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circa 1906-1910 -- Bert Whitaker's two-wheeled cart (horse-drawn) on the beach where it has transported luggage to be ferried in a small boat out to the Union Steamship Company's steamer "Comox" lying in Trail Bay. Before a wharf was built at Sechelt, Pete Levesque, an employee of Bert Whitaker's, met disembarking passengers/hotel guests, (hotel opened in 1899) and transported their luggage to the hotel. It is said the cart was also used as a hearse. Bert Whitaker with back to camera holds the reins in his left hand. See another photo taken on the same day showing this trunk and about 18 people in the boat as Bert Whitaker pushes it off the beach. See also Isobel Bell-Irving Sweeney's account of the cart and hotel. Date of photo may be circa 1906-1910 judging by a picture of Muriel Whitaker in the cart after she returned from California.

Photograph courtesy the Haslett Family.