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Water Stewardship EcoAction grant application

https://collections.cortesmuseum.com/en/permalink/descriptions13323
Part Of
Friends of Cortes Island Society fonds
Description Level
Series
Material Type
textual records
Accession Number
2013.004
Date Range
2002
Scope and Content
Series consists of an application by Cortes Environmental Youth Inititative for funding to engage youth in community education, consultation, and assessment of clean water and wastewater issues. Grant application was made to the EcoAction Community Funding Program, in the categories of "Advocacy and Education to Advance Conservation and Environmental Causes," and "Environmental Research".
Part Of
Friends of Cortes Island Society fonds
Description Level
Series
Creator
Friends of Cortes Island Society
Fonds Number
2013.004
Series Number
3
Accession Number
2013.004
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
2002
Scope and Content
Series consists of an application by Cortes Environmental Youth Inititative for funding to engage youth in community education, consultation, and assessment of clean water and wastewater issues. Grant application was made to the EcoAction Community Funding Program, in the categories of "Advocacy and Education to Advance Conservation and Environmental Causes," and "Environmental Research".
Storage Location
1-6
Storage Range
1-6
Name Access
FOCI
Friends of Cortes Island
Cortes Ecoforestry Society
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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Cortes Ecoforestry Youth Initiative

https://collections.cortesmuseum.com/en/permalink/descriptions13319
Part Of
Friends of Cortes Island Society fonds
Description Level
Series
Material Type
textual records
Accession Number
2013.004
Date Range
2000
Scope and Content
Series consists of financial records, reports, and other documents pertaining to projects of the Cortes Ecoforestry Youth Initiative in 2000.
Part Of
Friends of Cortes Island Society fonds
Description Level
Series
Creator
Friends of Cortes Island Society
Fonds Number
2013.004
Series Number
1
Accession Number
2013.004
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
2000
Scope and Content
Series consists of financial records, reports, and other documents pertaining to projects of the Cortes Ecoforestry Youth Initiative in 2000.
Storage Location
1-1 to 1-3
Storage Range
1-1 to 1-3
Name Access
Friends of Cortes Island
FOCI
Cortes Ecoforestry Society
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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Cortes Family Trees Project

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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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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Series
Material Type
textual records
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Series
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
5.2
Material Type
textual records
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Part Of
Southern Cortes Community Association fonds
Description Level
Series
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1959-1972
Scope and Content
Series consists of records relating to the SCCA-sponsored Dental Clinic and includes correspondence, permission forms, patient lists, dental records, financial reports and records, and yearly summaries.
Part Of
Southern Cortes Community Association fonds
Description Level
Series
Fonds Number
2000.001
Series Number
7
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1959-1972
Physical Description
6 files of textual records
Scope and Content
Series consists of records relating to the SCCA-sponsored Dental Clinic and includes correspondence, permission forms, patient lists, dental records, financial reports and records, and yearly summaries.
Storage Range
3-1 - 3-6
Name Access
Southern Cortes Community Association
Subject Access
Health care
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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Local history subject files

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Series
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1892-[ca. 2005]
Scope and Content
Series consists of information on the settlement history of Cortes Island and nearby islands compiled by May Ellingsen. It includes original records, correspondence, notes and publications. Series is arranged in two sub-series: 5.1 Manson family history and 5.2 Local history research files.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Series
Creator
Ellingsen, May
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
5
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1892-[ca. 2005]
Physical Description
40 cm of textual records
Scope and Content
Series consists of information on the settlement history of Cortes Island and nearby islands compiled by May Ellingsen. It includes original records, correspondence, notes and publications. Series is arranged in two sub-series: 5.1 Manson family history and 5.2 Local history research files.
Storage Range
5-1 to 6-7
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Part Of
Friends of Cortes Island Society fonds
Description Level
Series
Material Type
textual records
Accession Number
2013.004
Date Range
2000-2001
Scope and Content
Series consists of materials related to the application for and granting of funds from Environmental Youth Team, for training Cortes Island youth in forestry and surveying.
Part Of
Friends of Cortes Island Society fonds
Description Level
Series
Creator
Friends of Cortes Island Society
Fonds Number
2013.004
Series Number
2
Accession Number
2013.004
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
2000-2001
Scope and Content
Series consists of materials related to the application for and granting of funds from Environmental Youth Team, for training Cortes Island youth in forestry and surveying.
Storage Location
1-4 to 1-5
Storage Range
1-4 to 1-5
Name Access
Friends of Cortes Island
FOCI
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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"Gorge Hall Project - 1983" album

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Part Of
Mae Sherwood fonds
Description Level
Series
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1931], 1983
Scope and Content
Series consists of one photograph album with nine pages of colour photographs glued onto black paper. It contains photographs and a newspaper clipping documenting the Hall expansion project in 1983, which included a new entrance and the addition of a lounge with a fireplace built by Andy Ducasse. Also in the album was a loose photograph depicting the platform of the Gorge Hall at the beginning of construction, ca. 1931. This photograph (2017.005.195) is stored in the Oversize Photographs Box.
Part Of
Mae Sherwood fonds
Description Level
Series
Fonds Number
2017.005
Series Number
3
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1931], 1983
Physical Description
1 photograph album of nine pages; 1 photograph: b&w, 27 x 20 cm
Scope and Content
Series consists of one photograph album with nine pages of colour photographs glued onto black paper. It contains photographs and a newspaper clipping documenting the Hall expansion project in 1983, which included a new entrance and the addition of a lounge with a fireplace built by Andy Ducasse. Also in the album was a loose photograph depicting the platform of the Gorge Hall at the beginning of construction, ca. 1931. This photograph (2017.005.195) is stored in the Oversize Photographs Box.
Storage Location
Photograph Albums Box
Name Access
Sherwood, Mae
Whaletown Community Club
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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Part Of
Gorge Harbour Community Hall Society fonds
Description Level
Series
Material Type
textual records
Accession Number
1999.003
Date Range
1949.
Scope and Content
Series consists of a report on a Gorge Hall dance (1949), a program of a presentation by the Girls' Drama Club (1950), miscellaneous notes, and a summary of the operations of the Gorge Harbour Community Hall Society compiled by Philip Major Douglas, president of the Whaletown Community Club, in 1952.
Part Of
Gorge Harbour Community Hall Society fonds
Description Level
Series
Creator
Gorge Harbour Community Hall Society
Fonds Number
1999.003
Series Number
5
Accession Number
1999.003
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1949.
Physical Description
1 file of textual records
Scope and Content
Series consists of a report on a Gorge Hall dance (1949), a program of a presentation by the Girls' Drama Club (1950), miscellaneous notes, and a summary of the operations of the Gorge Harbour Community Hall Society compiled by Philip Major Douglas, president of the Whaletown Community Club, in 1952.
Storage Range
1-53
Name Access
Gorge Harbour Community Hall Society
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Part Of
Whaletown Women's Institute fonds
Description Level
Series
Material Type
textual records
Accession Number
1999.002
Date Range
1951-1955
Scope and Content
Series consists of textual records relating to community projects organized by the Whaletown Women's Institute.
Part Of
Whaletown Women's Institute fonds
Description Level
Series
Creator
Whaletown Women's Institute
Fonds Number
1999.002
Series Number
5
Accession Number
1999.002
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1951-1955
Physical Description
6 files of textual records
Scope and Content
Series consists of textual records relating to community projects organized by the Whaletown Women's Institute.
Storage Range
1-26 to 1-31
Name Access
Whaletown Women's Institute
Subject Access
Women's Institute
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Part Of
Island Women's Club fonds
Description Level
Series
Material Type
textual records
Accession Number
2009.001
Date Range
1929-1962
Scope and Content
Series consists of nine files containing material relating to projects and activities of the Whaletown Women's Institute.
Part Of
Island Women's Club fonds
Description Level
Series
Creator
Whaletown Women's Institute
Fonds Number
2009.001.1
Sous Fonds Number
1
Series Number
6
Accession Number
2009.001
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1929-1962
Scope and Content
Series consists of nine files containing material relating to projects and activities of the Whaletown Women's Institute.
Storage Range
1-33 to 1-41
Subject Access
Women's Institute
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Part Of
Island Women's Club fonds
Description Level
Series
Material Type
textual records
Accession Number
2018.001
Date Range
[ca. 196?]
Scope and Content
Series consists of information and documents pertaining to Island Women's Club projects.
Part Of
Island Women's Club fonds
Description Level
Series
Creator
Island Women's Club
Fonds Number
2009.001.4
Sous Fonds Number
4
Series Number
4
Accession Number
2018.001
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
[ca. 196?]
Scope and Content
Series consists of information and documents pertaining to Island Women's Club projects.
Storage Range
3-14
Subject Access
Women's Institute
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Part Of
Linnaea School fonds
Description Level
Series
Material Type
textual records
ephemera
Accession Number
2014.001
Date Range
1997-2008
Scope and Content
Series consists of theatre ephemera and short story collections created by Linnaea School.
Part Of
Linnaea School fonds
Description Level
Series
Creator
Linnaea School
Fonds Number
2014.001
Series Number
2
Accession Number
2014.001
Material Type
textual records
ephemera
Date Range
1997-2008
Scope and Content
Series consists of theatre ephemera and short story collections created by Linnaea School.
Storage Range
1-20 to 1-22
Name Access
Linnaea School
Subject Access
Education
Schools
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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Part Of
Whaletown Community Club fonds
Description Level
Series
Material Type
textual records
Accession Number
2003.003
Date Range
1968-2016
Scope and Content
Series consists of reports, correspondence, lists, calendars and other printed material relating to projects carried out by the Whaletown Community Club, including social events and construction and maintenance work on the Gorge Harbour Community Hall.
Part Of
Whaletown Community Club fonds
Description Level
Series
Creator
Whaletown Community Club
Fonds Number
2003.003
Series Number
5
Accession Number
2003.003
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1968-2016
Physical Description
10 cm. of textual records
Custodial History
This series was consolidated from subject files kept by the Whaletown Community Club pertaining to their activities.
Scope and Content
Series consists of reports, correspondence, lists, calendars and other printed material relating to projects carried out by the Whaletown Community Club, including social events and construction and maintenance work on the Gorge Harbour Community Hall.
Storage Location
1-47 - 1-55
2-20 - 2-21
2-23
2-25 - 2-29
3-1 - 3-5
3-13 - 3-15
Name Access
Whaletown Community Club
Gorge Harbour Community Hall
Whaletown Cemetery
Cortes Day
Subject Access
Community Associations
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Subject files - Cortes Affairs

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Part Of
Regional Director of Area I (Cortes Island) fonds
Description Level
Series
Material Type
textual records
Accession Number
2002.002
Date Range
1986-1996
Scope and Content
Series consists of material related to Cortes' Aquaculture by-law, including APC minutes and correspondence, minutes of public meetings, planning notes and background material; correspondence concerning zoning changes made to island property by the RDCS; material about the Cortes Island Forest Committee; licenses for the use of crown land and foreshore on Cortes Island; and copies of a newsletter, the Cortes Electoral Area News by Ralph Nursall, 1994 to 1996.
Part Of
Regional Director of Area I (Cortes Island) fonds
Description Level
Series
Fonds Number
2002.001.2
Sous Fonds Number
2
Series Number
5
Accession Number
2002.002
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1986-1996
Physical Description
18 cm of textual records
Scope and Content
Series consists of material related to Cortes' Aquaculture by-law, including APC minutes and correspondence, minutes of public meetings, planning notes and background material; correspondence concerning zoning changes made to island property by the RDCS; material about the Cortes Island Forest Committee; licenses for the use of crown land and foreshore on Cortes Island; and copies of a newsletter, the Cortes Electoral Area News by Ralph Nursall, 1994 to 1996.
Storage Range
2-9 - 2-27
Name Access
Nursall, Ralph
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Subject Files: Cortes Affairs

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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
1991-2003
Scope and Content
Series consists of reports, correspondence, notes and clippings relating to island issues, which include parks, roads, leases, wharves, water quality of Hague Lake, newts, the RCMP, ferries, forestry, waste management, the fire department, and island organizations. It also includes Regional Director reports by Ralph Nursall and by George Sirk.
Part Of
Regional Director of Area I (Cortes Island) fonds
Description Level
Series
Fonds Number
2002.001.3
Sous Fonds Number
3
Series Number
6
Accession Number
2004.004
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1991-2003
Physical Description
?? cm of textual records
Scope and Content
Series consists of reports, correspondence, notes and clippings relating to island issues, which include parks, roads, leases, wharves, water quality of Hague Lake, newts, the RCMP, ferries, forestry, waste management, the fire department, and island organizations. It also includes Regional Director reports by Ralph Nursall and by George Sirk.
Storage Location
5-23 - 6-30
Storage Range
5-23 - 6-30
Name Access
Sirk, George
Subject Access
Ferries
Transportation
Water transport
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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FOCI and Cortes Ecoforestry Society

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Part Of
Friends of Cortes Island Society fonds
Description Level
Series
Material Type
textual records
Accession Number
2013.004
Date Range
1998-2001
Scope and Content
Series consists of files pertaining to the relationship between FOCI and CES, including collaboration and mutual aid. See Series 1 of this fonds for documents pertaining to the E-Team Work Crew grant awarded to FOCI and CES.
Part Of
Friends of Cortes Island Society fonds
Description Level
Series
Creator
Friends of Cortes Island Society
Fonds Number
2013.004
Series Number
5
Accession Number
2013.004
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1998-2001
Scope and Content
Series consists of files pertaining to the relationship between FOCI and CES, including collaboration and mutual aid. See Series 1 of this fonds for documents pertaining to the E-Team Work Crew grant awarded to FOCI and CES.
Storage Location
1-8 to 1-10
Storage Range
1-8 to 1-10
Name Access
Friends of Cortes Island
FOCI
Cortes Ecoforestry Society
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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Cooperative Self-Sufficiency for Cortes Island

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Part Of
Friends of Cortes Island Society fonds
Description Level
Series
Material Type
textual records
Accession Number
2013.004
Date Range
1996-1998
Scope and Content
Series consists of newsletters and a directory, published by Sedley Sweeny to work towards "cooperation between like-minded people aimed at local self-sufficiency."
Part Of
Friends of Cortes Island Society fonds
Description Level
Series
Creator
Friends of Cortes Island Society
Fonds Number
2013.004
Series Number
8
Accession Number
2013.004
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1996-1998
Scope and Content
Series consists of newsletters and a directory, published by Sedley Sweeny to work towards "cooperation between like-minded people aimed at local self-sufficiency."
Storage Location
1-13 to 1-14
Storage Range
1-13 to 1-14
Name Access
Friends of Cortes Island
FOCI
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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Cortes Island Museum & Archives Society

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Series
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1976-2001
Scope and Content
Series consists of material accumulated by May Ellingsen during her activities as a founding member of the Cortes Island Museum and Archives Society. It includes notes from the Cortes Island Historic Committee, correspondence between May Ellingsen and the Campbell River Museum regarding a historic photograph project, and CIMAS material: notes, minutes of meetings, flyers, and lists of artifacts.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Series
Creator
Ellingsen, May
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
9
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1976-2001
Physical Description
8 cm of textual records
Scope and Content
Series consists of material accumulated by May Ellingsen during her activities as a founding member of the Cortes Island Museum and Archives Society. It includes notes from the Cortes Island Historic Committee, correspondence between May Ellingsen and the Campbell River Museum regarding a historic photograph project, and CIMAS material: notes, minutes of meetings, flyers, and lists of artifacts.
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Regional Director of Electoral Area I (Cortes Island)

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Series
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
[ca. 1968]-1992
Scope and Content
Series consists of material generated and collected by Douglas during her term on the Comox-Strathcona Regional Board. Douglas served as Alternate Director from 1968 to 1973, and as Director from 1973 to 1978. During this time, island residents were actively involved in the formulation of Cortes' first Official Settlement Plan and Zoning By-law. Series includes reports, correspondence, notes, copies of studies, Regional District by-laws and drafts of by-laws, including the Official Settlement Plan. It also contains materials on community organizations generated after her term which she collected because of a continuing interest in local government and community planning, and because, as a former Director, she was often consulted on island issues.
Other Title Info
Title based on contents of the series.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Series
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
4
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
[ca. 1968]-1992
Physical Description
9 cm. of textual records
Scope and Content
Series consists of material generated and collected by Douglas during her term on the Comox-Strathcona Regional Board. Douglas served as Alternate Director from 1968 to 1973, and as Director from 1973 to 1978. During this time, island residents were actively involved in the formulation of Cortes' first Official Settlement Plan and Zoning By-law. Series includes reports, correspondence, notes, copies of studies, Regional District by-laws and drafts of by-laws, including the Official Settlement Plan. It also contains materials on community organizations generated after her term which she collected because of a continuing interest in local government and community planning, and because, as a former Director, she was often consulted on island issues.
Storage Range
3-16 - 3-36
Name Access
Douglas, Gilean
Subject Access
Local governments
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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