Photograph of a First Nations coastal village, with houses and outbuildings along the shore. There are fish boats and canoes in the water and pulled up on shore. A long house is in the middle, and a school building is back of the village on a hill, (ID)
Photograph of a First Nations coastal village, with houses and outbuildings along the shore. There are fish boats and canoes in the water and pulled up on shore. A long house is in the middle, and a school building is back of the village on a hill, (ID)
Photograph of a First Nations coastal village, taken from behind a house, looking out towards the water and some close-by small islands. To the right of the house are lines of laundry hanging on lines; to the left some large corner posts of a long house. (Looks like possibly the same village as #1999.001.969, with the siding and roof removed from the long house).
Photograph of a First Nations coastal village, taken from behind a house, looking out towards the water and some close-by small islands. To the right of the house are lines of laundry hanging on lines; to the left some large corner posts of a long house. (Looks like possibly the same village as #1999.001.969, with the siding and roof removed from the long house).
Photograph of a plank-sided, cedar shake roofed long house, seen from the back. There are houses on each side; the view is towards the water, with several small islands close to shore.
Photograph of a plank-sided, cedar shake roofed long house, seen from the back. There are houses on each side; the view is towards the water, with several small islands close to shore.
Photograph of four girls, with the houses and buildogs of a First Nations village in the background. The caption reads "Indian, Japanese and white children of all nationalites and creeds worked and played happily together."
Photograph of four girls, with the houses and buildogs of a First Nations village in the background. The caption reads "Indian, Japanese and white children of all nationalites and creeds worked and played happily together."
Photograph of a First Aid class taught by Mary Weiler in the Whaletown clinic. Amy McKenzie is bending over a "patient"; Diane Hansen is at far left, with other women seated along the wall.
Photograph of a First Aid class taught by Mary Weiler in the Whaletown clinic. Amy McKenzie is bending over a "patient"; Diane Hansen is at far left, with other women seated along the wall.
Photograph of a First Aid class taught by Mary Weiler; there are two beds with "patients" being attended by women. Hazel McCoy and Diane Hansen are seated far left; other women are seated along the walls.
Photograph of a First Aid class taught by Mary Weiler; there are two beds with "patients" being attended by women. Hazel McCoy and Diane Hansen are seated far left; other women are seated along the walls.
Fonds consists of records of the Cortes Emergency First Aid Service (CEFAS) including the constitution, meeting agendas, correspondence, survey responses and attendant schedules. It is arranged in three series: Administrative Records, Correspondence and Survey Responses.
In 1988, concerned members of the Cortes community formed the Cortes Island First Aid Society (CIFAS). They were trained in basic first aid and provided volunteer service to the island for the next four years. A retired industrial ambulance was procured by Sully and Marg Sullivan and outfitted with some medical equipment. Prior to this people were transported in private cars and trucks.
In 1992, the British Columbia Ambulance Service opened a station on Cortes which continued and expanded that service, and CEFAS was dissolved.
Custodial History
Bonnie MacDonald held these records from the time of her involvement in the founding of CEFAS; she donated them to CIMAS.
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of records of the Cortes Emergency First Aid Service (CEFAS) including the constitution, meeting agendas, correspondence, survey responses and attendant schedules. It is arranged in three series: Administrative Records, Correspondence and Survey Responses.
