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Series 6.4
  
Chapman Creek-Grantham's Landing (1890-1983)
   Halfmoon Bay-Pender Harbour (1928-1970)
    Porpoise Bay (1898-1921)
    Porpoise Bay (1920-1982)
    Redrooffs, Roberts Creek (1914-1982)
    Selma Park (1911-1971)
    Skookumchuck, Wilson Creek (1911-1971)

 



Series 6.4, General, Panoramic Views, Selma Park (1911-1971), Page 4

From Grantham's Landing to Princess Louisa Inlet, views and people of the Sunshine Coast from the 1890s to 1983. Photographers include Charles Bradbury, Florence Cliff, Jean Cook, Leighton P. Harrison, Gordon Reeves, Gladys Tidy, Tom Booker of 'The Press' and the Sechelt Peninsula Times photographer.

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6.4.112

Late 1920s -- Selma Park Picnic Grounds and Trail Bay

Highway 101, of bleached sand, passes below the photographer's vantage point. The All Red Line purchased seven acres here in 1911 and established a wharf and resort named Selma Park after one of its vessels the S.S. Selma. This vessel and the All Red Line's other ship, the S.S. Santa Maria, brought visitors to the area until 1917 when the Union Steamship Company bought the resort and the ships.

Photograph/postcard #512 by Helen McCall courtesy the Vancouver City Archives


6.4.113

c1930s -- Caretaker's Lawn at Selma Park Resort

Mr. William Wyatt was caretaker for the Union Estates Ltd. at Selma Park. He is listed in the Sechelt Directories from 1932 to 1944

Photographer unknown


6.4.114

1930s -- Sunset at Selma Park, B.C.

Selma Park wharf is just visible on the right with the Trail Bay Islands in middle left.

Photograph/postcard #562 by Helen McCall


6.4.115

c1919 -- Selma Park Wharf and Resort Visitors (newspaper clipping only)

The Selma Park wharf was at the end of the Selma Park Road. The resort had been established by the All Red Line to take advantage of the pre-World War 1 interest in water travel and rustic accommodation. The summer visitors seen here had probably stayed in the resort's tents in a clearing beyond the shore line trees. The Union Steamship Company purchased the resort and ships from the All Red Line in 1917 and continued the development of Selma Park as a resort village.

Photograph by Edric Clayton courtesy the Sunshine Coast Museum and Archives


6.4.116

1930s -- Selma Park Beach looking east.

Photograph/postcard #566 by Helen McCall


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