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Savary Island murder, 1893

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
[198?] (original 1893)
Scope and Content
File contains a hand-written copy of a newspaper article from the Vancouver World paper, 1893, about a murder that ocurred on Savary Island.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
5.2
File Number
63
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
[198?] (original 1893)
Scope and Content
File contains a hand-written copy of a newspaper article from the Vancouver World paper, 1893, about a murder that ocurred on Savary Island.
Storage Location
5-63
Storage Range
5-63
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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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Correspondence about Cortes Island and Hernando Island history

https://collections.cortesmuseum.com/en/permalink/descriptions10169
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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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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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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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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CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Date Range
1986-2019
Scope and Content
Clippings re Quadra Island, 1986-2019. Regional Director's Reports, 2005-2016. Quadra Island Fall Fair booklets 2012-2014. Quadra Seniors Housing Questionnaire, 2014. Pamphlets for Quadra Island and local businesses and organizations.
Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Series Number
4
File Number
1
Date Range
1986-2019
Scope and Content
Clippings re Quadra Island, 1986-2019. Regional Director's Reports, 2005-2016. Quadra Island Fall Fair booklets 2012-2014. Quadra Seniors Housing Questionnaire, 2014. Pamphlets for Quadra Island and local businesses and organizations.
Storage Range
Drawer 4
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Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Date Range
1974-2018
Scope and Content
Clippings and emails with info on Read Island, 1974-2018. Excerpt from Chalkdust & Outhouses, West Coast Schools, Barbara Ann Lambert
Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Series Number
4
File Number
3
Date Range
1974-2018
Scope and Content
Clippings and emails with info on Read Island, 1974-2018. Excerpt from Chalkdust & Outhouses, West Coast Schools, Barbara Ann Lambert
Storage Range
Drawer 4
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Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Date Range
2020
Scope and Content
Info on Redonda Island from Wikipedia and Friends of Ecological Reserves, 2020
Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Series Number
4
File Number
5
Date Range
2020
Scope and Content
Info on Redonda Island from Wikipedia and Friends of Ecological Reserves, 2020
Storage Range
Drawer 4
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Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Date Range
1965-2012
Scope and Content
Clippings with info on heavy snowfall and old ships, 1965-2012
Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Series Number
4
File Number
49
Date Range
1965-2012
Scope and Content
Clippings with info on heavy snowfall and old ships, 1965-2012
Storage Range
Drawer 4
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Cortes Island newsletters

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Accession Number
2019.002
Date Range
1999-2004
Scope and Content
File contains various local publications: Blue Jay Lake Gardening Partners newsletter, BC Ferries newsletter, Whaletown National Enquirer and SCCA newsletter.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
8
File Number
55
Accession Number
2019.002
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1999-2004
Scope and Content
File contains various local publications: Blue Jay Lake Gardening Partners newsletter, BC Ferries newsletter, Whaletown National Enquirer and SCCA newsletter.
Storage Location
7-48.7
Storage Range
7-48.7
Subject Access
Ferries
Transportation
Water transport
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Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Date Range
1973-2015
Scope and Content
Off-island publications promoting Cortes tourism, boating, 2001-2015 Keywords: Discovery Islands; yachting
Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Series Number
1
File Number
55
Date Range
1973-2015
Scope and Content
Off-island publications promoting Cortes tourism, boating, 2001-2015 Keywords: Discovery Islands; yachting
Storage Range
Drawer 1
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CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Date Range
1969
Scope and Content
Clipping, "Murder on Read Island," The Daily Colonist, 1969
Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Series Number
2
File Number
80
Date Range
1969
Scope and Content
Clipping, "Murder on Read Island," The Daily Colonist, 1969
Storage Range
Drawer 2
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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1989,1993
Scope and Content
File contains a report on erosion at Manson's Landing spit (1989) and brochures, clippings and correspondence about the Von Donop Marine Park.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
8
File Number
18
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1989,1993
Scope and Content
File contains a report on erosion at Manson's Landing spit (1989) and brochures, clippings and correspondence about the Von Donop Marine Park.
Storage Location
7-18
Storage Range
7-18
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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1951-1985
Scope and Content
File contains material relating to schools on Cortes Island: a history of the Whaletown school and clippings, including an article about the Whaletown school by Gilean Douglas; a report of the Board of School Trustees, a program from a 1963 Manson's Landing school Christmas concert, and a PAC newsletter.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
5.2
File Number
64
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1951-1985
Scope and Content
File contains material relating to schools on Cortes Island: a history of the Whaletown school and clippings, including an article about the Whaletown school by Gilean Douglas; a report of the Board of School Trustees, a program from a 1963 Manson's Landing school Christmas concert, and a PAC newsletter.
Storage Location
5-64
Storage Range
5-64
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Part Of
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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Clippings - Cortes Island

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1943-1963
Scope and Content
File contains an ad for the Peter Police homestead in Carrington Bay (1943) and a picture of Manson's Hall, (1963?).
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
12
File Number
1
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1943-1963
Scope and Content
File contains an ad for the Peter Police homestead in Carrington Bay (1943) and a picture of Manson's Hall, (1963?).
Storage Location
8-47
Storage Range
8-47
Geographic Access
Carrington Bay
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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1980-1994]
Scope and Content
File contains mail-outs from NIC with descriptions of course offerings and classes on Cortes Island.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
8
File Number
15
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1980-1994]
Scope and Content
File contains mail-outs from NIC with descriptions of course offerings and classes on Cortes Island.
Storage Location
7-14
Storage Range
7-14
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Friends of Cortes Island - Materials re MacMillan Bloedel's logging on Cortes Island

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1994-1996
Scope and Content
File contains correspondence and associated materials about logging on Cortes, including a letter from Ken Hansen to Friends of Cortes Island, and a membership form with a description of FOCI aims.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
8
File Number
8
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1994-1996
Scope and Content
File contains correspondence and associated materials about logging on Cortes, including a letter from Ken Hansen to Friends of Cortes Island, and a membership form with a description of FOCI aims.
Storage Location
7-8
Storage Range
7-8
Subject Access
Logging
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Cortes Island Issues/History?

https://collections.cortesmuseum.com/en/permalink/descriptions14722
Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Date Range
1971-2018
Scope and Content
Clippings with local issues and controversies, 1971-2018
Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Series Number
1
File Number
52
Date Range
1971-2018
Scope and Content
Clippings with local issues and controversies, 1971-2018
Storage Range
Drawer 1
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