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Child standing beside the bear shot by Norm Gibbons at Refuge Cove
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Refuge Cove residents gathered beside a Chrismas tree
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Cortes Island Museum & Archives Society fonds
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graphic material (electronic)
Date Range
1973
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L to R: (man in corner needs ID); (?) Frucktinart (sp?) with his daughter behind; (ID man holding girl in red); Ken Ferguson with Chris Hall behind him; Lisa and Michael Gibbons
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Jan Gemmel standing in their first welding shop in Carrington Bay
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Seagulls standing on ice in Carrington Lagoon, log jam in foreground
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Carcass of a bear shot by Norm Gibbons hanging beside their house
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Cortes Island Museum & Archives Society fonds
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graphic material (electronic)
Date Range
1979
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For the story of how the bear was shot, see the transcript of Norm and Lisa Gibbons talking about Refuge Cove.
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Al Murray doing something creative with an outboard motor
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Al Murray’s cement power boat in front of the log jam at Carrington Bay
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Jan Gemmel in the speed boat beside her float house in Carrington Bay, winter
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Jim Palmer & Jan Gemmel's float house at Carrington in winter; Jan standing in speed boat
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Ryan Holt (L) and Norm Gibbons (R) beside Norm's log house at Refuge Cove
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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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Norm Gibbons (middle) and Barry Ketchison (R), beside Norm's log house under construction at Refuge Cove
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Cortes Island Museum & Archives Society fonds
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Item
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graphic material (electronic)
Date Range
1973
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The man on the left is a guest, Peter Kuyt, who kayaked up from Lasqueti Island. He built a cabin by the lagoon at Refuge Cove, but drowned while kayaking back to Lasqueti. Barry Ketchison was a co-op member.
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Jean Fontaine (L) & Jim Palmer visiting Al Murray & Linda on their float house in Steamboat Pass (Surge Narrows).
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Cortes Island Museum & Archives Society fonds
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graphic material (electronic)
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1978-1985
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"Wringer washer powered by a Homelite chainsaw; ear protection was a must while doing laundry!"
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Jim Spilsbury and (possibly) Norman Hope's sister Rene, standing in the window of an unfinished addition to the Hope home in Refuge Cove
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Cortes Island Museum & Archives Society fonds
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[ca. 1958]
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Photo depicts two people at the home of Norman and Doris Hope. The Hope's water spaniel Stinky is at the bottom of the stairs.
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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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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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Lagoon in foreground, looking over log jam to Carrington Bay; Al Murray’s cement power boat under a classy plastic structure.