"Granite and Fossils" is a compilation of informatioin about Cortes Island fossils created by Christian Gronau for the Cortes Island Museum in 2002 and updated in 2016 and 2023. It has been digitized as Volume 1 and Volume 2.
Christian Gronau studied palaeontology and geology in Germany. He came to Canada in 1972 and
worked in the mining sector in the N.W.T. (among other places), where he met Aileen.
Christian and Aileen (C&A) moved together to Cortes Island in 1978, where they lived for 34 years on a
water-access-only property, without hydro or telephone (Swamp’s Edge), supporting themselves as beach-
only shellfish farmers (Last Farm Oysters). Throughout, C&A have been avid naturalists, continuing this
tradition from their present home at the south-end of Cortes Island (Tanglebank).
Scope and Content
"Granite and Fossils" is a compilation of informatioin about Cortes Island fossils created by Christian Gronau for the Cortes Island Museum in 2002 and updated in 2016 and 2023. It has been digitized as Volume 1 and Volume 2.
Emails and typed info re: Subtle Islands/Camp Island history, late 1800s-early 1900s. Printouts from specializedassets.com re: properties for sale on Subtle Islands, 2015.
Emails and typed info re: Subtle Islands/Camp Island history, late 1800s-early 1900s. Printouts from specializedassets.com re: properties for sale on Subtle Islands, 2015.
Emails, written info, and clippins with info on Twin (Ulloa) Islands, including history of colonization/preemptions, uses, settlements over the years, forestry, and CIMAS garden tour, 1892-present. Excerpt from From Shetland to British Columbia, Alaska and the United States, Sinclair Thomson Duncan, 1911. Keywords: William H. Jones, Reverend Harper Nixon shooting
Emails, written info, and clippins with info on Twin (Ulloa) Islands, including history of colonization/preemptions, uses, settlements over the years, forestry, and CIMAS garden tour, 1892-present. Excerpt from From Shetland to British Columbia, Alaska and the United States, Sinclair Thomson Duncan, 1911. Keywords: William H. Jones, Reverend Harper Nixon shooting
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.
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.
Clippings with info on history, naming, geographical features, ecosystems, industry development, environmental concerns, and tourism of Desolation Sound and the Discovery Islands, info 1792 to 2019. Historical information on Forbes Bay, late 1800s to 2017. Info on proposed gravel pit in Desolation Sound, 2016. Excerpt from Bijaboji by Betty Lowman Carey, undated. Copies of Discovery Islands magazines
Clippings with info on history, naming, geographical features, ecosystems, industry development, environmental concerns, and tourism of Desolation Sound and the Discovery Islands, info 1792 to 2019. Historical information on Forbes Bay, late 1800s to 2017. Info on proposed gravel pit in Desolation Sound, 2016. Excerpt from Bijaboji by Betty Lowman Carey, undated. Copies of Discovery Islands magazines
Looking north from Green Mountain over Carrington Lagoon and Carrington Bay (tidal falls in between) across 5 miles of water to Read Island, with a slew of islands to the north.
