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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
2001
Scope and Content
File contains Shirley (Ellingsen) Cole's reminiscences of life in Von Donop; notes from a meeting about logging in Von Donop; and interviews with May, Elmer, Bruce and Andy Ellingsen and with Norah Cowan Thompson.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Creator
Ellingsen, May
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
5.2
File Number
67
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
2001
Scope and Content
File contains Shirley (Ellingsen) Cole's reminiscences of life in Von Donop; notes from a meeting about logging in Von Donop; and interviews with May, Elmer, Bruce and Andy Ellingsen and with Norah Cowan Thompson.
Storage Location
5-67
Storage Range
5-67
Subject Access
Logging
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CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Date Range
1949
Scope and Content
Info on the pod of orcas that were trapped and shot at in Von Donop Lagoon, 1949
Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Series Number
4
File Number
55
Date Range
1949
Scope and Content
Info on the pod of orcas that were trapped and shot at in Von Donop Lagoon, 1949
Storage Range
Drawer 4
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CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Scope and Content
Transcripts with info on Von Donop for album #1
Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Series Number
4
File Number
51
Scope and Content
Transcripts with info on Von Donop for album #1
Storage Range
Drawer 4
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CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Scope and Content
Transcripts with info on Von Donop for album #2
Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Series Number
4
File Number
52
Scope and Content
Transcripts with info on Von Donop for album #2
Storage Range
Drawer 4
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CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Scope and Content
Transcripts with info on Von Donop for album #3
Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Series Number
4
File Number
53
Scope and Content
Transcripts with info on Von Donop for album #3
Storage Range
Drawer 4
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Von Donop settlement history

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
cartographic material
Date Range
1990s (originals 1947)
Scope and Content
File contains two photocopied maps of SW Section 3, and a list of settlers and loggers in Von Donop Inlet.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
5.2
File Number
68
Material Type
textual records
cartographic material
Date Range
1990s (originals 1947)
Scope and Content
File contains two photocopied maps of SW Section 3, and a list of settlers and loggers in Von Donop Inlet.
Storage Location
5-68
Storage Range
5-68
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Von Donop Creek - Volume 1

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Part Of
Cortes Island Museum & Archives Society fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
graphic material
textual records
Scope and Content
Binder contains interviews, stories and pictures. Binder contains interviews, stories and pictures. It was created in 2001 as part of the exhibit "The Von Donop Creek Story - 1920-1960", curated and mounted by Doreen Thompson.
Part Of
Cortes Island Museum & Archives Society fonds
Description Level
File
Creator
Thompson, Doreen
Fonds Number
2021.001
Series Number
1
File Number
13
Material Type
graphic material
textual records
Physical Description
1 binder : 97 pages
Scope and Content
Binder contains interviews, stories and pictures. Binder contains interviews, stories and pictures. It was created in 2001 as part of the exhibit "The Von Donop Creek Story - 1920-1960", curated and mounted by Doreen Thompson.
Subject Access
Historical research
Geographic Access
Von Donop Inlet
Documents

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Von Donop Creek - Volume 2

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Part Of
Cortes Island Museum & Archives Society fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
graphic material
textual records
Scope and Content
Binder contains interviews, stories and pictures. Binder contains interviews, stories and pictures. It was created in 2001 as part of the exhibit "The Von Donop Creek Story - 1920-1960", curated and mounted by Doreen Thompson.
Part Of
Cortes Island Museum & Archives Society fonds
Description Level
File
Creator
Thompson, Doreen
Fonds Number
2021.001
Series Number
1
File Number
14
Material Type
graphic material
textual records
Physical Description
1 binder : 64 pages
Scope and Content
Binder contains interviews, stories and pictures. Binder contains interviews, stories and pictures. It was created in 2001 as part of the exhibit "The Von Donop Creek Story - 1920-1960", curated and mounted by Doreen Thompson.
Subject Access
Historical research
Geographic Access
Von Donop Inlet
Documents

Von Donop Creek, Volume 2.pdf

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Von Donop Creek - Volume 3

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Part Of
Cortes Island Museum & Archives Society fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
graphic material
textual records
Scope and Content
Binder contains interviews, stories and pictures. It was created in 2001 as part of the exhibit "The Von Donop Creek Story - 1920-1960", curated and mounted by Doreen Thompson. Binder contains interviews, stories and pictures.
Part Of
Cortes Island Museum & Archives Society fonds
Description Level
File
Creator
Thompson, Doreen
Fonds Number
2021.001
Series Number
1
File Number
15
Material Type
graphic material
textual records
Physical Description
1 binder : 104 pages
Scope and Content
Binder contains interviews, stories and pictures. It was created in 2001 as part of the exhibit "The Von Donop Creek Story - 1920-1960", curated and mounted by Doreen Thompson. Binder contains interviews, stories and pictures.
Subject Access
Historical research
Geographic Access
Von Donop Inlet
Documents

Von Donop Creek, Volume 3.pdf

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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 view in Seymour Inlet.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.1102
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1950]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 11.5 x 8.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of a view in Seymour Inlet.
Subject Access
Columbia Coast Mission
Geographic Access
Seymour Inlet
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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1923
Scope and Content
Photograph of a scene along the shore in Toba Inlet.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
13
Item Number
2007.001.104
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1923
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w: 7 x 10 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of a scene along the shore in Toba Inlet.
Storage Location
Photo box 4
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Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Date Range
1949-2010
Scope and Content
Excerpts from The Log of the Columbia with info on Toba inlet, 1949-1950; more recent clippings with info on Toba Inlet, 2009-2010
Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Series Number
4
File Number
42
Date Range
1949-2010
Scope and Content
Excerpts from The Log of the Columbia with info on Toba inlet, 1949-1950; more recent clippings with info on Toba Inlet, 2009-2010
Storage Range
Drawer 4
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Church at Kingcome Inlet

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1950
Scope and Content
Photograph of Alan Greene and some of the Kingcome Inlet villagers on the steps of the church.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.0978
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1950
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 9 x 6.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Alan Greene and some of the Kingcome Inlet villagers on the steps of the church.
Subject Access
Columbia Coast Mission
Images
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Waterfall 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 a waterfall cascading down a steep rock face into 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
1999.001.1058
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 waterfall cascading down a steep rock face into 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
Images
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Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Date Range
1868-2019
Scope and Content
Excerpt from Transactions of the Edinburgh Geological Society, 1868; A Trapper's Journal, Charlie Rasmussen, 1929; excerpt from The Last Great Sea mentioning Bute Wax, 2000; Bute Inlet history and the Glacier Museum Project, Judith Williams, 2010; BC Arts Capacity and Sustainability Grant draft application, 2011; emails and webpage printouts, 2010, 2011, 2015. Newspaper clippings and magazine articles relating to Bute Inlet, 2010-2019, subjects mentioned include: George Vancouver, Cougar Companions, Disposition of Crown Land and Allocation of Water, Plutonic Power, fishing, Homalco history and culture, Tsilqot'in, Glen Macklin, National Geographic. CIMAS promotional material for the Bute Inlet boat trip and exhibit; photographs and post cards
Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Series Number
1
File Number
27
Date Range
1868-2019
Scope and Content
Excerpt from Transactions of the Edinburgh Geological Society, 1868; A Trapper's Journal, Charlie Rasmussen, 1929; excerpt from The Last Great Sea mentioning Bute Wax, 2000; Bute Inlet history and the Glacier Museum Project, Judith Williams, 2010; BC Arts Capacity and Sustainability Grant draft application, 2011; emails and webpage printouts, 2010, 2011, 2015. Newspaper clippings and magazine articles relating to Bute Inlet, 2010-2019, subjects mentioned include: George Vancouver, Cougar Companions, Disposition of Crown Land and Allocation of Water, Plutonic Power, fishing, Homalco history and culture, Tsilqot'in, Glen Macklin, National Geographic. CIMAS promotional material for the Bute Inlet boat trip and exhibit; photographs and post cards
Storage Range
Drawer 1
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Interior of the church at Kingcome Inlet

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1920-1950s]
Scope and Content
Photograph of the interior of the church at Kingcome Inlet, showing the center aisle leading to the altar, with a window behind. The front of the altar is carved, and there is a carved wooden eagle with wings outstretched on a post in front of the altar.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Creator
Greene, Alan
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.0941
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1920-1950s]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 10 x 15 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of the interior of the church at Kingcome Inlet, showing the center aisle leading to the altar, with a window behind. The front of the altar is carved, and there is a carved wooden eagle with wings outstretched on a post in front of the altar.
Subject Access
Columbia Coast Mission
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Ernest Halliday of Kingcome Inlet

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Scope and Content
Photograph of Ernest Halliday of Kingcome Inlet.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.0987
Material Type
graphic material
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 9 x 6.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Ernest Halliday of Kingcome Inlet.
Subject Access
Columbia Coast Mission
Images
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The "Columbia" at dock in Seymour 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 Columbia Coast Mission hospital ship "Columbia" tied to a float house dock in Seymour Inlet, with people on the dock and on the ship.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.1027
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1950]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 17.5 x 12.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of the Columbia Coast Mission hospital ship "Columbia" tied to a float house dock in Seymour Inlet, with people on the dock and on the ship.
Subject Access
Columbia Coast Mission
Geographic Access
Seymour Inlet
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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 the booming ground at the mouth of the river in Knight Inlet. Captioned by Douglas: "Grizzlies and loggers like this country of lush meadows and evergreen woods, tall trees and swift rivers."
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
1999.001.1057
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 the booming ground at the mouth of the river in Knight Inlet. Captioned by Douglas: "Grizzlies and loggers like this country of lush meadows and evergreen woods, tall trees and swift rivers."
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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Fish boat 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
Captioned: "A passing seiner waves."
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.1062
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1950]
Physical Description
2 photograph prints: b&w; 21.5 x 16 cm & 25 x 20 cm
Scope and Content
Captioned: "A passing seiner waves."
Storage Location
Oversize photograph box
Subject Access
Fishing
Geographic Access
Knight Inlet
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