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.
File contains material relating to the formation of the Cortes Island Shellfish Growers Cooperative; agendas and minutes of meetings; newsletters produced by the association; and correspondence.
File contains material relating to the formation of the Cortes Island Shellfish Growers Cooperative; agendas and minutes of meetings; newsletters produced by the association; and correspondence.
Series consists of an application by Cortes Environmental Youth Inititative for funding to engage youth in community education, consultation, and assessment of clean water and wastewater issues. Grant application was made to the EcoAction Community Funding Program, in the categories of "Advocacy and Education to Advance Conservation and Environmental Causes," and "Environmental Research".
Series consists of an application by Cortes Environmental Youth Inititative for funding to engage youth in community education, consultation, and assessment of clean water and wastewater issues. Grant application was made to the EcoAction Community Funding Program, in the categories of "Advocacy and Education to Advance Conservation and Environmental Causes," and "Environmental Research".
Series consists of files pertaining to the relationship between FOCI and CES, including collaboration and mutual aid. See Series 1 of this fonds for documents pertaining to the E-Team Work Crew grant awarded to FOCI and CES.
Series consists of files pertaining to the relationship between FOCI and CES, including collaboration and mutual aid. See Series 1 of this fonds for documents pertaining to the E-Team Work Crew grant awarded to FOCI and CES.
File contains correspondence regarding development in Carrington Bay, between Friends of Cortes Island (FOCI), Regional Director George Sirk, and Klahoose First Nation.
File contains correspondence regarding development in Carrington Bay, between Friends of Cortes Island (FOCI), Regional Director George Sirk, and Klahoose First Nation.
File contains meeting minutes, as well as statements and essays from Friends of Cortes Island (FOCI), F.J. Guthrie, and Cortes Island Forest Committee (which later became Cortes Ecoforestry Society).
File contains meeting minutes, as well as statements and essays from Friends of Cortes Island (FOCI), F.J. Guthrie, and Cortes Island Forest Committee (which later became Cortes Ecoforestry Society).