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Shucking oysters on the back porch of the cabin at the Happy Ranch

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[195?]
Scope and Content
Photograph shows, L to R: Unknown man, Henrietta and Slim Barnard.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
13
Item Number
2007.001.433
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[195?]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 10 x 13 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph shows, L to R: Unknown man, Henrietta and Slim Barnard.
Storage Location
Photograph Box 4
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Wharfhouse Restaurant menus

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Part Of
CIMAS ephemera collection
Description Level
File
Material Type
ephemera
Accession Number
2022.011
Date Range
[ca. 1980]
Scope and Content
File contains four breakfast/lunch menus from the Wharfhouse Restaurant (three are encapsulated), The Wharfhouse was started and run by Paula Snow at the Hacienda Marina (later the Gorge Harbour Marina). It was originally a small building located at the head of the wharf. Later the building was pulled up the hill and enlarged, to eventually become the present-day (2022) Floathouse Restaurant.
Part Of
CIMAS ephemera collection
Description Level
File
File Number
42
Accession Number
2022.011
Material Type
ephemera
Date Range
[ca. 1980]
Physical Description
4 menus
Custodial History
Found in files. Donated by Paula Snow (exact date unknown).
Scope and Content
File contains four breakfast/lunch menus from the Wharfhouse Restaurant (three are encapsulated), The Wharfhouse was started and run by Paula Snow at the Hacienda Marina (later the Gorge Harbour Marina). It was originally a small building located at the head of the wharf. Later the building was pulled up the hill and enlarged, to eventually become the present-day (2022) Floathouse Restaurant.
Storage Location
Ephemera box
Storage Range
Ephemera box 1-39
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Wharfhouse Restaurant, August 1977

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Part Of
CIMAS photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Accession Number
2014.003
Date Range
1977
Scope and Content
Photograph of the Wharfhouse Restaurant in its original place at the head of the dock at the Gorge Harbour Marina. It was later pulled up the hill and enlarged; it is now the Floathouse Restaurant. Photo by Judy (Alderson) Gerwing.
Part Of
CIMAS photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2019.003
Item Number
2019.003.118
Accession Number
2014.003
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1977
Physical Description
1 photograph print : colour ; 15 x 10 cm
Custodial History
Photos came from Judy Gerwing, via Leila Campbell, in 2014.
Scope and Content
Photograph of the Wharfhouse Restaurant in its original place at the head of the dock at the Gorge Harbour Marina. It was later pulled up the hill and enlarged; it is now the Floathouse Restaurant. Photo by Judy (Alderson) Gerwing.
Storage Location
Photograph Box 3
Geographic Access
Manson's Landing
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Taka Mika Restaurant placemat

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Part Of
CIMAS ephemera collection
Description Level
File
Material Type
ephemera
Date Range
[ca. 1990s]
Scope and Content
File contains a placemat from the Taka Mika Restaurant, owned by Benny and Ruth Beaulieu, opened in 1986 and closed 11 years later. The placemat has some First Nations information and Manson's Landing history.
Part Of
CIMAS ephemera collection
Description Level
File
File Number
37
Material Type
ephemera
Date Range
[ca. 1990s]
Physical Description
1 paper placemat : 26 x 34 cm
Custodial History
Donated by Ian Disney Sept. 8, 2020
Scope and Content
File contains a placemat from the Taka Mika Restaurant, owned by Benny and Ruth Beaulieu, opened in 1986 and closed 11 years later. The placemat has some First Nations information and Manson's Landing history.
Storage Location
Oversize box
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The Wharfhouse restaurant "Open" sign

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Part Of
CIMAS photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic
Accession Number
2022.011
Date Range
1980
Scope and Content
View of the stairs and landing going up to the front deck of the Wharfhouse, showing the "Open" sign. Undigitized.
Part Of
CIMAS photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2019.003
Item Number
2019.003.247
Accession Number
2022.011
Material Type
graphic
Date Range
1980
Physical Description
1 photograph print : colour ; 9 x 13 cm
Custodial History
Donated by Paula Snow
Scope and Content
View of the stairs and landing going up to the front deck of the Wharfhouse, showing the "Open" sign. Undigitized.
Storage Location
Photo Box 3
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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The Wharfhouse restaurant menu signs

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Part Of
CIMAS photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic
Accession Number
2022.011
Date Range
1980
Scope and Content
View of the menus posted beside the stairs going up to the deck of the Wharfhouse Restaurant.
Part Of
CIMAS photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2019.003
Item Number
2019.003.245
Accession Number
2022.011
Material Type
graphic
Date Range
1980
Physical Description
1 photograph print : colour ; 9 x 13 cm
Custodial History
Donated by Paula Snow
Scope and Content
View of the menus posted beside the stairs going up to the deck of the Wharfhouse Restaurant.
Storage Location
Photo Box 3
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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The Wharfhouse restaurant, front view

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Part Of
CIMAS photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic
Date Range
1980
Scope and Content
View of the front deck of the Wharfhouse restaurant, showing the restaurant sign.
Part Of
CIMAS photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2019.003
Item Number
2019.003.246
Material Type
graphic
Date Range
1980
Physical Description
1 photograph print : colour ; 13 x 9 cm
Custodial History
Donated by Paula Snow
Scope and Content
View of the front deck of the Wharfhouse restaurant, showing the restaurant sign.
Storage Location
Photo Box 3
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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Unidentified man, June Kinmont and Henrietta Barnard, shucking oysters at the back door of the cabin at the Happy Ranch

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[195?]
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
13
Item Number
2007.001.435
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[195?]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 10 x 13 cm
Storage Location
Photograph Box 4
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Menus from the "Shell & Fin" restaurant

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
ephemera
textual records
Date Range
[198?]
Scope and Content
File contains menus from the "Shell & Fin" restaurant.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
11
File Number
30
Material Type
ephemera
textual records
Date Range
[198?]
Scope and Content
File contains menus from the "Shell & Fin" restaurant.
Storage Location
8-30
Storage Range
8-30
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Jan Baess outside Taka Mika restaurant

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Part Of
CIMAS photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Accession Number
2019.003
Date Range
1995
Part Of
CIMAS photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2019.003
Item Number
2019.003.013
Accession Number
2019.003
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1995
Physical Description
1 photograph print : colour ; 15 x 10
Custodial History
Donated by Ian Disney
Storage Location
Photograph Box 3
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Cortes Cinema Presents: A Happy Ending

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Part Of
George Sirk fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
moving image
electronic records
Date Range
1975 [digitized 2022]
Scope and Content
From the "Out of the Archives" program: "Chickens are a large source of entertainment, remakable pets with personalities, and they give us eggs. But when it came to dinner time, they were sadly the main guest of honour. George wanted to immortalize, and thus keep his chickens alive forever. This film does just that. On 16mm, shot at George and Lauren Hay's homestead on Seascape Rd."
Part Of
George Sirk fonds
Description Level
File
Creator
Sirk, George
Fonds Number
2022.010
Series Number
1
File Number
2
Material Type
moving image
electronic records
Digitized Media Type
Video file (.mp4)
Video file (.mov)
Date Range
1975 [digitized 2022]
Physical Description
1 moving image : 4 minutes ; silent
Scope and Content
From the "Out of the Archives" program: "Chickens are a large source of entertainment, remakable pets with personalities, and they give us eggs. But when it came to dinner time, they were sadly the main guest of honour. George wanted to immortalize, and thus keep his chickens alive forever. This film does just that. On 16mm, shot at George and Lauren Hay's homestead on Seascape Rd."
Name Access
Sirk, George
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Driveway into the "Happy Ranch" in Cortes Bay

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[1950s]
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
13
Item Number
2007.001.386
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[1950s]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: colour; 9 x 9 cm
Storage Location
Photograph Box 4
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View of the Happy Ranch from the water

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[1950s]
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
13
Item Number
2007.001.387
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[1950s]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: colour; 12.5 x 18 cm
Storage Location
Photograph Box 4
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Slim Barnard "Happy Ranch" ephemera

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
ephemera
Date Range
[ca. 1950s]
Scope and Content
File contains a letter and a pamphlet on Vancouver Island.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
5.2
File Number
36
Material Type
textual records
ephemera
Date Range
[ca. 1950s]
Scope and Content
File contains a letter and a pamphlet on Vancouver Island.
Storage Location
5-36
Storage Range
5-36
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Cabin at the Happy Ranch in Cortes Bay

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[195?]
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
13
Item Number
2007.001.432
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[195?]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 10 x 13 cm
Storage Location
Photograph Box 4
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Aerial view of the Happy Ranch and Cortes Bay

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[1950s]
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
13
Item Number
2007.001.388
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[1950s]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: colour; 12.5 x 18 cm
Storage Location
Photograph Box 4
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Aerial view of the Happy Ranch and Cortes Bay

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[1950s]
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
13
Item Number
2007.001.389
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[1950s]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: colour; 12.5 x 18 cm
Storage Location
Photograph Box 4
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Capt. Hunter, previous owner of the Happy Ranch

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[1950s]
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
13
Item Number
2007.001.391
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[1950s]
Physical Description
2 photograph prints: b&w; (a) 9 x 15 cm; (b) 21 x 25 cm
Storage Location
Photograph Box 4
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Slim and Henrietta Barnard on the steps of their house at the Happy Ranch

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[1950s]
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
13
Item Number
2007.001.390
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[1950s]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 13 x 10 cm
Storage Location
Photograph Box 4
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View eastward into Cortes Bay from the Happy Ranch

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[1950s]
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
13
Item Number
2007.001.397
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[1950s]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: colour; 21 x 25 cm
Storage Location
Photograph Box 4
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