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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?

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May Ellingsen fonds

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Item

Fonds Number

2004.002

Series Number

2

Item Number

2004.002.008

Material Type

graphic material

Responsibility

Katherine Lettice

Date Range

1918

Physical Description

1 photograph print: b&w; 8.5 x 8.5 cm

Scope and Content

A view of Twin Islands through the trees. There is a bald eagle on one branch.

Storage Location

Photograph box 3

Geographic Access

Twin Islands

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May Ellingsen fonds

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Item

Fonds Number

2004.002

Series Number

2

Item Number

2004.002.021

Material Type

graphic material

Responsibility

Katherine Lettice

Date Range

1918

Physical Description

1 photograph print: b&w; 8.5 x 8.5 cm

Custodial History

A view from Cortes Island towards Twin Islands and Long Tom.

Storage Location

Photograph box 3

Geographic Access

Twin Islands

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CIMAS information files

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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

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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

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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.

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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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File

Series Number

1

File Number

52

Date Range

1971-2018

Scope and Content

Clippings with local issues and controversies, 1971-2018

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File

Series Number

1

File Number

53

Date Range

late 1800s-present

Scope and Content

Files with information on local history, late-1800s-present

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File

Series Number

1

File Number

54

Date Range

1996-2017

Scope and Content

Clippings, emails, posters, brochures and pamphlets with info on museum history and featuring museum exhibits and events, 1996-2017. Copy of B.C. Museum Roundup, British Columbia Museum Association, 2001. Info on Museum stats and lease, 2010-2017

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File

Series Number

1

File Number

56

Date Range

1930s-2012

Scope and Content

Info on social gatherings of early settlers such as picnics, shows and dances. Printed photos and descriptions of settler social life from 1930s-1950s. Old posters for Community Club meeting and a Masquerade Ball. Keywords: Boat Days, Cortes Day, Regatta at Corneille's.

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File

Series Number

1

File Number

57

Date Range

1970s

Scope and Content

Musicians, singers and songs listed from Cortes Singers Spring 1976, 1979. Newspaper clippings highlighting Cortes Island Singers, 1970s.

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File

Series Number

1

File Number

58

Date Range

2014

Scope and Content

Letter from Lynne Jordan of CIMAS endorsing Cortes Island Stream Stewardship Project

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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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CIMAS ephemera collection

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File

File Number

6

Date Range

1993

Scope and Content

File consists of a local Cortes Island telephone directory booklet printed by Carol Reese, Highgrove Design.

Storage Location

Ephemera box 1-6

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CIMAS ephemera collection

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File

File Number

11

Date Range

[ca. 1985?]

Scope and Content

One Cortes Island Singers concert program

Storage Location

Ephemera box 1-11

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File

Series Number

2

File Number

42

Date Range

2007-2019

Scope and Content

AGM notice for HACI, 2007. Clippings with info on a Nautical Swap Meet put on by HACI, herring spawn, public dock maintenance, and the historical Rolando ship, 2015-2019. Emails with info on HACI winning the 2016 Preserved Wood in Aquatic Uses Awards Program and the model of the Lady Washington sailboat presently displated at CIMAS, 2017

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File

Series Number

2

File Number

4

Date Range

1792-2019

Scope and Content

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

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File

Series Number

2

File Number

76

Date Range

2013

Scope and Content

Info on Quadra Island's Lucky Jim Gold Mine, 2013

Storage Range

Drawer 2

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May Ellingsen fonds

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Item

Fonds Number

2004.002

Series Number

2

Item Number

2004.002.047

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[ca. 1913]

Physical Description

1 photograph print: b&w; 10.5 x 6.5 cm

Scope and Content

Mr. and Mrs. Robert McLennan of Cortes Island. Photograph probably taken on Twin Islands.

Storage Location

Photograph box 3

Geographic Access

Twin Islands

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