Historical info on local forestry and early logging practices from as early as the late 1800s. Signed agreement between Elmer Ellingsen and Ernest Anderson, 1948. Invoices and other business documents, including handwritten notes "bills paid to Finning Tractor," for Ernel Logging Company, 1949-1952. West Coast Ballads sheet music written by Victor Couture from poems by Robert E. Swanson (BC Truck Loggers Association), 1969. Clippings and emails with info on historical logging practices and camps, local forestry, accidents, political influence, tourism, protests and controversies, 1958-2020. Excerpt from Goosegrass and Buttercups, D.C. Kirk, undated. Additional keywords: Ripple Rock; tug towed booms from Teakerne Arm; Carrington Lagoon; Squirrel Cove; MTV; the Ellingsen Jack; Forbes Bay; Von Donop; Island Timberlands; Tony Fhunka; Truck Loggers Association; Wildstands/Wild We Stand
Historical info on local forestry and early logging practices from as early as the late 1800s. Signed agreement between Elmer Ellingsen and Ernest Anderson, 1948. Invoices and other business documents, including handwritten notes "bills paid to Finning Tractor," for Ernel Logging Company, 1949-1952. West Coast Ballads sheet music written by Victor Couture from poems by Robert E. Swanson (BC Truck Loggers Association), 1969. Clippings and emails with info on historical logging practices and camps, local forestry, accidents, political influence, tourism, protests and controversies, 1958-2020. Excerpt from Goosegrass and Buttercups, D.C. Kirk, undated. Additional keywords: Ripple Rock; tug towed booms from Teakerne Arm; Carrington Lagoon; Squirrel Cove; MTV; the Ellingsen Jack; Forbes Bay; Von Donop; Island Timberlands; Tony Fhunka; Truck Loggers Association; Wildstands/Wild We Stand
File contains a transcript of Elmer Ellingsen's testimony for a provincial Inquiry into Forestry Resources (1956), a newspaper clipping about the Inquiry, and a letter from Sigurd Ellingsen re a tender for Crown timber on Powell Lake (1955).
File contains a transcript of Elmer Ellingsen's testimony for a provincial Inquiry into Forestry Resources (1956), a newspaper clipping about the Inquiry, and a letter from Sigurd Ellingsen re a tender for Crown timber on Powell Lake (1955).
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
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
Series consists of correspondence, newsletters, an article by Bruce Ellingsen, and a copy of "The Bulletin" (Quadra Island) with articles on forestry by Ken Hansen and Jim Guthrie.
Series consists of correspondence, newsletters, an article by Bruce Ellingsen, and a copy of "The Bulletin" (Quadra Island) with articles on forestry by Ken Hansen and Jim Guthrie.
File contains George Sirk's report on birds, photocopied clippings about the logging and a protest on Cortes Island, correspondence and Issue #156 of The Discovery Islander (Feb 1998).
File contains George Sirk's report on birds, photocopied clippings about the logging and a protest on Cortes Island, correspondence and Issue #156 of The Discovery Islander (Feb 1998).
File contains correspondence re Aquaculture bylaw #2300, a draft Cortes Island zoning bylaw (2001), and a map, the Official Community Plan Map Schedule A, 1993 and Bylaw 1896 to amend the OCP if 1995.
File contains correspondence re Aquaculture bylaw #2300, a draft Cortes Island zoning bylaw (2001), and a map, the Official Community Plan Map Schedule A, 1993 and Bylaw 1896 to amend the OCP if 1995.