Series consists of documents from board meetings and Annual General Meetings, including minutes, reports, board rosters, and statements from the community.
Series consists of documents from board meetings and Annual General Meetings, including minutes, reports, board rosters, and statements from the community.
Series consists of materials generated during a questionaire administered by the Cortes Island Ecoforestry Society, including completed surveys, reports, and charts.
Series consists of materials generated during a questionaire administered by the Cortes Island Ecoforestry Society, including completed surveys, reports, and charts.
Series consists of correspondence, newsletters, public notices, maps, and publications related to the establishment of Forestry Zones and Regionally Protected Areas on Cortes Island.
Series consists of correspondence, newsletters, public notices, maps, and publications related to the establishment of Forestry Zones and Regionally Protected Areas on Cortes Island.
Series consists of correspondence, proposals, covenants, articles, and maps pertaining to lands held by MacMillan Bloedel (which became Weyerhaeuser) on Cortes Island.
Series consists of correspondence, proposals, covenants, articles, and maps pertaining to lands held by MacMillan Bloedel (which became Weyerhaeuser) on Cortes Island.
Series consists of correspondence, newsletters, reports, notes, and articles pertaining to the work of Silva Ecosystem Consultants Ltd's work on Cortes Island.
Series consists of correspondence, newsletters, reports, notes, and articles pertaining to the work of Silva Ecosystem Consultants Ltd's work on Cortes Island.
Series consists of Timber Supply Area documents, including correspondence, newspaper clippings, reports, meeting minutes, maps, management plans, and a development plan.
Series consists of Timber Supply Area documents, including correspondence, newspaper clippings, reports, meeting minutes, maps, management plans, and a development plan.
Series consists of documents pertaining to a lawsuit between Chief Raymond Noble of Klahoose First Nation (suing on behalf of all members of the KFN) and the following plaintiffs: Cortes Ecoforestry Society, Linnaea Farm Society, certain members of the Klahoose First Nation, and members of the aforementioned organizations. The lawsuit concerned an alleged blockage, which barred access to Woodlot 009, thus interfering with Klahoose logging operations.
Series consists of documents pertaining to a lawsuit between Chief Raymond Noble of Klahoose First Nation (suing on behalf of all members of the KFN) and the following plaintiffs: Cortes Ecoforestry Society, Linnaea Farm Society, certain members of the Klahoose First Nation, and members of the aforementioned organizations. The lawsuit concerned an alleged blockage, which barred access to Woodlot 009, thus interfering with Klahoose logging operations.
Series consists of articles, maps, correspondence, and notes pertaining to public access of Hank's Beach and surrounding areas on the south end of Cortes Island.
Series consists of articles, maps, correspondence, and notes pertaining to public access of Hank's Beach and surrounding areas on the south end of Cortes Island.
Series consists of a variety of documents pertaining to the relationship between Klahoose First Nation and Cortes Ecoforestry Society. Includes the 1999 Memorandum of Understanding, notes, correspondence, articles, and various proposals.
Series consists of a variety of documents pertaining to the relationship between Klahoose First Nation and Cortes Ecoforestry Society. Includes the 1999 Memorandum of Understanding, notes, correspondence, articles, and various proposals.
John Manson (1868-1959) was born in the Shetland Islands and migrated to British Columbia in 1887, where he joined his brother Michael Manson on Cortes Island. He married Margaret Ellen Smith in 1894 and they had four children: Jack (born 1896), Anna (1898), Rose (1900) and Nicol (1906). The family lived at Sunny Brae Farm, on the south-east side of Cortes, across from Twin Islands.
Custodial History
Most of the files in this series were in an old wooden box when transferred to the archives, suggesting that they were collected from John Manson's house as a unit.
Scope and Content
Series consists of records created by John Manson of Sunny Brae farm, including legal documents, financial records, correspondence and ephemera.