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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1958
Scope and Content
File contains a bound copy of "Golden Memories", compiled by the Golden Historical Branch of the Centennial Committee, from Mrs. Lyle Hammond.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
5.2
File Number
96
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1958
Scope and Content
File contains a bound copy of "Golden Memories", compiled by the Golden Historical Branch of the Centennial Committee, from Mrs. Lyle Hammond.
Storage Location
6-6
Storage Range
6-6
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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1975-1977
Scope and Content
File contains a memo about Manson's Landing Park and Smelt Bay Park written by Dan Campbell, and a map of the park development plans.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
8
File Number
17
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1975-1977
Scope and Content
File contains a memo about Manson's Landing Park and Smelt Bay Park written by Dan Campbell, and a map of the park development plans.
Storage Location
7-17
Storage Range
7-17
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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Accession Number
2017.003
Date Range
1987
Scope and Content
File contains one (1) spiral-bound book, published by the Province of British Columbia, detailing the master plan for Smelt Bay Provincial Park.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Creator
Ellingsen, May & Elmer
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
8
File Number
50
Accession Number
2017.003
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1987
Scope and Content
File contains one (1) spiral-bound book, published by the Province of British Columbia, detailing the master plan for Smelt Bay Provincial Park.
Storage Location
7-48.2
Storage Range
7-48.2
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Manson's Landing Master Plan

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Accession Number
2017.003
Date Range
1987
Scope and Content
File contains one (1) spiral-bound book, published by the Province of British Columbia, detailing the master plan for Manson's Landing.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Creator
Ellingsen, May & Elmer
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
8
File Number
49
Accession Number
2017.003
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1987
Scope and Content
File contains one (1) spiral-bound book, published by the Province of British Columbia, detailing the master plan for Manson's Landing.
Storage Location
7-48.1
Storage Range
7-48.1
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Manson's Landing school demolition

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1988
Scope and Content
File contains waivers for salvaging materials from the old Manson's Landing school and a burning permit.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
8
File Number
36
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1988
Scope and Content
File contains waivers for salvaging materials from the old Manson's Landing school and a burning permit.
Storage Location
7-36
Storage Range
7-36
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Program for opening of new school at Manson's Landing

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Part Of
Doreen Thompson fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Accession Number
2006.001
Date Range
1979
Part Of
Doreen Thompson fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2006.001
Series Number
2
File Number
9
Accession Number
2006.001
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1979
Storage Range
1-29
Name Access
Thompson, Doreen
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Legal agreement re Manson's Landing cemetery

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1923
Scope and Content
File contains a legal agreement about a transfer of title to the cemetery at Manson's Landing.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
6
File Number
17
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1923
Scope and Content
File contains a legal agreement about a transfer of title to the cemetery at Manson's Landing.
Storage Location
6-24
Storage Range
6-24
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Correspondence - draft letter about designating Smelt Bay a park

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
[197?]
Scope and Content
File contains draft letter about designating Smelt Bay a park.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
8
File Number
16
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
[197?]
Scope and Content
File contains draft letter about designating Smelt Bay a park.
Storage Location
7-16
Storage Range
7-16
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Telephone service - Manson's Landing local telephone line

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1959
Scope and Content
File contains a notebook with information on establishing a local phone line, with lists of subscribers and of men who worked stringing the wire.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
8
File Number
38
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1959
Scope and Content
File contains a notebook with information on establishing a local phone line, with lists of subscribers and of men who worked stringing the wire.
Storage Location
7-38
Storage Range
7-38
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St. James Ladies' Guild - Manson's Landing cemetery project

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1961
Scope and Content
File contains records for a project undertaken by the St. James Ladies' Guild to mark and name put grave markers for all the plots in the Manson's Landing cemetery. Records are written one to a page on the back sides of a Canadian postal guide; some contain biographical information. Also included is a history of the cemetery and some correspondence.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Creator
St. James Ladies' Guild
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
7
File Number
13
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1961
Scope and Content
File contains records for a project undertaken by the St. James Ladies' Guild to mark and name put grave markers for all the plots in the Manson's Landing cemetery. Records are written one to a page on the back sides of a Canadian postal guide; some contain biographical information. Also included is a history of the cemetery and some correspondence.
Storage Location
6-49
Storage Range
6-49
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Computer print-out of Peg Pyner's column, "Manson's Landing Mirror"

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
[ca. 2000]; (originally created 1954)
Scope and Content
File contains a computer print-out of Peg Pyner's column, "Manson's Landing Mirror", which appeared in the Campbell River Mirror in 1954.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
5.2
File Number
60
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
[ca. 2000]; (originally created 1954)
Scope and Content
File contains a computer print-out of Peg Pyner's column, "Manson's Landing Mirror", which appeared in the Campbell River Mirror in 1954.
Storage Location
5-60
Storage Range
5-60
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Correspondence from Michael Manson re land titles research

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1989
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
5.2
File Number
80
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1989
Storage Location
5-80
Storage Range
5-80
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Research on Sections between Whaletown Bay and Coulter Bay

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Part Of
Doreen Thompson fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1999
Scope and Content
File contains a key map and list for the areas researched and information on the following: George Herbert Wailes: 1920, Crown Grant for fractional SW 1/4 of Sec. 48; 48 acres for $217; with a tax sale notice, 1939 Ina Vernon Munro: 1920, Crown Grant for NE 1/4 of Sec. 37; 161 acres; includes a sale to Hawkins and a forfeit in 1939 Allan Olmsted: 1939, Crown Grant for SW 1/4 of Sec. 37 Ira Furry: 1911, Crown Grant for W 1/2 of SE 1/4 of Sec. 33 Walter Malcolm: 1919, Crown Grant for fractional SW 1/4 of Sec. 36 Frank Leslie Tooker: 1926, Crown Grant for N 1/2 of Sec. 36, 124 acres Ira Furry: 1897, Crown Grant for SE 1/4 of Sec 36; 160 acres for $160.00. Donald McDonald: 1926, Crown Grant for fractional NW 1/2 of Sec. 37; 144 acres for $1.00
Part Of
Doreen Thompson fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2006.001
Series Number
1
File Number
20
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1999
Scope and Content
File contains a key map and list for the areas researched and information on the following: George Herbert Wailes: 1920, Crown Grant for fractional SW 1/4 of Sec. 48; 48 acres for $217; with a tax sale notice, 1939 Ina Vernon Munro: 1920, Crown Grant for NE 1/4 of Sec. 37; 161 acres; includes a sale to Hawkins and a forfeit in 1939 Allan Olmsted: 1939, Crown Grant for SW 1/4 of Sec. 37 Ira Furry: 1911, Crown Grant for W 1/2 of SE 1/4 of Sec. 33 Walter Malcolm: 1919, Crown Grant for fractional SW 1/4 of Sec. 36 Frank Leslie Tooker: 1926, Crown Grant for N 1/2 of Sec. 36, 124 acres Ira Furry: 1897, Crown Grant for SE 1/4 of Sec 36; 160 acres for $160.00. Donald McDonald: 1926, Crown Grant for fractional NW 1/2 of Sec. 37; 144 acres for $1.00
Storage Range
1-19
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Research for grants near Carrington Bay and Coulter Bay, Cortes Island, Sayward District

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Part Of
Doreen Thompson fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1999
Scope and Content
File contains photocopies of original Crown Grants, subsequent title changes and maps for: To Joseph Gregson: 1926, Crown Grant for fractional W 1/2 of Lot 899 and Lot 901 (between Coulter and Carrington Bays), with a water easement for Wailes To John Nugent McIllree: 1957, Crown Grant of mineral rights to lots at Coulter Bay surveyed as the "Arrow" and "Bullseye" mineral claims To Hilda Peterson: 1919, Crown Grant for Lot 878, Carrington Bay, 55 acres (Files 12 through 16 are from the same envelope.)
Part Of
Doreen Thompson fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2006.001
Series Number
1
File Number
13
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1999
Scope and Content
File contains photocopies of original Crown Grants, subsequent title changes and maps for: To Joseph Gregson: 1926, Crown Grant for fractional W 1/2 of Lot 899 and Lot 901 (between Coulter and Carrington Bays), with a water easement for Wailes To John Nugent McIllree: 1957, Crown Grant of mineral rights to lots at Coulter Bay surveyed as the "Arrow" and "Bullseye" mineral claims To Hilda Peterson: 1919, Crown Grant for Lot 878, Carrington Bay, 55 acres (Files 12 through 16 are from the same envelope.)
Storage Range
1-12
Geographic Access
Carrington Bay
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Part Of
Doreen Thompson fonds
Description Level
Series
Material Type
textual records
cartographic material
Accession Number
2006.001
Date Range
1999
Scope and Content
Series contains information on historic Crown Grants and subsequent title changes compiled by Doreen Thompson during her research for the CIMAS Windows on Whaletown exhibit in 1999. The area covered includes the northern part of Cortes Island, from just south of Gorge Harbour. Material includes maps, photocopies of original Crown Grants and other title documents, lists of subdivisions, and notes on changes of title. Records were organized by Section or Plan number in large envelopes with a cover map and notes about the properties researched on the envelope back. They trace the ownership of parcels of land from the first grant or purchase from the Crown to 1999. Original order has been maintained.
Part Of
Doreen Thompson fonds
Description Level
Series
Fonds Number
2006.001
Series Number
1
Accession Number
2006.001
Material Type
textual records
cartographic material
Date Range
1999
Scope and Content
Series contains information on historic Crown Grants and subsequent title changes compiled by Doreen Thompson during her research for the CIMAS Windows on Whaletown exhibit in 1999. The area covered includes the northern part of Cortes Island, from just south of Gorge Harbour. Material includes maps, photocopies of original Crown Grants and other title documents, lists of subdivisions, and notes on changes of title. Records were organized by Section or Plan number in large envelopes with a cover map and notes about the properties researched on the envelope back. They trace the ownership of parcels of land from the first grant or purchase from the Crown to 1999. Original order has been maintained.
Storage Location
Box 1 Map cabinet
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Turtle Island Land Stewardship Society

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1982
Scope and Content
File contains correspondence with Dan Campbell and a copy of the articles of incorporation of the Turtle Island Land Stewardship Society (Title holder for Linnaea Farm).
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
5.2
File Number
66
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1982
Scope and Content
File contains correspondence with Dan Campbell and a copy of the articles of incorporation of the Turtle Island Land Stewardship Society (Title holder for Linnaea Farm).
Storage Location
5-66
Storage Range
5-66
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Research for Sections 38 and 39, Cortes Island, Sayward District, near Carrington Bay

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Part Of
Doreen Thompson fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1999
Scope and Content
File contains a page of notes, and photocopies of a tax sale notice (1938) and list of properties forfeited for non-payment of taxes, Crown Grants and other title information for the following: William Walter James: 1926, Crown Grant for NW 1/4 of Sec. 38; 156 acres for $1.00; forfeited to Crown in 1939 Tom Albinson: 1919, Crown Grant for Lot 867; forfeited in 1927 Sadie McMurray: 1917, NE 1/4 of Sec. 39; 160 acres for $160 Peter Police: 1925, fractional NW 1/4 of Sec. 39; 103 acres for $1.00 (Files 12 through 16 are from the same envelope.)
Part Of
Doreen Thompson fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2006.001
Series Number
1
File Number
14
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1999
Scope and Content
File contains a page of notes, and photocopies of a tax sale notice (1938) and list of properties forfeited for non-payment of taxes, Crown Grants and other title information for the following: William Walter James: 1926, Crown Grant for NW 1/4 of Sec. 38; 156 acres for $1.00; forfeited to Crown in 1939 Tom Albinson: 1919, Crown Grant for Lot 867; forfeited in 1927 Sadie McMurray: 1917, NE 1/4 of Sec. 39; 160 acres for $160 Peter Police: 1925, fractional NW 1/4 of Sec. 39; 103 acres for $1.00 (Files 12 through 16 are from the same envelope.)
Storage Range
1-13
Geographic Access
Carrington Bay
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Land grant registry records and preemptions list

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Part Of
Doreen Thompson fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Accession Number
2006.001
Date Range
[ca. 200?]
Scope and Content
Includes lot numbers, names, dates and collection numbers.
Part Of
Doreen Thompson fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2006.001
Series Number
2
File Number
11
Accession Number
2006.001
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
[ca. 200?]
Scope and Content
Includes lot numbers, names, dates and collection numbers.
Storage Range
1-31
Name Access
Thompson, Doreen
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Research for lots in the Carrington Bay area and in Sections 26, 31, 37 and 41, Cortes Island, Sayward District

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Part Of
Doreen Thompson fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1999
Scope and Content
File contains a key map which was pasted on the front of the envelope indicating the areas researched for Files 12-16; notes on the titles; photocopies of Crown Grants and subsequent title information for: BC Buildings Corp: 1982, Crown Grant for Block A of SW 1/4 of Sec. 25 (Highways Maintenance Yard) District Lot 871 (40 acres between Carrington and Coulter Bays): to James Frederick McManus, 1919 To Ernest Henry Vaughn: 1922, Crown Grant for NE 1/4 and NW 1/4 of NE 1/4 of Sec. 24; SE 1/4 of SW 1/4 and SW 1/4 of SE 1/4 of Sec 31 Herbert Proctor: 1928 for fractional SW 1/4 of Sec. 41, bordering Tork Reserve; 159 acres for $159.00 (orig. Crown Grant to Herbert Proctor in 1922) To William Cowan: 1937, E 1/2 of SE 1/4 of Sec. 26, 89 acres (Files 12 through 16 are from the same envelope.)
Part Of
Doreen Thompson fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2006.001
Series Number
1
File Number
12
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1999
Scope and Content
File contains a key map which was pasted on the front of the envelope indicating the areas researched for Files 12-16; notes on the titles; photocopies of Crown Grants and subsequent title information for: BC Buildings Corp: 1982, Crown Grant for Block A of SW 1/4 of Sec. 25 (Highways Maintenance Yard) District Lot 871 (40 acres between Carrington and Coulter Bays): to James Frederick McManus, 1919 To Ernest Henry Vaughn: 1922, Crown Grant for NE 1/4 and NW 1/4 of NE 1/4 of Sec. 24; SE 1/4 of SW 1/4 and SW 1/4 of SE 1/4 of Sec 31 Herbert Proctor: 1928 for fractional SW 1/4 of Sec. 41, bordering Tork Reserve; 159 acres for $159.00 (orig. Crown Grant to Herbert Proctor in 1922) To William Cowan: 1937, E 1/2 of SE 1/4 of Sec. 26, 89 acres (Files 12 through 16 are from the same envelope.)
Storage Range
1-11
Geographic Access
Carrington Bay
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Property conveyance from Jane Manson to John Manson

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1909; 1913
Scope and Content
File contains a legal form conveying 115 acres of Section 4 to John Manson from Jane Manson, wife of Michael Manson (1913) and a legal form, "Certification for Married Women."
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
6
File Number
1
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1909; 1913
Scope and Content
File contains a legal form conveying 115 acres of Section 4 to John Manson from Jane Manson, wife of Michael Manson (1913) and a legal form, "Certification for Married Women."
Storage Location
6-8
Storage Range
6-8
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