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Tyee Plaza and the ferry dock, with the "Quadra Queen" at the dock
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1970
Scope and Content
Photograph of Tyee Plaza and the ferry dock, with the "Quadra Queen" at the dock.
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Ferry dock under construction
Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1967-1968]
Scope and Content
Slide of the ferry dock under construction, with a pile driver and a barge loaded with gravel tied up at the site.
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The ferry dock in Whaletown Bay
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1970
Scope and Content
Photograph of the ferry dock in Whaletown Bay, about a year after it was completed.
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Float plane at the end of the Whaletown dock
Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. late 1940s to 1953]
Scope and Content
Note: Photo shows the place where Harry & Edith Huck's home was built; they moved in in 1953 so this photo is before then.
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Materials for building the new ferry dock
Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1967-1968]
Scope and Content
Slide of a barge loaded with gravel and a pile driver beside the Whaletown wharf. Johnny Weiler is seated on the edge of the wharf.
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"Cortes Queen" coming into the ferry dock
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1971
Scope and Content
Photograph of the "Cortes Queen" coming into the dock. Note the houses to the left of the dock.
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New ferry dock, Whaletown Bay
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1969
Scope and Content
Photograph of the new ferry dock in Whaletown Bay, and the houses to its left. Note, there is no paved road.
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Mail arriving at Whaletown dock by float plane
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Union steamship "Chelohsin" at Squirrel Cove wharf
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Whaletown Bay, with the ferry dock under construction
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1969
Scope and Content
Photograph of Whaletown bay. A crane is behind the ferry dock, which is under construction. The pink house on the right is Otto and Mary Weiler's house.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.0705
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1969
Physical Description
1 photograph print: colour 13 x 9 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Whaletown bay. A crane is behind the ferry dock, which is under construction. The pink house on the right is Otto and Mary Weiler's house.
Subject Access
Ferries
Transportation
Water transport
Geographic Access
Whaletown
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Ferry dock under construction in Whaletown Bay
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1969
Scope and Content
Photograph of the ferry dock and construction equipment, taken from the water.
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"Cortes Queen" leaving the ferry dock in Whaletown Bay
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"Cortes Queen" approaching the ferry dock in Whaletown Bay
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1969
Scope and Content
Photograph of the Cortes ferry approaching the ferry dock in Whaletown, in its first year of operation.
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Signs beside the road leading from the ferry dock
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1972
Scope and Content
Photograph of signs at the ferry landing: Soft Pavement, no horses allowed; Campbell - Social Credit).
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"Cortes Queen" coming into the ferry dock in Whaletown Bay
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1970]
Scope and Content
Photograph of the "Cortes Queen" coming into the ferry dock in Whaletown Bay.
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Crowd of people standing on the government dock at Manson's Landing
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1920s]
Scope and Content
Photograph of a crowd of people on the government dock at Manson's Landing, likely waiting for the arrival of a Union Steamship. They are standing in front of a building sided with vertical shake boards, with "Cortes Island" and "Telegraph Office" signs on its side. View is looking along the Spit.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
13
Item Number
2007.001.064
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1920s]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w: 10 x 7 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of a crowd of people on the government dock at Manson's Landing, likely waiting for the arrival of a Union Steamship. They are standing in front of a building sided with vertical shake boards, with "Cortes Island" and "Telegraph Office" signs on its side. View is looking along the Spit.
Storage Location
Photo box 4
Subject Access
Union Steamship Company
Transportation
Water transport
Geographic Access
Manson's Landing
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Whaletown Bay from the water, before construction of the ferry dock
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1950s]
Scope and Content
Photograph of Whaletown Bay taken from the water, showing the navigation marker at the entrance, and the houses to the left of the future site of the ferry landing.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.0689
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1950s]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 11 x 8 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Whaletown Bay taken from the water, showing the navigation marker at the entrance, and the houses to the left of the future site of the ferry landing.
Subject Access
Ferries
Transportation
Water transport
Geographic Access
Whaletown
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The "Cortes Queen" in the ferry dock at Heriot Bay on Quadra Island
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1970]
Scope and Content
Photograph of the "Cortes Queen" in the ferry dock at Heriot Bay on Quadra Island.
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Union steamship "Chelohsin" at Squirrel Cove wharf, seen from the shore
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Union steamship "Chelohsin" at Squirrel Cove wharf, seen from the beach