay.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
13
Item Number
2007.001.037
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1933
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w: 8.5 x 6 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of a man and woman, Alert Bay.
Storage Location
Photo box 4
Geographic Access
Alert Bay
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Olive Gillard, Alert Bay
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1936
Scope and Content
Photograph of Olive Gillard and another woman, Alert Bay.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
13
Item Number
2007.001.074
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1936
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w: 5 x 8 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Olive Gillard and another woman, Alert Bay.
Storage Location
Photo box 4
Geographic Access
Alert Bay
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St. George's Hospital in Alert Bay
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1914
Scope and Content
Photograph of St. George's Hospital in Alert Bay, five years after it was built. (see "Anderson, Doris, "The Columbia Is Coming"; Gray's Publishing, 1982, photo inset)
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Creator
Greene, Alan
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.0922
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1914
Physical Description
2 photograph prints: b&w; 17 x 13 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of St. George's Hospital in Alert Bay, five years after it was built. (see "Anderson, Doris, "The Columbia Is Coming"; Gray's Publishing, 1982, photo inset)
Subject Access
Columbia Coast Mission
Geographic Access
Alert Bay
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Dock with fishing boats, Alert Bay
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1933
Scope and Content
Photograph of a dock with fishing boats, Alert Bay.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
13
Item Number
2007.001.042
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1933
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w: 14 x 8 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of a dock with fishing boats, Alert Bay.
Storage Location
Photo box 4
Subject Access
Fishing
Geographic Access
Alert Bay
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Breakwater in the bay between the Twin Islands
Part Of
May Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca.1913]
Scope and Content
Bay between the Twin Islands, breakwater structure on the left.
Part Of
May Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2004.002
Series Number
2
Item Number
2004.002.030
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca.1913]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 6 x 10.5 cm
Scope and Content
Bay between the Twin Islands, breakwater structure on the left.
Storage Location
Photo Box 3
Geographic Access
Twin Islands
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Capsized boat near Alert Bay
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[19--]
Scope and Content
Boat is identified, variously as "Prosperative" and "Prospective"
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
13
Item Number
2007.001.735
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[19--]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 11.5 x 7 cm
Scope and Content
Boat is identified, variously as "Prosperative" and "Prospective"
Storage Location
Photo box 4
Geographic Access
Alert Bay
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Al Hood and Dave Morrison, Alert Bay
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1933
Scope and Content
Photograph of Al Hood and Dave Morrison, Alert Bay.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
13
Item Number
2007.001.038
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1933
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w: 8.5 x 6 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Al Hood and Dave Morrison, Alert Bay.
Storage Location
Photo box 4
Geographic Access
Alert Bay
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Nicol and Vera Manson and students, Alert Bay
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1933
Scope and Content
Photograph of a newly-wed Nick and Vera Manson, surrounded by students, holding a sign "Good Luck and Best Wishes - Our principal and primary teacher just married".
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
13
Item Number
2007.001.040
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1933
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w: 8.5 x 6 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of a newly-wed Nick and Vera Manson, surrounded by students, holding a sign "Good Luck and Best Wishes - Our principal and primary teacher just married".
Storage Location
Photo box 4
Geographic Access
Alert Bay
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Dave Morrison Al Hood, Alert Bay
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1933
Scope and Content
Photograph of Dave Morrison (R) and Al Hood (L), Alert Bay.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
13
Item Number
2007.001.043
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1933
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w: 9 x 11 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Dave Morrison (R) and Al Hood (L), Alert Bay.
Storage Location
Photo box 4
Geographic Access
Alert Bay
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Nixon and McDonald house by the bay, Twin Islands
Part Of
May Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1912]
Scope and Content
Buildings by the bay, Twin Islands. On the left is the house being built by Mr. Harpur C. Nixon for his son James. On the right is the home built by Dan McDonald. Foreground shows, beach, bay and two rowboats.
Part Of
May Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2004.002
Series Number
2
Item Number
2004.002.029
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1912]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 6 x 10.5 cm
Scope and Content
Buildings by the bay, Twin Islands. On the left is the house being built by Mr. Harpur C. Nixon for his son James. On the right is the home built by Dan McDonald. Foreground shows, beach, bay and two rowboats.
Storage Location
Photo Box 3
Geographic Access
Twin Islands
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Pier for dumping logs at Stag Bay, Hernando Island
Part Of
May Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[1918 - 1919]
Scope and Content
The pier from which the locomotive dumped logs at Stag Bay, Hernando Island. Cortes Island is in the far distance with Twin Islands in the right background. The pile-driver beside the pier and gin poles are arranged to unload logs. There are also poles set at intervals on the beach for hanging booms.
Part Of
May Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2004.002
Series Number
1
File Number
10
Item Number
2004.003.020
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[1918 - 1919]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 12.5 x 17.5 cm
Scope and Content
The pier from which the locomotive dumped logs at Stag Bay, Hernando Island. Cortes Island is in the far distance with Twin Islands in the right background. The pile-driver beside the pier and gin poles are arranged to unload logs. There are also poles set at intervals on the beach for hanging booms.
Storage Location
Photo Box 3
Geographic Access
Hernando Island
Twin Islands
Location - Copy
Vol. 9, p. 1a
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Group photo, on the beach at Stag Bay, Hernando Island
Part Of
May Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1926]
Scope and Content
A group of people on the beach at Stag Bay, Hernando Island. Twin Islands can be seen in the background.
Back row, L to R: Mr. Niven, Jim Niven, Dick Parker, Jean Manson, Mrs. Niven
Front row, L to R: Muriel Hurreen, Thelma Campbell, Audrey and Eileen Kenny, Minerva and Lorne Campbell, Dorothy Manson
Part Of
May Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2004.002
Series Number
1
File Number
10
Item Number
2004.003.049
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1926]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 9 x 12.5 cm
Scope and Content
A group of people on the beach at Stag Bay, Hernando Island. Twin Islands can be seen in the background.
Back row, L to R: Mr. Niven, Jim Niven, Dick Parker, Jean Manson, Mrs. Niven
Front row, L to R: Muriel Hurreen, Thelma Campbell, Audrey and Eileen Kenny, Minerva and Lorne Campbell, Dorothy Manson
Storage Location
Photo Box 3
Geographic Access
Hernando Island
Twin Islands
Location - Copy
Vol. 9, p. 25c
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David Morrison and Al. Hood, Alert Bay, 1933
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
13
Item Number
2007.001.734
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1933
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 12.5 x 10 cm
1 photograph print: b&w; 12.5 x 17.5
Storage Location
Photo box 4
Geographic Access
Alert Bay
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Correspondence re Columbia Coast Mission
Part Of
Correspondence re Columbia Coast Mission (discrete item)
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
textual records
Accession Number
2021.005
Date Range
1942
Scope and Content
File contains two letters, written in pencil, to "Mother and Dad" by "Freddie" (surname unknown) on July 9, 1942 (7 pages) and July 13, 1942 (5 pages). Freddie was aboard the mission ship "John Antle", based in Whaletown with Canon Alan Greene, and writes of his experiences as part of the mission patrol. Places visited include Redonda Bay, Alert Bay, Rock Bay, Surge Narrows and Cortes Island settlements.
Part Of
Correspondence re Columbia Coast Mission (discrete item)
Description Level
Fonds
Fonds Number
2021.005
Accession Number
2021.005
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1942
Physical Description
2 letters : 12 pages
Custodial History
Donated by Bill Bartlett, of the Gerald Wellburn Philatelic Foundation, Victoria BC, in 2021. The letters were part of a stamp collection given to the Foundation. Bartlett recognized the connection to Cortes Island and mailed the letters to the Museum.
Scope and Content
File contains two letters, written in pencil, to "Mother and Dad" by "Freddie" (surname unknown) on July 9, 1942 (7 pages) and July 13, 1942 (5 pages). Freddie was aboard the mission ship "John Antle", based in Whaletown with Canon Alan Greene, and writes of his experiences as part of the mission patrol. Places visited include Redonda Bay, Alert Bay, Rock Bay, Surge Narrows and Cortes Island settlements.
Storage Location
Small fonds box
Storage Range
1-20
Name Access
Greene, Alan
Subject Access
Columbia Coast Mission
Health care
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
Quadra Island
Read Island
Alert Bay
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"The first "Columbia" dwarfed by her neighbors at Alert Bay dock"
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1905-1910]
Scope and Content
Photograph of the first "Columbia" and a much larger ship at the Alert Bay dock.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Creator
Greene, Alan
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.0926
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1905-1910]
Physical Description
2 photograph prints: b&w; 12.5 x 18 cm and 6.5 x 9 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of the first "Columbia" and a much larger ship at the Alert Bay dock.
Subject Access
Columbia Coast Mission
Geographic Access
Alert Bay
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Man and woman standing beside a totem pole, Alert Bay
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1933
Scope and Content
Photograph of a man and woman standing beside a totem pole.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
13
Item Number
2007.001.033
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1933
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w: 8.5 x 6 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of a man and woman standing beside a totem pole.
Storage Location
Photo box 4
Geographic Access
Alert Bay
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Upside-down airplane on the beach at low tide, Alert Bay
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1933
Scope and Content
Photograph of a plane, missing its floats and propeller, upside-down on the beach at Alert Bay.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
13
Item Number
2007.001.036
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1933
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w: 8.5 x 6 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of a plane, missing its floats and propeller, upside-down on the beach at Alert Bay.
Storage Location
Photo box 4
Subject Access
Air transport
Transportation
Geographic Access
Alert Bay
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