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Renovation of the Gorge Hall

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Part Of
Mae Sherwood fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
2002
Scope and Content
File contains photographs of replacing the roof, digging out the large stump beside the porch.
Part Of
Mae Sherwood fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2017.005
Series Number
1
File Number
15
Item Number Range
2017.005.133 - .154
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
2002
Physical Description
22 photographs: colour ; 15 x 10 cm
Scope and Content
File contains photographs of replacing the roof, digging out the large stump beside the porch.
Name Access
Sherwood, Mae
Whaletown Community Club
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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Mae Sherwood fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
2002
Scope and Content
File contains photographs of replacing the roof on the Gorge Hall, digging out the stump beside the porch, and the north end of the Gorge Hall with a new roof and new siding.
Part Of
Mae Sherwood fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2017.005
Series Number
1
File Number
16
Item Number Range
2017.005.155 - .185
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
2002
Physical Description
31 photographs: colour ; 15 x 10 cm
Scope and Content
File contains photographs of replacing the roof on the Gorge Hall, digging out the stump beside the porch, and the north end of the Gorge Hall with a new roof and new siding.
Name Access
Sherwood, Mae
Whaletown Community Club
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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Renovation of the Gorge Hall, and Young Musician's concert

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Part Of
Mae Sherwood fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
2002
Scope and Content
File contains two photographs of the Young Musician's Concert, and a series of photographs showing the large hemlock tree that stood beside the porch of the Gorge Hall and the tree after it was felled.
Part Of
Mae Sherwood fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2017.005
Series Number
1
File Number
14
Item Number Range
2017.005.127 - .132
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
2002
Physical Description
6 photographs: colour ; 15 x 10 cm
Scope and Content
File contains two photographs of the Young Musician's Concert, and a series of photographs showing the large hemlock tree that stood beside the porch of the Gorge Hall and the tree after it was felled.
Name Access
Sherwood, Mae
Whaletown Community Club
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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Manson's Community Hall record book

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1923-1935
Scope and Content
File contains a bound "Daily Journal" book (in poor condition) containing minutes and records for the Manson's Community Hall.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Creator
Southern Cortes Community Association
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
6
File Number
19
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1923-1935
Scope and Content
File contains a bound "Daily Journal" book (in poor condition) containing minutes and records for the Manson's Community Hall.
Storage Location
6-26
Storage Range
6-26
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Gorge Hall photographs - 1980s

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Part Of
Mae Sherwood fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1980-1989
Scope and Content
File contains photographs of activities at the Gorge Hall, including a theatrical group. Photos .006 and .007 are of Rosita Ashby and George Sirk.
Part Of
Mae Sherwood fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2017.005
Series Number
1
File Number
1
Item Number Range
2017.005.001 - .007
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1980-1989
Physical Description
7 photographs: colour ; 10 x 15 cm
Scope and Content
File contains photographs of activities at the Gorge Hall, including a theatrical group. Photos .006 and .007 are of Rosita Ashby and George Sirk.
Name Access
Sherwood, Mae
Whaletown Community Club
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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Platform of the Gorge Hall in construction

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Part Of
Mae Sherwood fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1931]
Scope and Content
Photograph depicts several men standing on the platform of the Gorge Hall at the start of construction. From the caption to this photo in June Cameron's memoir (p. 169): "Among a crew of volunteers who built the Gorge Community Hall in 1933 were Ed Tooker, George Beattie, Charlie Allen, Elsie Beattie and Elsie's baby Margaret. (Margaret Schindler photo)" (Cameron, June. "Destination Cortez Island". Surrey BC: Heritage House, 1999 - page 169)
Part Of
Mae Sherwood fonds
Description Level
Item
Creator
Sherwood, Mae
Fonds Number
2017.005
Series Number
3
Item Number
2017.005.195
Item Number Range
2017.005.195
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1931]
Physical Description
2 digital prints : b&w, 27 x 20 cm
Custodial History
This photograph was given to the Whaletown Community Club in 2008 by Margaret Schindeler, a granddaughter of George Beattie, the donor of the land the Hall stands on.
Scope and Content
Photograph depicts several men standing on the platform of the Gorge Hall at the start of construction. From the caption to this photo in June Cameron's memoir (p. 169): "Among a crew of volunteers who built the Gorge Community Hall in 1933 were Ed Tooker, George Beattie, Charlie Allen, Elsie Beattie and Elsie's baby Margaret. (Margaret Schindler photo)" (Cameron, June. "Destination Cortez Island". Surrey BC: Heritage House, 1999 - page 169)
Storage Location
Oversize Photographs box
Name Access
Sherwood, Mae
Whaletown Community Club
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
Whaletown
Related Material
Gorge Harbour Community Hall Society fonds (1999.003)
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Gorge Hall 75th Birthday Celebration

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Part Of
Mae Sherwood fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
2008
Scope and Content
File contains photographs of the Gorge Hall decorated for the celebration of the 75th anniversary of its construction and people seated at tables and in the kitchen. Photo .014 shows Hubert Havelaar giving a speech; .020 and .021 show a cake made by Trude Sweeny.
Part Of
Mae Sherwood fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2017.005
Series Number
1
File Number
3
Item Number Range
2017.005.012 - .022
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
2008
Physical Description
7 photographs: colour ; 15 x 10 cm
Scope and Content
File contains photographs of the Gorge Hall decorated for the celebration of the 75th anniversary of its construction and people seated at tables and in the kitchen. Photo .014 shows Hubert Havelaar giving a speech; .020 and .021 show a cake made by Trude Sweeny.
Name Access
Sherwood, Mae
Whaletown Community Club
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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"Gorge Hall Project - 1983" album

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Part Of
Mae Sherwood fonds
Description Level
Series
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1931], 1983
Scope and Content
Series consists of one photograph album with nine pages of colour photographs glued onto black paper. It contains photographs and a newspaper clipping documenting the Hall expansion project in 1983, which included a new entrance and the addition of a lounge with a fireplace built by Andy Ducasse. Also in the album was a loose photograph depicting the platform of the Gorge Hall at the beginning of construction, ca. 1931. This photograph (2017.005.195) is stored in the Oversize Photographs Box.
Part Of
Mae Sherwood fonds
Description Level
Series
Fonds Number
2017.005
Series Number
3
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1931], 1983
Physical Description
1 photograph album of nine pages; 1 photograph: b&w, 27 x 20 cm
Scope and Content
Series consists of one photograph album with nine pages of colour photographs glued onto black paper. It contains photographs and a newspaper clipping documenting the Hall expansion project in 1983, which included a new entrance and the addition of a lounge with a fireplace built by Andy Ducasse. Also in the album was a loose photograph depicting the platform of the Gorge Hall at the beginning of construction, ca. 1931. This photograph (2017.005.195) is stored in the Oversize Photographs Box.
Storage Location
Photograph Albums Box
Name Access
Sherwood, Mae
Whaletown Community Club
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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Mortgage agreement and correspondence re Gorge Harbour properties

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1963-1966
Scope and Content
File contains a mortgage agreement between Elmer Ellingsen and Donald Maclean for property at the west end of Gorge Harbour (part of NE 1/4 of Section 21), and correspondence with a description of the land and buildings at the west end of the Gorge Harbour (NE 1/4 of Section 23).
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
3.4
File Number
59
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1963-1966
Scope and Content
File contains a mortgage agreement between Elmer Ellingsen and Donald Maclean for property at the west end of Gorge Harbour (part of NE 1/4 of Section 21), and correspondence with a description of the land and buildings at the west end of the Gorge Harbour (NE 1/4 of Section 23).
Storage Location
4-1
Storage Range
4-1
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"Extras - Mar. 26/1993" Gorge Hall

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Part Of
Mae Sherwood fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1993
Scope and Content
File contains photographs of a group of people seated on the porch of the Gorge Hall.
Part Of
Mae Sherwood fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2017.005
Series Number
1
File Number
2
Item Number Range
2017.005.008 -.011
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1993
Physical Description
4 photographs: colour ; 15 x 10 cm
Scope and Content
File contains photographs of a group of people seated on the porch of the Gorge Hall.
Name Access
Sherwood, Mae
Whaletown Community Club
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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Mrs. Charles Allen and family on the porch of her home in Gorge Harbour

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[1912]
Scope and Content
Photograph of Mrs. Charles (Jenny) Allen, her father, her adopted daughter Elsie (born 1903), and an orphan boy who was returned to the orphanage, on the porch of their house in Gorge Harbour. The house stood where the Floathouse Restaurant at the Gorge Harbour Marina is today (2013).
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
13
Item Number
2007.001.136
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[1912]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 7.5 x 10 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Mrs. Charles (Jenny) Allen, her father, her adopted daughter Elsie (born 1903), and an orphan boy who was returned to the orphanage, on the porch of their house in Gorge Harbour. The house stood where the Floathouse Restaurant at the Gorge Harbour Marina is today (2013).
Storage Location
Photo box 4
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Mr. Lennard in front of his house at Gorge Harbour with his donkey

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[191-?]
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
13
Item Number
2007.001.691
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[191-?]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 11 x 8 cm
Storage Location
Photo box 4
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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Part Of
Cortes Ecoforestry Society fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Accession Number
2017.011
Date Range
2003
Scope and Content
File contains twenty-two (22) sworn affidavits submitted by defendants and witnesses in the 2003 lawsuit over Woodlot 0090. Also contains a list of defendants.
Part Of
Cortes Ecoforestry Society fonds
Description Level
File
Creator
Cortes Ecoforestry Society
Fonds Number
2017.011
Series Number
10
File Number
5
Accession Number
2017.011
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
2003
Scope and Content
File contains twenty-two (22) sworn affidavits submitted by defendants and witnesses in the 2003 lawsuit over Woodlot 0090. Also contains a list of defendants.
Storage Location
2-16
Storage Range
2-16
Name Access
Cortes Ecoforestry Society
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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Part Of
Cortes Ecoforestry Society fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Accession Number
2017.011
Date Range
2000-2004
Scope and Content
File contains charts, questionaire and resulting response data, excerpts from Community Forest Agreement proposal, and notes from a meeting with Rod Visser, MLA.
Part Of
Cortes Ecoforestry Society fonds
Description Level
File
Creator
Cortes Ecoforestry Society
Fonds Number
2017.011
Series Number
5
File Number
4
Accession Number
2017.011
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
2000-2004
Scope and Content
File contains charts, questionaire and resulting response data, excerpts from Community Forest Agreement proposal, and notes from a meeting with Rod Visser, MLA.
Storage Location
1-21
Storage Range
1-21
Name Access
Cortes Ecoforestry Society
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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Part Of
Cortes Ecoforestry Society fonds
Description Level
Series
Material Type
textual records
Accession Number
2017.011
Date Range
1997-2004
Scope and Content
Series consists of documents pertaining to the Cortes Community Forest, including presentation notes, workshop materials, charts, and proposal text.
Part Of
Cortes Ecoforestry Society fonds
Description Level
Series
Creator
Cortes Ecoforestry Society
Fonds Number
2017.011
Series Number
5
Accession Number
2017.011
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1997-2004
Scope and Content
Series consists of documents pertaining to the Cortes Community Forest, including presentation notes, workshop materials, charts, and proposal text.
Storage Range
1-18 to 1-21
Name Access
Cortes Ecoforestry Society
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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Ephemera from the Southern Cortes Community Association and the Whaletown Community Club

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
ephemera
Date Range
1985-1997
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
11
File Number
41
Material Type
textual records
ephemera
Date Range
1985-1997
Storage Location
8-41
Storage Range
8-41
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Correspondence on community matters

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1970s; 1998
Scope and Content
File contains correspondence on local community matters.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
1
File Number
19
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1970s; 1998
Scope and Content
File contains correspondence on local community matters.
Storage Location
1-19
Storage Range
1-19
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Community organizations and services

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Series
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1957-2000
Scope and Content
Series consists of records accumulated by Elmer and May Ellingsen in the course of their active involvement in community affairs. It includes correspondence, bulletins and newsletters from various island organizations about matters such as eco-forestry, parks, local government initiatives, ferry service and electrical service.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Series
Creator
Ellingsen, May and Elmer
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
8
Item Number Range
7-1 to 7-48
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1957-2000
Physical Description
20 cm of textual records
Scope and Content
Series consists of records accumulated by Elmer and May Ellingsen in the course of their active involvement in community affairs. It includes correspondence, bulletins and newsletters from various island organizations about matters such as eco-forestry, parks, local government initiatives, ferry service and electrical service.
Subject Access
Ferries
Transportation
Water transport
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Whaletown Community Club activities

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Part Of
Mae Sherwood fonds
Description Level
Series
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1980] - 2008
Scope and Content
Series consists of photographs depicting various Whaletown Community Club activities. The photographs are arranged by date and subject matter, and are described and stored in groups.
Part Of
Mae Sherwood fonds
Description Level
Series
Fonds Number
2017.005
Series Number
1
Item Number Range
2017.005.001 - .194
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1980] - 2008
Physical Description
194 photographs: colour ; 15 x 10 cm
Scope and Content
Series consists of photographs depicting various Whaletown Community Club activities. The photographs are arranged by date and subject matter, and are described and stored in groups.
Name Access
Sherwood, Mae
Whaletown Community Club
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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Cortes Community Forest agreement

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Part Of
Cortes Ecoforestry Society fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Accession Number
2017.011
Date Range
2001
Scope and Content
File contains documents pertaining to the Cortes Island Community Forest.
Part Of
Cortes Ecoforestry Society fonds
Description Level
File
Creator
Cortes Ecoforestry Society
Fonds Number
2017.011
Series Number
5
File Number
1
Accession Number
2017.011
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
2001
Scope and Content
File contains documents pertaining to the Cortes Island Community Forest.
Storage Location
1-18
Storage Range
1-18
Name Access
Cortes Ecoforestry Society
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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