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Jan Gemmel standing in speed boat in front of their float house; Alan Bent and Gail Johnson's house in background across the bay
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Jim Palmer & Jan Gemmel’s float house in winter
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Jim Palmer & Jan Gemmel’s float house in the winter
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Looking out the door of Jim & Jan’s float house; Alan Bent & Gail Johnson’s house (right), Jason & Kathy’s (left) on the east of Carrington Bay in the distance.
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Stove passing the “pancake test” – Jan Gemmel in the float house at Carrington Bay
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Jim Palmer (or maybe Frank Mathers?) in kitchen of the float house in Carrington Bay
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Looking into Carrington Lagoon from Jim Palmer & Jan Gemmel’s float house.
Part Of
Cortes Island Museum & Archives Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material (electronic)
Date Range
1978-1985
Scope and Content
“Large numbers of sea birds overwinter in Carrington Lagoon & Bay. Nudibranchs spawn in lagoon as well as chum & coho (Spruce Creek). Herring run into the bay.”
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Jan Gemmel in the speed boat beside her float house in Carrington Bay, winter
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Looking past Jim Palmer & Jan Gemmel’s float house to boats in Carrington Bay
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Looking across a snowy log jam to Jim Palmer & Jan Gemmel's float house
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Jim Palmer & Jan Gemmel's float house at Carrington in winter; Jan standing in speed boat
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Looking north from the log jam at Carrington Lagoon, Jim Palmer & Jan Gemmel’s float house on left
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Jean Fontaine (L) & Jim Palmer visiting Al Murray & Linda on their float house in Steamboat Pass (Surge Narrows).
Part Of
Cortes Island Museum & Archives Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material (electronic)
Date Range
1978-1985
Scope and Content
"Wringer washer powered by a Homelite chainsaw; ear protection was a must while doing laundry!"
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Al Murray’s cement power boat in front of the log jam at Carrington Bay
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Family in a canoe in front of Jim Palmer & Jan Gemmel's floathouse in Carrington Bay
Part Of
Cortes Island Museum & Archives Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material (electronic)
Date Range
1978-1985
Scope and Content
Family of treeplanters from Oregon (Frank & Fawn with their 2 kids) lived across the log jam in a tipi where Al & Linda had lived
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Passengers getting off a boat at Jim Palmer and Jan Gemmel's float house: Gail Johnson and son Ryan at the bow, Pat Brown with her daughter Fawn, Jan Gemmel at the helm.
Part Of
Cortes Island Museum & Archives Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material (electronic)
Date Range
1978-1985
Scope and Content
Gail lived with Alan Bent in a house on pilings, seen in the background. To the left is Jason & Kathy’s plastic A-frame boat shop; they lived in an old fisherman’s cabin next to it.
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Al Murray’s cement power boat under a plastic structure in front of the log jam at Carrington Bay.
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Clippings - Cortes Island
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1943-1963
Scope and Content
File contains an ad for the Peter Police homestead in Carrington Bay (1943) and a picture of Manson's Hall, (1963?).
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
12
File Number
1
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1943-1963
Scope and Content
File contains an ad for the Peter Police homestead in Carrington Bay (1943) and a picture of Manson's Hall, (1963?).
Storage Location
8-47
Storage Range
8-47
Geographic Access
Carrington Bay
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Cortes Island parks - Carrington Bay; Von Donop
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Cortes Island parks - Carrington Bay; Von Donop
Part Of
Ralph Nursall fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Accession Number
2008.001
Date Range
1986-1992