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Rock garden at Channel Rock in the spring
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1980]
Scope and Content
Photograph of heather and the small pond in the rock garden in front of the cabin at Channel Rock.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.0467
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1980]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: colour; 13 x 9 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of heather and the small pond in the rock garden in front of the cabin at Channel Rock.
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Wildflowers by the rock pool at Channel Rock
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1980]
Scope and Content
Photograph of wildflowers beside the small rock pool in front of the cabin at Channel Rock.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.0473
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1980]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: colour; 13 x 9 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of wildflowers beside the small rock pool in front of the cabin at Channel Rock.
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The cabin at Channel Rock at Channel Rock
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1979
Scope and Content
Photograph of the cabin at Channel Rock. Foxgloves blooming in front of it match the pink trim on the door and window frames.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.0909
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1979
Physical Description
1 photograph print: colour; 12.5 x 8.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of the cabin at Channel Rock. Foxgloves blooming in front of it match the pink trim on the door and window frames.
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Snow and icicles on a rock at Channel Rock
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1968-1969
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House and rock garden at Channel Rock in spring
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1963]
Scope and Content
Photograph of the house at Channel Rock taken from low on the rocks, showing flowering bulbs in the rockery.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.0319
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1963]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: colour; 11.5 x 8 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of the house at Channel Rock taken from low on the rocks, showing flowering bulbs in the rockery.
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Front of the cabin at Channel Rock and the rock garden
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1978]
Scope and Content
Photograph of the front of the cabin at Channel Rock and the rock garden.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.0459
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1978]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: colour; 12.5 x 9 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of the front of the cabin at Channel Rock and the rock garden.
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Cat on the rock in front of the cabin at Channel Rock
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1978]
Scope and Content
Photograph of Douglas' cat Frosty, in front of the cabin at Channel Rock.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.0460
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1978]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: colour; 12.5 x 9 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Douglas' cat Frosty, in front of the cabin at Channel Rock.
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Rock face beside the cabin at Channel Rock
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1980]
Scope and Content
Photograph of the rock face beside the cabin, with spring flowers blooming.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.0469
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1980]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: colour; 13 x 9 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of the rock face beside the cabin, with spring flowers blooming.
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Guests at Channel Rock looking at the rock pool
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1971
Scope and Content
Photograph of guests at Channel Rock peering at the lily pads in the little rock garden pool.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.0553
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1971
Physical Description
1 photograph print: colour; 12.5 x 9 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of guests at Channel Rock peering at the lily pads in the little rock garden pool.
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Rock gardens in front of the cabin at Channel Rock in the spring
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1963
Scope and Content
Photograph of spring flowers in the rock gardens in front of the cabin at Channel Rock.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.0893
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1963
Physical Description
1 photograph print: colour; 9 x 6 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of spring flowers in the rock gardens in front of the cabin at Channel Rock.
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Couple (ID) seated on a rock ledge at Channel Rock
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Channel Rock
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1950s]
Scope and Content
Photograph of the cabin at Channel Rock taken from the water, with a typed caption, "Channel Rock". This photograph was used by Douglas as an illustration for one of her magazine articles.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.0865
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1950s]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 10.5 x 8 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of the cabin at Channel Rock taken from the water, with a typed caption, "Channel Rock". This photograph was used by Douglas as an illustration for one of her magazine articles.
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Channel Rock
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Series
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1949-1993
Scope and Content
Series consists of a variety of material relating to Douglas's life at Channel Rock, her 135 acre waterfront homestead. Channel Rock was located on the outside of Gorge Harbour, directly across from Shark Spit on Marina Island. It had no road access and could be reached only by walking trail or boat. Douglas lived in a simple cabin overlooking the water with no electrical power, although she did have a telephone. Series includes the daily journal that her husband, Philip Major Douglas, kept during the year that he lived on Cortes prior to Douglas's arrival; household account statements from the early 1950s; lists and inventories of Douglas's library, photographs, research files and household items; a resumé of Douglas's long-time caretaker David Edwards; bills and receipts for household expenses; Christmas card and gift lists; records of egg, plant and vegetable sales; and garden records including plant lists, planting plans, annotated garden catalog pages and garden catalogs.
Other Title Info
Title based on contents of the series.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Series
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
9
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1949-1993
Physical Description
26 cm. of textual records
Scope and Content
Series consists of a variety of material relating to Douglas's life at Channel Rock, her 135 acre waterfront homestead. Channel Rock was located on the outside of Gorge Harbour, directly across from Shark Spit on Marina Island. It had no road access and could be reached only by walking trail or boat. Douglas lived in a simple cabin overlooking the water with no electrical power, although she did have a telephone. Series includes the daily journal that her husband, Philip Major Douglas, kept during the year that he lived on Cortes prior to Douglas's arrival; household account statements from the early 1950s; lists and inventories of Douglas's library, photographs, research files and household items; a resumé of Douglas's long-time caretaker David Edwards; bills and receipts for household expenses; Christmas card and gift lists; records of egg, plant and vegetable sales; and garden records including plant lists, planting plans, annotated garden catalog pages and garden catalogs.
Storage Range
4-1 - 4-37
Name Access
Douglas, Gilean
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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Channel Rock
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
[ca. 1967-1979]
Scope and Content
Handwritten notes by Douglas and correspondence to Douglas about Channel Rock
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Channel Rock
Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Date Range
1994-2015
Scope and Content
Excerpt from Seven-Knot Summers by Beth Hills about Channel Rock, 1994; email from Bonnie MacDonald re Pamela Millar's proposed documentary about Channel Rock, 1999; Channel Rock listing on tideline, 2015; email about property listing, 2015; Channel Rock Village map, undated ; letter from Pinchot & Company, new owner of Gilean Douglas property
Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Series Number
1
File Number
38
Date Range
1994-2015
Scope and Content
Excerpt from Seven-Knot Summers by Beth Hills about Channel Rock, 1994; email from Bonnie MacDonald re Pamela Millar's proposed documentary about Channel Rock, 1999; Channel Rock listing on tideline, 2015; email about property listing, 2015; Channel Rock Village map, undated ; letter from Pinchot & Company, new owner of Gilean Douglas property
Storage Range
Drawer 1
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Rock and water
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Yellow wildflowers on the rocks at Channel Rock
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1980]
Scope and Content
Photograph of yellow wildflowers on the rocks in front of the cabin at Channel Rock.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.0474
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1980]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: colour; 13 x 9 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of yellow wildflowers on the rocks in front of the cabin at Channel Rock.
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Rocks beside the water at Channel Rock
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1960s]
Scope and Content
Photograph of the rocks beside the water at Channel Rock.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.0508
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1960s]
Physical Description
1 colour transparency: 10 x 8 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of the rocks beside the water at Channel Rock.
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Vegetable beds beside the rock face in the garden at Channel Rock
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1964]
Scope and Content
Photograph of vegetable beds beside the rock face in the garden at Channel Rock.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.0352
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1964]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: colour; 12 x 8 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of vegetable beds beside the rock face in the garden at Channel Rock.
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Woman standing on the rock in front of the cabin at Channel Rock (ID)