File contains newsletters, correspondence, report of the helipad committee, Nursall's notes on the helipad, and a copy of the Certificate of Incorporation.
File contains newsletters, correspondence, report of the helipad committee, Nursall's notes on the helipad, and a copy of the Certificate of Incorporation.
File contains newspaper articles about pulp mill pollution and a publication by Rex Weyler, "Seafood and Pulp: Striking a Balance in the Georgia Strait".
File contains newspaper articles about pulp mill pollution and a publication by Rex Weyler, "Seafood and Pulp: Striking a Balance in the Georgia Strait".
Series consists of records created or collected by Nursall during his term as Regional Director of Area I (Cortes Island) on the Comox-Strathcona Regional Board. It includes minutes of Advisory Planning Commission, community plans and maps, correspondence, background material and ephemera.
Series is arranged in five subseries following Nursall's original ordering: Advisory Planning Commission; Community Plans; Regional District of Comox-Strathcona: Regional Board; Regional District of Comox-Strathcona: Committees; and Subject Files - Cortes Affairs.
Series consists of records created or collected by Nursall during his term as Regional Director of Area I (Cortes Island) on the Comox-Strathcona Regional Board. It includes minutes of Advisory Planning Commission, community plans and maps, correspondence, background material and ephemera.
Series is arranged in five subseries following Nursall's original ordering: Advisory Planning Commission; Community Plans; Regional District of Comox-Strathcona: Regional Board; Regional District of Comox-Strathcona: Committees; and Subject Files - Cortes Affairs.
Storage Range
1-1 - 3-3
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Regional Director of Cortes Island Electoral Area fonds
File contains a cerlox-bound proposal to acquire MacMillan Bloedel lands on Cortes Island, with supporting documents from Klahoose First Nation and The Land Conservancy of BC.
File contains a cerlox-bound proposal to acquire MacMillan Bloedel lands on Cortes Island, with supporting documents from Klahoose First Nation and The Land Conservancy of BC.
"Cortes Island Workbook: A guide to Business and Employment Opportunities in Rural and Remote Communities" is a 130 page resource manual. Researched and written in 1984 by a group of eight island women, it contains a description of the the community, economy and rural lifestyle on Cortes, and ideas for finding or creating a business. Each chapter divider page has an illustration by Brigid Weiler.
Binder #2 also contains a letter announcing the end of the project with list of contributors.
This Resource Manual is the result of a Canada Works project grant, and was researched and written by a group of eight Cortes Island women over a five month period.
Custodial History
This binder is one of two copies of the Workbook kept at the Louisa Tooker Library in Whaletown. It was donated to CIMAS by Brigid Weiler, librarian and president of the Whaletown Community Club.
The second binder was donated to CIMAS in 2023 by Bernice McGowan, librarian of the Louisa Tooker Library for the Whaletown Community Club.
Scope and Content
"Cortes Island Workbook: A guide to Business and Employment Opportunities in Rural and Remote Communities" is a 130 page resource manual. Researched and written in 1984 by a group of eight island women, it contains a description of the the community, economy and rural lifestyle on Cortes, and ideas for finding or creating a business. Each chapter divider page has an illustration by Brigid Weiler.
Binder #2 also contains a letter announcing the end of the project with list of contributors.