Part Of

Regional Director of Area I (Cortes Island) fonds

Description Level

Sous-fonds

Creator

Sirk, George

Fonds Number

2002.001.3

Sous Fonds Number

3

Accession Number

2004.004

Material Type

textual records

cartographic material

multiple media

Date Range

1970-2003

Physical Description

1.2 m of textual records

Extent

1.2 m

History / Biographical

George Sirk was elected Regional Director of Electoral Area I (Cortes Island) in the Regional District of Comox-Strathcona in 1996. He served three terms as Director, from 1996 to 2005.

Custodial History

Material was donated to CIMAS by George Sirk in 2004, prior to his move from Cortes Island to Victoria, BC.

Scope and Content

Sous-fonds consists of materials generated or gathered by George Sirk during his term as Regional Director. It includes correspondence; minutes and reports of the Cortes Island Advisory Planning Commission (APC); Official Community Plan and Zoning Bylaw revision materials; records of foreshore leases and licenses; correspondence on various island issues, and material relating to parks, aquaculture, forestry, treaty negotiations and other island concerns. Sous-fonds is arranged into six series: Advisory Planning Commission; Community Plans and Bylaws; Regional District of Comox-Strathcona: Regional Board; Regional District of Comox-Strathcona: Committees; Rezoning and Development Proposals; Subject Files: Cortes Affairs; Aquaculture; and Treaty Negotiations.

Storage Location

2-28 - 7-15

Storage Range

2-28 - 7-15

Name Access

Sirk, George

Nursall, Ralph

Subject Access

Advisory Planning Commission

Local governments

Regional District

Zoning

Aboriginal affairs

Aquaculture

Geographic Access

Cortes Island

Arrangement

Original content of folders has been retained; archivists have arranged files into series.

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Gilean Douglas fonds

Description Level

Item

Creator

Greene, Alan

Fonds Number

1999.001

Series Number

18

Item Number

1999.001.0952

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[ca. 1940]

Physical Description

2 photograph prints: b&w; 25.6 x 20 and 13 x 10 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph of the chapel in the cabin of the second "Columbia", with the organ on the left and the portable altar set up for a service. (see "Anderson, Doris, "The Columbia Is Coming"; Gray's Publishing, 1982, photo inset)

Subject Access

Columbia Coast Mission

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Gilean Douglas fonds

Description Level

Item

Creator

National Film Board

Fonds Number

1999.001

Series Number

18

Item Number

1999.001.0956

Material Type

graphic material

Responsibility

Alan Greene

Date Range

1924

Physical Description

1 photograph print: b&w; 25.5 x 20 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph of First Nations girls and boys climbing up the ladder on the "Columbia".

Subject Access

Columbia Coast Mission

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Gilean Douglas fonds

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

1999.001

Series Number

18

Item Number

1999.001.0237

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

1953

Physical Description

1 photograph print: colour; 11.5 x 8 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph of the Columbia Coast Mission boat, the "John Antle", with Canon Alan Greene on board.

Subject Access

Columbia Coast Mission

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Gilean Douglas fonds

Description Level

Item

Creator

Greene, Alan

Fonds Number

1999.001

Series Number

18

Item Number

1999.001.0959

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[ca. 1930s]

Physical Description

1 photograph print: b&w; 25.5 x 20 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph of Rev. Heber Greene, the chaplain of the "Columbia", with three children and their families, in the chapel of the ship.

Subject Access

Columbia Coast Mission

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Gilean Douglas fonds

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

1999.001

Series Number

18

Item Number

1999.001.2237

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

1960

Physical Description

1 colour slide, 5 x 5 cm

Storage Location

Slide box 1

Subject Access

Columbia Coast Mission

Geographic Access

Read Island

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