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Church service outside the school at Surge Narrows, Read Island
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1944-1954]
Scope and Content
Photograph of Rev. Rollo Boas leading a church service just outside the school building at Surge Narrows on Read Island. Five women and a girl are seated in chairs or on the grass.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.0639
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1944-1954]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 17 x 12.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Rev. Rollo Boas leading a church service just outside the school building at Surge Narrows on Read Island. Five women and a girl are seated in chairs or on the grass.
Subject Access
Columbia Coast Mission
Geographic Access
Read Island
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Correspondence re: medical services provided by the Columbia Coast Mission
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Group of people in a skiff, rowing out to the "Rendezvous" for a church service
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1944-1954]
Scope and Content
Photograph of a group of people in a skiff, rowing out to the "Rendezvous" for a church service aboard the boat.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.0623
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1944-1954]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 9 x 6.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of a group of people in a skiff, rowing out to the "Rendezvous" for a church service aboard the boat.
Subject Access
Columbia Coast Mission
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Rev. Trefor Williams performing a service on a Columbia Coast Mission boat
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1960
Scope and Content
Photograph of a service on a Columbia Coast Mission boat.
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Surge Narrows school with a Columbia Coast Mission service being held outside
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1944-1954]
Scope and Content
Photograph of Rev. Rollo Boas leading a service attended by five women and two girls, standing outside the Surge Narrows school on Read Island.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.0640
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1944-1954]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 17 x 12.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Rev. Rollo Boas leading a service attended by five women and two girls, standing outside the Surge Narrows school on Read Island.
Subject Access
Columbia Coast Mission
Geographic Access
Read Island
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"Rev. Trefor Williams - Service when Dick Symons ashes cast on water"
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1960
Scope and Content
Photograph of Rev. Trefor Williams performing a service aboard the "John Antle"
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.2336
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1960
Physical Description
1 colour slide, 5 x 5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Rev. Trefor Williams performing a service aboard the "John Antle"
Storage Location
Slide box 1
Subject Access
Columbia Coast Mission
Geographic Access
Read Island
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People descending the stairs at St. John the Baptist Church in Whaletown after a service
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Scope and Content
Meg Shaw (far left), Mrs. Whiting at the bottom of the stairs
Sarah Weiler, Mary Weiler, Johnny Weiler on the stairs
On landing: Doris Maclean (with hand in front of face), Heather Maclean, Janice Maclean, John Nagle
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.2353
Material Type
graphic material
Physical Description
1 colour slide, 5 x 5 cm
Scope and Content
Meg Shaw (far left), Mrs. Whiting at the bottom of the stairs
Sarah Weiler, Mary Weiler, Johnny Weiler on the stairs
On landing: Doris Maclean (with hand in front of face), Heather Maclean, Janice Maclean, John Nagle
Storage Location
Slide box 1
Subject Access
Columbia Coast Mission
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
Whaletown
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Rev. Rollo Boas leading a church service in the platform shed of the school at Redonda Bay
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1945-1955]
Scope and Content
Photograph of Rev. Rollo Boas of the Columbia Coast Mission leading a church service in the platform shed of the school at Redonda Bay. Note the discarded home-made barrel stove.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.0608
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1945-1955]
Physical Description
2 photograph prints: b&w; 6.5 x 9.5 cm (orig) and 10 x 15 cm (copy)
Scope and Content
Photograph of Rev. Rollo Boas of the Columbia Coast Mission leading a church service in the platform shed of the school at Redonda Bay. Note the discarded home-made barrel stove.
Subject Access
Columbia Coast Mission
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Rev. Trefor Williams giving the funeral service for Richard Symons on board the "John Antle"
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Yvonne and Louise Boas, ages about 7 and 11
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1944-1954]
Scope and Content
Photograph of Yvonne and Louise, daughters of Rollo and Kathleen Boas, in front of a brick fireplace.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.0629
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1944-1954]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 17 x 12.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Yvonne and Louise, daughters of Rollo and Kathleen Boas, in front of a brick fireplace.
Subject Access
Columbia Coast Mission
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Correspondence from Alan Greene
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
[ca. 1959-1970]
Scope and Content
Correspondence from Alan Greene, head of the Columbia Coast Mission from
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"Logs being taken out at Otter B.C. about 1916"
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1916]
Scope and Content
Photograph of old-growth Douglas fir logs being taken out of a logging slash by rail. A logger is sitting on the end of the load of logs.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.1083
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1916]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 15 x 9 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of old-growth Douglas fir logs being taken out of a logging slash by rail. A logger is sitting on the end of the load of logs.
Subject Access
Logging
Columbia Coast Mission
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Looking down Belize from about the mouth of Allison Sound
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1950]
Scope and Content
Photograph of labelled "Looking down Belize from about the mouth of Allison Sound." The deck of a boat is in the foreground.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.1095
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1950]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 9 x 6.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of labelled "Looking down Belize from about the mouth of Allison Sound." The deck of a boat is in the foreground.
Subject Access
Columbia Coast Mission
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Correspondence re Columbia Coast Mission
Part Of
Correspondence re Columbia Coast Mission (discrete item)
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
textual records
Accession Number
2021.005
Date Range
1942
Scope and Content
File contains two letters, written in pencil, to "Mother and Dad" by "Freddie" (surname unknown) on July 9, 1942 (7 pages) and July 13, 1942 (5 pages). Freddie was aboard the mission ship "John Antle", based in Whaletown with Canon Alan Greene, and writes of his experiences as part of the mission patrol. Places visited include Redonda Bay, Alert Bay, Rock Bay, Surge Narrows and Cortes Island settlements.
Part Of
Correspondence re Columbia Coast Mission (discrete item)
Description Level
Fonds
Fonds Number
2021.005
Accession Number
2021.005
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1942
Physical Description
2 letters : 12 pages
Custodial History
Donated by Bill Bartlett, of the Gerald Wellburn Philatelic Foundation, Victoria BC, in 2021. The letters were part of a stamp collection given to the Foundation. Bartlett recognized the connection to Cortes Island and mailed the letters to the Museum.
Scope and Content
File contains two letters, written in pencil, to "Mother and Dad" by "Freddie" (surname unknown) on July 9, 1942 (7 pages) and July 13, 1942 (5 pages). Freddie was aboard the mission ship "John Antle", based in Whaletown with Canon Alan Greene, and writes of his experiences as part of the mission patrol. Places visited include Redonda Bay, Alert Bay, Rock Bay, Surge Narrows and Cortes Island settlements.
Storage Location
Small fonds box
Storage Range
1-20
Name Access
Greene, Alan
Subject Access
Columbia Coast Mission
Health care
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
Quadra Island
Read Island
Alert Bay
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Cortes history - patrol of the "Rendezvous"
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
[195-]
Scope and Content
Douglas's typed notes on a trip with the patrol of the Columbia Coast Mission boat "Rendezvous"; typed notes about Blind Creek (Cortes Bay)
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Baptism at Stuart Island
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1944-1954]
Scope and Content
Photograph of Rev. Boas baptizing the Willcock child at the home of J. B. Willcock, Stuart Island.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.0621
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1944-1954]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 9 x 6.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Rev. Boas baptizing the Willcock child at the home of J. B. Willcock, Stuart Island.
Subject Access
Columbia Coast Mission
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The "Columbia" at Stuart Island
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1946
Scope and Content
Photograph of the "Columbia" and other boats tied to the wharf at Stuart Island.
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The store at Stuart Island
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1950]
Scope and Content
Photograph of the store at the end of the wharf at Stuart Island.
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Merry Island lighthouse
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1955]
Scope and Content
Photograph of the lighthouse and the light keeper's house at Merry Island.
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"From Merry Island"
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1955]
Scope and Content
Photograph of the view looking out from Merry Island.