Left to right, back row: Howie Brown, Rollie Wilkins(?), Elmer Ellingsen, Mike Talbot, Duane Campbell, John Sprungman, Sherrie Sprungman, (?), Joan Disney, Victoria Summers, Sandra Reedel, Peggy Newsham, Donna Norman,
Peggy Talbot, May Ellingsen, Velma Bergman, Paula Snow, Kate Hathaway, Fay Raymont, Emilie Hansen, Dierdre Quinn, John Mottishaw, Bruce Ellingsen, Bob Cairns, Hillel Wright(?)
David Blintzinger conducts.
List of people is in the CIMAS Photograph Collection Information folder in the Archives filing cabinet.
Left to right, back row: Howie Brown, Rollie Wilkins(?), Elmer Ellingsen, Mike Talbot, Duane Campbell, John Sprungman, Sherrie Sprungman, (?), Joan Disney, Victoria Summers, Sandra Reedel, Peggy Newsham, Donna Norman,
Peggy Talbot, May Ellingsen, Velma Bergman, Paula Snow, Kate Hathaway, Fay Raymont, Emilie Hansen, Dierdre Quinn, John Mottishaw, Bruce Ellingsen, Bob Cairns, Hillel Wright(?)
David Blintzinger conducts.
List of people is in the CIMAS Photograph Collection Information folder in the Archives filing cabinet.
Photographic essay from the North Island News, July 26, 1960 about the celebration for the opening of the Gorge Road connecting Whaletown and Manson's Landing
Fonds consists of records of Friends of Cortes Island Society and includes meeting minutes, administrative documents, correspondence, notes, and publications created by FOCI between 1996 and 2001. It comprises 15 files arranged into 9 series; original order has been maintained.
Friends of Cortes Island Society, also known as FOCI, registered as a society in 1990, with the mandate of protecting the physical environment of Cortes Island and adjacent land in the context of ongoing and proposed residential and industrial development.
FOCI "exists to monitor and preserve the health of local ecosystems, and to provide educational programs that foster a greater understanding of the natural environment". Their purposes are as follows:
To identify environmentally sensitive areas, particularly on Cortes and neighbouring islands.
To monitor and protect wildlife and the safeguarding of its natural habitat.
To promote the protection of the forests, lakes, streams and critical watersheds and the enhancement of fish stocks where appropriate.
To promote the study and preservation of the cultural heritage and historical landmarks of the area.
To provide educational programs that relate to ecological understanding and appreciation of the environment.
FOCI has worked with many local and provincial organisations, most notably Cortes Ecoforestry Society (CES). Other colleagues include Linnaea Farm Society, Southern Cortes Community Association, Whaletown Community Club, BC Parks, Environmental Youth Team, the Cortes Island Museum & Archives Association, and EcoAction Community Funding Program.
Custodial History
Records were donated by Sarah Downey, on behalf of FOCI, on 27 August 2013.
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of records of Friends of Cortes Island Society and includes meeting minutes, administrative documents, correspondence, notes, and publications created by FOCI between 1996 and 2001. It comprises 15 files arranged into 9 series; original order has been maintained.
File contains brochures, newsletters, newspaper and magazine articles, background documents and a draft copy of a Memorandum of Understanding with the Klahoose First Nation (1999).
File contains brochures, newsletters, newspaper and magazine articles, background documents and a draft copy of a Memorandum of Understanding with the Klahoose First Nation (1999).
