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)
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)
Fonds contains material relating to the Cortes Island Shellfish Growers Coop and the Bee Islets Growers Corp, of which Jordan was a member, and other documents relating to aquaculture.
Joseph (Joe) John Jordan (May 21, 1936 – January 6, 2019) was raised in the Tsawwassen/Point Roberts area. He attended technical college in California, and worked for Monroe Lytton Industries repairing machines and early computers. After returning to BC he became a commercial fisherman, and after moving to Cortes Island in 1976, an oyster grower as well. (See Information files for an obituary).
Custodial History
Records were kept by Joe Jordan and donated to the Museum in 2019 by his wife (and CIMAS president) Lynne Jordan.
Scope and Content
Fonds contains material relating to the Cortes Island Shellfish Growers Coop and the Bee Islets Growers Corp, of which Jordan was a member, and other documents relating to aquaculture.
Newspaper clippings, articles, and posts about shellfish aquaculture, local debates and mechanization, and toxicity warnings--from 1972-2019. Bee Islets Growers Corporation financial statement, 2003; photographic handout of the Deep Water Shellfish Industry in Gorge Harbour, 2003; newspaper clipping about Cooper's Cove Oyster Farm, undated; Lummi Nation Shellfish Hatchery price list, undated (pre-Canadian shellfish hatcheries); photograph, Bee Islets Aquaculture by Mike Moore, undated; Writeup and photographs entitled "Women in the Shellfish Industry" by Foulkes and Rowse-Simmons, undated. Some notable keywords: Vern and Mary Kemp; ocen acidity; SS Minnow; Co-op Oyster Farm; Chief Ken Brown and MLA Claire Trevena; saxitoxin and paralytic shellfish poisoning (PSP); mechanization in the Gorge Harbour; Cortes Island Shellfish Interpretive Centre; OysterFest; SeaFest; dinophysis
Newspaper clippings, articles, and posts about shellfish aquaculture, local debates and mechanization, and toxicity warnings--from 1972-2019. Bee Islets Growers Corporation financial statement, 2003; photographic handout of the Deep Water Shellfish Industry in Gorge Harbour, 2003; newspaper clipping about Cooper's Cove Oyster Farm, undated; Lummi Nation Shellfish Hatchery price list, undated (pre-Canadian shellfish hatcheries); photograph, Bee Islets Aquaculture by Mike Moore, undated; Writeup and photographs entitled "Women in the Shellfish Industry" by Foulkes and Rowse-Simmons, undated. Some notable keywords: Vern and Mary Kemp; ocen acidity; SS Minnow; Co-op Oyster Farm; Chief Ken Brown and MLA Claire Trevena; saxitoxin and paralytic shellfish poisoning (PSP); mechanization in the Gorge Harbour; Cortes Island Shellfish Interpretive Centre; OysterFest; SeaFest; dinophysis
Series of 12 spiral-bound booklets containing information about activities, businesses, events, services and articles about various aspects of island life. There are two copies of 2015.
Cortes Island Information Books were initiated by Carol London, who wanted a handbook to give to guests at Tai Li Lodge. The first issues were created by Carina Verhoeve, and after 2012, by Gina Trzesicka.
Scope and Content
Series of 12 spiral-bound booklets containing information about activities, businesses, events, services and articles about various aspects of island life. There are two copies of 2015.
File contains newspaper clippings of articles about the Cortes Island school, including features about the Read Island school and Ernie Guthrie's retirement as school bus driver.
File contains newspaper clippings of articles about the Cortes Island school, including features about the Read Island school and Ernie Guthrie's retirement as school bus driver.
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
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
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.
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.
