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Union Steamship Comox being raised from Cortes Reef (Sutil Point)
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Accession Number
2018.002
Date Range
1907
Scope and Content
A description of the event may be found in “Whistle Up the Inlet,” by G.A. Rushton (J.J. Douglas Ltd., Vancouver BC,1974; p 50):
"Good teamwork in the handling of the ships by the Union Company’s marine department was evidenced when, on September 19, 1907, at 4:30 a.m., the Comox, running in a heavy fog, went aground on Cortez Island reef. All passengers were landed safely in small boats, then picked up by the Cassiar and taken to Heriot Bay for transfer to their destination aboard the Coquitlam. The Comox was pulled from her rocky perch at high water the following day and beached at Mansons, where a three-foot hole between the boiler and starboard bunker were patched. The vessel was towed back to Vancouver on September 22 by the tug Tartar.”
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
13
Item Number
2007.001.609
Accession Number
2018.002
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1907
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 17.5 x 12 cm
Scope and Content
A description of the event may be found in “Whistle Up the Inlet,” by G.A. Rushton (J.J. Douglas Ltd., Vancouver BC,1974; p 50):
"Good teamwork in the handling of the ships by the Union Company’s marine department was evidenced when, on September 19, 1907, at 4:30 a.m., the Comox, running in a heavy fog, went aground on Cortez Island reef. All passengers were landed safely in small boats, then picked up by the Cassiar and taken to Heriot Bay for transfer to their destination aboard the Coquitlam. The Comox was pulled from her rocky perch at high water the following day and beached at Mansons, where a three-foot hole between the boiler and starboard bunker were patched. The vessel was towed back to Vancouver on September 22 by the tug Tartar.”
Storage Location
Photograph Box 4
Subject Access
Union Steamship Company
Transportation
Water transport
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View of Twin Islands from Cortes Island
Part Of
May Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1918
Scope and Content
A view of Twin Islands through the trees. There is a bald eagle on one branch.
Part Of
May Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2004.002
Series Number
2
Item Number
2004.002.008
Material Type
graphic material
Responsibility
Katherine Lettice
Date Range
1918
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 8.5 x 8.5 cm
Scope and Content
A view of Twin Islands through the trees. There is a bald eagle on one branch.
Storage Location
Photograph box 3
Geographic Access
Twin Islands
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View from Cortes Island towards Twin Islands and Long Tom
Part Of
May Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1918
Part Of
May Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2004.002
Series Number
2
Item Number
2004.002.021
Material Type
graphic material
Responsibility
Katherine Lettice
Date Range
1918
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 8.5 x 8.5 cm
Custodial History
A view from Cortes Island towards Twin Islands and Long Tom.
Storage Location
Photograph box 3
Geographic Access
Twin Islands
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"Mt. Rundle from Bow River, Banff"
Part Of
Dorothy Huck Whalley fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1922
Scope and Content
Commercial photograph of Mt. Rundle from Bow River, Banff.
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"Bow Valley from CPR hotel, Banff"
Part Of
Dorothy Huck Whalley fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1922
Scope and Content
Commercial photograph of Bow Valley from CPR hotel, Banff.
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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
Photograph Box 4
Geographic Access
Mittlenatch Island
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Pages from The Sunday Province newspaper
Part Of
CIMAS ephemera collection
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1926
Scope and Content
File contains oversize newspaper pages (18 inches x 22.5 inches) with an article about Cortes Island. John Manson is mentioned in the article
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View of the Anderson farm from the water
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1934
Scope and Content
Photograph of the Anderson farm from the water. Photograph is from an envelope labelled "Pictures of Anderson farm, Cortez Island".
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
13
Item Number
2007.001.341
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1934
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 9 x 6 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of the Anderson farm from the water. Photograph is from an envelope labelled "Pictures of Anderson farm, Cortez Island".
Storage Location
Photograph Box 4
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Love from Dorothy Beesley
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1936
Scope and Content
Photograph comes from an envelope marked "Beesley family photos, 1920s"
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
13
Item Number
2007.001.681
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1936
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 6.5 x 11 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph comes from an envelope marked "Beesley family photos, 1920s"
Storage Location
Photograph Box 4
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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View of the lake from the Anderson farm
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1951
Scope and Content
Photograph of the lake from the Anderson farm. Photograph is from an envelope labelled "Pictures of Anderson farm, Cortez Island".
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
13
Item Number
2007.001.347
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1951
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 6 x 9 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of the lake from the Anderson farm. Photograph is from an envelope labelled "Pictures of Anderson farm, Cortez Island".
Storage Location
Photograph Box 4
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View of the Robertson homestead "Burnside" taken from across Whaletown Lagoon
Part Of
Maclean family fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1954
Scope and Content
Verso says "Robertson Estate Jan. 1954"
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Small island across from the house at Channel Rock in the snow
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1957
Scope and Content
Photograph of the small island near the house at Channel Rock in the snow.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.0076
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1957
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 10 x 7 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of the small island near the house at Channel Rock in the snow.
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Barn, from outside the garden
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1958
Scope and Content
Photograph of the barn, taken from outside the fence around the big garden.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.0096
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1958
Physical Description
1 photograph print: colour;12 x 8 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of the barn, taken from outside the fence around the big garden.
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Correspondence from Harold Cox
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1958
Scope and Content
Correspondence from Harold Cox, author of a book about Cortes "Greenhorns in Blue Pastures" (Smith and Durrell, 1945)
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
2
File Number
12
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1958
Scope and Content
Correspondence from Harold Cox, author of a book about Cortes "Greenhorns in Blue Pastures" (Smith and Durrell, 1945)
Storage Location
2-32
Storage Range
2-32
Name Access
Douglas, Gilean
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"From Wilderness to Wonderland" pageant script
Part Of
Wilfred Freeman fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Accession Number
2002.002
Date Range
1958
Scope and Content
Script of a pageant of B.C. history prepared by the provincial Centennial Committee
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Rev. Trefor Williams casting the ashes of Richard Symons from the "John Antle"
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1959
Scope and Content
Photograph of Rev. Williams casting the ashes of Richard Symons of Evans Bay, Read Island, from the Columbia Coast Mission boat (same as slide #1999.001.2238)
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.0142
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1959
Physical Description
1 photograph print: colour; 11.5 x 7.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Rev. Williams casting the ashes of Richard Symons of Evans Bay, Read Island, from the Columbia Coast Mission boat (same as slide #1999.001.2238)
Storage Location
Slide box 1
Subject Access
Columbia Coast Mission
Geographic Access
Read Island
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Fred Chalmers rowing away from Channel Rock with a load of grass
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View of sea and sky from Channel Rock
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View of the house at Channel Rock from the small island
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1960
Scope and Content
Photograph of the house at Channel Rock, taken from the small island across the bay from it.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.0271
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1960
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 10 x 7 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of the house at Channel Rock, taken from the small island across the bay from it.
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View towards Lavender Islet from in front of the cabin at Channel Rock