Article about the Inlet, date unknown; trip advertisement in Cortes Marketer; promotional posters; hand written notes working out cost of trip, invoices, fees paid, cost per person, and profit; emails regarding taxi and charter quote, tour guide, estimated cost per person, dates, coordinations, advertisements, and invoices; write up for press release; handwritten note noting how much they enjoyed the trip
Article about the Inlet, date unknown; trip advertisement in Cortes Marketer; promotional posters; hand written notes working out cost of trip, invoices, fees paid, cost per person, and profit; emails regarding taxi and charter quote, tour guide, estimated cost per person, dates, coordinations, advertisements, and invoices; write up for press release; handwritten note noting how much they enjoyed the trip
Three greeting cards designed by artist Mary Weiler, who lived in Whaletown, and a series of four pen and ink drawings illustrating life aboard a fish boat. The latter were probably used as illustrations for an article written by Douglas (see Box 1 folder 29).
Three greeting cards designed by artist Mary Weiler, who lived in Whaletown, and a series of four pen and ink drawings illustrating life aboard a fish boat. The latter were probably used as illustrations for an article written by Douglas (see Box 1 folder 29).
File consists of a coloured cartoon on folded drawing cardboard, given as a Christmas card to Gary and Velma Bergman. The front depicts Velma in the store, and the inside depicts a scene on the fish scow on the Whaletown wharf. Signed "Ness and Ken".
File consists of a coloured cartoon on folded drawing cardboard, given as a Christmas card to Gary and Velma Bergman. The front depicts Velma in the store, and the inside depicts a scene on the fish scow on the Whaletown wharf. Signed "Ness and Ken".
File consists of two ink sketches of a man fishing by Jay Nixon; a recipe for "Married Woman's Cake"; two pages about the Cortes Island Day Barbeque (1972) with lists of expenses, income from concessions, items purchased and notes for next year; and a 13 verse poem by Mabel Christensen, "Picnic", about the Cortes Island Day picnic listing many of the island attendees (1960).
Donated by Dennis Newsham and Frances Guthrie after Peggy Newsham's death.
Scope and Content
File consists of two ink sketches of a man fishing by Jay Nixon; a recipe for "Married Woman's Cake"; two pages about the Cortes Island Day Barbeque (1972) with lists of expenses, income from concessions, items purchased and notes for next year; and a 13 verse poem by Mabel Christensen, "Picnic", about the Cortes Island Day picnic listing many of the island attendees (1960).
Articles, newspaper clippings, and brochures relating to fish farming and wild fish stocks from 1978-2018. Full issue of Salmonid containing bundle of newspaper clippings on fish farming, 1984-1985; Full issue of Fish Farming International Magazine, 1988; Fish Farms in Area B Regional Directors Report, 2009; Poster entitled The Get Out Migration by Salmon Are Sacred, undated. Some notable keywords: Wilderness Committee; David Suzuki Foundation; Farmed and Dangerous; Salmon Are Sacred organization; sea lice; Sea Shepherd Society
Articles, newspaper clippings, and brochures relating to fish farming and wild fish stocks from 1978-2018. Full issue of Salmonid containing bundle of newspaper clippings on fish farming, 1984-1985; Full issue of Fish Farming International Magazine, 1988; Fish Farms in Area B Regional Directors Report, 2009; Poster entitled The Get Out Migration by Salmon Are Sacred, undated. Some notable keywords: Wilderness Committee; David Suzuki Foundation; Farmed and Dangerous; Salmon Are Sacred organization; sea lice; Sea Shepherd Society
Excerpt from Transactions of the Edinburgh Geological Society, 1868; A Trapper's Journal, Charlie Rasmussen, 1929; excerpt from The Last Great Sea mentioning Bute Wax, 2000; Bute Inlet history and the Glacier Museum Project, Judith Williams, 2010; BC Arts Capacity and Sustainability Grant draft application, 2011; emails and webpage printouts, 2010, 2011, 2015. Newspaper clippings and magazine articles relating to Bute Inlet, 2010-2019, subjects mentioned include: George Vancouver, Cougar Companions, Disposition of Crown Land and Allocation of Water, Plutonic Power, fishing, Homalco history and culture, Tsilqot'in, Glen Macklin, National Geographic. CIMAS promotional material for the Bute Inlet boat trip and exhibit; photographs and post cards
Excerpt from Transactions of the Edinburgh Geological Society, 1868; A Trapper's Journal, Charlie Rasmussen, 1929; excerpt from The Last Great Sea mentioning Bute Wax, 2000; Bute Inlet history and the Glacier Museum Project, Judith Williams, 2010; BC Arts Capacity and Sustainability Grant draft application, 2011; emails and webpage printouts, 2010, 2011, 2015. Newspaper clippings and magazine articles relating to Bute Inlet, 2010-2019, subjects mentioned include: George Vancouver, Cougar Companions, Disposition of Crown Land and Allocation of Water, Plutonic Power, fishing, Homalco history and culture, Tsilqot'in, Glen Macklin, National Geographic. CIMAS promotional material for the Bute Inlet boat trip and exhibit; photographs and post cards
Clippings with info on floathouses, the hermit of Von Donop Channel, the landslide at Spences Bridge, Von Donop Marine Park, Klahoose First Nation, and Doreen Thompson, 1920-2017, and clippings from WNE, 1987-1989. Transcript with info on the Ellingsens in Von Donop Creek, 1946-1950, from interview with May, Elmer, Andy, and Bruce Ellginsen, 2001. Info on logging in Von Donop Creek, 1920s-1960, from a logging meeting in 2001. Info from Von Donop Creek Research and Display for CIMAS, 2001. An envelope with info from Bev Mathews, donated in 2013.
Clippings with info on floathouses, the hermit of Von Donop Channel, the landslide at Spences Bridge, Von Donop Marine Park, Klahoose First Nation, and Doreen Thompson, 1920-2017, and clippings from WNE, 1987-1989. Transcript with info on the Ellingsens in Von Donop Creek, 1946-1950, from interview with May, Elmer, Andy, and Bruce Ellginsen, 2001. Info on logging in Von Donop Creek, 1920s-1960, from a logging meeting in 2001. Info from Von Donop Creek Research and Display for CIMAS, 2001. An envelope with info from Bev Mathews, donated in 2013.
File contains Shirley (Ellingsen) Cole's reminiscences of life in Von Donop; notes from a meeting about logging in Von Donop; and interviews with May, Elmer, Bruce and Andy Ellingsen and with Norah Cowan Thompson.
File contains Shirley (Ellingsen) Cole's reminiscences of life in Von Donop; notes from a meeting about logging in Von Donop; and interviews with May, Elmer, Bruce and Andy Ellingsen and with Norah Cowan Thompson.
File contains hand-written notes on the history of different areas of Von Donop, a map of Cortes Island (1963), and a photocopy of a page from "British Columbia Place Names" about the inlet.
File contains hand-written notes on the history of different areas of Von Donop, a map of Cortes Island (1963), and a photocopy of a page from "British Columbia Place Names" about the inlet.
Newspaper clippings and articles re: Bute Inlet hydro project; Plutonic Power; run-of-river projects; Friends of Bute; Bute history; exhibition; But Inlet boat tour. Emails re: art; grants; curation of exhibit; critique of Rob Wood and CIMAS by Klahoose member Ken Hanuse; request for Open Meadows Project song performance by Klahoose member Brenda Hansen; display cabinets; exhibit fees. Review of exhibit by Marcel Creurer; project proposal sent to the Vancouver Foundation; handwritten notes by Lynne Jordan and Judy WIlliams; invoices; records of financial contributions; promotional material; photographs
Newspaper clippings and articles re: Bute Inlet hydro project; Plutonic Power; run-of-river projects; Friends of Bute; Bute history; exhibition; But Inlet boat tour. Emails re: art; grants; curation of exhibit; critique of Rob Wood and CIMAS by Klahoose member Ken Hanuse; request for Open Meadows Project song performance by Klahoose member Brenda Hansen; display cabinets; exhibit fees. Review of exhibit by Marcel Creurer; project proposal sent to the Vancouver Foundation; handwritten notes by Lynne Jordan and Judy WIlliams; invoices; records of financial contributions; promotional material; photographs
File contains notes, photocopies of Crown Grants and subsequent title changes for:
William John Sheepwash: 1916, Crown Grant for fractional NE 1/4 of Sec. 45; 153 acres for $153
For Block A of District Lot 744:
-to Gwynn Henry Meredith: 1918, Crown Grant for 59 acres for $1
-to Alfred Edward Layton: 1970, Crown Grant for 59 acres for $460
William Carr Smith: 19??, Crown Grant for District Lot 1170 at Von Donop Creek Lagoon; 155 acres for $1.00
Royal Wells Borden: 1937, Crown Grant for NW 1/4 of Sec 38
(Files 12 through 16 are from the same envelope.)
File contains notes, photocopies of Crown Grants and subsequent title changes for:
William John Sheepwash: 1916, Crown Grant for fractional NE 1/4 of Sec. 45; 153 acres for $153
For Block A of District Lot 744:
-to Gwynn Henry Meredith: 1918, Crown Grant for 59 acres for $1
-to Alfred Edward Layton: 1970, Crown Grant for 59 acres for $460
William Carr Smith: 19??, Crown Grant for District Lot 1170 at Von Donop Creek Lagoon; 155 acres for $1.00
Royal Wells Borden: 1937, Crown Grant for NW 1/4 of Sec 38
(Files 12 through 16 are from the same envelope.)
Info on Don and Nesta Stackhouse, Cortes Bay 1950s onward. Transcript of Gary and Velma Bergman with Dianne Hentschel and Doreen Thompson, 2003; transcript of Bobby (Elizabeth Corneille) Ballantyne with Dianne Hentschel and Doreen Thompson, 2003. Clippings, 2007-2010. Story from Rod Hayes to June Cameron "The Scuttlebutt on Halibut," 2011.
Info on Don and Nesta Stackhouse, Cortes Bay 1950s onward. Transcript of Gary and Velma Bergman with Dianne Hentschel and Doreen Thompson, 2003; transcript of Bobby (Elizabeth Corneille) Ballantyne with Dianne Hentschel and Doreen Thompson, 2003. Clippings, 2007-2010. Story from Rod Hayes to June Cameron "The Scuttlebutt on Halibut," 2011.
File contains one diary, 6 x 4 x 1 inches, bound in red leather with a locking hasp. The diary covers the years 1953 and 1955-1958; no entries for 1954. Each entry contains a brief record of the day's weather and activities. Typical activities include fishing, gardening, logging, visiting.
File contains one diary, 6 x 4 x 1 inches, bound in red leather with a locking hasp. The diary covers the years 1953 and 1955-1958; no entries for 1954. Each entry contains a brief record of the day's weather and activities. Typical activities include fishing, gardening, logging, visiting.
File consists of a green leather-bound locking diary, 4.5 x 6 x 1 inches in size. The entry for each day contains a brief description of the weather and the day's activities, which typically include logging, fishing, harvesting clams and oysters, gardening and visiting.
File consists of a green leather-bound locking diary, 4.5 x 6 x 1 inches in size. The entry for each day contains a brief description of the weather and the day's activities, which typically include logging, fishing, harvesting clams and oysters, gardening and visiting.
