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Forestry: Cortes Community Forest Cooperative (previously: Cortes Ecoforestry Society)

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Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Date Range
1999-2020
Scope and Content
Cortes Ecoforestry Society (CES) newsletters, 1999-2000. Clippings with info on: CES sustainability initiatives; development of Cortes Community Forest Cooperative (CCFC) in partnership with Klahoose First Nation (KFN); Island Stance; and Island Timberlands, 2005-2012. Copy of "An Assessment of the Cortes Forestry General Partnership (CFGP) of BC, Canada, open case study from UBC, 2020. CES membership form, undated. CCFC membership form and subscription agreement, undated. CCFC pamphlets, undated. Additional keywords: Bartholomew; Hanks Beach; Friends of Cortes Island (FOCI)
Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Series Number
2
File Number
26
Date Range
1999-2020
Scope and Content
Cortes Ecoforestry Society (CES) newsletters, 1999-2000. Clippings with info on: CES sustainability initiatives; development of Cortes Community Forest Cooperative (CCFC) in partnership with Klahoose First Nation (KFN); Island Stance; and Island Timberlands, 2005-2012. Copy of "An Assessment of the Cortes Forestry General Partnership (CFGP) of BC, Canada, open case study from UBC, 2020. CES membership form, undated. CCFC membership form and subscription agreement, undated. CCFC pamphlets, undated. Additional keywords: Bartholomew; Hanks Beach; Friends of Cortes Island (FOCI)
Storage Range
Drawer 2
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Forestry: Forest Trust for the Children of Cortes Island Society (FTCCIS)

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Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Date Range
2012-2018
Scope and Content
Clippings with info on fundraisers, events, and BioBlitz, 2012-2018. Emails with info on grant application and the Forest Alphabet book, 2014. Letters from CIMAS voicing support for the FTCCIS, 2015. Forest Trust pamphlet, undated.
Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Series Number
2
File Number
28
Date Range
2012-2018
Scope and Content
Clippings with info on fundraisers, events, and BioBlitz, 2012-2018. Emails with info on grant application and the Forest Alphabet book, 2014. Letters from CIMAS voicing support for the FTCCIS, 2015. Forest Trust pamphlet, undated.
Storage Range
Drawer 2
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Cortes Island Eco-forestry

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1990-2000
Scope and Content
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.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
8
File Number
1
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1990-2000
Scope and Content
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.
Storage Location
7-1
Storage Range
7-1
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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
ephemera
Date Range
1955-1956
Scope and Content
File contains submissions to the Royal Commission of Inquiry, Forest Resources of B.C.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
3.1
File Number
34
Material Type
ephemera
Date Range
1955-1956
Scope and Content
File contains submissions to the Royal Commission of Inquiry, Forest Resources of B.C.
Storage Location
3-2
Storage Range
3-2
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Forestry: Logging/General

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Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Date Range
late 1800s-2016
Scope and Content
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
Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Series Number
2
File Number
29
Date Range
late 1800s-2016
Scope and Content
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
Storage Range
Drawer 2
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Provincial Inquiry into Forestry Resources

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1955-1956
Scope and Content
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).
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
3.1
File Number
35
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1955-1956
Scope and Content
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).
Storage Location
3-3
Storage Range
3-3
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Cortes Island Volunteer Fire Department

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1980-1985
Scope and Content
File contains financial information, equipment rental receipts and fuel bills [check].
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
8
File Number
6
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1980-1985
Scope and Content
File contains financial information, equipment rental receipts and fuel bills [check].
Storage Location
7-6
Storage Range
7-6
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Elton Anderson - Presentation to the Royal Commission of Forestry by

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1955
Scope and Content
File contains a Presentation to the Royal Commission of Forestry by Elton Anderson with hand-written notes on some of the pages.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
5.2
File Number
35
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1955
Scope and Content
File contains a Presentation to the Royal Commission of Forestry by Elton Anderson with hand-written notes on some of the pages.
Storage Location
5-35
Storage Range
5-35
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"Sid Ferguson forestry boat stationed at Squirrel Cove"

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1925]
Scope and Content
Photograph of people seated aboard a forestry boat stationed at Squirrel Cove. L to R: Charlie Nichols, Margaret Forrest, Norma Calwell, Joe Munro, unknown, George Palmer, young Finney, Andy Byers, Jim Anderson, unknown
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
13
Item Number
2007.001.229
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1925]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 12 x 6.5
Scope and Content
Photograph of people seated aboard a forestry boat stationed at Squirrel Cove. L to R: Charlie Nichols, Margaret Forrest, Norma Calwell, Joe Munro, unknown, George Palmer, young Finney, Andy Byers, Jim Anderson, unknown
Storage Location
Photo box 4
Geographic Access
Squirrel Cove
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Sid Ferguson Forestry boat stationed at Squirrel Cove

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Accession Number
2018.002
Date Range
[192-]
Scope and Content
(R to L) Charlie Nichols, Margaret Forrest, Norma Calwell, Joe Manro, [unidentified], George Palmer, Young Finney, Andy Byers, Jim Anderson, [unidentified] (Duplicate of 2007.001.229)
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
13
Item Number
2007.001.584
Accession Number
2018.002
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[192-]
Physical Description
2 photograph prints: b&w; 11.5 x 7.5 cm
Scope and Content
(R to L) Charlie Nichols, Margaret Forrest, Norma Calwell, Joe Manro, [unidentified], George Palmer, Young Finney, Andy Byers, Jim Anderson, [unidentified] (Duplicate of 2007.001.229)
Storage Location
Photo box 4
Geographic Access
Squirrel Cove
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Part Of
Cortes Island Ratepayers Association fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1967-1977
Part Of
Cortes Island Ratepayers Association fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2000.003
Series Number
6
File Number
12
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1967-1977
Storage Location
2-33
Storage Range
2-33
Name Access
Cortes Island Ratepayers Association
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Emergency Services: Fire Department

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Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Date Range
1987-2016
Scope and Content
Info on: wildfire emergency preparedness; Cortes Volunteer Fire Department and Fire Fighting Association; firehalls; fire trucks; by-laws and funding initiatives concerning fire services on Cortes; helipad and expansion of FD services to handle medical emergencies; fire protection equipement at Klahoose FN; fundraising; and posts relating to local fires and fire fighting responses, 1987-2016
Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Series Number
2
File Number
11
Date Range
1987-2016
Scope and Content
Info on: wildfire emergency preparedness; Cortes Volunteer Fire Department and Fire Fighting Association; firehalls; fire trucks; by-laws and funding initiatives concerning fire services on Cortes; helipad and expansion of FD services to handle medical emergencies; fire protection equipement at Klahoose FN; fundraising; and posts relating to local fires and fire fighting responses, 1987-2016
Storage Range
Drawer 2
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Manson's Landing fire hall construction

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1993
Scope and Content
Numbered series of photographs of the construction of the Manson's Landing fire hall, many with extensive captions on verso.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
13
Item Number
2007.001.664
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1993
Physical Description
17 photographic prints: colour; 15 x 10 cm
Scope and Content
Numbered series of photographs of the construction of the Manson's Landing fire hall, many with extensive captions on verso.
Storage Location
Photo box 4
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
Manson's Landing
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Three women in the forest

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 19 ]
Scope and Content
Photograph of three women in a forest.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
13
Item Number
2007.001.147
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 19 ]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 6 x 10
Scope and Content
Photograph of three women in a forest.
Storage Location
Photo box 4
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Correspondence with Buttle & Houghland Ltd. Forest Management

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1946
Scope and Content
File contains correspondence re Elmer Ellingsen setting up in the logging business for himself.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
3.1
File Number
1
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1946
Scope and Content
File contains correspondence re Elmer Ellingsen setting up in the logging business for himself.
Storage Location
2-19
Storage Range
2-19
Subject Access
Logging
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Mabel Lowe and Mrs. Hague walking on a forest road

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[191-?]
Scope and Content
"This shows the main road between Hague Lake and the Hague home property. Walking along the road are Mabel Lowe (L) and grandmother Mrs. Hague. The road had just been put in where there was only a trail before." (from May Ellingsen Historic Photographs: Album 2, p. 17) (Also in collection as 2004.005.004)
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
13
Item Number
2007.001.723
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[191-?]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 12 x 16.5 cm
Scope and Content
"This shows the main road between Hague Lake and the Hague home property. Walking along the road are Mabel Lowe (L) and grandmother Mrs. Hague. The road had just been put in where there was only a trail before." (from May Ellingsen Historic Photographs: Album 2, p. 17) (Also in collection as 2004.005.004)
Storage Location
Photo box 4
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Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Date Range
2016
Scope and Content
Printout from Tideline 2016 by Thea (Summer Host) of a Wanted ad for rare medicinal agarikon mushroom; two email correspondants responding to ad
Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Series Number
1
File Number
2
Date Range
2016
Scope and Content
Printout from Tideline 2016 by Thea (Summer Host) of a Wanted ad for rare medicinal agarikon mushroom; two email correspondants responding to ad
Storage Range
Drawer 1
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Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Date Range
1989-2016
Scope and Content
Clippings, emails, and pamphlets with general info on local animals, 1989-2016
Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Series Number
1
File Number
4
Date Range
1989-2016
Scope and Content
Clippings, emails, and pamphlets with general info on local animals, 1989-2016
Storage Range
Drawer 1
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Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Date Range
1972-2016
Scope and Content
Articles, newspaper clippings, posters, handouts, emails, and some brochures, post cards, and business cards relating to artists and musicians, as well as galleries, studios, and shops selling and showing artists' work on and near Cortes Island, 1972; 1987 (WNE); 2002-2016. Also a folder from Allan Todd with several prints from Cortes artists, 2009.
Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Series Number
1
File Number
19
Date Range
1972-2016
Scope and Content
Articles, newspaper clippings, posters, handouts, emails, and some brochures, post cards, and business cards relating to artists and musicians, as well as galleries, studios, and shops selling and showing artists' work on and near Cortes Island, 1972; 1987 (WNE); 2002-2016. Also a folder from Allan Todd with several prints from Cortes artists, 2009.
Storage Range
Drawer 1
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Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Date Range
1998-2018
Scope and Content
Articles and newspaper clippings announcing book launches and reviewing books, event posters, emails, and advertisements relating to local authors or works written about Cortes, 1999-2018; Obituary for June Cameron 1929-2016; two clippings from WNE 1998, 1999; two copies of Islandwords, writing on Cortes, 2000.
Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Series Number
1
File Number
20
Date Range
1998-2018
Scope and Content
Articles and newspaper clippings announcing book launches and reviewing books, event posters, emails, and advertisements relating to local authors or works written about Cortes, 1999-2018; Obituary for June Cameron 1929-2016; two clippings from WNE 1998, 1999; two copies of Islandwords, writing on Cortes, 2000.
Storage Range
Drawer 1
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