Part Of

Regional Director of Area I (Cortes Island) fonds

Description Level

File

Fonds Number

2002.001.3

Sous Fonds Number

3

Series Number

6

File Number

2

Accession Number

2004.004

Material Type

textual records

Date Range

1997-2002

Scope and Content

File contains Sirks's Regional Director's Reports: three printed reports (1997-1999), one typed draft (ca. 2002), and two photocopies and a clipping from the Howling Wolf (ca. 2000-2001).

Storage Location

5-24

Storage Range

5-24

Name Access

Sirk, George

Geographic Access

Cortes Island

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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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May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds

Description Level

File

Fonds Number

2007.001

Series Number

8

File Number

37

Material Type

textual records

Date Range

2000

Scope and Content

File contains a survey from the national Women's Institute and a response from the Cortes Island chapter, resigning from the national organization.

Storage Location

7-37

Storage Range

7-37

Subject Access

Women's Institute

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Gilean Douglas fonds

Description Level

File

Fonds Number

1999.001

Series Number

9

File Number

19

Material Type

textual records

Date Range

1976

Scope and Content

Statistics Canada form completed by Douglas with an explanatory letter which contains many details about her life at Channel Rock

Storage Location

4-19

Storage Range

4-19

Name Access

Douglas, Gilean

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Gilean Douglas fonds

Description Level

Item

Creator

Greene, Alan

Fonds Number

1999.001

Series Number

18

Item Number

1999.001.0937

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

1931

Physical Description

1 photograph print: b&w; 11 x 19 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph of the carved face at the base of an old totem pole at the Salmon River in Sayward. A field and house are in the background.

Subject Access

Columbia Coast Mission

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Gilean Douglas fonds

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

1999.001

Series Number

18

Item Number

1999.001.1008

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[ca. 1950]

Physical Description

1 photograph print: b&w; 6.5 x 4.5 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph of a Skagit yarder in the Salmon River, Kelsey Bay.

Subject Access

Logging

Columbia Coast Mission

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May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

2007.001

Series Number

14

Item Number

2007.001.441

Material Type

sound recording

Date Range

[197-?]

Digitized Date

March 2017

Physical Description

1 cassette audio tape

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CIMAS information files

Description Level

File

Series Number

4

File Number

48

Date Range

1792-2017

Scope and Content

Menzies' Journal of Vancouver Voyage, April to October, 1792, 1923; clipping with info on Archibald Menzies, Cap. George Vancouver and the HMS Discovery, 2017

Storage Range

Drawer 4

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CIMAS information files

Description Level

File

Series Number

2

File Number

25

Date Range

?-2017

Scope and Content

Artile from British Columbia Magazine, "Foraging for Fungi: Mushrooms 101," 2017; clipping on Indian pipe plant found along creek draining Hague Lake into lagoon, undated

Storage Range

Drawer 2

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May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

2007.001

Series Number

13

Item Number

2007.001.624

Accession Number

2018.002

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[191-?]

Physical Description

2 photograph prints: b&w; 8.5 x 8.5 cm

Storage Location

Photo box 4

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May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

2007.001

Series Number

14

Item Number

2007.001.444

Material Type

sound recording

Date Range

[197-?]

Digitized Date

March 2017

Physical Description

1 cassette audio tape

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Gilean Douglas fonds

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

1999.001

Series Number

18

Item Number

1999.001.0652

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[ca. 1950s

Physical Description

1 photograph print: b&w; 11 x 16 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph of Marjorie and George Griffin with their dog, standing outside.

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May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

2007.001

Series Number

13

Item Number

2007.001.230

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[ca. early 1930s]

Physical Description

1 photograph print: b&w; 7 x 12 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph of Val Nichols and George Seville on George's boat at Val's boat building, Squirrel Cove.

Storage Location

Photo box 4

Geographic Access

Squirrel Cove

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Gilean Douglas fonds

Description Level

File

Fonds Number

1999.001

Series Number

10

File Number

19

Material Type

textual records

Date Range

[195-]

Scope and Content

Handwritten notes about Capt. Sparrow and early settlement at Carrington Bay

Storage Location

5-6

Storage Range

5-6

Name Access

Douglas, Gilean

Carrington Bay

Geographic Access

Carrington Bay

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May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

2007.001

Series Number

13

Item Number

2007.001.732

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[192-?]

Physical Description

1 photograph print: b&w; 8 x 14 cm

Scope and Content

The reserve mentioned in the caption is currently part of Tla’amin Nation Lands.

Storage Location

Photo box 4

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May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds

Description Level

File

Fonds Number

2007.001

Series Number

5.2

File Number

47

Material Type

textual records

Date Range

[ca. 1980s]

Scope and Content

File contains a hand-written transcription of an interview with George Griffin.

Storage Location

5-47

Storage Range

5-47

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Gilean Douglas fonds

Description Level

Item

Creator

Greene, Alan

Fonds Number

1999.001

Series Number

18

Item Number

1999.001.0922

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

1914

Physical Description

2 photograph prints: b&w; 17 x 13 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph of St. George's Hospital in Alert Bay, five years after it was built. (see "Anderson, Doris, "The Columbia Is Coming"; Gray's Publishing, 1982, photo inset)

Subject Access

Columbia Coast Mission

Geographic Access

Alert Bay

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Gilean Douglas fonds

Description Level

Item

Creator

Greene, Alan

Fonds Number

1999.001

Series Number

18

Item Number

1999.001.0962

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

1924

Physical Description

1 photograph print: b&w; 16 x 21 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph of St. George's Church in Kingcome Inlet, with a totem pole on the right.

Subject Access

Columbia Coast Mission

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May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

2007.001

Series Number

13

Item Number

2007.001.065

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[ca. 190-?]

Physical Description

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

Scope and Content

Photograph of George McGee ("Old George") of Klahoose, a contemporary of Mike and John Manson.

Storage Location

Photo box 4

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May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

2007.001

Series Number

13

Item Number

2007.001.090

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[ca. 1940s]

Physical Description

1 photograph print: b&w: 8 x 13 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph of George and Evelyn Goudie on the Shetland Islands (presumably relatives of John Manson).

Storage Location

Photo box 4

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