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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
Photo 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
Photo 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
Photo 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
Photo box 4
Geographic Access
Mittlenatch Island
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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
Photo 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
Photo box 4
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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Gilean Douglas, sitting on a rock overlooking the water
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1949
Scope and Content
Photograph of Gilean Douglas sitting on a rock. The water and distant islands may be seen in the background.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.0870
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1949
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 11.5 x 8.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Gilean Douglas sitting on a rock. The water and distant islands may be seen in the background.
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Gilean Douglas, standing on the stone steps leading down to the water at Channel Rock
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1950
Scope and Content
Photograph of Gilean Douglas in a flowered skirt, standing on the steps built into the rocks in front of her house which lead down to the water. The weather station is just above.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.0869
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1950
Physical Description
2 photograph prints: b&w; 6.5 x 9 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Gilean Douglas in a flowered skirt, standing on the steps built into the rocks in front of her house which lead down to the water. The weather station is just above.
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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
Photo 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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Landscape - rocky bluffs next to the water
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Boat in the water (ID)
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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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Freshly turned soil in the vegetable area of the garden at Channel Rock; the water may be seen through the trees at the bottom of the garden
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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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House near the water, two men in front (Needs ID)
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1959
Scope and Content
Photograph of a house on a low bank just up from the shore. Two men are standing on the shore. (see #1999.001.279, .276 and .281)
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.0280
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1959
Physical Description
1 photograph print: colour; 8 x 5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of a house on a low bank just up from the shore. Two men are standing on the shore. (see #1999.001.279, .276 and .281)
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Fred Chalmers rowing away from Channel Rock with a load of grass