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Homesteading on Cortes
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CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Date Range
1887-?
Scope and Content
Typed info on early settlers, 1887-1916. How to Remodel an Old Home, booklet, 1949. Clippings with info on early settlers, 1982-?
Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Series Number
2
File Number
47
Date Range
1887-?
Scope and Content
Typed info on early settlers, 1887-1916. How to Remodel an Old Home, booklet, 1949. Clippings with info on early settlers, 1982-?
Storage Range
Drawer 2
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Photos, Historic
Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Date Range
1907-?
Scope and Content
Assortment of local historic prints of photographs, 1907-?. Some keywords: Redonda, Von Donop Inlet, Nichols, Thompson, Gorge Harbour, Gunn, Slater, Huck, Summers, Smith, Calwell, killer whales, Manson's Landing, Manson's Lagoon, Whaletown Wharf, Whaletown Store, Jordan, Squirrel Cove, Kendel, Cortes Bay, Smelt Bay, Copeland, Stoney, Cunliffe, Selen, Herrewig, Ballantyne, Hansen
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CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Series Number
3
File Number
102
Date Range
1907-?
Scope and Content
Assortment of local historic prints of photographs, 1907-?. Some keywords: Redonda, Von Donop Inlet, Nichols, Thompson, Gorge Harbour, Gunn, Slater, Huck, Summers, Smith, Calwell, killer whales, Manson's Landing, Manson's Lagoon, Whaletown Wharf, Whaletown Store, Jordan, Squirrel Cove, Kendel, Cortes Bay, Smelt Bay, Copeland, Stoney, Cunliffe, Selen, Herrewig, Ballantyne, Hansen
Storage Range
Drawer 3
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Stories: Mink Gets the Tides
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Description Level
File
Date Range
1908
Scope and Content
Copies of Mink Gets the Tides from "A Tlawitsis Story" in Kwakiutl Texts by Franz Boas and George Hunt, Volume 10 of The Jesup North Pacific Expedition, 1908
Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Series Number
4
File Number
35
Date Range
1908
Scope and Content
Copies of Mink Gets the Tides from "A Tlawitsis Story" in Kwakiutl Texts by Franz Boas and George Hunt, Volume 10 of The Jesup North Pacific Expedition, 1908
Storage Range
Drawer 4
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"More Animal Stories" by C.G.D. Roberts
Part Of
Doreen Thompson fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
ephemera
Accession Number
2006.001
Date Range
1932
Scope and Content
File contains a book which was in the Whaletown School Library.
Part Of
Doreen Thompson fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2006.001
Series Number
5
File Number
1
Accession Number
2006.001
Material Type
ephemera
Date Range
1932
Scope and Content
File contains a book which was in the Whaletown School Library.
Storage Location
1-33
Storage Range
1-33
Name Access
Thompson, Doreen
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"Lake on top of Green Mountain, 1934"
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"Seaford Cortez Isld. 1937"
Part Of
Byers family fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Accession Number
2020.003
Date Range
1937
Scope and Content
Photo depicts a line of buildings on the shore at Seaford, with a long wharf going into the water. Hazel McKay and Audrey Denny are diving into the water from logs beside the wharf. Photograph is stained and creased.
Part Of
Byers family fonds
Description Level
Item
Creator
Byers family
Fonds Number
2020.003
Item Number
2020.003.001
Accession Number
2020.003
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1937
Physical Description
1 photograph print : b&w ; 9 x 6 cm
Scope and Content
Photo depicts a line of buildings on the shore at Seaford, with a long wharf going into the water. Hazel McKay and Audrey Denny are diving into the water from logs beside the wharf. Photograph is stained and creased.
Storage Location
Photo box 3
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Logging truck loaded with one huge fir log, Seaford
Part Of
Byers family fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Accession Number
2020.003
Date Range
1939
Scope and Content
Verso inscription: "Truck logging - Seaford 1939. Moved to Von Donop Oct 1st 1939". This is a reprint, not the original.
Part Of
Byers family fonds
Description Level
Item
Creator
Byers family
Fonds Number
2020.003
Item Number
2020.003.006
Accession Number
2020.003
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1939
Physical Description
1 photograph print : b&w ; 16 x 11 cm
Scope and Content
Verso inscription: "Truck logging - Seaford 1939. Moved to Von Donop Oct 1st 1939". This is a reprint, not the original.
Storage Location
Photo box 3
Subject Access
Logging
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Clarence Byers standing beside a logging truck loaded with one huge fir log, Seaford, Cortez Island
Part Of
Byers family fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Accession Number
2020.003
Date Range
1939
Scope and Content
This is a reprint, not the original.
Part Of
Byers family fonds
Description Level
Item
Creator
Byers family
Fonds Number
2020.003
Item Number
2020.003.007
Accession Number
2020.003
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1939
Physical Description
1 photograph print : b&w ; 16 x 11 cm
Scope and Content
This is a reprint, not the original.
Storage Location
Photo box 3
Subject Access
Logging
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Scotty McKenzie and Clarence Byers beside a logging truck loaded with one huge fir log, Cortez Bay
Part Of
Byers family fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Accession Number
2020.003
Date Range
1939
Scope and Content
Verso: "Truck logging at Seaford, Cortez Isld. Scotty McKenzie with pike pole. Clarence Byers truck driver. Hayes Anderson truck.
Moved to Von Donop Oct 1st, 1939.
Five families:
1. Henry and Ruth Byers
2. Ervin and Florence McKay
3. Clarence and Etta Byers
4. Scotty and Amy McKenzie
5. Ken and Hazel Hansen
Ervin and Florence were parents of Etta and Hazel.
Henry and Ruth were parents of Amy and Clarence.
Part Of
Byers family fonds
Description Level
Item
Creator
Byers family
Fonds Number
2020.003
Item Number
2020.003.008
Accession Number
2020.003
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1939
Physical Description
1 photograph print : b&w ;
Scope and Content
Verso: "Truck logging at Seaford, Cortez Isld. Scotty McKenzie with pike pole. Clarence Byers truck driver. Hayes Anderson truck.
Moved to Von Donop Oct 1st, 1939.
Five families:
1. Henry and Ruth Byers
2. Ervin and Florence McKay
3. Clarence and Etta Byers
4. Scotty and Amy McKenzie
5. Ken and Hazel Hansen
Ervin and Florence were parents of Etta and Hazel.
Henry and Ruth were parents of Amy and Clarence.
Storage Location
Photo box 3
Subject Access
Logging
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Group of people visiting Clarence and Etta Byers in Von Donop
Part Of
Byers family fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Accession Number
2020.003
Date Range
1942
Scope and Content
L to R: Art Hayes, Nerine Hayes, Frank Hayes, Florence McKay, Gwen Campbell, Fraser Campbell.
Front: Bobby Hayes, Irene Hayes, Clarence Byers and Queenie the dog.
Part Of
Byers family fonds
Description Level
Item
Creator
Byers family
Fonds Number
2020.003
Item Number
2020.003.002
Accession Number
2020.003
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1942
Physical Description
1 photograph print : b&w ; 11 x 7 cm
Scope and Content
L to R: Art Hayes, Nerine Hayes, Frank Hayes, Florence McKay, Gwen Campbell, Fraser Campbell.
Front: Bobby Hayes, Irene Hayes, Clarence Byers and Queenie the dog.
Storage Location
Photo box 3
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Group of people at Von Donop Creek
Part Of
Byers family fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Accession Number
2020.003
Date Range
1943
Scope and Content
L to R: Art Hayes, Eva Freeman, Clarence and Henry Byers, Frank Larson, George Freeman
Front: Ruth Byers holding baby Louise and May Larson
Part Of
Byers family fonds
Description Level
Item
Creator
Byers family
Fonds Number
2020.003
Item Number
2020.003.003
Accession Number
2020.003
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1943
Physical Description
1 photograph print : b&w ; 8 x 8 cm
Scope and Content
L to R: Art Hayes, Eva Freeman, Clarence and Henry Byers, Frank Larson, George Freeman
Front: Ruth Byers holding baby Louise and May Larson
Storage Location
Photo box 3
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"Wreck of the MV Gulf Wing"
Part Of
Doreen Thompson fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
ephemera
Date Range
1947
Scope and Content
File contains page from a scrapbook with newspaper clippings pasted onto it.
Part Of
Doreen Thompson fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2006.001
Series Number
5
File Number
9
Material Type
ephemera
Date Range
1947
Scope and Content
File contains page from a scrapbook with newspaper clippings pasted onto it.
Storage Location
Oversize box
Storage Range
Oversize box
Name Access
Thompson, Doreen
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Union Steamship "Chelohsin" at the Whaletown wharf, with two women about to board
Part Of
Byers family fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Accession Number
2020.003
Date Range
1948
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Wilson, Herbert
Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Date Range
1949
Scope and Content
Five part article about life and crime of Herbert Wilson, "king of the safecrackers," who lived in Cortes Bay in the 1940s.
Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Series Number
3
File Number
97
Date Range
1949
Scope and Content
Five part article about life and crime of Herbert Wilson, "king of the safecrackers," who lived in Cortes Bay in the 1940s.
Storage Range
Drawer 3
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Von Donop Orcas
Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Date Range
1949
Scope and Content
Info on the pod of orcas that were trapped and shot at in Von Donop Lagoon, 1949
Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Series Number
4
File Number
55
Date Range
1949
Scope and Content
Info on the pod of orcas that were trapped and shot at in Von Donop Lagoon, 1949
Storage Range
Drawer 4
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"Cherry Ames Mountaineer Nurse" book
Part Of
Doreen Thompson fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
ephemera
Accession Number
2006.001
Date Range
1952
Scope and Content
File includes a book inscribed "Awarded to Anita, for proficiency in Von Donop Creek School 1951/1952", and a stamp from the Whaletown Library.
Part Of
Doreen Thompson fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2006.001
Series Number
5
File Number
5
Accession Number
2006.001
Material Type
ephemera
Date Range
1952
Scope and Content
File includes a book inscribed "Awarded to Anita, for proficiency in Von Donop Creek School 1951/1952", and a stamp from the Whaletown Library.
Storage Location
1-37
Storage Range
1-37
Name Access
Thompson, Doreen
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John Nagle at Cortes Bay
Part Of
Doreen Thompson fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Accession Number
2006.001
Date Range
1953
Scope and Content
Nagle is holding a 42 pound salmon that he did not catch. 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
2006.001.004
Accession Number
2006.001
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1953
Physical Description
1 photograph print : b&w ; 9 x 14 cm
Scope and Content
Nagle is holding a 42 pound salmon that he did not catch. Likely, originally from the collection of the Weiler family.
Storage Location
Photograph Box 3
Geographic Access
Whaletown
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Church of St. John the Baptist, Whaletown
Part Of
Doreen Thompson fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Accession Number
2006.001
Date Range
1954
Scope and Content
Photograph postcard of the Whaletown Church. Originally from the collection of Gilean Douglas.
Note - There is a digital enlargement of this postcard in the oversize box. This same postcard is found in other fonds (Items 2003.002.024 and 2019.023.013).
Part Of
Doreen Thompson fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2006.001
Series Number
4
Item Number
2006.001.001
Accession Number
2006.001
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1954
Physical Description
1 photograph postcard : b&w ; 13.5 x 8.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph postcard of the Whaletown Church. Originally from the collection of Gilean Douglas.
Note - There is a digital enlargement of this postcard in the oversize box. This same postcard is found in other fonds (Items 2003.002.024 and 2019.023.013).
Storage Location
Photograph Box 3
Geographic Access
Whaletown
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Columbia Coast Mission sponsored picnic at Gundry's Beach, Plunger Pass
Part Of
Doreen Thompson fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Accession Number
2006.001
Date Range
1955
Scope and Content
Lynn Robertson, Joy McLeod, Dennis Newsham, Doreen Huck, Elaine MacKenzie, Ann Robertson, Karen Mann, Tom Anthony
Part Of
Doreen Thompson fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2006.001
Series Number
4
Item Number
2006.001.012
Accession Number
2006.001
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1955
Physical Description
1 photograph print : colour ; 15 x 10 cm
Scope and Content
Lynn Robertson, Joy McLeod, Dennis Newsham, Doreen Huck, Elaine MacKenzie, Ann Robertson, Karen Mann, Tom Anthony
Storage Location
Photograph Box 3
Subject Access
Columbia Coast Mission
Geographic Access
Whaletown
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Friends of Gilean Douglas standing next to the fuel shed at Carlberg General Merchants, Whaletown
Part Of
Doreen Thompson fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Accession Number
2006.001
Date Range
1957
Scope and Content
Note the oil barrels on the walkway to the wharf. Originally from the collection of Gilean Douglas.
Part Of
Doreen Thompson fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2006.001
Series Number
4
Item Number
2006.001.002
Accession Number
2006.001
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1957
Physical Description
1 photograph print : b&w ; 12.5 x 9 cm
Scope and Content
Note the oil barrels on the walkway to the wharf. Originally from the collection of Gilean Douglas.
Storage Location
Photograph Box 3
Geographic Access
Whaletown
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