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Helen
Dawe Collection
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)
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Series
6.4, General, Panoramic Views, Selma Park (1911-1971), Page 1
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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6.4.99
1915
-- Government Road (later Highway 101) at Selma Park.
Ken
Walton, the child on the left, wrote that "the picture is of my
grandfather, Edwin F. Walton and me packing water between the
well (which was near the old tennis courts) and Uncle George's
house." "Uncle George" was George Walton of the firm Johnson,
Walton Steamships Ltd. of Vancouver. The Walton family lived in
Vancouver and summered at Selma Park for many years. Note the
telegraph line and pole on the inshore of the road.
Photograph
courtesy the Walton family and Norman Burley
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6.4.100
c1915
-- `Holy Joe's Rock,' Selma Park
Ken
Walton wrote "I think this picture shows Auntie Amy and Mona"
(Walton, daughter of George Walton and wife of Norman Burley).
Ken spent many summers at Selma Park at his Uncle George Walton's
home. The All Red Line Ltd. owned seven acres of Selma Park and
built its wharf anchored to Holy Joe's Rock in 1916. The Walton
family was associated with Johnson, Walton Steamships Ltd. of
Vancouver.
Photograph
courtesy the Walton family and Norman Burley
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6.4.102
c1920
-- Selma Park Wharf, Holy Joe's Rock and summer cottages.
Passengers
waiting for a Union Steamship vessel on Selma Park wharf.
Photograph
by Charles Bradbury, Image # 27749, B-446 courtesy The Royal B.
C. Museum, B.C. Archives
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