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Part Of
Cortes Island Museum & Archives Society fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
graphic material
textual records
Date Range
[199?]
Scope and Content
Binder contains a photocopy of a Province of BC bulletin on how to pre-empt land (1929), and a list of pre-emptions from the records in the BC Archives in Victoria.
Part Of
Cortes Island Museum & Archives Society fonds
Description Level
File
Creator
Ellingsen, May
Fonds Number
2021.001
Series Number
1
File Number
1
Material Type
graphic material
textual records
Date Range
[199?]
Physical Description
1 binder : 18 pages
Scope and Content
Binder contains a photocopy of a Province of BC bulletin on how to pre-empt land (1929), and a list of pre-emptions from the records in the BC Archives in Victoria.
Subject Access
Historical research
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
Documents

Cortes Island-Early Pre-emptions.pdf

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David Rousseau's Early Drawings

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Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Date Range
2001
Scope and Content
Design sketches from David Rousseau of museum, Von Donop tool shed, and heritage garden, 2001
Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Series Number
2
File Number
1
Date Range
2001
Scope and Content
Design sketches from David Rousseau of museum, Von Donop tool shed, and heritage garden, 2001
Storage Range
Drawer 2
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Emergency Services: Fire Department

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Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Date Range
1987-2016
Scope and Content
Info on: wildfire emergency preparedness; Cortes Volunteer Fire Department and Fire Fighting Association; firehalls; fire trucks; by-laws and funding initiatives concerning fire services on Cortes; helipad and expansion of FD services to handle medical emergencies; fire protection equipement at Klahoose FN; fundraising; and posts relating to local fires and fire fighting responses, 1987-2016
Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Series Number
2
File Number
11
Date Range
1987-2016
Scope and Content
Info on: wildfire emergency preparedness; Cortes Volunteer Fire Department and Fire Fighting Association; firehalls; fire trucks; by-laws and funding initiatives concerning fire services on Cortes; helipad and expansion of FD services to handle medical emergencies; fire protection equipement at Klahoose FN; fundraising; and posts relating to local fires and fire fighting responses, 1987-2016
Storage Range
Drawer 2
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Spring Love, Summer Weddings

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Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Date Range
2005
Scope and Content
Files from the Spring Love, Summer Weddings gathering at the museum, 2005
Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Series Number
4
File Number
30
Date Range
2005
Scope and Content
Files from the Spring Love, Summer Weddings gathering at the museum, 2005
Storage Range
Drawer 4
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Norman and Doris Hope with their dog Stinky

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Part Of
Cortes Island Museum & Archives Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material (electronic)
Date Range
[ca. 1956]
Scope and Content
The Hopes are standing beside the cook house at their logging camp in Lewis Channel. Their water spaniel Stinky once swam home to Refuge Cove from Squirrel Cove, a distance of 3.7 miles.
Part Of
Cortes Island Museum & Archives Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Creator
Gibbons, Norm
Fonds Number
2021.001
Series Number
5
File Number
2
Item Number
NG.007
Item Number Range
NG.007
Material Type
graphic material (electronic)
Date Range
[ca. 1956]
Physical Description
1 image (electronic) : b&w
Scope and Content
The Hopes are standing beside the cook house at their logging camp in Lewis Channel. Their water spaniel Stinky once swam home to Refuge Cove from Squirrel Cove, a distance of 3.7 miles.
Name Access
Gibbons, Norm
Geographic Access
Refuge Cove
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CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
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
Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
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
Storage Range
Drawer 1
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Norm Gibbons, age 13, holding a large spring salmon

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Part Of
Cortes Island Museum & Archives Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material (electronic)
Date Range
1956
Scope and Content
Norm Gibbons holding a salmon caught while fishing with Bud Jarvis. Bud Jarvis married Rene Hope's daughter Joan and they were at Refuge Cove for their honeymoon.
Part Of
Cortes Island Museum & Archives Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Creator
Gibbons, Norm
Fonds Number
2021.001
Series Number
5
File Number
2
Item Number
NG.017
Material Type
graphic material (electronic)
Date Range
1956
Physical Description
1 image (electronic) : b&w
Scope and Content
Norm Gibbons holding a salmon caught while fishing with Bud Jarvis. Bud Jarvis married Rene Hope's daughter Joan and they were at Refuge Cove for their honeymoon.
Name Access
Gibbons, Norm
Geographic Access
Refuge Cove
Images
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Michael Gibbons, age 15, holding a very large spring salmon

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Part Of
Cortes Island Museum & Archives Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material (electronic)
Date Range
[ca. 1980]
Scope and Content
Michael Gibbons holding a spring salmon caught on Haida Gwaii while fishing with Don Wicks, a Refuge Cove co-op member and commercial fisher.
Part Of
Cortes Island Museum & Archives Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Creator
Gibbons, Norm
Fonds Number
2021.001
Series Number
5
File Number
2
Item Number
NG.018
Material Type
graphic material (electronic)
Date Range
[ca. 1980]
Physical Description
1 image (electronic) : col
Scope and Content
Michael Gibbons holding a spring salmon caught on Haida Gwaii while fishing with Don Wicks, a Refuge Cove co-op member and commercial fisher.
Name Access
Gibbons, Norm
Geographic Access
Refuge Cove
Images
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Forestry: Forest Fires on Cortes

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Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Date Range
1910-2018
Scope and Content
Mentions of forest fires from Alice Robertson's diary, and Charles I. Allen's diary, both dated from 1910. Info on historic ignitions with chart, 1950-2000. Emails with info on local fires, 2009-2013. Notice of fire ban in effect from Discovery Islander, 2015. Info from Coastal Fire Centre, 2018
Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Series Number
2
File Number
27
Date Range
1910-2018
Scope and Content
Mentions of forest fires from Alice Robertson's diary, and Charles I. Allen's diary, both dated from 1910. Info on historic ignitions with chart, 1950-2000. Emails with info on local fires, 2009-2013. Notice of fire ban in effect from Discovery Islander, 2015. Info from Coastal Fire Centre, 2018
Storage Range
Drawer 2
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Forestry: Forest Trust for the Children of Cortes Island Society (FTCCIS)

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Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Date Range
2012-2018
Scope and Content
Clippings with info on fundraisers, events, and BioBlitz, 2012-2018. Emails with info on grant application and the Forest Alphabet book, 2014. Letters from CIMAS voicing support for the FTCCIS, 2015. Forest Trust pamphlet, undated.
Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Series Number
2
File Number
28
Date Range
2012-2018
Scope and Content
Clippings with info on fundraisers, events, and BioBlitz, 2012-2018. Emails with info on grant application and the Forest Alphabet book, 2014. Letters from CIMAS voicing support for the FTCCIS, 2015. Forest Trust pamphlet, undated.
Storage Range
Drawer 2
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Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Date Range
2009
Scope and Content
Files relating to the Art in the Garden Series, 2009. Contains an email, posters from event, post in Marketer, and a sign from the event
Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Series Number
1
File Number
18
Date Range
2009
Scope and Content
Files relating to the Art in the Garden Series, 2009. Contains an email, posters from event, post in Marketer, and a sign from the event
Storage Range
Drawer 1
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Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Date Range
1996-2020
Scope and Content
Inner Coast Nursery, Mail Order Catalogue, 1996. CIMAS Heritage Garden pamphlet. Greeting cards with printed photographs of flowers from garden
Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Series Number
2
File Number
43
Date Range
1996-2020
Scope and Content
Inner Coast Nursery, Mail Order Catalogue, 1996. CIMAS Heritage Garden pamphlet. Greeting cards with printed photographs of flowers from garden
Storage Range
Drawer 2
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Paul Kirmmse in the community garden at Redlands

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Part Of
Cortes Island Museum & Archives Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material (electronic)
Date Range
[ca. 1975]
Scope and Content
Note the dome in the background, which belonged to Ralph and Shelley Frank.
Part Of
Cortes Island Museum & Archives Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Creator
Kirmmse, Paul
Fonds Number
2021.001
Series Number
5
File Number
3
Item Number
PK_003
Material Type
graphic material (electronic)
Date Range
[ca. 1975]
Physical Description
1 image (electronic) : col
Scope and Content
Note the dome in the background, which belonged to Ralph and Shelley Frank.
Name Access
Kirmmse, Paul
Geographic Access
Whaletown
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Yendor working in the community garden at Redlands

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Part Of
Cortes Island Museum & Archives Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material (electronic)
Date Range
[ca. 1975]
Part Of
Cortes Island Museum & Archives Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Creator
Kirmmse, Paul
Fonds Number
2021.001
Series Number
5
File Number
3
Item Number
PK_005
Material Type
graphic material (electronic)
Date Range
[ca. 1975]
Physical Description
1 image (electronic) : b&w
Name Access
Kirmmse, Paul
Geographic Access
Whaletown
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Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Date Range
1900-2017
Scope and Content
Articles, maps, emails and other written info on Coast Salish clam farming history, terminology, archaeology. Scanned photographs of clam gardens and Indigenous clam farmers, 1900-2005. Scanned photographs from June Cameron of early settlers harvesting and processing clams and fish, 1934-1941. Drawings of clams by Judith Williams. Excerpts from Kwakiutl Texts by Boas and Hunt and Clam Gardens by Judith Williams. Shellfish recipes from various sources. Open letters to Judith Williams and Mr. Harper from Christian Grounau regarding terracing effects of glacial runoffs, 2007 and 2008. Info from a talk Judith Williams gave on clam gardens at the Klahoose Hall, 2008.
Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Series Number
1
File Number
42
Date Range
1900-2017
Scope and Content
Articles, maps, emails and other written info on Coast Salish clam farming history, terminology, archaeology. Scanned photographs of clam gardens and Indigenous clam farmers, 1900-2005. Scanned photographs from June Cameron of early settlers harvesting and processing clams and fish, 1934-1941. Drawings of clams by Judith Williams. Excerpts from Kwakiutl Texts by Boas and Hunt and Clam Gardens by Judith Williams. Shellfish recipes from various sources. Open letters to Judith Williams and Mr. Harper from Christian Grounau regarding terracing effects of glacial runoffs, 2007 and 2008. Info from a talk Judith Williams gave on clam gardens at the Klahoose Hall, 2008.
Storage Range
Drawer 1
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Khaki Campbell ducks in a plastic-lined pool by the Gibbons' garden, Refuge Cove

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Part Of
Cortes Island Museum & Archives Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material (electronic)
Date Range
1978
Part Of
Cortes Island Museum & Archives Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Creator
Gibbons, Norm
Fonds Number
2021.001
Series Number
5
File Number
2
Item Number
NG.028
Material Type
graphic material (electronic)
Date Range
1978
Physical Description
1 image (electronic) : col
Name Access
Gibbons, Norm
Geographic Access
Refuge Cove
Images
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Jan Gemmel in their occasionally sub-tidal garden on Carrington Lagoon, Green Mountain behind

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Part Of
Cortes Island Museum & Archives Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material (electronic)
Date Range
1978-1985
Part Of
Cortes Island Museum & Archives Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Creator
Palmer, Jim
Fonds Number
2021.001
Series Number
5
File Number
1
Item Number
JP.032
Item Number Range
JP.032
Material Type
graphic material (electronic)
Date Range
1978-1985
Physical Description
1 image (electronic) : b&w
Name Access
Palmer, Jim
Subject Access
Historical research
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
Carrington Bay
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Clam Gardens Display & Recipes

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Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Scope and Content
Emails, photographs, maps, emails and written info on clam gardens relating to the clam garden display; labels from display; several copies of shellfish recipes; memo from Judith William's publishers.
Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Series Number
1
File Number
43
Scope and Content
Emails, photographs, maps, emails and written info on clam gardens relating to the clam garden display; labels from display; several copies of shellfish recipes; memo from Judith William's publishers.
Storage Range
Drawer 1
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John Dickson (L) and ?(ID), scraping hair off the pig

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Part Of
Cortes Island Museum & Archives Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material (electronic)
Date Range
1981
Part Of
Cortes Island Museum & Archives Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Creator
Gibbons, Norm
Fonds Number
2021.001
Series Number
5
File Number
2
Item Number
NG.033
Material Type
graphic material (electronic)
Date Range
1981
Physical Description
1 image (electronic) : col
Name Access
Gibbons, Norm
Geographic Access
Refuge Cove
Images
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Norman Hope (L) and another man (ID), holding a red snapper

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Part Of
Cortes Island Museum & Archives Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material (electronic)
Date Range
1970
Part Of
Cortes Island Museum & Archives Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Creator
Gibbons, Norm
Fonds Number
2021.001
Series Number
5
File Number
2
Item Number
NG.005
Item Number Range
NG.005
Material Type
graphic material (electronic)
Date Range
1970
Physical Description
1 image (electronic) : col
Name Access
Gibbons, Norm
Geographic Access
Refuge Cove
Images
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