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File

Series Number

1

File Number

25

Date Range

2000

Scope and Content

"BC Aboriginal People: Communities in Transition" report by Patrick Kelly, 2000

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Drawer 1

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File

Series Number

1

File Number

38

Date Range

1994-2015

Scope and Content

Excerpt from Seven-Knot Summers by Beth Hills about Channel Rock, 1994; email from Bonnie MacDonald re Pamela Millar's proposed documentary about Channel Rock, 1999; Channel Rock listing on tideline, 2015; email about property listing, 2015; Channel Rock Village map, undated ; letter from Pinchot & Company, new owner of Gilean Douglas property

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Drawer 1

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File

Series Number

2

File Number

41

Date Range

late 1800s-2018

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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

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Drawer 2

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File

Series Number

3

File Number

6

Scope and Content

Family trees of Cortes residents throughout history. Filing note: if a file exists for the person, put their family tree there rather than the general file

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Drawer 3

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File

Series Number

3

File Number

7

Scope and Content

General info on local people. Filing note: if a file exists for the person, put their obituary post there rather than the general file

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Drawer 3

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File

Series Number

3

File Number

8

Scope and Content

Two folders containing obituaries of Cortes residents. Filing note: if a file exists for the person, put their obituary post there rather than the general file

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Drawer 3

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File

Series Number

4

File Number

10

Date Range

1983

Scope and Content

Article from Musings, "Ripple Rock: Blasted 25 years ago," 1983

Storage Range

Drawer 4

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May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds

Description Level

File

Fonds Number

2007.001

Series Number

12

File Number

7

Material Type

textual records

Date Range

1960-1997

Scope and Content

File contains articles about Mile Manson; Veronica Dowling; whaling and the Whaletown church by Maud Emery; the opening of the new road between Manson's Landing and Whaletown, Cortes Day Barbecue; the Glad Bag at the Gorge Hall; Chief Billy Mitchell; island life by Holly Arntzen; Cortes Island Day; Gertrude Lambert; Manson's Hall expansion; Gorge Hall expansion; Gilean Douglas.

Storage Location

8-53

Storage Range

8-53

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Item

Fonds Number

2007.001

Series Number

13

Item Number

2007.001.008

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[ca. early 1900s]

Physical Description

1 photograph print: b&w; 11.5 x 6.5 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph of a pebble beach below the high tide mark; low headland at the end of the beach.

Storage Location

Photograph Box 4

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Item

Fonds Number

2007.001

Series Number

13

Item Number

2007.001.014

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[ca. 1960s-1970s]

Physical Description

2 photograph prints: b&w: 8 x 8 cm

Scope and Content

Photographs showing people seated on big logs (at Smelt Bay? Manson's Spit?)

Storage Location

Photograph Box 4

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May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

2007.001

Series Number

13

Item Number

2007.001.015

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

1958

Physical Description

1 photograph print: b&w; 11.5 x 6.5 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph of a group of people at Smelt Bay.

Storage Location

Photograph Box 4

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May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds

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Item

Fonds Number

2007.001

Series Number

13

Item Number

2007.001.026

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[ca. 1929]

Physical Description

1 photograph print: b&w: 12.5 x 7

Scope and Content

Photograph of John Manson's farm, Sunny Brae, taken from the beach at low tide. Notes written by May Ellingsen are on the back.

Storage Location

Photograph Box 4

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Item

Fonds Number

2007.001

Series Number

13

Item Number

2007.001.036

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

1933

Physical Description

1 photograph print: b&w: 8.5 x 6 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph of a plane, missing its floats and propeller, upside-down on the beach at Alert Bay.

Storage Location

Photograph Box 4

Subject Access

Air transport

Transportation

Geographic Access

Alert Bay

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May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds

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Item

Fonds Number

2007.001

Series Number

13

Item Number

2007.001.064

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[ca. 1920s]

Physical Description

1 photograph print: b&w: 10 x 7 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph of a crowd of people on the government dock at Manson's Landing, likely waiting for the arrival of a Union Steamship. They are standing in front of a building sided with vertical shake boards, with "Cortes Island" and "Telegraph Office" signs on its side. View is looking along the Spit.

Storage Location

Photograph Box 4

Subject Access

Union Steamship Company

Transportation

Water transport

Geographic Access

Manson's Landing

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May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds

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Item

Fonds Number

2007.001

Series Number

13

Item Number

2007.001.066

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[ca. 1911]

Physical Description

1 photograph print: b&w: 17 x 9 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph (a copy of a smaller original) of a large group of people, unidentified but with a date written on the bottom. (Needs ID)

Storage Location

Photograph Box 4

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May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds

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Item

Fonds Number

2007.001

Series Number

13

Item Number

2007.001.068

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[ca. 19 ]

Physical Description

1 photograph print: b&w: 7.5 x 7.5

Scope and Content

Photograph of a woman and a dog in front of a house (possibly Elmer & May's house by the lake??)

Storage Location

Photograph Box 4

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Item

Fonds Number

2007.001

Series Number

13

Item Number

2007.001.069

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[ca. 19 ]

Physical Description

1 photograph print: b&w: 8 x 6 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph of a group of people in English Bay beside a boat with the words "Mercury 2" on its side.

Storage Location

Photograph Box 4

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May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

2007.001

Series Number

13

Item Number

2007.001.072

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[ca. 19 ]

Physical Description

1 photograph print: b&w: 5 x 8 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph of a group of people sitting on a dock in Horseshoe Bay

Storage Location

Photograph Box 4

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May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

2007.001

Series Number

13

Item Number

2007.001.077

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[ca. 19 ]

Physical Description

1 photograph print: b&w: 10.5 x 8 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph of a shack on the beach, in front of a logging slash.

Storage Location

Photograph Box 4

Subject Access

Logging

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May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

2007.001

Series Number

13

Item Number

2007.001.086

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[ca. 19 ]

Physical Description

1 photograph print: b&w: 9 x 12

Scope and Content

Photograph showing four people with a large tiered cake. Mabel?? (From an envelope "May Ellingsen photos Manson's Landing")

Storage Location

Photograph Box 4

Geographic Access

Manson's Landing

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