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Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Date Range
1892-present
Scope and Content
Emails, written info, and clippins with info on Twin (Ulloa) Islands, including history of colonization/preemptions, uses, settlements over the years, forestry, and CIMAS garden tour, 1892-present. Excerpt from From Shetland to British Columbia, Alaska and the United States, Sinclair Thomson Duncan, 1911. Keywords: William H. Jones, Reverend Harper Nixon shooting
Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Series Number
4
File Number
46
Date Range
1892-present
Scope and Content
Emails, written info, and clippins with info on Twin (Ulloa) Islands, including history of colonization/preemptions, uses, settlements over the years, forestry, and CIMAS garden tour, 1892-present. Excerpt from From Shetland to British Columbia, Alaska and the United States, Sinclair Thomson Duncan, 1911. Keywords: William H. Jones, Reverend Harper Nixon shooting
Storage Range
Drawer 4
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"Ecological Assessment of Twin Islands"

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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
1998
Scope and Content
File contains a report prepared by Pottinger Gaherty Environmental Consultants Ltd. with supplementary reports by David Shipway and George Sirk.
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
42
Accession Number
2004.004
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1998
Scope and Content
File contains a report prepared by Pottinger Gaherty Environmental Consultants Ltd. with supplementary reports by David Shipway and George Sirk.
Storage Location
6-22
Storage Range
6-22
Name Access
Sirk, George
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
Twin Islands
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Twin Island issues: logging

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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
1997-1998
Scope and Content
File contains George Sirk's report on birds, photocopied clippings about the logging and a protest on Cortes Island, correspondence and Issue #156 of The Discovery Islander (Feb 1998).
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
41
Accession Number
2004.004
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1997-1998
Scope and Content
File contains George Sirk's report on birds, photocopied clippings about the logging and a protest on Cortes Island, correspondence and Issue #156 of The Discovery Islander (Feb 1998).
Storage Location
6-21
Storage Range
6-21
Name Access
Sirk, George
Subject Access
Logging
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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Booklet of Cortes Island maps showing house numbers

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Part Of
Doreen Thompson fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
cartographic material
Accession Number
2006.001
Date Range
2001
Part Of
Doreen Thompson fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2006.001
Series Number
3
File Number
3
Accession Number
2006.001
Material Type
cartographic material
Date Range
2001
Storage Location
1-40
Storage Range
1-40
Name Access
Thompson, Doreen
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Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Date Range
1966-1992
Scope and Content
Local Government in British Columbia handbook, 1966; Newspaper clippings about MLA Dan Campbell, first ferry service to the island, 1969; Clippings about time in office and 8 million dollar highway program, 1972; obituary in WNE, 1992
Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Series Number
3
File Number
22
Date Range
1966-1992
Scope and Content
Local Government in British Columbia handbook, 1966; Newspaper clippings about MLA Dan Campbell, first ferry service to the island, 1969; Clippings about time in office and 8 million dollar highway program, 1972; obituary in WNE, 1992
Storage Range
Drawer 3
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Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Date Range
1930s-2014
Scope and Content
Emails with info on Mars Water Bomber and Dan McIvor & family (1930s-1970s) provided by his daughter Mary-Anne Forman, 2014. Clippings with info on Pacific Western Airlines, undated (1950s?) and Martin Mars Bomber, 2008. DVD copy of the television show "Chat Corner" with host Terry Martyniuk, copyright Richmond TV-4, 1990. Topics covered include McIvor's start in aviation, experiences in the Arctic, piloting Sir Edmund Hillary to Mt. Waddington, and his introduction of the use of water bombers to fight forest fires in BC. The signed Cessna propeller which Jack Summers hung in the Mansons Landing coffee shop (now at the museum, 2023) is also mentioned. (DVD is stored in the CD/DVD album in the Archives.)
Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Series Number
3
File Number
59
Date Range
1930s-2014
Scope and Content
Emails with info on Mars Water Bomber and Dan McIvor & family (1930s-1970s) provided by his daughter Mary-Anne Forman, 2014. Clippings with info on Pacific Western Airlines, undated (1950s?) and Martin Mars Bomber, 2008. DVD copy of the television show "Chat Corner" with host Terry Martyniuk, copyright Richmond TV-4, 1990. Topics covered include McIvor's start in aviation, experiences in the Arctic, piloting Sir Edmund Hillary to Mt. Waddington, and his introduction of the use of water bombers to fight forest fires in BC. The signed Cessna propeller which Jack Summers hung in the Mansons Landing coffee shop (now at the museum, 2023) is also mentioned. (DVD is stored in the CD/DVD album in the Archives.)
Storage Range
Drawer 3
Documents

D McIvor interview transcript.pdf

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Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Date Range
late 1800s-2015
Scope and Content
Emails and typed info re: Subtle Islands/Camp Island history, late 1800s-early 1900s. Printouts from specializedassets.com re: properties for sale on Subtle Islands, 2015.
Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Series Number
4
File Number
36
Date Range
late 1800s-2015
Scope and Content
Emails and typed info re: Subtle Islands/Camp Island history, late 1800s-early 1900s. Printouts from specializedassets.com re: properties for sale on Subtle Islands, 2015.
Storage Range
Drawer 4
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Part Of
Regional Director of Area I (Cortes Island) fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Accession Number
2002.002
Date Range
1986-1987
Part Of
Regional Director of Area I (Cortes Island) fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2002.001.2
Sous Fonds Number
2
Series Number
1
File Number
7
Accession Number
2002.002
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1986-1987
Storage Location
1-14
Storage Range
1-14
Name Access
Nursall, Ralph
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Part Of
Regional Director of Area I (Cortes Island) fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Accession Number
2002.002
Date Range
1988-1990
Part Of
Regional Director of Area I (Cortes Island) fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2002.001.2
Sous Fonds Number
2
Series Number
1
File Number
8
Accession Number
2002.002
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1988-1990
Storage Location
1-15
Storage Range
1-15
Name Access
Nursall, Ralph
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House plans for May and Elmer Ellingsen's house

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
[193-]
Scope and Content
House plans for May and Elmer Ellingsen's house, which was built in Phillips Arm and moved to Hague Lake in 1952.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Creator
Ellingsen, Elmer
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
3.5
File Number
72
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
[193-]
Scope and Content
House plans for May and Elmer Ellingsen's house, which was built in Phillips Arm and moved to Hague Lake in 1952.
Storage Location
4-14
Storage Range
4-14
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"The Angel In The House"

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Part Of
Island Women's Club fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Accession Number
2009.001
Date Range
1986
Scope and Content
File consists of a photocopy of an article about the founder of the Women's Institutes, Adelaide Hoodless, which was printed in the Aug/Sept 1986 issue of "The Beaver".
Part Of
Island Women's Club fonds
Description Level
File
Creator
Cortes Island Whaletown Women's Institute
Fonds Number
2009.001.3
Sous Fonds Number
3
Series Number
6
File Number
6
Accession Number
2009.001
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1986
Scope and Content
File consists of a photocopy of an article about the founder of the Women's Institutes, Adelaide Hoodless, which was printed in the Aug/Sept 1986 issue of "The Beaver".
Storage Range
2-50
Subject Access
Women's Institute
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"Birds of Cortes and Mittlenatch Islands"

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Part Of
CIMAS ephemera collection
Description Level
File
Material Type
ephemera
Date Range
1993
Scope and Content
File contains two copies of the booklet "Birds of Cortes and Mittlenatch Islands, a checklist with seasonal graphs" by George Sirk, Christian Gronau and Fred Zwickel, published by the authors in 1993.
Part Of
CIMAS ephemera collection
Description Level
File
File Number
41
Material Type
ephemera
Date Range
1993
Physical Description
2 booklets : 12 pages
Custodial History
Found in files.
Scope and Content
File contains two copies of the booklet "Birds of Cortes and Mittlenatch Islands, a checklist with seasonal graphs" by George Sirk, Christian Gronau and Fred Zwickel, published by the authors in 1993.
Storage Location
Ephemera box
Storage Range
Ephemera box
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Keats and Denman Islands histories

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
[197-?]
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
5.2
File Number
53
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
[197-?]
Storage Location
5-53
Storage Range
5-53
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Desolation Sound & Discovery Islands

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Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Date Range
1792-2019
Scope and Content
Clippings with info on history, naming, geographical features, ecosystems, industry development, environmental concerns, and tourism of Desolation Sound and the Discovery Islands, info 1792 to 2019. Historical information on Forbes Bay, late 1800s to 2017. Info on proposed gravel pit in Desolation Sound, 2016. Excerpt from Bijaboji by Betty Lowman Carey, undated. Copies of Discovery Islands magazines
Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Series Number
2
File Number
4
Date Range
1792-2019
Scope and Content
Clippings with info on history, naming, geographical features, ecosystems, industry development, environmental concerns, and tourism of Desolation Sound and the Discovery Islands, info 1792 to 2019. Historical information on Forbes Bay, late 1800s to 2017. Info on proposed gravel pit in Desolation Sound, 2016. Excerpt from Bijaboji by Betty Lowman Carey, undated. Copies of Discovery Islands magazines
Storage Range
Drawer 2
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Mining around Discovery Islands

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Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Date Range
2013
Scope and Content
Info on Quadra Island's Lucky Jim Gold Mine, 2013
Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Series Number
2
File Number
76
Date Range
2013
Scope and Content
Info on Quadra Island's Lucky Jim Gold Mine, 2013
Storage Range
Drawer 2
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Materials relating to Cortes Island becoming part of the Islands Trust

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Part Of
Cortes Island Ratepayers Association fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1973
Part Of
Cortes Island Ratepayers Association fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2000.003
Series Number
7
File Number
7
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1973
Storage Location
3-7
Storage Range
3-7
Name Access
Cortes Island Ratepayers Association
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Materials relating to Cortes island becoming part of the Islands Trust

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Part Of
Cortes Island Ratepayers Association fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1974
Part Of
Cortes Island Ratepayers Association fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2000.003
Series Number
7
File Number
8
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1974
Storage Location
3-8
Storage Range
3-8
Name Access
Cortes Island Ratepayers Association
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Journal of a boat trip in the Gulf Islands

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Part Of
Elton Anderson collection
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Accession Number
2019.005
Date Range
1957
Scope and Content
File contains a spiral-bound notebook containing a handwritten account of a boat trip taken by the writer, Bob Parry and Elton Anderson. A note with the notebook says "Bob Parry is MaryAnn (Parry) McCoy's older brother. Elton Anderson and Peg Pyner grew up on Valdez Island - they visited "the old place." Elizabeth is wife of Elton's brother Harry Anderson - they lived in Victoria."
Part Of
Elton Anderson collection
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2019.004
File Number
2
Accession Number
2019.005
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1957
Custodial History
This item was found in our backlog files and has been given an arbitrary number based on the date of processing and described as part of the Elton Anderson Collection. There is no accession record indicating provenance.
Scope and Content
File contains a spiral-bound notebook containing a handwritten account of a boat trip taken by the writer, Bob Parry and Elton Anderson. A note with the notebook says "Bob Parry is MaryAnn (Parry) McCoy's older brother. Elton Anderson and Peg Pyner grew up on Valdez Island - they visited "the old place." Elizabeth is wife of Elton's brother Harry Anderson - they lived in Victoria."
Storage Location
Small fonds box, 1-7
Storage Range
Small fonds box, 1-7
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Account book for Ellingsen's house

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1936-1939
Scope and Content
File contains an account book which includes expenses for building and furnishing the Ellingsen's house.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Creator
Ellingsen, May and Elmer
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
3.5
File Number
73
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1936-1939
Scope and Content
File contains an account book which includes expenses for building and furnishing the Ellingsen's house.
Storage Location
4-15
Storage Range
4-15
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Correspondence re: Disney house

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1976
Scope and Content
Correspondence re possible historic building designation for Disney house
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
4
File Number
3
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1976
Scope and Content
Correspondence re possible historic building designation for Disney house
Storage Location
3-18
Storage Range
3-18
Name Access
Douglas, Gilean
Subject Access
Heritage Buildings
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