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Whaletown cemetery project

https://collections.cortesmuseum.com/en/permalink/descriptions6691
Part Of
Whaletown Women's Institute fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Accession Number
1999.002
Date Range
1952
Scope and Content
File consists of twenty pages of notes, lists, and handwritten letters relating to the Whaletown Women's Institutes 1952 Cemetery Project to clean up the old Whaletown cemetery at the corner of Carrington Bay & Harbour Rds. and replace grave markers.
Part Of
Whaletown Women's Institute fonds
Description Level
File
Creator
Whaletown Women's Institute
Fonds Number
1999.002
Series Number
5
File Number
2
Accession Number
1999.002
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1952
Physical Description
20 pages of textual records
Scope and Content
File consists of twenty pages of notes, lists, and handwritten letters relating to the Whaletown Women's Institutes 1952 Cemetery Project to clean up the old Whaletown cemetery at the corner of Carrington Bay & Harbour Rds. and replace grave markers.
Storage Location
1-27
Storage Range
1-27
Name Access
Whaletown Women's Institute
Subject Access
Women's Institute
Geographic Access
Carrington Bay
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Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Scope and Content
Info on salmon from the Museum Salmon Project
Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Series Number
4
File Number
15
Scope and Content
Info on salmon from the Museum Salmon Project
Storage Range
Drawer 4
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Regional District of Comox-Strathcona: Regional Board

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Part Of
Regional Director of Area I (Cortes Island) fonds
Description Level
Series
Material Type
textual records
Accession Number
2004.004
Date Range
1987-2003
Scope and Content
Series consists of material relating to activities of the Regional Board. It includes administrative information; material relevant to the position of Regional Director; material from the election of 2002; records of public hearings; Regional Board meeting agendas, minutes, reports and correspondence relevant to Cortes; financial reports for Cortes Island services; Land Referral forms and rezoning applications.
Part Of
Regional Director of Area I (Cortes Island) fonds
Description Level
Series
Fonds Number
2002.001.3
Sous Fonds Number
3
Series Number
3
Accession Number
2004.004
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1987-2003
Physical Description
?? cm of textual records
Scope and Content
Series consists of material relating to activities of the Regional Board. It includes administrative information; material relevant to the position of Regional Director; material from the election of 2002; records of public hearings; Regional Board meeting agendas, minutes, reports and correspondence relevant to Cortes; financial reports for Cortes Island services; Land Referral forms and rezoning applications.
Storage Location
4-16 to 4-44
Storage Range
4-16 to 4-44
Name Access
Sirk, George
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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Regional District of Comox-Strathcona: Regional Board

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Part Of
Ralph Nursall fonds
Description Level
Sub-series
Material Type
textual records
Accession Number
2008.001
Date Range
1992-1999
Scope and Content
Sub-series consists of material relating to activities of the Regional Board. It contains budgets, committee structures and terms of reference, material related to the Regional Director election in 1990, records of public hearings, and applications and approvals for land use, subdivisions, and foreshore use.
Part Of
Ralph Nursall fonds
Description Level
Sub-series
Fonds Number
2008.001
Series Number
1.3
Accession Number
2008.001
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1992-1999
Scope and Content
Sub-series consists of material relating to activities of the Regional Board. It contains budgets, committee structures and terms of reference, material related to the Regional Director election in 1990, records of public hearings, and applications and approvals for land use, subdivisions, and foreshore use.
Storage Range
1-13 - 1-22
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Regional District of Comox-Strathcona: Regional Board

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Part Of
Regional Director of Area I (Cortes Island) fonds
Description Level
Sub-series
Material Type
textual records
Accession Number
2008.001
Date Range
1992-1999
Scope and Content
Sub-series consists of material relating to activities of the Regional Board. It contains budgets, committee structures and terms of reference, material related to the Regional Director election in 1990, records of public hearings, and applications and approvals for land use, subdivisions, and foreshore use.
Part Of
Regional Director of Area I (Cortes Island) fonds
Description Level
Sub-series
Fonds Number
2002.001.2
Series Number
6.3
Accession Number
2008.001
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1992-1999
Scope and Content
Sub-series consists of material relating to activities of the Regional Board. It contains budgets, committee structures and terms of reference, material related to the Regional Director election in 1990, records of public hearings, and applications and approvals for land use, subdivisions, and foreshore use.
Storage Range
1-13 - 1-22
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Regional District of Comox-Strathcona: administrative information

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Part Of
Regional Director of Area I (Cortes Island) fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Accession Number
2004.004
Date Range
1995-1996
Scope and Content
File contains CSRD bylaw re Director remuneration and expenses; a Cortes Island APC list for 1995; a map of CSRD Electoral Areas; and a letter from out-going director Ralph Nursall to George Sirk re Regional District business.
Part Of
Regional Director of Area I (Cortes Island) fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2002.001.3
Sous Fonds Number
3
Series Number
3
File Number
6
Accession Number
2004.004
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1995-1996
Scope and Content
File contains CSRD bylaw re Director remuneration and expenses; a Cortes Island APC list for 1995; a map of CSRD Electoral Areas; and a letter from out-going director Ralph Nursall to George Sirk re Regional District business.
Storage Location
4-21
Storage Range
4-21
Name Access
Sirk, George
Nursall, Ralph
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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Regional District of Comox-Strathcona: Regional Board

https://collections.cortesmuseum.com/en/permalink/descriptions7131
Part Of
Regional Director of Area I (Cortes Island) fonds
Description Level
Series
Material Type
textual records
Accession Number
2002.002
Date Range
1990-1993
Scope and Content
Series consists of material relating to activities of the Regional Board. It contains budgets, committee structures and terms of reference, material related to the Regional Director election in 1990, records of public hearings, and applications and approvals for land use, subdivisions, and foreshore use.
Part Of
Regional Director of Area I (Cortes Island) fonds
Description Level
Series
Fonds Number
2002.001.2
Sous Fonds Number
2
Series Number
3
Accession Number
2002.002
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1990-1993
Physical Description
12 cm. of textual materials
Scope and Content
Series consists of material relating to activities of the Regional Board. It contains budgets, committee structures and terms of reference, material related to the Regional Director election in 1990, records of public hearings, and applications and approvals for land use, subdivisions, and foreshore use.
Storage Range
1-23 - 1-33
Name Access
Nursall, Ralph
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Part Of
Dorothy Huck Whalley fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1922
Scope and Content
Commercial photograph of train tunnel near the river, near Yale, B.C.
Part Of
Dorothy Huck Whalley fonds
Description Level
Item
Creator
Whalley, Dorothy Huck
Fonds Number
2011.001
Series Number
2
Item Number
2011.001.343
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1922
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 8.5 x 6.5 cm
Scope and Content
Commercial photograph of train tunnel near the river, near Yale, B.C.
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Part Of
Dorothy Huck Whalley fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1922
Scope and Content
Photograph of Shuswap Lake, B.C.
Part Of
Dorothy Huck Whalley fonds
Description Level
Item
Creator
Whalley, Dorothy Huck
Fonds Number
2011.001
Series Number
2
Item Number
2011.001.350
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1922
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 11 x 6.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Shuswap Lake, B.C.
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Part Of
CIMAS ephemera collection
Description Level
File
Date Range
[ca. 1920]
Scope and Content
File contains an "Indexed Guide Map to the City of Vancouver and Suburbs", published by The Vancouver Map and Blue Print Co.
Part Of
CIMAS ephemera collection
Description Level
File
File Number
21
Date Range
[ca. 1920]
Scope and Content
File contains an "Indexed Guide Map to the City of Vancouver and Suburbs", published by The Vancouver Map and Blue Print Co.
Storage Location
Ephemera - Box 1
Geographic Access
Vancouver
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Cortes Family Trees Project

https://collections.cortesmuseum.com/en/permalink/descriptions15185
Part Of
Cortes Island Museum & Archives Society fonds
Description Level
Series
Material Type
textual records (electronic)
Date Range
2022
Scope and Content
Series consists of family trees of Cortes Island settler families, with notes on related people and events. These trees are intended to help identify links between families on Cortes. Sources include online databases (e.g. Family Search.org, Ancestry.com and Canada Archives), CIMAS Archives and Information files, interviews and correspondence with family members. Families researched include: Aldrich; Barrett; Borden; Byers; Cafferata; Froud; Hawkins; Hayes, Ashford and Griffin; Heay; Manson; Marquette; Middleton; Nichols; Percival and Saunders; Petznick; Pickles; Smith; (Carr) Smith& Marflett; Tiber; Tooker; Valley.The family trees and notes are kept in a binder labelled "Cortes Family Trees Project", located above the public access computer in the May Ellingsen Archives Room. Files are not available online due to privacy concerns. We acknowledge that these trees are of white settler families and reflect colonization of ancestral homelands and displacement of the Indigenous Peoples who have thrived here for generations. We would welcome the opportunity to add those families to our records.
Part Of
Cortes Island Museum & Archives Society fonds
Description Level
Series
Creator
Cortes Island Museum & Archives Society
Fonds Number
2021.001
Series Number
4
Material Type
textual records (electronic)
Date Range
2022
Custodial History
Family trees were researched by Bernice McGowan (1387 Bodington Rd, Whaletown, BC) in 2022. The Manson family tree was provided to CIMAS by Greg Johnson (2837 West 6th Avenue, Vancouver, BC V6K 1X2; phone # 604 897 5925) in 2022.
Scope and Content
Series consists of family trees of Cortes Island settler families, with notes on related people and events. These trees are intended to help identify links between families on Cortes. Sources include online databases (e.g. Family Search.org, Ancestry.com and Canada Archives), CIMAS Archives and Information files, interviews and correspondence with family members. Families researched include: Aldrich; Barrett; Borden; Byers; Cafferata; Froud; Hawkins; Hayes, Ashford and Griffin; Heay; Manson; Marquette; Middleton; Nichols; Percival and Saunders; Petznick; Pickles; Smith; (Carr) Smith& Marflett; Tiber; Tooker; Valley.The family trees and notes are kept in a binder labelled "Cortes Family Trees Project", located above the public access computer in the May Ellingsen Archives Room. Files are not available online due to privacy concerns. We acknowledge that these trees are of white settler families and reflect colonization of ancestral homelands and displacement of the Indigenous Peoples who have thrived here for generations. We would welcome the opportunity to add those families to our records.
Subject Access
Historical research
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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Hall expansion project of 1980

https://collections.cortesmuseum.com/en/permalink/descriptions13095
Part Of
Southern Cortes Community Association fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Accession Number
2000.001
Date Range
1979-1980
Scope and Content
File consists of material related to the Hall expansion and the grants that financed it. It includes correspondence, lists, reports and an estimate for a sound system.
Part Of
Southern Cortes Community Association fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2000.001
Series Number
9
File Number
17
Accession Number
2000.001
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1979-1980
Scope and Content
File consists of material related to the Hall expansion and the grants that financed it. It includes correspondence, lists, reports and an estimate for a sound system.
Storage Range
3-35
Name Access
Southern Cortes Community Association
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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Tibetan Ecoforestry Training Project

https://collections.cortesmuseum.com/en/permalink/descriptions13328
Part Of
Friends of Cortes Island Society fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Accession Number
2013.004
Scope and Content
File contains newsletters, brochures, correspondence and contact information.
Part Of
Friends of Cortes Island Society fonds
Description Level
File
Creator
Friends of Cortes Island Society
Fonds Number
2013.004
Series Number
5
File Number
3
Accession Number
2013.004
Material Type
textual records
Scope and Content
File contains newsletters, brochures, correspondence and contact information.
Storage Location
1-10
Storage Range
1-10
Name Access
Friends of Cortes Island
FOCI
Cortes Ecoforestry Society
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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Manson's Hall building project

https://collections.cortesmuseum.com/en/permalink/descriptions10072
Part Of
Southern Cortes Community Association fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Accession Number
2007.001
Date Range
1979
Scope and Content
File consists of a newsletter with a floor plan of the proposed Hall expansion, and copies of the Constitution and Bylaws of the Southern Cortes Community Association.
Part Of
Southern Cortes Community Association fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2000.001
Series Number
9
File Number
15
Accession Number
2007.001
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1979
Scope and Content
File consists of a newsletter with a floor plan of the proposed Hall expansion, and copies of the Constitution and Bylaws of the Southern Cortes Community Association.
Storage Range
3-33
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Treaty Advisory Committee - Desolation Sound/Comox Valley

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Part Of
Regional Director of Area I (Cortes Island) fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Accession Number
2004.004
Date Range
2001
Scope and Content
File contains updates on treaty negotiations from the Executive Co-ordinator of Treaty Advisory Commissions for BC.
Part Of
Regional Director of Area I (Cortes Island) fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2002.001.3
Sous Fonds Number
3
Series Number
8
File Number
11
Accession Number
2004.004
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
2001
Scope and Content
File contains updates on treaty negotiations from the Executive Co-ordinator of Treaty Advisory Commissions for BC.
Storage Location
7-14
Storage Range
7-14
Name Access
Sirk, George
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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Desolation Sound/Comox Valley Treaty Advisory Committee

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Part Of
Regional Director of Area I (Cortes Island) fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Accession Number
2004.004
Date Range
2000-2003
Scope and Content
File contains an agenda and supporting materials for a meeting of May 5, 2000, including a letter of appointment of George Sirk to the Committee.
Part Of
Regional Director of Area I (Cortes Island) fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2002.001.3
Sous Fonds Number
3
Series Number
8
File Number
10
Accession Number
2004.004
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
2000-2003
Scope and Content
File contains an agenda and supporting materials for a meeting of May 5, 2000, including a letter of appointment of George Sirk to the Committee.
Storage Location
7-13
Storage Range
7-13
Name Access
Sirk, George
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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Writings by Sedley Sweeny

https://collections.cortesmuseum.com/en/permalink/descriptions14200
Part Of
Sedley Sweeny fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1985-2002
Scope and Content
File consists of a two booklets, "An Intuitive View of the Whole" and "Children of Tibet", a Cortes Island Self-Sufficiency pamphlet, poetry by Sweeny and the Dalai Lama, and a letter about ecoforestry trainng for Tibetan refugees in India.
Part Of
Sedley Sweeny fonds
Description Level
File
Creator
Sweeny, Sedley
Fonds Number
2019.008
Series Number
1
File Number
2
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1985-2002
Physical Description
1 book, 15 x 10cm, 222 pages
Scope and Content
File consists of a two booklets, "An Intuitive View of the Whole" and "Children of Tibet", a Cortes Island Self-Sufficiency pamphlet, poetry by Sweeny and the Dalai Lama, and a letter about ecoforestry trainng for Tibetan refugees in India.
Storage Location
Small fonds box 1-11
Storage Range
Small fonds box 1-11
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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"The Log" - BC Gilwell camp

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Accession Number
2019.019
Date Range
1959
Scope and Content
File contains a bound copy of a publication from the Gilwell camp for Scout leaders which Elmer Ellingsen participated in and two cloth badges.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
3.5
File Number
83
Accession Number
2019.019
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1959
Scope and Content
File contains a bound copy of a publication from the Gilwell camp for Scout leaders which Elmer Ellingsen participated in and two cloth badges.
Storage Location
4-24.5
Storage Range
4-24.5
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Royal BC Museum & Archives

https://collections.cortesmuseum.com/en/permalink/descriptions14934
Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Date Range
2015
Scope and Content
Info on research services at the RBCM, 2015
Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Series Number
4
File Number
12
Date Range
2015
Scope and Content
Info on research services at the RBCM, 2015
Storage Range
Drawer 4
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Touring Julian Ayers' landscaping project

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Part Of
Cortes Walking Group fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
2008
Part Of
Cortes Walking Group fonds
Description Level
Item
Creator
Cortes Walking Group
Fonds Number
2022.002
Series Number
1
Item Number
2022.002.170
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
2008
Physical Description
1 photograph: col ; 15 x 10 cm
Storage Location
Cortes Walking Group box
Name Access
Cortes Walking Group
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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