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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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Receipt with Whaletown post office cancellation
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Whaletown post office, in its original location
Part Of
Doreen Thompson fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Accession Number
2006.001
Date Range
[196-]
Scope and Content
The post office was built in this location (on the property of 315 Whaletown Rd) in 1947. In 1981 it was moved across the road next to the parking area of the Whaletown store.
Likely originally from the collection of the Weiler family.
Part Of
Doreen Thompson fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2006.001
Series Number
4
Item Number
2006.001.006
Accession Number
2006.001
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[196-]
Physical Description
1 photograph print : colour ; 9 x 9 cm
Scope and Content
The post office was built in this location (on the property of 315 Whaletown Rd) in 1947. In 1981 it was moved across the road next to the parking area of the Whaletown store.
Likely originally from the collection of the Weiler family.
Storage Location
Photograph Box 3
Geographic Access
Whaletown
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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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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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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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The Whaletown Post Office, in its original location, across the road from its present position
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Mail being delivered to the Squirrel Cove post office
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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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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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Henry Hague, postmaster, standing in the door of the post office in gumboots
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Centennial Committee series
Part Of
Wilfred Freeman fonds
Description Level
Series
Material Type
textual records
Accession Number
2002.002
Date Range
1956-1959 (predominant 1958)
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Post Offices
Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Date Range
1893-present
Scope and Content
Historical info from emails, notes, letters, articles, clippings, photographs, etc, on post offices, "postmasters" and "postmisstresses" servicing Cortes Island from 1893 to the present day.
Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Series Number
3
File Number
104
Date Range
1893-present
Scope and Content
Historical info from emails, notes, letters, articles, clippings, photographs, etc, on post offices, "postmasters" and "postmisstresses" servicing Cortes Island from 1893 to the present day.
Storage Range
Drawer 3
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Correspondence record of Cortes Centennial Committee
Part Of
Wilfred Freeman fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Accession Number
2002.002
Date Range
1958-1959
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List of B.C. Centennial Committee directors
Part Of
Wilfred Freeman fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Accession Number
2002.002
Date Range
1958
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May pole at 1958 Centennial Picnic celebration
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Accession Number
2018.002
Date Range
1958
Scope and Content
Photograph is inscribed on the back "Teacher May Freeman directing May pole dance at Smelt Bay."
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
13
Item Number
2007.001.557
Accession Number
2018.002
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1958
Physical Description
1 photograph print:colour; 12 x 9 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph is inscribed on the back "Teacher May Freeman directing May pole dance at Smelt Bay."
Storage Location
Photograph Box 4
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