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Channel Rock
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Series
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1949-1993
Scope and Content
Series consists of a variety of material relating to Douglas's life at Channel Rock, her 135 acre waterfront homestead. Channel Rock was located on the outside of Gorge Harbour, directly across from Shark Spit on Marina Island. It had no road access and could be reached only by walking trail or boat. Douglas lived in a simple cabin overlooking the water with no electrical power, although she did have a telephone. Series includes the daily journal that her husband, Philip Major Douglas, kept during the year that he lived on Cortes prior to Douglas's arrival; household account statements from the early 1950s; lists and inventories of Douglas's library, photographs, research files and household items; a resumé of Douglas's long-time caretaker David Edwards; bills and receipts for household expenses; Christmas card and gift lists; records of egg, plant and vegetable sales; and garden records including plant lists, planting plans, annotated garden catalog pages and garden catalogs.
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Title based on contents of the series.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Series
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
9
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1949-1993
Physical Description
26 cm. of textual records
Scope and Content
Series consists of a variety of material relating to Douglas's life at Channel Rock, her 135 acre waterfront homestead. Channel Rock was located on the outside of Gorge Harbour, directly across from Shark Spit on Marina Island. It had no road access and could be reached only by walking trail or boat. Douglas lived in a simple cabin overlooking the water with no electrical power, although she did have a telephone. Series includes the daily journal that her husband, Philip Major Douglas, kept during the year that he lived on Cortes prior to Douglas's arrival; household account statements from the early 1950s; lists and inventories of Douglas's library, photographs, research files and household items; a resumé of Douglas's long-time caretaker David Edwards; bills and receipts for household expenses; Christmas card and gift lists; records of egg, plant and vegetable sales; and garden records including plant lists, planting plans, annotated garden catalog pages and garden catalogs.
Storage Range
4-1 - 4-37
Name Access
Douglas, Gilean
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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Cortes Island house (ID)
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.2005
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1949
Physical Description
1 colour slide, 5 x 5 cm
Storage Location
Slide box 1
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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Man standing in front of house (ID)
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[195-]
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.2006
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[195-]
Physical Description
1 colour slide, 5 x 5 cm
Storage Location
Slide box 1
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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Man seated in chair, in the Channel Rock living room (ID)
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1949]
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Four men seated in the yard of the rectory in Whaletown (ID)
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1954
Scope and Content
Photo shows Joe Titus (R); other men need identification.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.2008
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1954
Physical Description
1 colour slide, 5 x 5 cm
Scope and Content
Photo shows Joe Titus (R); other men need identification.
Storage Location
Slide box 1
Subject Access
Columbia Coast Mission
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
Whaletown
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The "Oliver Clark" approaching Channel Rock
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[195-]
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A man boarding the "Oliver Clark" at Channel Rock
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[195-]
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The Titus family in their dinghy at Channel Rock
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[195-]
Scope and Content
Photograph of Joan Titus, the Rev. Joe Titus, and their two children.
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Woman and man sitting on the rocks at Channel Rock (ID) (same as #1999.001.2019)
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[195-]
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Man and woman in a small motor boat at Channel Rock (ID)
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[195-]
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Group of women standing in front of the cabin at Channel Rock
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[195-]
Scope and Content
Left to Right: Mrs Louisa Kendrick, Mrs Ruth Byers, Mrs Jessie Thornton, ?(ID), Mrs Gilean Douglas; seated, Mrs Meg Shaw
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.2022
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[195-]
Physical Description
1 colour slide, 5 x 5 cm
Scope and Content
Left to Right: Mrs Louisa Kendrick, Mrs Ruth Byers, Mrs Jessie Thornton, ?(ID), Mrs Gilean Douglas; seated, Mrs Meg Shaw
Storage Location
Slide box 1
Name Access
Channel Rock
Subject Access
Women's Institute
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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Three men in a rowboat at Channel Rock
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[195-]
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Sailboats passing the channel marker for Uganda Passage, in front of Channel Rock
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[195-]
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Looking up the trunk of a large fir tree at Channel Rock
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[195-]
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Kathleen (Kay) Boas, John Nagle and girl seated outside at Channel Rock
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[195-]
Scope and Content
Photograph of Kathleen (Kay) Boas, John Nagle and girl (ID), seated beside the house at Channel Rock.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.2027
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[195-]
Physical Description
1 colour slide, 5 x 5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Kathleen (Kay) Boas, John Nagle and girl (ID), seated beside the house at Channel Rock.
Storage Location
Slide box 1
Name Access
Channel Rock
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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The boat shed in the home bay at Channel Rock
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Mock orange, roses and vegetables in the garden at Channel Rock
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"Gundrys, Lyle Creelman, Gundry's house"; Meg Shaw at left
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1960]
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.2032
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1960]
Physical Description
1 colour slide, 5 x 5 cm
Storage Location
Slide box 1
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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David Edwards, with a kitten tucked inside his jacket
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Pear tree in bloom in the garden at Channel Rock