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John and Wilfred Manson on Mittlenatch Island with sheep
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 19 ]
Scope and Content
Photograph of John Manson and his nephew Wilfred Manson, on Mittlenatch Island with a group of sheep.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
13
Item Number
2007.001.009
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 19 ]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w: 12 x 18 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of John Manson and his nephew Wilfred Manson, on Mittlenatch Island with a group of sheep.
Storage Location
Photo box 4
Geographic Access
Mittlenatch Island
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Approaching Mittlenatch Island
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1929]
Scope and Content
Photograph taken from a rowboat approaching Mittlenatch Island. (see #2007.001.030)
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
13
Item Number
2007.001.010
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1929]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w: 13 x 8 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph taken from a rowboat approaching Mittlenatch Island. (see #2007.001.030)
Storage Location
Photo box 4
Geographic Access
Mittlenatch Island
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Approaching Mittlenatch Island
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1929]
Scope and Content
Photograph of Mittlenatch Island from the water. (See #2007.001.010)
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
13
Item Number
2007.001.030
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1929]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w: 12.5 x 7 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Mittlenatch Island from the water. (See #2007.001.010)
Storage Location
Photo box 4
Geographic Access
Mittlenatch Island
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Members of the Manson families on Mittlenatch Island
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1925]
Scope and Content
Photograph of Mike Manson and his wife Jane, John Manson, Wilf Manson and daughter Dorothy, seated on logs on the beach. The photograph was taken on Mittlenatch Island when sheep were kept there.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
13
Item Number
2007.001.201
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1925]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 9.5 x 8 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Mike Manson and his wife Jane, John Manson, Wilf Manson and daughter Dorothy, seated on logs on the beach. The photograph was taken on Mittlenatch Island when sheep were kept there.
Storage Location
Photo box 4
Geographic Access
Mittlenatch Island
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Picture taken from Mittlenatch Island
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1926
Scope and Content
Photograph taken from Mittlenatch Island.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
13
Item Number
2007.001.262
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1926
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 8 x 6 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph taken from Mittlenatch Island.
Storage Location
Photo box 4
Geographic Access
Mittlenatch Island
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Shared historic images
Part Of
Cortes Island Museum & Archives Society fonds
Description Level
Series
Material Type
graphic material (electronic)
Date Range
1978-1985
Scope and Content
Series contains scanned images shared with the Cortes Island Museum & Archives. The donor retains the originals and the copyright.
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Jim Palmer's photographs of Carrington Bay
Part Of
Cortes Island Museum & Archives Society fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
graphic material (electronic)
Date Range
1978-1985
Scope and Content
File contains scanned copies of photographs donated by Jim Palmer for the Carrington Bay exhibit in 2009, depicting the community living in Carrington Bay in the 1970s and 1980s.
Jim Palmer and Jan Gemmel lived in a house on the west side of the log jam between Carrington Lagoon and Carrington Bay. Jim built the house at the property of John and Anna Gregg in Manson's Landing and relocated it onto pilings in Carrington Bay. Jim and Jan later fabricated steel pontoons for it. In 1985 the house was moved onto the floats and towed into Gorge Harbour by Bob Thompson with his boat "Sutil Chief".
Part Of
Cortes Island Museum & Archives Society fonds
Description Level
File
Creator
Palmer, Jim
Fonds Number
2021.001
Series Number
5
File Number
1
Material Type
graphic material (electronic)
Date Range
1978-1985
Physical Description
33 photographs (.jpg) : b&w and col.
Scope and Content
File contains scanned copies of photographs donated by Jim Palmer for the Carrington Bay exhibit in 2009, depicting the community living in Carrington Bay in the 1970s and 1980s.
Jim Palmer and Jan Gemmel lived in a house on the west side of the log jam between Carrington Lagoon and Carrington Bay. Jim built the house at the property of John and Anna Gregg in Manson's Landing and relocated it onto pilings in Carrington Bay. Jim and Jan later fabricated steel pontoons for it. In 1985 the house was moved onto the floats and towed into Gorge Harbour by Bob Thompson with his boat "Sutil Chief".
Name Access
Palmer, Jim
Subject Access
Isolated communities
Housing
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
Carrington Bay
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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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Jim Palmer & Jan Gemmel’s float house in winter
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Al Murray’s cement power boat in front of the log jam at Carrington Bay
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Al Murray & Linda (surname?)'s tipi and 16’ canvas tent with wood floor and walls, on the east side of the log jam
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Jim Palmer & Jan Gemmel’s float house in the winter
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Jan Gemmel in the speed boat beside her float house in Carrington Bay, winter
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Jim Palmer’s old dory on the beach at Carrington Bay
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Linda (surname?), visiting Jim Palmer & Jan Gemmel’s floathouse, from across the log jam
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Jan Gemmel standing in their first welding shop in Carrington Bay
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Working on a stove in Jim Palmer & Jan Gemmel’s welding shop in Carrington
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Jan Gemmel welding a stove, Carrington Bay
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Stove passing the “pancake test” – Jan Gemmel in the float house at Carrington Bay
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Al Murray doing something creative with an outboard motor