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Savary Island murder, 1893

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
[198?] (original 1893)
Scope and Content
File contains a hand-written copy of a newspaper article from the Vancouver World paper, 1893, about a murder that ocurred on Savary Island.
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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
5.2
File Number
63
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
[198?] (original 1893)
Scope and Content
File contains a hand-written copy of a newspaper article from the Vancouver World paper, 1893, about a murder that ocurred on Savary Island.
Storage Location
5-63
Storage Range
5-63
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Maps of Cortes Island and Read Island

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
[1949?]
Scope and Content
File contains blue copies of maps showing property lot lines on Cortes Island and Read Island.
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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
10
File Number
3
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
[1949?]
Scope and Content
File contains blue copies of maps showing property lot lines on Cortes Island and Read Island.
Storage Location
7-66
Storage Range
7-66
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Correspondence about Cortes Island and Hernando Island history

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1971-1974
Scope and Content
File contains May Ellingsen's correspondence with A. Rorison about Cortes Island and Hernando Island history.
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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
5.2
File Number
74
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1971-1974
Scope and Content
File contains May Ellingsen's correspondence with A. Rorison about Cortes Island and Hernando Island history.
Storage Location
5-74
Storage Range
5-74
Geographic Access
Hernando Island
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Hernando Island

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Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Date Range
late 1800s-2017
Scope and Content
List of pre-emptions on Hernando from records in archives, Victoria, BC, 1888-1900, and maps showing preemtions. Excerpts from Goosegrass and Buttercups, D.C. Kirk, and Chalkdust and Outhouses: WC Schools 1893-1950, Barbara Ann Lambert. Emails with info on the island's history and related families, Manson, Conant, Baker, 2016-2017. Additional info on the island's history
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CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Series Number
2
File Number
44
Date Range
late 1800s-2017
Scope and Content
List of pre-emptions on Hernando from records in archives, Victoria, BC, 1888-1900, and maps showing preemtions. Excerpts from Goosegrass and Buttercups, D.C. Kirk, and Chalkdust and Outhouses: WC Schools 1893-1950, Barbara Ann Lambert. Emails with info on the island's history and related families, Manson, Conant, Baker, 2016-2017. Additional info on the island's history
Storage Range
Drawer 2
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Marina Island

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Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Date Range
1792-2014
Scope and Content
Historical info on Marina/Mary/Chamadaska Island from 1792-mid-1900s. Info on Cortes Island in the late 1920s from Doris (Houghton-Brown) Henderson. Excerpt from Destination Cortez Island, June Cameron. Old beer bottle labels from Marina Island "where the big log house was," undated. Emails with info on naming of Cortes and Marina, and Chamadaska post office, info on early 1900s, emails from 2009-2014.
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Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Series Number
2
File Number
72
Date Range
1792-2014
Scope and Content
Historical info on Marina/Mary/Chamadaska Island from 1792-mid-1900s. Info on Cortes Island in the late 1920s from Doris (Houghton-Brown) Henderson. Excerpt from Destination Cortez Island, June Cameron. Old beer bottle labels from Marina Island "where the big log house was," undated. Emails with info on naming of Cortes and Marina, and Chamadaska post office, info on early 1900s, emails from 2009-2014.
Storage Range
Drawer 2
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Mitlenatch Island

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Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Scope and Content
Info on Steam Tug Stella, late 1800s. History of First Nations use, settler use and preemtions, maps, bird sancturary, birds, 1891-1990s. Copies of "Nature's Island," David Stirling, 1976; "Flora of Mitlenatch Island," Brooke et al, 1983; "Bird Checklist Mitlenatch Island Provincial Park June to August," undated, Birds of Cortes Island and Mitlenatch Islands, G.P. Sirk, CH. W. Gronau, F.C. Zwickel, undated.
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CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Series Number
2
File Number
78
Scope and Content
Info on Steam Tug Stella, late 1800s. History of First Nations use, settler use and preemtions, maps, bird sancturary, birds, 1891-1990s. Copies of "Nature's Island," David Stirling, 1976; "Flora of Mitlenatch Island," Brooke et al, 1983; "Bird Checklist Mitlenatch Island Provincial Park June to August," undated, Birds of Cortes Island and Mitlenatch Islands, G.P. Sirk, CH. W. Gronau, F.C. Zwickel, undated.
Storage Range
Drawer 2
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Quadra Island

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Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Date Range
1986-2019
Scope and Content
Clippings re Quadra Island, 1986-2019. Regional Director's Reports, 2005-2016. Quadra Island Fall Fair booklets 2012-2014. Quadra Seniors Housing Questionnaire, 2014. Pamphlets for Quadra Island and local businesses and organizations.
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Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Series Number
4
File Number
1
Date Range
1986-2019
Scope and Content
Clippings re Quadra Island, 1986-2019. Regional Director's Reports, 2005-2016. Quadra Island Fall Fair booklets 2012-2014. Quadra Seniors Housing Questionnaire, 2014. Pamphlets for Quadra Island and local businesses and organizations.
Storage Range
Drawer 4
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Read Island

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Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Date Range
1974-2018
Scope and Content
Clippings and emails with info on Read Island, 1974-2018. Excerpt from Chalkdust & Outhouses, West Coast Schools, Barbara Ann Lambert
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Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Series Number
4
File Number
3
Date Range
1974-2018
Scope and Content
Clippings and emails with info on Read Island, 1974-2018. Excerpt from Chalkdust & Outhouses, West Coast Schools, Barbara Ann Lambert
Storage Range
Drawer 4
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Redonda Island

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Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Date Range
2020
Scope and Content
Info on Redonda Island from Wikipedia and Friends of Ecological Reserves, 2020
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Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Series Number
4
File Number
5
Date Range
2020
Scope and Content
Info on Redonda Island from Wikipedia and Friends of Ecological Reserves, 2020
Storage Range
Drawer 4
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Vancouver Island

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Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Date Range
1965-2012
Scope and Content
Clippings with info on heavy snowfall and old ships, 1965-2012
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Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Series Number
4
File Number
49
Date Range
1965-2012
Scope and Content
Clippings with info on heavy snowfall and old ships, 1965-2012
Storage Range
Drawer 4
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Marina Island

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Part Of
Regional Director of Area I (Cortes Island) fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Accession Number
2008.001
Date Range
1987-1989
Scope and Content
File contains a proposed subdivision plan for Marina Island and a land title search.
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Part Of
Regional Director of Area I (Cortes Island) fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2002.001.2
Series Number
6.5
File Number
26
Accession Number
2008.001
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1987-1989
Scope and Content
File contains a proposed subdivision plan for Marina Island and a land title search.
Storage Location
Ralph Nursall fonds: Box
Storage Range
Ralph Nursall fonds: Box
2-20
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Marina Island

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Part Of
Ralph Nursall fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Accession Number
2008.001
Date Range
1987-1989
Scope and Content
File contains a proposed subdivision plan for Marina Island and a land title search.
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Part Of
Ralph Nursall fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2008.001
Series Number
1.5
File Number
26
Accession Number
2008.001
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1987-1989
Scope and Content
File contains a proposed subdivision plan for Marina Island and a land title search.
Storage Range
2-20
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Friends of Cortes Island

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1981-1982
Scope and Content
Friends of Cortes Island constitution, newsletters, correspondence and report
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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
4
File Number
17
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1981-1982
Scope and Content
Friends of Cortes Island constitution, newsletters, correspondence and report
Storage Location
3-32
Storage Range
3-32
Name Access
Douglas, Gilean
Friends of Cortes Island (FOCI)
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Cortes Island ephemera

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
[ca. 1969] - 1991
Scope and Content
Notices, booklets and handouts from various island organizations and businesses
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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
14
File Number
17
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
[ca. 1969] - 1991
Scope and Content
Notices, booklets and handouts from various island organizations and businesses
Storage Location
6-16
Storage Range
6-16
Name Access
Douglas, Gilean
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Map of Hernando Island

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Part Of
CIMAS ephemera collection
Description Level
File
Date Range
1966
Scope and Content
File contains a hand-drawn map of Hernando Island showing original pre-emptions, with information about settlement, schools and changes of title written on it.
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Part Of
CIMAS ephemera collection
Description Level
File
File Number
28
Date Range
1966
Custodial History
Unknown
Scope and Content
File contains a hand-drawn map of Hernando Island showing original pre-emptions, with information about settlement, schools and changes of title written on it.
Storage Location
Ephemera - Box 1
Storage Range
1-28
Geographic Access
Hernando Island
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"Cortes Island" poem

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Part Of
Doreen Thompson fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
ephemera
Accession Number
2006.001
Date Range
[196?]
Scope and Content
"Mary Block" on verso
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Part Of
Doreen Thompson fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2006.001
Series Number
5
File Number
6
Accession Number
2006.001
Material Type
ephemera
Date Range
[196?]
Scope and Content
"Mary Block" on verso
Storage Location
1-38
Storage Range
1-38
Name Access
Thompson, Doreen
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Cortes Island map

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Part Of
Doreen Thompson fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
cartographic material
Accession Number
2006.001
Date Range
[196?]
Scope and Content
File contains a map of Cortes Island showing quarter-sections with preemption names.
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Part Of
Doreen Thompson fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2006.001
Series Number
3
File Number
1
Accession Number
2006.001
Material Type
cartographic material
Date Range
[196?]
Scope and Content
File contains a map of Cortes Island showing quarter-sections with preemption names.
Name Access
Thompson, Doreen
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Cortes Island newsletters

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Accession Number
2019.002
Date Range
1999-2004
Scope and Content
File contains various local publications: Blue Jay Lake Gardening Partners newsletter, BC Ferries newsletter, Whaletown National Enquirer and SCCA newsletter.
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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
8
File Number
55
Accession Number
2019.002
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1999-2004
Scope and Content
File contains various local publications: Blue Jay Lake Gardening Partners newsletter, BC Ferries newsletter, Whaletown National Enquirer and SCCA newsletter.
Storage Location
7-48.7
Storage Range
7-48.7
Subject Access
Ferries
Transportation
Water transport
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Cortes Island Publicity

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Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Date Range
1973-2015
Scope and Content
Off-island publications promoting Cortes tourism, boating, 2001-2015 Keywords: Discovery Islands; yachting
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Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Series Number
1
File Number
55
Date Range
1973-2015
Scope and Content
Off-island publications promoting Cortes tourism, boating, 2001-2015 Keywords: Discovery Islands; yachting
Storage Range
Drawer 1
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Murder, Read Island

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Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Date Range
1969
Scope and Content
Clipping, "Murder on Read Island," The Daily Colonist, 1969
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Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Series Number
2
File Number
80
Date Range
1969
Scope and Content
Clipping, "Murder on Read Island," The Daily Colonist, 1969
Storage Range
Drawer 2
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