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The Whaletown post office in its original location
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1972
Scope and Content
Photograph of the Whaletown post office, in its original location (315 Whaletown Rd). The post office was built here (on the property of 315 Whaletown Rd) in 1947. In 1981 it was moved across the road beside the parking area of the Whaletown store; in 2020 it was moved out of Whaletown to the parking lot of the Gorge Hall on Robertson Rd.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.0728
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1972
Physical Description
1 photograph print: colour; 13 x 9 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of the Whaletown post office, in its original location (315 Whaletown Rd). The post office was built here (on the property of 315 Whaletown Rd) in 1947. In 1981 it was moved across the road beside the parking area of the Whaletown store; in 2020 it was moved out of Whaletown to the parking lot of the Gorge Hall on Robertson Rd.
Geographic Access
Whaletown
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The Whaletown Post Office, in its original location, across the road from its present position
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Whaletown post office
Part Of
CIMAS photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2019.003
Item Number
2019.003.047
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1980
Physical Description
1 photographic slide : colour ; 3.5 x 2.25 cm
Custodial History
Donated by Ian Disney.
Storage Location
Slide box 2
Geographic Access
Whaletown
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Whaletown Post Office centennial
Part Of
CIMAS photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1994
Scope and Content
Photo of Trude (Albright) Sweeny presenting a cake she has made to postmaster Joan Goring for the centennial celebration of the Whaletown post office. Ann Hiatt and Colleen Miller in the background.
Part Of
CIMAS photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2019.003
Item Number
2019.003.134
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1994
Physical Description
1 photograph print : colour ; 15 x 10 cm
Scope and Content
Photo of Trude (Albright) Sweeny presenting a cake she has made to postmaster Joan Goring for the centennial celebration of the Whaletown post office. Ann Hiatt and Colleen Miller in the background.
Storage Location
Photograph Box 3
Geographic Access
Whaletown
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Margaret Verschuur and Jill Milton in front of the Whaletown post office
Part Of
CIMAS photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Accession Number
2021.003
Date Range
1988
Scope and Content
Photograph of Margaret Verschuur driving her pony cart with her miniature horse Dusty, and Jill Milton on her horse Teddy.
Part Of
CIMAS photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2019.003
Item Number
2019.003.203
Accession Number
2021.003
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1988
Physical Description
1 photograph print : colour ; 15 x 10 cm
Custodial History
Donated by Jill Milton, December 2020
Scope and Content
Photograph of Margaret Verschuur driving her pony cart with her miniature horse Dusty, and Jill Milton on her horse Teddy.
Storage Location
Photo box 3
Geographic Access
Whaletown
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Post Office at Manson's Landing
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Accession Number
2018.002
Date Range
[ca. 1926]
Scope and Content
(Also Campbell River Museum #13531)
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
13
Item Number
2007.001.630
Accession Number
2018.002
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1926]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 8.5 x 14.5 cm
1 photograph print: b&w; 10.5 x 17.5 cm
Scope and Content
(Also Campbell River Museum #13531)
Storage Location
Photograph Box 4
Geographic Access
Manson's Landing
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Cortes Bay post office
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Three men rolling the new fuel tank off the Whaletown wharf to its location on the rocks beside the store
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Abandoned Manson's Landing post office
Part Of
CIMAS photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2019.003
Item Number
2019.003.080
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1980
Physical Description
1 photographic slide : colour ; 4 x 2.5 cm
Custodial History
From Ian Disney.
Storage Location
Slide box 2
Geographic Access
Manson's Landing
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Manson's Landing, with post office and store
Part Of
CIMAS photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2019.003
Item Number
2019.003.087
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1977
Physical Description
1 photographic slide : colour ; 4 x 2.5 cm
Custodial History
From Ian Disney.
Storage Location
Slide box 2
Geographic Access
Manson's Landing
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Abandoned Manson's Landing post office at Manson's Spit
Part Of
CIMAS photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2019.003
Item Number
2019.003.077
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1980
Physical Description
1 photographic slide : colour ; 4 x 2.5 cm
Custodial History
From Ian Disney.
Storage Location
Slide box 2
Geographic Access
Manson's Landing
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Mail being delivered to the Squirrel Cove post office
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Henry Hague, postmaster, standing in the door of the post office in gumboots
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Maurice Dronsfield delivering mail to Manson's Landing post office
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Maurice Dronsfield, postmaster of Manson's Landing, inside the post office
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The original Robertson house at Burnside in Whaletown
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The second Whaletown school in its clearing, outhouse to the right
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. late 1940s-early1950s]
Scope and Content
Photograph of the second Whaletown school, which was located by the gravel pit on the road to Coulter Bay.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.0814
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. late 1940s-early1950s]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 19 x 11.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of the second Whaletown school, which was located by the gravel pit on the road to Coulter Bay.
Geographic Access
Whaletown
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"Essington II" with pile driver on its deck, at the end of the Whaletown wharf
Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. late 1960s]
Scope and Content
Slide of a boat with a pile driver on deck at the Whaletown wharf. The Thompson house and buildings across Whaletown Bay are in the distance.
Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
Item
Creator
Weiler, Mary
Fonds Number
2003.002
Series Number
1
Item Number
2003.002.125
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. late 1960s]
Physical Description
1 colour slide, 5 x 5 cm
Scope and Content
Slide of a boat with a pile driver on deck at the Whaletown wharf. The Thompson house and buildings across Whaletown Bay are in the distance.
Storage Location
Slide box 2
Name Access
Weiler, Mary
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
Whaletown
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"Essington II" with pile driver on its deck, at the end of the Whaletown wharf
Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. late 1960s]
Scope and Content
Slide of a pile driver beside the Whaletown wharf during replacement of the floating dock. The ferry dock is visible in the background.
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"The old Whaletown school after its rejuvenation. The pupils look happy too."
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1948]
Scope and Content
Photograph of pupils standing in front of the second Whaletown school, which was at the gravel pit on the road to Coulter Bay.
Standing, back row, L to R: Louise Boas, Florence Bull, Pam Woolsey, Wilma Haines, Marilyn Mould, ?(ID), Joan Ackerman
Standing, L to R: Bobby Bull, Bobby Anderson, Jim Munro, Dave Ogren, Bud Dewar, Bill Woolsey
Seated, L to R: Nola Ogren, Donny Bull, Johnny Munro, Myrna Dewar, Bobby Ferguson seated on the ground in front
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.0813
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1948]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 19 x 11.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of pupils standing in front of the second Whaletown school, which was at the gravel pit on the road to Coulter Bay.
Standing, back row, L to R: Louise Boas, Florence Bull, Pam Woolsey, Wilma Haines, Marilyn Mould, ?(ID), Joan Ackerman
Standing, L to R: Bobby Bull, Bobby Anderson, Jim Munro, Dave Ogren, Bud Dewar, Bill Woolsey
Seated, L to R: Nola Ogren, Donny Bull, Johnny Munro, Myrna Dewar, Bobby Ferguson seated on the ground in front
Geographic Access
Whaletown
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