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CIMAS information files

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File

Series Number

1

File Number

6

Date Range

1987-2017

Scope and Content

Clippings and emails featuring local birds, 1987-2017. Birds of Cortes and Mitlenatch Islands, G.P. Sirk, Ch. W Gronau, F.C. Zwickel, 199?

Storage Range

Drawer 1

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May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

2007.001

Series Number

13

Item Number

2007.001.010

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[ca. 1929]

Physical Description

1 photograph print: b&w: 13 x 8 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph taken from a rowboat approaching Mittlenatch Island. (see #2007.001.030)

Storage Location

Photo box 4

Geographic Access

Mittlenatch Island

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Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

2007.001

Series Number

13

Item Number

2007.001.030

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[ca. 1929]

Physical Description

1 photograph print: b&w: 12.5 x 7 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph of Mittlenatch Island from the water. (See #2007.001.010)

Storage Location

Photo box 4

Geographic Access

Mittlenatch Island

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Item

Fonds Number

2007.001

Series Number

13

Item Number

2007.001.201

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[ca. 1925]

Physical Description

1 photograph print: b&w; 9.5 x 8 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph of Mike Manson and his wife Jane, John Manson, Wilf Manson and daughter Dorothy, seated on logs on the beach. The photograph was taken on Mittlenatch Island when sheep were kept there.

Storage Location

Photo box 4

Geographic Access

Mittlenatch Island

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Item

Fonds Number

2007.001

Series Number

13

Item Number

2007.001.262

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

1926

Physical Description

1 photograph print: b&w; 8 x 6 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph taken from Mittlenatch Island.

Storage Location

Photo box 4

Geographic Access

Mittlenatch Island

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Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

2007.001

Series Number

13

Item Number

2007.001.009

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[ca. 19 ]

Physical Description

1 photograph print: b&w: 12 x 18 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph of John Manson and his nephew Wilfred Manson, on Mittlenatch Island with a group of sheep.

Storage Location

Photo box 4

Geographic Access

Mittlenatch Island

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CIMAS information files

Description Level

File

Series Number

1

File Number

7

Date Range

2004-2016

Scope and Content

CIMAS Spring Birding Count checklists 2004-2016; emails and articles about bird sightings/bird count on Cortes, 2005-2007 and 2016; article in Birdwatch Canada, 107th Christmas Bird Count Cross-Canada report, 2007; print out about CIMAS's Spring Migration Birding Event, 2011; Christmas bird count info for CIMAS, 2016; Caring for Wildlife Habitat at home, info on constructing bird houses, undated

Storage Range

Drawer 1

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Description Level

File

Fonds Number

2007.001

Series Number

8

File Number

18

Material Type

textual records

Date Range

1989,1993

Scope and Content

File contains a report on erosion at Manson's Landing spit (1989) and brochures, clippings and correspondence about the Von Donop Marine Park.

Storage Location

7-18

Storage Range

7-18

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Description Level

File

Fonds Number

2007.001

Series Number

5.2

File Number

64

Material Type

textual records

Date Range

1951-1985

Scope and Content

File contains material relating to schools on Cortes Island: a history of the Whaletown school and clippings, including an article about the Whaletown school by Gilean Douglas; a report of the Board of School Trustees, a program from a 1963 Manson's Landing school Christmas concert, and a PAC newsletter.

Storage Location

5-64

Storage Range

5-64

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File

Fonds Number

2007.001

Series Number

12

File Number

1

Material Type

textual records

Date Range

1943-1963

Scope and Content

File contains an ad for the Peter Police homestead in Carrington Bay (1943) and a picture of Manson's Hall, (1963?).

Storage Location

8-47

Storage Range

8-47

Geographic Access

Carrington Bay

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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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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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File

Series Number

4

File Number

36

Date Range

late 1800s-2015

Scope and Content

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.

Storage Range

Drawer 4

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File

Series Number

4

File Number

46

Date Range

1892-present

Scope and Content

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

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Description Level

File

Fonds Number

2007.001

Series Number

8

File Number

8

Material Type

textual records

Date Range

1994-1996

Scope and Content

File contains correspondence and associated materials about logging on Cortes, including a letter from Ken Hansen to Friends of Cortes Island, and a membership form with a description of FOCI aims.

Storage Location

7-8

Storage Range

7-8

Subject Access

Logging

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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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CIMAS ephemera collection

Description Level

File

File Number

39

Material Type

ephemera

Date Range

[ca. 198?]

Physical Description

1 booklet : 12 pages

Custodial History

Found in files.

Scope and Content

File contains an informational booklet created by the Friends of Cortes through a grant from Canada Works. Topics include island geography, social and natural history, place names and tourist education.

Storage Location

Ephemera box

Storage Range

Ephemera box

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Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

2007.001

Series Number

13

Item Number

2007.001.514

Accession Number

2018.002

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

1957

Physical Description

1 photograph print: b&w; 7 x 11.5 cm

Scope and Content

People are identified on verso: Doreen Huck (misidentified as Doreen Reedel on verso), Joyce Martin, Elaine McKenzie, Sheila Musclow, Helen Morrison, Bob Parry, Marjorie Rexford, Jim Guthrie, Sharon Forrest, Jim Hansen, Lillian Redford, Larry McKim (Borland), Beth Martin, Carolyn Reedel

Storage Location

Photo box 4

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Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

2007.001

Series Number

13

Item Number

2007.001.596

Accession Number

2018.002

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[ca. 1925]

Physical Description

1 photograph print: b&w; 17.5 x 11 cm 1 photograph print: b&w; 11.5 x 6.5 cm

Scope and Content

Marjorie (Hayes) Griffin holding George Jr., Mr. Daniels, Jack Hayes, Alice Hayes, Mr. Alfred Hayes, Patsy McLennan, Mrs. Hayes, Florence Hayes, Mrs. Daniels, Dorothy Hayes, May Freeman with family pet dog, Nora Hayes

Storage Location

Photo box 4

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Description Level

File

Fonds Number

2007.001

Series Number

8

File Number

7

Material Type

textual records

Date Range

1989-1992

Scope and Content

File contains notes about the Beasley Rd. fire hall and newsletters about the construction of a new fire hall.

Storage Location

7-7

Storage Range

7-7

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