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Part Of
Seniors Helping Seniors fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
2009
Scope and Content
File contains applications for the Gaming Grant and the Strathcona Regional District Grant-in-Aid.
Part Of
Seniors Helping Seniors fonds
Description Level
File
Creator
Cortes Island Seniors Society
Fonds Number
2023.004
File Number
11
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
2009
Scope and Content
File contains applications for the Gaming Grant and the Strathcona Regional District Grant-in-Aid.
Storage Range
1-11
Name Access
Seniors Helping Seniors
Cortes Island Seniors Society
Subject Access
Community Associations
Seniors
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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Recreation Grant Application and Reports

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Part Of
Whaletown Community Club fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Accession Number
2003.003
Date Range
1980-1988
Scope and Content
Applications and annual reports for the provincial recreation grant, which include annual financial reports and reports of activities, and correspondence relating to the grant.
Part Of
Whaletown Community Club fonds
Description Level
File
Creator
Whaletown Community Club
Fonds Number
2003.003
Series Number
3
File Number
5
Accession Number
2003.003
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1980-1988
Physical Description
1 folder of textual records
Scope and Content
Applications and annual reports for the provincial recreation grant, which include annual financial reports and reports of activities, and correspondence relating to the grant.
Storage Location
1-21
Storage Range
1-21
Name Access
Whaletown Community Club
Subject Access
Community Associations
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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Dunc Robertson interview (1)

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Part Of
CIMAS audiovisual collection
Description Level
Item
Material Type
sound recording
Date Range
1995
Scope and Content
Recording is an oral history interview of Duncan Robertson by Oonagh O'Connor at his home in Whaletown (Part 1 of 2). Topics covered include some family history; people and customs of the early days on the island; logging; fishing; hunting; cougars; Cortes in the 1950s and 1960s. There is a short summary of the interview, written by May Ellingsen, in the cassette case.
Part Of
CIMAS audiovisual collection
Description Level
Item
Creator
O'Connor, Oonagh
Series Number
1
Item Number
1999.004.020
Material Type
sound recording
Date Range
1995
Digitized Date
February 2017
Physical Description
1 cassette tape
Custodial History
Found in collection
Scope and Content
Recording is an oral history interview of Duncan Robertson by Oonagh O'Connor at his home in Whaletown (Part 1 of 2). Topics covered include some family history; people and customs of the early days on the island; logging; fishing; hunting; cougars; Cortes in the 1950s and 1960s. There is a short summary of the interview, written by May Ellingsen, in the cassette case.
Subject Access
Logging
Hunting
Fishing
Geographic Access
Whaletown
Audio Recordings
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CD #1: "RD Lap Top files"

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Part Of
Regional Director of Area I (Cortes Island) fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records (electronic)
Date Range
2006-2007
Scope and Content
Files are organized into the following folders: Aquaculture; Director's Reports (published in the Discovery Islander and the Howling Wolf); Ferry Advisory Committee; Island Sea Farms; Letter of Support; Restructuring; SMT (Senior Management Team) Agendas and Notes; and Whaletown Creek. There are also files relating to RDCS restructuring, APC minutes, and other RDCS business. The CD is stored in the CD Album and there is a print-out of the directory file in Folder 7-31.
Part Of
Regional Director of Area I (Cortes Island) fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2002.001.4
Series Number
2
File Number
1
Material Type
textual records (electronic)
Date Range
2006-2007
Physical Description
1 CD
Scope and Content
Files are organized into the following folders: Aquaculture; Director's Reports (published in the Discovery Islander and the Howling Wolf); Ferry Advisory Committee; Island Sea Farms; Letter of Support; Restructuring; SMT (Senior Management Team) Agendas and Notes; and Whaletown Creek. There are also files relating to RDCS restructuring, APC minutes, and other RDCS business. The CD is stored in the CD Album and there is a print-out of the directory file in Folder 7-31.
Storage Location
7-31
Storage Range
7-31
Name Access
Hiebert, Jeanette
Hiebert, Jenny
Subject Access
Ferries
Transportation
Regional District
Water transport
Local governments
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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Grave totems of the Newittee Indians on Hope Island (1)

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1954
Scope and Content
Photograph of grave totems of the Newittee on Hope Island.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Creator
Greene, Alan
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.0948
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1954
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 15.5 x 9 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of grave totems of the Newittee on Hope Island.
Subject Access
Columbia Coast Mission
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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1955]
Scope and Content
Photograph of the view looking out from Merry Island.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.1067
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1955]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 11.5 x 8.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of the view looking out from Merry Island.
Subject Access
Columbia Coast Mission
Images
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"Viking" on the rocks, from the stern

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1966
Scope and Content
Photograph of the "Viking" leaning sideways, grounded on rocks, well above the water.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.0691
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1966
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 12.5 x 9 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of the "Viking" leaning sideways, grounded on rocks, well above the water.
Subject Access
Fishing
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Merry Island from the water

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1955]
Scope and Content
Photograph of Merry Island, taken from aboard a boat.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.1068
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1955]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 11.5 x 8.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Merry Island, taken from aboard a boat.
Subject Access
Columbia Coast Mission
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Correspondence from Alan Greene

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
[ca. 1959-1970]
Scope and Content
Correspondence from Alan Greene, head of the Columbia Coast Mission from
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
2
File Number
13
Material Type
textual records
Responsibility
Greene, Alan
Date Range
[ca. 1959-1970]
Scope and Content
Correspondence from Alan Greene, head of the Columbia Coast Mission from
Storage Location
2-33
Storage Range
2-33
Name Access
Douglas, Gilean
Greene, Alan
Subject Access
Columbia Coast Mission
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Swirling water, taken from the "Rendezvous"

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1944-1954]
Scope and Content
Photograph of swirling water, with the rail of the "Rendezvous" in the foreground, and the silhouette of an island in the background.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.0628
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1944-1954]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 17.5 x 12.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of swirling water, with the rail of the "Rendezvous" in the foreground, and the silhouette of an island in the background.
Subject Access
Columbia Coast Mission
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Textual records from Peggy Newsham

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Part Of
Peggy Newsham fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1960-1972
Scope and Content
File consists of two ink sketches of a man fishing by Jay Nixon; a recipe for "Married Woman's Cake"; two pages about the Cortes Island Day Barbeque (1972) with lists of expenses, income from concessions, items purchased and notes for next year; and a 13 verse poem by Mabel Christensen, "Picnic", about the Cortes Island Day picnic listing many of the island attendees (1960).
Part Of
Peggy Newsham fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2019.007
File Number
1
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1960-1972
Physical Description
1 file of textual records
Custodial History
Donated by Dennis Newsham and Frances Guthrie after Peggy Newsham's death.
Scope and Content
File consists of two ink sketches of a man fishing by Jay Nixon; a recipe for "Married Woman's Cake"; two pages about the Cortes Island Day Barbeque (1972) with lists of expenses, income from concessions, items purchased and notes for next year; and a 13 verse poem by Mabel Christensen, "Picnic", about the Cortes Island Day picnic listing many of the island attendees (1960).
Storage Location
Small fonds box, 1-9
Storage Range
Small fonds box, 1-9
Name Access
Newsham, Peggy
Subject Access
Fishing
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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A sling being lowered from the "Rendezvous"

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1950]
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.1132
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1950]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w, 8.5 x 6 cm
Subject Access
Columbia Coast Mission
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Disembarking from the "Cortes Queen" in Heriot Bay

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Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1969]
Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
Item
Creator
Weiler, Mary
Fonds Number
2003.002
Series Number
1
Item Number
2003.002.067
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1969]
Physical Description
1 colour slide, 5 x 5 cm
Storage Location
Slide box 2
Name Access
Weiler, Mary
Subject Access
Ferries
Transportation
Water transport
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
Quadra Island
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Brigid Weiler fishing from a float in Whaletown

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Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[196-?]
Scope and Content
Slide of Brigid Weiler, holding a fishing rod, on a float in Whaletown, with a view of the old Nick Thompson orchard across the bay.
Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
Item
Creator
Weiler, Mary
Fonds Number
2003.002
Series Number
1
Item Number
2003.002.155
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[196-?]
Physical Description
1 colour slide, 5 x 5 cm
Scope and Content
Slide of Brigid Weiler, holding a fishing rod, on a float in Whaletown, with a view of the old Nick Thompson orchard across the bay.
Storage Location
Slide box 2
Name Access
Weiler, Mary
Subject Access
Fishing
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
Whaletown
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Signs beside the road leading from the ferry dock

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1972
Scope and Content
Photograph of signs at the ferry landing: Soft Pavement, no horses allowed; Campbell - Social Credit).
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.0573
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1972
Physical Description
1 photograph print: colour; 12.5 x 9 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of signs at the ferry landing: Soft Pavement, no horses allowed; Campbell - Social Credit).
Subject Access
Ferries
Transportation
Water transport
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Gathering clinic patients on the "Rendezvous" from a float house

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[1950s]
Scope and Content
Photograph of a scene described on the back (probably by Rollo or Kathleen Boas) as "gathering patients for clinic off float house - carriage being taken aboard." A man is loading a baby carriage from a float covered with coils of cable, boom chain and oil drums. The camp outhouse is behind the boat.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.0604
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[1950s]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 6 x 8.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of a scene described on the back (probably by Rollo or Kathleen Boas) as "gathering patients for clinic off float house - carriage being taken aboard." A man is loading a baby carriage from a float covered with coils of cable, boom chain and oil drums. The camp outhouse is behind the boat.
Subject Access
Columbia Coast Mission
Health care
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Three negatives from the "Viking" on the rocks series of photographs

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1966
Scope and Content
Three negatives from the "Viking" on the rocks series of photographs which have no corresponding prints.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.0701
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1966
Physical Description
3 negatives: b&w; 6 x 9 cm
Scope and Content
Three negatives from the "Viking" on the rocks series of photographs which have no corresponding prints.
Subject Access
Fishing
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Whaletown Bay from the water, before construction of the ferry dock

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1950s]
Scope and Content
Photograph of Whaletown Bay taken from the water, showing the navigation marker at the entrance, and the houses to the left of the future site of the ferry landing.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.0689
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1950s]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 11 x 8 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Whaletown Bay taken from the water, showing the navigation marker at the entrance, and the houses to the left of the future site of the ferry landing.
Subject Access
Ferries
Transportation
Water transport
Geographic Access
Whaletown
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Looking down Belize from about the mouth of Allison Sound

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1950]
Scope and Content
Photograph of labelled "Looking down Belize from about the mouth of Allison Sound." The deck of a boat is in the foreground.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.1095
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1950]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 9 x 6.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of labelled "Looking down Belize from about the mouth of Allison Sound." The deck of a boat is in the foreground.
Subject Access
Columbia Coast Mission
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"Coastal brides see scenery like this from their front windows"

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1950]
Scope and Content
Photograph of a view of hills, water and clouds in a coastal inlet.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.1105
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1950]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 15 x 9.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of a view of hills, water and clouds in a coastal inlet.
Subject Access
Columbia Coast Mission
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