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Mail being delivered to the Squirrel Cove post office

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Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[196-?]
Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
Item
Creator
Weiler, Mary
Fonds Number
2003.002
Series Number
1
Item Number
2003.002.083
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[196-?]
Physical Description
1 colour slide, 5 x 5 cm
Storage Location
Slide box 2
Name Access
Weiler, Mary
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
Squirrel Cove
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Maurice Dronsfield delivering mail to Manson's Landing post office

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Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1968
Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
Item
Creator
Weiler, Mary
Fonds Number
2003.002
Series Number
1
Item Number
2003.002.086
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1968
Physical Description
1 colour slide, 5 x 5 cm
Storage Location
Slide box 2
Name Access
Weiler, Mary
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
Manson's Landing
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David Edwards, carrying at mail sack

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1972
Scope and Content
Photograph of David Edwards at Channel Rock, carrying a mail sack.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.0576
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1972
Physical Description
1 photograph print: colour; 12.5 x 9 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of David Edwards at Channel Rock, carrying a mail sack.
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Mail arriving at Whaletown dock by float plane

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Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1968
Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
Item
Creator
Weiler, Mary
Fonds Number
2003.002
Series Number
1
Item Number
2003.002.088
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1968
Physical Description
1 colour slide, 5 x 5 cm
Storage Location
Slide box 2
Name Access
Weiler, Mary
Subject Access
Air transport
Transportation
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
Whaletown
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The Whaletown Trading Post

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Part Of
Jalmar Olson collection
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1952
Scope and Content
Photograph shows the front view of the store in Whaletown, the Whaletown Trading Post. A woman in a red sweater is looking at the bulletin board. This is a postcard printed in the 1990s, from a photograph taken by Doug Alderson, Jalmar Olson's son-in-law and Judy Alderson's father.
Part Of
Jalmar Olson collection
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2013.001
Item Number
2013.001.005
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1952
Physical Description
1 photograph postcard : colour ; 15 x 10 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph shows the front view of the store in Whaletown, the Whaletown Trading Post. A woman in a red sweater is looking at the bulletin board. This is a postcard printed in the 1990s, from a photograph taken by Doug Alderson, Jalmar Olson's son-in-law and Judy Alderson's father.
Geographic Access
Whaletown
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Part Of
CIMAS photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1980
Part Of
CIMAS photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2019.003
Item Number
2019.003.047
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1980
Physical Description
1 photographic slide : colour ; 3.5 x 2.25 cm
Custodial History
Donated by Ian Disney.
Storage Location
Slide box 2
Geographic Access
Whaletown
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David Edwards, beside the Davidson dinghy with the canvas mail sack used for trips into Whaletown

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1970
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.2535
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1970
Physical Description
1 colour slide, 5 x 5 cm
Storage Location
Slide box 1
Subject Access
Channel Rock
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
Whaletown
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Maurice Dronsfield, carrying a mail bag, walking down towards the Squirrel Cove wharf

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Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[196-?]
Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
Item
Creator
Weiler, Mary
Fonds Number
2003.002
Series Number
1
Item Number
2003.002.084
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[196-?]
Physical Description
1 colour slide, 5 x 5 cm
Storage Location
Slide box 2
Name Access
Weiler, Mary
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
Squirrel Cove
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Petrie's Trading Post in Whaletown

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1946
Scope and Content
Photograph of the store in Whaletown, Petrie's Trading Post at the time. There is an ad for cigars on the building; a man smoking a pipe, and people are waving at the the "Rendezvous" leaving Whaletown Bay.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.0830
Material Type
graphic material
Responsibility
National Film Board
Date Range
1946
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; ??oversize
Scope and Content
Photograph of the store in Whaletown, Petrie's Trading Post at the time. There is an ad for cigars on the building; a man smoking a pipe, and people are waving at the the "Rendezvous" leaving Whaletown Bay.
Geographic Access
Whaletown
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Whaletown Post Office centennial

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Part Of
CIMAS photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1994
Scope and Content
Photo of Trude (Albright) Sweeny presenting a cake she has made to postmaster Joan Goring for the centennial celebration of the Whaletown post office. Ann Hiatt and Colleen Miller in the background.
Part Of
CIMAS photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2019.003
Item Number
2019.003.134
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1994
Physical Description
1 photograph print : colour ; 15 x 10 cm
Scope and Content
Photo of Trude (Albright) Sweeny presenting a cake she has made to postmaster Joan Goring for the centennial celebration of the Whaletown post office. Ann Hiatt and Colleen Miller in the background.
Storage Location
Photo Box 3
Geographic Access
Whaletown
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Whaletown Trading Post in the snow

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Part Of
Maclean family fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1955
Scope and Content
Photo shows the Whaletown store with the ramp to the wharf to the side. A storage shed is to the left, and the post office can be seen in the background.
Part Of
Maclean family fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2019.023
Item Number
2019.023.012
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1955
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w ; 14.5 x 9 cm
Scope and Content
Photo shows the Whaletown store with the ramp to the wharf to the side. A storage shed is to the left, and the post office can be seen in the background.
Storage Location
Photo Box 5
Name Access
Kerr, Janice Maclean
Geographic Access
Whaletown
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Post Office at Manson's Landing

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Accession Number
2018.002
Date Range
[ca. 1926]
Scope and Content
(Also Campbell River Museum #13531)
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
13
Item Number
2007.001.630
Accession Number
2018.002
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1926]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 8.5 x 14.5 cm 1 photograph print: b&w; 10.5 x 17.5 cm
Scope and Content
(Also Campbell River Museum #13531)
Storage Location
Photo box 4
Geographic Access
Manson's Landing
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Frosty atop a fence post

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1957-1958
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.2173
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1957-1958
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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Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1968
Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
Item
Creator
Weiler, Mary
Fonds Number
2003.002
Series Number
1
Item Number
2003.002.089
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1968
Physical Description
1 colour slide, 5 x 5 cm
Storage Location
Slide box 2
Name Access
Weiler, Mary
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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Man standing beside lamp post

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[193-?]
Scope and Content
Photograph of a man standing beside a lamp post, possibly in Vancouver or Victoria.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
13
Item Number
2007.001.259
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[193-?]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 6 x 10.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of a man standing beside a lamp post, possibly in Vancouver or Victoria.
Storage Location
Photo box 4
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Abandoned Manson's Landing post office

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Part Of
CIMAS photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1980
Part Of
CIMAS photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2019.003
Item Number
2019.003.080
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1980
Physical Description
1 photographic slide : colour ; 4 x 2.5 cm
Custodial History
From Ian Disney.
Storage Location
Slide box 2
Geographic Access
Manson's Landing
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Manson's Landing, with post office and store

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Part Of
CIMAS photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1977
Part Of
CIMAS photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2019.003
Item Number
2019.003.087
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1977
Physical Description
1 photographic slide : colour ; 4 x 2.5 cm
Custodial History
From Ian Disney.
Storage Location
Slide box 2
Geographic Access
Manson's Landing
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Garden and front of the Whaletown Trading Post

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Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[between 1947 and 1955]
Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
Item
Creator
Weiler, Mary
Fonds Number
2003.002
Series Number
1
Item Number
2003.002.018
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[between 1947 and 1955]
Physical Description
1 photograph: b&w; 13 x 9 cm
Storage Location
Photo Box 3
Name Access
Weiler, Mary
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
Whaletown
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Gorge hill washout: young man, Brigid Weiler and Johnny Weiler carrying mail bags to Whaletown

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Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1966]
Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
Item
Creator
Weiler, Mary
Fonds Number
2003.002
Series Number
1
Item Number
2003.002.097
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1966]
Physical Description
1 colour slide, 5 x 5 cm
Storage Location
Slide box 2
Name Access
Weiler, Mary
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
Whaletown
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Gorge hill washout: Johnny Weiler, Brigid Weiler and young man carrying mail bags to Whaletown

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Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1966]
Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
Item
Creator
Weiler, Mary
Fonds Number
2003.002
Series Number
1
Item Number
2003.002.098
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1966]
Physical Description
1 colour slide, 5 x 5 cm
Storage Location
Slide box 2
Name Access
Weiler, Mary
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
Whaletown
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