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Gorge Harbour wharf in the snow

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1950s]
Scope and Content
Photograph of the Gorge wharf in the winter, looking across to the far shore.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.0791
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1950s]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 11.5 x 7 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of the Gorge wharf in the winter, looking across to the far shore.
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Home of Pat and Duncan Robertson on Gorge Harbour

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 19??]
Scope and Content
Photograph of the house of Duncan and Pat Robertson, by the water in Gorge Harbour.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.0722
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 19??]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 8.5 x 13 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of the house of Duncan and Pat Robertson, by the water in Gorge Harbour.
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Nesta Slater, seated inside

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1950s]
Scope and Content
Photograph of Nesta Slater with typed caption taped on: "Nesta gets ready to tell a fish story."
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.0796
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1950s]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 18 x 12 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Nesta Slater with typed caption taped on: "Nesta gets ready to tell a fish story."
Subject Access
Fishing
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Peter Police, standing on the foreshore of his Gorge Harbour property

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1950s]
Scope and Content
Photograph of Peter Police, standing on the foreshore of his property at the western end of Gorge Harbour.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.0780
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1950s]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 12 x 17.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Peter Police, standing on the foreshore of his property at the western end of Gorge Harbour.
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Paul Kirmmse, holding up a large red snapper caught in Gorge Harbour

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Part Of
Cortes Island Museum & Archives Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material (electronic)
Date Range
[ca. 1973]
Part Of
Cortes Island Museum & Archives Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Creator
Kirmmse, Paul
Fonds Number
2021.001
Series Number
5
File Number
3
Item Number
PK_002
Material Type
graphic material (electronic)
Date Range
[ca. 1973]
Physical Description
1 image (electronic) : b&w
Name Access
Kirmmse, Paul
Geographic Access
Whaletown
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Cabin at "Maple Terrace", just outside the entrance to Gorge Harbour on the East side

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1965
Scope and Content
Photograph of a cabin located near the water's edge in a bay with big maple trees. "Maple Terrace" was the home of Ned Breeze from ca. 1910 to 1948.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.2397
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1965
Physical Description
1 colour slide, 5 x 5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of a cabin located near the water's edge in a bay with big maple trees. "Maple Terrace" was the home of Ned Breeze from ca. 1910 to 1948.
Storage Location
Slide box 1
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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Cat on a chair inside the house at Channel Rock

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1954
Scope and Content
Photograph of a cat ("Frosty") on a chair beside the bookshelf in the living room of the house at Channel Rock.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.0241
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1954
Physical Description
1 photograph print: colour; 11.5 x 8 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of a cat ("Frosty") on a chair beside the bookshelf in the living room of the house at Channel Rock.
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"Frogman" seated inside the house at Channel Rock

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1950s]
Scope and Content
Photograph of the "frogman" seated in front of a bookcase in the living room at Channel Rock. (see #1999.001.260)
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.0261
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1950s]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 10 x 7.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of the "frogman" seated in front of a bookcase in the living room at Channel Rock. (see #1999.001.260)
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David Edwards, with a kitten tucked inside his jacket

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1959
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.2033
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1959
Physical Description
1 colour slide, 5 x 5 cm
Storage Location
Slide box 1
Name Access
Channel Rock
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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Altar inside St. John the Baptist Church in Whaletown

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1959]
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.2200
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1959]
Physical Description
1 colour slide, 5 x 5 cm
Storage Location
Slide box 1
Subject Access
Columbia Coast Mission
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
Whaletown
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Looking down into the boat shed with the Channel Rock dinghy inside it

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1965
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.2398
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1965
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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Main gate into the garden at Channel Rock, from inside the garden

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1969
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.2531
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1969
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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Newspaper clipping of Bob (Bobo) Fraser and Bonnie MacDonald inside the store 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
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.014
Material Type
graphic material (electronic)
Date Range
1976
Physical Description
1 image (electronic) : b&w
Name Access
Gibbons, Norm
Geographic Access
Refuge Cove
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Four Whaletown women, seated inside - Bertha Reedel, second from left (ID)

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1979
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.1144
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1979
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w, 13 x 10 cm
Subject Access
Channel Rock
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
Whaletown
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"Paul Whale and the Whalettes" at a Gorge Hall Variety Night (1)

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Part Of
Cortes Island Museum & Archives Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material (electronic)
Date Range
[ca. 1980]
Scope and Content
(L to R): Isolde Ruthenberg, Sheril Matthews, Gloria Jorg and Paul Kirmmse performing "Hit the Road Jack" at a Gorge Hall Variety Night. The name of the group was based on the doo-wop band Ray Charles and the Raylettes.
Part Of
Cortes Island Museum & Archives Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Creator
Kirmmse, Paul
Fonds Number
2021.001
Series Number
5
File Number
3
Item Number
PK_011
Material Type
graphic material (electronic)
Date Range
[ca. 1980]
Physical Description
1 image (electronic) : col
Scope and Content
(L to R): Isolde Ruthenberg, Sheril Matthews, Gloria Jorg and Paul Kirmmse performing "Hit the Road Jack" at a Gorge Hall Variety Night. The name of the group was based on the doo-wop band Ray Charles and the Raylettes.
Name Access
Kirmmse, Paul
Geographic Access
Whaletown
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"Paul Whale and the Whalettes" at a Gorge Hall Variety Night (2)

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Part Of
Cortes Island Museum & Archives Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material (electronic)
Date Range
[ca. 1980]
Scope and Content
(L to R): Isolde Ruthenberg, Sheril Matthews, Gloria Jorg and Paul Kirmmse performing "Hit the Road Jack" at a Gorge Hall Variety Night.
Part Of
Cortes Island Museum & Archives Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Creator
Kirmmse, Paul
Fonds Number
2021.001
Series Number
5
File Number
3
Item Number
PK_012
Material Type
graphic material (electronic)
Date Range
[ca. 1980]
Physical Description
1 image (electronic) : col
Scope and Content
(L to R): Isolde Ruthenberg, Sheril Matthews, Gloria Jorg and Paul Kirmmse performing "Hit the Road Jack" at a Gorge Hall Variety Night.
Name Access
Kirmmse, Paul
Geographic Access
Whaletown
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"Paul Whale and the Whalettes" at a Gorge Hall Variety Night (3)

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Part Of
Cortes Island Museum & Archives Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material (electronic)
Date Range
[ca. 1980]
Scope and Content
(L to R): Isolde Ruthenberg, Sheril Matthews, Gloria Jorg and Paul Kirmmse performing "Hit the Road Jack" at a Gorge Hall Variety Night.
Part Of
Cortes Island Museum & Archives Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Creator
Kirmmse, Paul
Fonds Number
2021.001
Series Number
5
File Number
3
Item Number
PK_013
Material Type
graphic material (electronic)
Date Range
[ca. 1980]
Physical Description
1 image (electronic) : col
Scope and Content
(L to R): Isolde Ruthenberg, Sheril Matthews, Gloria Jorg and Paul Kirmmse performing "Hit the Road Jack" at a Gorge Hall Variety Night.
Name Access
Kirmmse, Paul
Geographic Access
Whaletown
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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 some buildings at Allison Harbour, with a boat in front and a logging slash behind.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.1101
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1950]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 9 x 6.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of some buildings at Allison Harbour, with a boat in front and a logging slash behind.
Subject Access
Logging
Columbia Coast Mission
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George Sirk and Gloria Jorg onstage at a Gorge Hall Variety Night

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Part Of
Cortes Island Museum & Archives Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material (electronic)
Date Range
[ca. 1980]
Part Of
Cortes Island Museum & Archives Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Creator
Kirmmse, Paul
Fonds Number
2021.001
Series Number
5
File Number
3
Item Number
PK_014
Material Type
graphic material (electronic)
Date Range
[ca. 1980]
Physical Description
1 image (electronic) : col
Name Access
Kirmmse, Paul
Geographic Access
Whaletown
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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1950
Scope and Content
Photograph of the view leaving Bull Harbour, with a building and several fishboats on the shore to the right.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.1081
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1950
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 9 x 6.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of the view leaving Bull Harbour, with a building and several fishboats on the shore to the right.
Subject Access
Columbia Coast Mission
Fishing
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