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Approaching Mittlenatch Island
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1929]
Scope and Content
Photograph taken from a rowboat approaching Mittlenatch Island. (see #2007.001.030)
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
13
Item Number
2007.001.010
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1929]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w: 13 x 8 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph taken from a rowboat approaching Mittlenatch Island. (see #2007.001.030)
Storage Location
Photograph Box 4
Geographic Access
Mittlenatch Island
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Approaching Mittlenatch Island
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1929]
Scope and Content
Photograph of Mittlenatch Island from the water. (See #2007.001.010)
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
13
Item Number
2007.001.030
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1929]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w: 12.5 x 7 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Mittlenatch Island from the water. (See #2007.001.010)
Storage Location
Photograph Box 4
Geographic Access
Mittlenatch Island
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Bay on Mittlenatch Island
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1950s-1960s?]
Scope and Content
Photograph of a bay on Mittlenatch Island.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.0681
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1950s-1960s?]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 11.5 x 8.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of a bay on Mittlenatch Island.
Geographic Access
Mittlenatch Island
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Beach at Mittlenatch Island
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1950s-1960s?]
Scope and Content
Photograph of a rocky beach at Mittlenatch Island, with islands in the distancce.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.0680
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1950s-1960s?]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 11.5 x 8.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of a rocky beach at Mittlenatch Island, with islands in the distancce.
Geographic Access
Mittlenatch Island
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Bert Middleton (early logger), Mrs. Black and family at Black home, Refuge Cove
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
13
Item Number
2007.001.603
Accession Number
2018.002
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[193-?]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 17 x 12 cm
Storage Location
Photograph Box 4
Geographic Access
Refuge Cove
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Betty Gibbons and Norm, Lisa & Michael Gibbons in front of their woodshed at Refuge Cove
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Bonnie MacDonald holding her baby daughter Lucy, Refuge Cove
Part Of
Cortes Island Museum & Archives Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material (electronic)
Date Range
1979
Scope and Content
Bonnie MacDonald holding Lucy, who is a few months old. Note the quilt, made by the women of Refuge Cove as a gift.
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Building a cedar fence, Refuge Cove
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Buildings at Refuge Cove
Part Of
Cortes Island Museum & Archives Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material (electronic)
Date Range
[ca.1955]
Scope and Content
Buildings, from L to R: Norm and Doris Hope's house, far left; small house where the store keeper lived; the old store; fuel tanks with house to their right; teacher's cottage and school building at far right. In front are several fish boats; the dock with a freight shed; a barge for ice storage and fish-buying; float houses near the school.
The Hope's house is the only one of these buildings still there (2023). The old store burned down in 1968.
Part Of
Cortes Island Museum & Archives Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Creator
Gibbons, Norm
Fonds Number
2021.001
Series Number
5
File Number
2
Item Number
NG.001
Item Number Range
NG.001
Material Type
graphic material (electronic)
Date Range
[ca.1955]
Physical Description
1 image (electronic) : col
Scope and Content
Buildings, from L to R: Norm and Doris Hope's house, far left; small house where the store keeper lived; the old store; fuel tanks with house to their right; teacher's cottage and school building at far right. In front are several fish boats; the dock with a freight shed; a barge for ice storage and fish-buying; float houses near the school.
The Hope's house is the only one of these buildings still there (2023). The old store burned down in 1968.
Name Access
Gibbons, Norm
Geographic Access
Refuge Cove
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Carcass of a bear shot by Norm Gibbons hanging beside their house
Part Of
Cortes Island Museum & Archives Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material (electronic)
Date Range
1979
Scope and Content
For the story of how the bear was shot, see the transcript of Norm and Lisa Gibbons talking about Refuge Cove.
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Chicken plucking party at Refuge Cove
Part Of
Cortes Island Museum & Archives Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material (electronic)
Date Range
[ca. 1978]
Scope and Content
Plucking some of the 50 chickens raised for meat before dinner and a dance, "Chicken Pluckers' Stomp".
L to R: (ID), (ID), Michael Gibbons (mostly hidden), Judy White in blue, (ID), Mark Mellieux (sp?), Lisa Gibbons
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Child standing beside the bear shot by Norm Gibbons at Refuge Cove
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Denise and Norm Gibbons with Willa and Dennis Gibbons, on the dock at Refuge Cove
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Denise Gibbons holding two large blueback salmon (young coho)
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Denise Gibbons, playing the piano in her log home, Refuge Cove
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Doris Hope, holding a fishing rod, with a large salmon
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Doris Hope in the back of a boat, holding up a large red snapper
Part Of
Cortes Island Museum & Archives Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material (electronic)
Scope and Content
Doris Hope provided a fish and chips dinner for the Refuge Cove community every Friday, cooking on two large propane burners set up on the back porch of her house,
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Doris Hope (R) and another woman (ID) with a tub of red snappers, on the dock at Refuge Cove
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Ernst Hoge and his wife, behind the Gibbons' house
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Ernst Hoge with an inflated pig's bladder