Series consists of the constitution of CIRA, including a revised constitution, CIRA membership list, list of owner electors and a voters list for Cortes Island.
Series consists of the constitution of CIRA, including a revised constitution, CIRA membership list, list of owner electors and a voters list for Cortes Island.
GENERAL: Articles and clippings with info on aquaculture from 1984-2016. Posts in WNE about Cortes Island Seafood Association, 1991; Poster for Aquaculture Walk About, Regional Board for Aquaculture Zoning, undated.
GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS: Gov of Canada Fisheries and Oceans Brochure, undated; Navigable Waters Protection Act Application Guide, 1980s; Aquaculture Information, Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, 1986; Crown Land for Finfish Aquaculture, BC Lands, 1987; Permit and license structure for Marine Finfish Culture, Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, 1987; Ministry of Forests and Lands Personal Crown Land Application File, 1987-1988; Commercial Aquaculture in Canada Fisheries and Oceans report, 1988; BC Farmers Association brochure and licensing documents entitled Farm Fresh Salmon from BC, Canada, A Breed Apart, 1988; News release, Fisheries and Oceans, 1988; Seafood and Marine Products Sector Campaign, Environmental Research and Development Framework Review, 1991; Aquaculture Industry Assessment, 1992; Notice of Public Hearing, Comox-Strathcona RD, 2002; Draft Cortes Island Aquaculture Zones, Comox-Strathcona RD, 2004
GENERAL: Articles and clippings with info on aquaculture from 1984-2016. Posts in WNE about Cortes Island Seafood Association, 1991; Poster for Aquaculture Walk About, Regional Board for Aquaculture Zoning, undated.
GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS: Gov of Canada Fisheries and Oceans Brochure, undated; Navigable Waters Protection Act Application Guide, 1980s; Aquaculture Information, Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, 1986; Crown Land for Finfish Aquaculture, BC Lands, 1987; Permit and license structure for Marine Finfish Culture, Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, 1987; Ministry of Forests and Lands Personal Crown Land Application File, 1987-1988; Commercial Aquaculture in Canada Fisheries and Oceans report, 1988; BC Farmers Association brochure and licensing documents entitled Farm Fresh Salmon from BC, Canada, A Breed Apart, 1988; News release, Fisheries and Oceans, 1988; Seafood and Marine Products Sector Campaign, Environmental Research and Development Framework Review, 1991; Aquaculture Industry Assessment, 1992; Notice of Public Hearing, Comox-Strathcona RD, 2002; Draft Cortes Island Aquaculture Zones, Comox-Strathcona RD, 2004
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
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Sous-fonds consists of records of the Island Women's Club. It is arranged in six series: Financial, Administrative, Correspondence, Projects, Ephemera and Artifact.
he Island Women's Club was founded 2000, when the members of the Cortes Island Women's Institute withdrew from the British Columbia Women's Institute; it disbanded in 2016.
Custodial History
Records of the Island Women's Club were donated to CIMAS in 2018 by the last secretary of the organization, Callie Waddell.
Scope and Content
Sous-fonds consists of records of the Island Women's Club. It is arranged in six series: Financial, Administrative, Correspondence, Projects, Ephemera and Artifact.
This fonds comprises records of four Cortes Island women's service organizations, including minutes, financial records, administrative records, correspondence, photographs, ephemera and artifacts. It is arranged in four sous-fonds according to the creator of the records: Whaletown Women's Institute (2009.001.1); Whaletown Women's Auxiliary of the Anglican Church (2009.001.2); Cortes Island Women's Institute (2009.001.3); and Island Women's Club (2009.001.3). Related material in CIMAS archives may be found in the Whaletown Women's Institute fonds (1999.002), the Gilean Douglas fonds (1999.001), and the May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds (2007.001).
The Island Women's Club was formed in 2000, when the members of the Cortes Island Women's Institute withdrew from the British Columbia Women's Institute in order to focus their efforts locally. It was the successor to previous women's service organizations on Cortes, local branches of the Women's Institute and the Anglican Church Women's Auxiliary. Activities included awarding bursaries to graduating high school students, contributing to school projects such as printing yearbooks, sponsoring sports teams and building playground equipment, supporting the community halls and organizing memorial teas on behalf of bereaved families. They disbanded in 2016.
Custodial History
After they disbanded, records of the Whaletown Women's Institute and the Whaletown Women's Auxiliary passed into the hands of the Cortes Island Women's Institute and its successor, Island Women's Club, who donated them to CIMAS in 2009. The organizational records created by the Island Women's Club were donated to CIMAS in 2018.
Scope and Content
This fonds comprises records of four Cortes Island women's service organizations, including minutes, financial records, administrative records, correspondence, photographs, ephemera and artifacts. It is arranged in four sous-fonds according to the creator of the records: Whaletown Women's Institute (2009.001.1); Whaletown Women's Auxiliary of the Anglican Church (2009.001.2); Cortes Island Women's Institute (2009.001.3); and Island Women's Club (2009.001.3). Related material in CIMAS archives may be found in the Whaletown Women's Institute fonds (1999.002), the Gilean Douglas fonds (1999.001), and the May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds (2007.001).
