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Cortes Island newsletters

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Accession Number
2019.002
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.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
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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Cortes Island Ratepayers Association fonds

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Part Of
Cortes Island Ratepayers Association fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
cartographic material
textual records
Accession Number
2000.003
Date Range
1963-1984
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of the records of the Cortes Island Ratepayers Association, an organization of the property owners and residents of Cortes Island from 1963 to 1984. They include administrative documents such as the constitution and membership lists, minutes of CIRA meetings, annual reports, newsletters to members, correspondence and materials related to the provision of services, land use planning and other issues of island concern. The fonds is composed of the following series: Administrative Documents; Minutes; Financial; Newsletters and Notices; Correspondence; Subject; Community Planning and Land Use (Advisory Planning Commission); Clippings; and Maps and Plans.
Part Of
Cortes Island Ratepayers Association fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Fonds Number
2000.003
Accession Number
2000.003
Material Type
cartographic material
textual records
Date Range
1963-1984
Physical Description
94 cm. of textual records and 5 cm. of maps
Extent
94 cm
History / Biographical
The Cortes Island Ratepayers Association (CIRA) was an association of property owners and residents formed in 1963 to "further the development of the island and to have a representative body in dealing with the Provincial government." The first activity initiated by CIRA was to lobby the provincial government for the provision of electricity and ferry service to Cortes Island. Their efforts met with success. Electricity was brought to the island in 1970 and ferry service from Quadra Island to Cortes Island began in 1969. CIRA also became an important forum for the discussion of other important services on Cortes Island, including roads, fire protection, garbage disposal, water quality, rural mail delivery and library facilities. As a result of CIRA's efforts to bring electricity to Cortes Island, in 1967 the Minister of Municipal Affairs, Dan Campbell, designated Cortes Island a Local Improvement District. This made Cortes Island into a legal entity for the purpose of negotiating with the province for electrical power. In that same year, Minister Campbell invited CIRA to participate in discussions and committee work on the formation of a regional district level of government. In 1968, Cortes Island was designated 'Electoral Area I' in the Regional District of Comox-Strathcona (RDCS) with an elected director. Under this system, a Regional Director is elected who in turn sits on the Board of the RDCS. Each Regional Director appoints an Advisory Planning Commission (APC), a committee of island residents who advise the Director on matters of island concern. In 1968, CIRA determined that the elected members of the executive of CIRA would form the APC for Cortes Island. This arrangement lasted until the dissolution of CIRA in 1984. The first zoning by-law was completed in 1970 and an Official Settlement Plan and zoning by-law in 1979. In 1982, CIRA initiated a court case against Raven Lumber for non-compliance with the Cortes Island Official Settlement Plan and zoning by-law. CIRA won the case upon appeal, but in 1984 an Order in Council allowed Raven Lumber to proceed with their development. The court case had absorbed a great deal of CIRA energy and fund raising effort over a four year period. At the General Meeting in November, 1984 there were no candidates willing to stand for the executive. CIRA was declared inactive at that meeting and was never reactivated.
Custodial History
During the term of the last president of CIRA, the records were kept in the Gorge Harbour Community Hall on Cortes Island. After the dissolution of the CIRA in 1984, the records continued to be stored in the hall. The records were transferred to the Cortes Island Museum and Archives by the Whaletown Community Club (owner of the hall) in 2000.
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of the records of the Cortes Island Ratepayers Association, an organization of the property owners and residents of Cortes Island from 1963 to 1984. They include administrative documents such as the constitution and membership lists, minutes of CIRA meetings, annual reports, newsletters to members, correspondence and materials related to the provision of services, land use planning and other issues of island concern. The fonds is composed of the following series: Administrative Documents; Minutes; Financial; Newsletters and Notices; Correspondence; Subject; Community Planning and Land Use (Advisory Planning Commission); Clippings; and Maps and Plans.
Storage Range
1-1 - 3-55
Name Access
Cortes Island Ratepayers Association
Subject Access
Ferries
Transportation
Local governments
Water transport
Community Associations
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
Related Material
Regional Director of Electoral Area I (Cortes Island) fonds Gilean Douglas fonds
Finding Aid
File list available
Arrangement
Materials were received in their original file folders, however the files were not in any discernible order. In the absence of original order, materials were arranged by function and subject at the series level and chronologically within series.
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Cortes Island Transportation Committee fonds

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Part Of
Cortes Island Transportation Committee fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
textual records
Accession Number
2012.002
Date Range
1993
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of a summary of the results of a questionnaire regarding ferry service composed by the Transportation Committee and sent to Cortes Island residents; the original questionnaires returned by islanders; and notes on other transportation issues such as road pavement and boat launch sites.
Part Of
Cortes Island Transportation Committee fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Creator
Cortes Island Transportation Committee
Fonds Number
2012.002
Accession Number
2012.002
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1993
Physical Description
4 cm of textual records
Extent
4 cm
History / Biographical
A District of Campbell River meeting March 22, 1993 took place in the Campbell River Hall. Present at that meeting were the Chairman of the B.C. Ferry Corporation; Peter Hughes, Operations Manager BC Ferry Corporation for North Islands; representative of the Campbell River Council and Campbell River School District; Gretchen Brewin, Chair Community Relations Committee; Colin Gabelman and his Executive Assistant; various B.C. Ferry Corp personnel including the person responsible for docks and terminals; and Jim Abrams and Ralph Nursall representing the Regional District. At that meeting Peter Hughes recommended that Cortes Islanders form a Transportation Committee to liaison with B.C. Ferry Corp. When Ralph returned to Cortes Island he spoke with a number of people he thought might be interested in forming the backbone of such an Island Committee. Eight of the 20+ people Ralph had contacted attended an April 21, 1993 Cortes Island preliminary meeting--Joanne Weyler, Sabina Mense, Joan Bevington, Ken Ferguson, Herbert Havelaar, Norm Gibbons, Tom Bennet and Dick Teams. What was discussed was the convening of a Transportation Committee meeting to bring together all those Islanders interested in transportation issues on the island. No one at that meeting volunteered to convene such a meeting. Ralph contacted then acting Operation Manager for B.C. Ferry Corp., Capt. Norman Craddock, and made arrangements for a public meeting with Capt. Craddock in attendance to answer questions from the floor. Joanne Weyler advertised the event through the Cortes Classifieds. The May 12, 1993 Transportation Committee consisted of all those who attended that public meeting held at the Gorge Hall. The high turnout (50+) indicated an intense interest in transportation issues on the Island and there was a spirited exchange of questions and answers. Before this meeting, Dennis Mense had agreed to act as convener for an Executive of the Transportation Committee and Ralph Nursall asked for volunteers to serve on the Executive. Volunteers included Harry Breurkens, Glen Carleton, Norm Gibbons, Bertha Jeffery, Ted Pudden, Carol Reese and Joanne Weyler. [ . . . ] The "mandate" for the Committee and its Executive, as expressed by Ralph Nursall, as as follows: "[I]t is intended that the Transportation Committee be an independent, community committee operating as it sees fit to collect opinions of Islanders to transport to the B.C. Ferry Corp. and getting information from the Corporation for Islanders. [ . . . ] the Committee will also interest itself in Highways and other transportation matters of the Island." (From "Cortes Island Transportation Committee Background Information," in Regional Director fonds)
Custodial History
The material was compiled by the Cortes Island Transportation Committee. It was made available to islanders at the Manson's Landing library, and later transferred to CIMAS.
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of a summary of the results of a questionnaire regarding ferry service composed by the Transportation Committee and sent to Cortes Island residents; the original questionnaires returned by islanders; and notes on other transportation issues such as road pavement and boat launch sites.
Storage Location
Small Box 2
Storage Range
1-8 to 1-11
Name Access
Cortes Island Transportation Committee
Subject Access
Ferries
Transportation
Water transport
Community Associations
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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The "Cortes Queen" in the ferry dock at Heriot Bay on Quadra Island

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1970]
Scope and Content
Photograph of the "Cortes Queen" in the ferry dock at Heriot Bay on Quadra Island.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.0898
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1970]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: colour;
Scope and Content
Photograph of the "Cortes Queen" in the ferry dock at Heriot Bay on Quadra Island.
Subject Access
Ferries
Transportation
Water transport
Geographic Access
Quadra Island
Images
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Cortes Island Visitor's Information hand-out; ferry tickets

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Part Of
CIMAS ephemera collection
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
[ca. 1982]
Scope and Content
File contains a Cortes Island Visitor's Information hand-out with a map of the island and lists of businesses and services, published by the Whaletown Community Club; and a set of ticket book backs for the Cortes-Quadra and Quadra-Campbell River ferries.
Part Of
CIMAS ephemera collection
Description Level
File
File Number
16
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
[ca. 1982]
Scope and Content
File contains a Cortes Island Visitor's Information hand-out with a map of the island and lists of businesses and services, published by the Whaletown Community Club; and a set of ticket book backs for the Cortes-Quadra and Quadra-Campbell River ferries.
Name Access
Southern Cortes Community Association
Subject Access
Ferries
Transportation
Water transport
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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Clippings - Cortes ferry service

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1969
Scope and Content
File contains a help-wanted ad for ferry positions and the third section of the Campbell River Upper Islander (Nov. 26, 1969) with a photo-story on the inaugural trip of the Cortes ferry. On page 3 is "Cortes Grapevine" with an account of Andy and Susan Ellingsen's wedding.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
12
File Number
4
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1969
Scope and Content
File contains a help-wanted ad for ferry positions and the third section of the Campbell River Upper Islander (Nov. 26, 1969) with a photo-story on the inaugural trip of the Cortes ferry. On page 3 is "Cortes Grapevine" with an account of Andy and Susan Ellingsen's wedding.
Storage Location
8-50
Storage Range
8-50
Subject Access
Ferries
Transportation
Water transport
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Subject Files: Cortes Affairs

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Part Of
Regional Director of Area I (Cortes Island) fonds
Description Level
Series
Material Type
textual records
Accession Number
2004.004
Date Range
1991-2003
Scope and Content
Series consists of reports, correspondence, notes and clippings relating to island issues, which include parks, roads, leases, wharves, water quality of Hague Lake, newts, the RCMP, ferries, forestry, waste management, the fire department, and island organizations. It also includes Regional Director reports by Ralph Nursall and by George Sirk.
Part Of
Regional Director of Area I (Cortes Island) fonds
Description Level
Series
Fonds Number
2002.001.3
Sous Fonds Number
3
Series Number
6
Accession Number
2004.004
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1991-2003
Physical Description
?? cm of textual records
Scope and Content
Series consists of reports, correspondence, notes and clippings relating to island issues, which include parks, roads, leases, wharves, water quality of Hague Lake, newts, the RCMP, ferries, forestry, waste management, the fire department, and island organizations. It also includes Regional Director reports by Ralph Nursall and by George Sirk.
Storage Location
5-23 - 6-30
Storage Range
5-23 - 6-30
Name Access
Sirk, George
Subject Access
Ferries
Transportation
Water transport
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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"Cortes Queen" coming into the ferry dock

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1971
Scope and Content
Photograph of the "Cortes Queen" coming into the dock. Note the houses to the left of the dock.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.0563
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1971
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 12.5 x 9 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of the "Cortes Queen" coming into the dock. Note the houses to the left of the dock.
Subject Access
Ferries
Transportation
Water transport
Images
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SS Beaver and the Cortes ferry in Whaletown Bay

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1971
Scope and Content
Photograph of the SS Beaver and the Cortes Queen in Whaletown Bay.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.0562
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1971
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 12.5 x 9 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of the SS Beaver and the Cortes Queen in Whaletown Bay.
Subject Access
Ferries
Transportation
Water transport
Geographic Access
Whaletown
Images
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Driving aboard the Cortes ferry in Whaletown Bay

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Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1969]
Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
Item
Creator
Weiler, Mary
Fonds Number
2003.002
Series Number
1
Item Number
2003.002.066
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1969]
Physical Description
1 colour slide, 5 x 5 cm
Storage Location
Slide box 2
Name Access
Weiler, Mary
Subject Access
Ferries
Transportation
Water transport
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
Whaletown
Images
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Disembarking from the "Cortes Queen" in Heriot Bay

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Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1969]
Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
Item
Creator
Weiler, Mary
Fonds Number
2003.002
Series Number
1
Item Number
2003.002.067
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1969]
Physical Description
1 colour slide, 5 x 5 cm
Storage Location
Slide box 2
Name Access
Weiler, Mary
Subject Access
Ferries
Transportation
Water transport
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
Quadra Island
Images
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"Cortes Queen" approaching the ferry dock in Whaletown Bay

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1969
Scope and Content
Photograph of the Cortes ferry approaching the ferry dock in Whaletown, in its first year of operation.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.0502
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1969
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 12.5 x 9 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of the Cortes ferry approaching the ferry dock in Whaletown, in its first year of operation.
Subject Access
Ferries
Transportation
Water transport
Geographic Access
Whaletown
Images
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"Cortes Queen" coming into the ferry dock in Whaletown Bay

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1970]
Scope and Content
Photograph of the "Cortes Queen" coming into the ferry dock in Whaletown Bay.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.0844
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1970]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 12.5 x 9 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of the "Cortes Queen" coming into the ferry dock in Whaletown Bay.
Subject Access
Ferries
Transportation
Water transport
Geographic Access
Whaletown
Images
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"Cortes Queen" approaching the ferry landing in Whaletown Bay

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Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1969]
Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
Item
Creator
Weiler, Mary
Fonds Number
2003.002
Series Number
1
Item Number
2003.002.064
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1969]
Physical Description
1 colour slide, 5 x 5 cm
Storage Location
Slide box 2
Name Access
Weiler, Mary
Subject Access
Ferries
Transportation
Water transport
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
Whaletown
Images
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"Cortes Queen" leaving the ferry dock in Whaletown Bay

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Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. erly 1970s]
Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
Item
Creator
Weiler, Mary
Fonds Number
2003.002
Series Number
1
Item Number
2003.002.343
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. erly 1970s]
Physical Description
1 colour slide, 5 x 5 cm
Storage Location
Slide box 2
Name Access
Weiler, Mary
Subject Access
Ferries
Transportation
Water transport
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
Whaletown
Images
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George Freeman's 1928 Ford, decorated for the inaugural trip of the "Cortes Queen"

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Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1969
Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
Item
Creator
Weiler, Mary
Fonds Number
2003.002
Series Number
1
Item Number
2003.002.065
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1969
Physical Description
1 colour slide, 5 x 5 cm
Storage Location
Slide box 2
Name Access
Weiler, Mary
Subject Access
Ferries
Transportation
Water transport
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
Images
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The "Cortes Queen" heading into the ferry dock. Note the houses beside the ferry landing.

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Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1970]
Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
Item
Creator
Weiler, Mary
Fonds Number
2003.002
Series Number
1
Item Number
2003.002.423
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1970]
Physical Description
1 colour slide, 5 x 5 cm
Storage Location
Slide box 2
Name Access
Weiler, Mary
Subject Access
Ferries
Transportation
Water transport
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
Images
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Clipping - about Powell River ferry promotion; many photographs of Cortes residents

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1963
Scope and Content
File contains a page from the Powell River News.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
12
File Number
3
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1963
Scope and Content
File contains a page from the Powell River News.
Storage Location
8-49
Storage Range
8-49
Subject Access
Ferries
Transportation
Water transport
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"Ferry Landing in Whaletown Bay, Cortez Island"

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Part Of
CIMAS photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[197-]
Part Of
CIMAS photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2019.003
Item Number
2019.003.132
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[197-]
Physical Description
2 postcards : colour ; 15 x 10.5 cm
Storage Location
Photograph Box 3
Subject Access
Ferries
Transportation
Water transport
Geographic Access
Whaletown
Images
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