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Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Date Range
late 1800s-2017
Scope and Content
List of pre-emptions on Hernando from records in archives, Victoria, BC, 1888-1900, and maps showing preemtions. Excerpts from Goosegrass and Buttercups, D.C. Kirk, and Chalkdust and Outhouses: WC Schools 1893-1950, Barbara Ann Lambert. Emails with info on the island's history and related families, Manson, Conant, Baker, 2016-2017. Additional info on the island's history
Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Series Number
2
File Number
44
Date Range
late 1800s-2017
Scope and Content
List of pre-emptions on Hernando from records in archives, Victoria, BC, 1888-1900, and maps showing preemtions. Excerpts from Goosegrass and Buttercups, D.C. Kirk, and Chalkdust and Outhouses: WC Schools 1893-1950, Barbara Ann Lambert. Emails with info on the island's history and related families, Manson, Conant, Baker, 2016-2017. Additional info on the island's history
Storage Range
Drawer 2
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Cortes Walking Group photo book, 2000-1020

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Part Of
Cortes Walking Group fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Accession Number
2022.002
Date Range
2000-2020
Scope and Content
File contains one bound photo book containing a selection of photographs of the Walking Group through the years; a charcoal drawing by Gail Ringwood with a letter on the back; three postcards.
Part Of
Cortes Walking Group fonds
Description Level
File
Creator
Cortes Walking Group
Fonds Number
2022.002
Series Number
2
File Number
1
Accession Number
2022.002
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
2000-2020
Scope and Content
File contains one bound photo book containing a selection of photographs of the Walking Group through the years; a charcoal drawing by Gail Ringwood with a letter on the back; three postcards.
Storage Location
Cortes Walking Group box
Storage Range
1-1
Name Access
Cortes Walking Group
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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Part Of
CIMAS ephemera collection
Description Level
File
Date Range
1966
Scope and Content
File contains a hand-drawn map of Hernando Island showing original pre-emptions, with information about settlement, schools and changes of title written on it.
Part Of
CIMAS ephemera collection
Description Level
File
File Number
28
Date Range
1966
Custodial History
Unknown
Scope and Content
File contains a hand-drawn map of Hernando Island showing original pre-emptions, with information about settlement, schools and changes of title written on it.
Storage Location
Ephemera - Box 1
Storage Range
1-28
Geographic Access
Hernando Island
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May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
cartographic material
textual records
Date Range
[190?] - 1955
Scope and Content
File contains five maps of Hernando Island: two showing plans of pre-emptions, 1891-1892; two copies of an old hand-drawn map, 1955; and one map of a later proposed development (undated). Some maps have notes on homesteads.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
10
File Number
1
Material Type
cartographic material
textual records
Date Range
[190?] - 1955
Scope and Content
File contains five maps of Hernando Island: two showing plans of pre-emptions, 1891-1892; two copies of an old hand-drawn map, 1955; and one map of a later proposed development (undated). Some maps have notes on homesteads.
Storage Location
7-64
Storage Range
7-64
Geographic Access
Hernando Island
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Correspondence about Cortes Island and Hernando Island history

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1971-1974
Scope and Content
File contains May Ellingsen's correspondence with A. Rorison about Cortes Island and Hernando Island history.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
5.2
File Number
74
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1971-1974
Scope and Content
File contains May Ellingsen's correspondence with A. Rorison about Cortes Island and Hernando Island history.
Storage Location
5-74
Storage Range
5-74
Geographic Access
Hernando Island
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SCCA Sports Day and Picnic

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Part Of
Southern Cortes Community Association fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
ephemera
Accession Number
2007.001
Date Range
1956-1958
Scope and Content
File consists of material relating to Sports Day: correspondence regarding donations, a poster, rules for a chainsaw competition, and a list of names
Part Of
Southern Cortes Community Association fonds
Description Level
File
Creator
Southern Cortes Community Association
Fonds Number
2000.001
Series Number
5
File Number
2
Accession Number
2007.001
Material Type
textual records
ephemera
Date Range
1956-1958
Scope and Content
File consists of material relating to Sports Day: correspondence regarding donations, a poster, rules for a chainsaw competition, and a list of names
Storage Range
2-25
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Part Of
Regional Director of Area I (Cortes Island) fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Accession Number
2019.015
Date Range
2006-2007
Scope and Content
File contains right-of-way licenses for Cortes Island beach accesses at Hayes Rd, Seascape Rd, Gnat Rd and Moon Rd; applications for the ROW by the CSRD; cost estimates and construction guidelines; and correspondence.
Part Of
Regional Director of Area I (Cortes Island) fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2002.001.4
Series Number
1
File Number
7
Accession Number
2019.015
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
2006-2007
Scope and Content
File contains right-of-way licenses for Cortes Island beach accesses at Hayes Rd, Seascape Rd, Gnat Rd and Moon Rd; applications for the ROW by the CSRD; cost estimates and construction guidelines; and correspondence.
Storage Location
7-22
Storage Range
7-22
Name Access
Hiebert, Jeanette
Hiebert, Jenny
Subject Access
Regional District
Local governments
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Date Range
late 1800s-2018
Scope and Content
Excerpt from From Shetland to British Columbia, Alaska and the United States (containing the Seal Boy Story), Sinclair Thomas Duncan, 1911. Clippings with info on Hank's Beach management plan, park dedication, beach and trail access, 2009-2013. Notice of Public Open House re: Hank's Beach Management Plan. Emails with info on Hank's Beach history and park designation celebration, historical info dating back to late 1800s, 2011. Info on Brigitte's Beach (located within Hank's Beach SRD Park), Cortes Island Information Booklet, 2013. Typed info on park: "The Real Story of Hank's Beach," 2018. Park guide pamphlets. Additional keywords: Henry Herrewig; Loon Ranch; Brigitte and Hannes Grosse; Volker Steigemann
Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Series Number
2
File Number
41
Date Range
late 1800s-2018
Scope and Content
Excerpt from From Shetland to British Columbia, Alaska and the United States (containing the Seal Boy Story), Sinclair Thomas Duncan, 1911. Clippings with info on Hank's Beach management plan, park dedication, beach and trail access, 2009-2013. Notice of Public Open House re: Hank's Beach Management Plan. Emails with info on Hank's Beach history and park designation celebration, historical info dating back to late 1800s, 2011. Info on Brigitte's Beach (located within Hank's Beach SRD Park), Cortes Island Information Booklet, 2013. Typed info on park: "The Real Story of Hank's Beach," 2018. Park guide pamphlets. Additional keywords: Henry Herrewig; Loon Ranch; Brigitte and Hannes Grosse; Volker Steigemann
Storage Range
Drawer 2
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Hetherington, Sue and Cortes photo documentation project

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1983
Scope and Content
Materials relating to Sue Hetherington's photo documentation of Cortes Island project.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
10
File Number
5
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1983
Scope and Content
Materials relating to Sue Hetherington's photo documentation of Cortes Island project.
Storage Location
4-42
Storage Range
4-42
Name Access
Douglas, Gilean
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Correspondence and information re early settlement on Cortes and Hernando; wharves

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
[ca. 1970-1985]
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
5.2
File Number
72
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
[ca. 1970-1985]
Storage Location
5-72
Storage Range
5-72
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Part Of
Cortes Island Seniors' Building Society fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Accession Number
2013.005
Date Range
[ca. 1994]
Scope and Content
File contains records of donation requests, letter templates, and correspondence. Also contains 20 b&w photographic prints, one (1) floppy disk and thirty-seven (37) b&w 35mm negatives. Note: Prints (2013.005.01 to 2013.005.21) are stored in Photo Box 3.
Part Of
Cortes Island Seniors' Building Society fonds
Description Level
File
Creator
Cortes Island Seniors' Building Society
Fonds Number
2013.005
Series Number
8
File Number
1
Accession Number
2013.005
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
[ca. 1994]
Scope and Content
File contains records of donation requests, letter templates, and correspondence. Also contains 20 b&w photographic prints, one (1) floppy disk and thirty-seven (37) b&w 35mm negatives. Note: Prints (2013.005.01 to 2013.005.21) are stored in Photo Box 3.
Storage Location
1-29 Photo Box 3
Storage Range
1-29
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
Manson's Landing
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Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Date Range
1907-?
Scope and Content
Assortment of local historic prints of photographs, 1907-?. Some keywords: Redonda, Von Donop Inlet, Nichols, Thompson, Gorge Harbour, Gunn, Slater, Huck, Summers, Smith, Calwell, killer whales, Manson's Landing, Manson's Lagoon, Whaletown Wharf, Whaletown Store, Jordan, Squirrel Cove, Kendel, Cortes Bay, Smelt Bay, Copeland, Stoney, Cunliffe, Selen, Herrewig, Ballantyne, Hansen
Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Series Number
3
File Number
102
Date Range
1907-?
Scope and Content
Assortment of local historic prints of photographs, 1907-?. Some keywords: Redonda, Von Donop Inlet, Nichols, Thompson, Gorge Harbour, Gunn, Slater, Huck, Summers, Smith, Calwell, killer whales, Manson's Landing, Manson's Lagoon, Whaletown Wharf, Whaletown Store, Jordan, Squirrel Cove, Kendel, Cortes Bay, Smelt Bay, Copeland, Stoney, Cunliffe, Selen, Herrewig, Ballantyne, Hansen
Storage Range
Drawer 3
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Correspondence re: log dump and beach salvage

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Part Of
Cortes Island Ratepayers Association fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1970-1973
Part Of
Cortes Island Ratepayers Association fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2000.003
Series Number
5
File Number
35
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1970-1973
Storage Location
2-17
Storage Range
2-17
Name Access
Cortes Island Ratepayers Association
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Correspondence re public beach access (one letter)

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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
2003
Part Of
Regional Director of Area I (Cortes Island) fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2002.001.3
Sous Fonds Number
3
Series Number
6
File Number
28
Accession Number
2004.004
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
2003
Storage Location
6-8
Storage Range
6-8
Name Access
Sirk, George
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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Group Timber Management certification

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Part Of
Cortes Ecoforestry Society fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Accession Number
2017.011
Date Range
ca. 2002
Scope and Content
Series contains correspondence and infosheets on ecoforestry certification.
Part Of
Cortes Ecoforestry Society fonds
Description Level
File
Creator
Cortes Ecoforestry Society
Fonds Number
2017.011
Series Number
13
File Number
5
Accession Number
2017.011
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
ca. 2002
Scope and Content
Series contains correspondence and infosheets on ecoforestry certification.
Storage Location
2-34
Storage Range
2-34
Name Access
Cortes Ecoforestry Society
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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Photos, Volunteers & Board Members

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Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Series Number
3
File Number
103
Storage Range
Drawer 3
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Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Date Range
1987-present
Scope and Content
Files with info on Cortes Senior's Health Action Committee, Seniors Helping Seniors (SHS), Literacy Now for Seniors, Cortes Island Seniors Society (CISS), Seniors Building Society, Seniors Society Community Housing, and Seniors/Elders Official Community Plan (OCP), 1987-present
Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Series Number
4
File Number
21
Date Range
1987-present
Scope and Content
Files with info on Cortes Senior's Health Action Committee, Seniors Helping Seniors (SHS), Literacy Now for Seniors, Cortes Island Seniors Society (CISS), Seniors Building Society, Seniors Society Community Housing, and Seniors/Elders Official Community Plan (OCP), 1987-present
Storage Range
Drawer 4
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Maps of Cortes Island and Read Island

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
[1949?]
Scope and Content
File contains blue copies of maps showing property lot lines on Cortes Island and Read Island.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
10
File Number
3
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
[1949?]
Scope and Content
File contains blue copies of maps showing property lot lines on Cortes Island and Read Island.
Storage Location
7-66
Storage Range
7-66
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Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Date Range
1792-2014
Scope and Content
Historical info on Marina/Mary/Chamadaska Island from 1792-mid-1900s. Info on Cortes Island in the late 1920s from Doris (Houghton-Brown) Henderson. Excerpt from Destination Cortez Island, June Cameron. Old beer bottle labels from Marina Island "where the big log house was," undated. Emails with info on naming of Cortes and Marina, and Chamadaska post office, info on early 1900s, emails from 2009-2014.
Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Series Number
2
File Number
72
Date Range
1792-2014
Scope and Content
Historical info on Marina/Mary/Chamadaska Island from 1792-mid-1900s. Info on Cortes Island in the late 1920s from Doris (Houghton-Brown) Henderson. Excerpt from Destination Cortez Island, June Cameron. Old beer bottle labels from Marina Island "where the big log house was," undated. Emails with info on naming of Cortes and Marina, and Chamadaska post office, info on early 1900s, emails from 2009-2014.
Storage Range
Drawer 2
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Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Scope and Content
Info on Steam Tug Stella, late 1800s. History of First Nations use, settler use and preemtions, maps, bird sancturary, birds, 1891-1990s. Copies of "Nature's Island," David Stirling, 1976; "Flora of Mitlenatch Island," Brooke et al, 1983; "Bird Checklist Mitlenatch Island Provincial Park June to August," undated, Birds of Cortes Island and Mitlenatch Islands, G.P. Sirk, CH. W. Gronau, F.C. Zwickel, undated.
Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Series Number
2
File Number
78
Scope and Content
Info on Steam Tug Stella, late 1800s. History of First Nations use, settler use and preemtions, maps, bird sancturary, birds, 1891-1990s. Copies of "Nature's Island," David Stirling, 1976; "Flora of Mitlenatch Island," Brooke et al, 1983; "Bird Checklist Mitlenatch Island Provincial Park June to August," undated, Birds of Cortes Island and Mitlenatch Islands, G.P. Sirk, CH. W. Gronau, F.C. Zwickel, undated.
Storage Range
Drawer 2
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