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Part Of
Eleanor Milne fonds
Description Level
Series
Material Type
textual record
Date Range
1947; 1958
Scope and Content
Series consists of one file containing a typed transcript of the funeral service of Lydia Matilda Hague (Jan. 11, 1863 - Apr. 16, 1947), which was held in Merritt, B.C. and a "Baby's Record" card for "baby girl Milne" (born Feb. 23, 1958) with instructions for supplemental feeding.
Part Of
Eleanor Milne fonds
Description Level
Series
Creator
Milne, Eleanor
Fonds Number
2004.005
Series Number
3
Material Type
textual record
Date Range
1947; 1958
Physical Description
1 file
Custodial History
Slipped under the door of the Museum, July 26, 2021. There was no accompanying note.
Scope and Content
Series consists of one file containing a typed transcript of the funeral service of Lydia Matilda Hague (Jan. 11, 1863 - Apr. 16, 1947), which was held in Merritt, B.C. and a "Baby's Record" card for "baby girl Milne" (born Feb. 23, 1958) with instructions for supplemental feeding.
Storage Location
Small fonds box 1-21
Storage Range
Small fonds box 1-21
Name Access
Hague, Lydia
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Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
Series
Material Type
textual record
Accession Number
2022.005
Date Range
1962
Scope and Content
Series contains two books : "The Whale People", written by Roderick Haig-Brown and illustrated by Mary Weiler, and an annotated guide book to birds which belonged to Brigid Weiler as a child.
Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
Series
Fonds Number
2003.002
Series Number
5
Accession Number
2022.005
Material Type
textual record
Date Range
1962
Physical Description
2 books
Scope and Content
Series contains two books : "The Whale People", written by Roderick Haig-Brown and illustrated by Mary Weiler, and an annotated guide book to birds which belonged to Brigid Weiler as a child.
Name Access
Weiler, Mary
Weiler, Brigid
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Cortes Island subdivision map

https://collections.cortesmuseum.com/en/permalink/descriptions15200
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
cartographic material
Date Range
2001
Scope and Content
Map produced by the Regional District of Comox-Strathcona showing lots with their plan numbers.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
16
File Number
6
Material Type
cartographic material
Date Range
2001
Physical Description
38 x 36.25 in (96.5 x 92 cm.)
Scope and Content
Map produced by the Regional District of Comox-Strathcona showing lots with their plan numbers.
Storage Location
Map box
Name Access
Douglas, Gilean
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British Columbia Department of Lands map of Southwestern Districts of BC

https://collections.cortesmuseum.com/en/permalink/descriptions15201
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
cartographic material
Date Range
1925
Scope and Content
Coloured map of southwestern BC showing municipalities, geographical features, land and sea routes, natural resources, etc. The back of the map is fully printed with information about BC and suggested travel itineraries. Map needs preservation: edges are frayed and there are several tears.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
16
File Number
7
Material Type
cartographic material
Date Range
1925
Physical Description
38 x 36.25 in (31.5 x 80 cm)
Scope and Content
Coloured map of southwestern BC showing municipalities, geographical features, land and sea routes, natural resources, etc. The back of the map is fully printed with information about BC and suggested travel itineraries. Map needs preservation: edges are frayed and there are several tears.
Storage Location
Map box
Storage Range
Map box
Name Access
Douglas, Gilean
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Annotated Cortes Island map

https://collections.cortesmuseum.com/en/permalink/descriptions15202
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
cartographic material
Date Range
1969
Scope and Content
The base map is a zoning map produced by the Regional District of Comox- Strathcona for the Cortes Island Land Use Project (Aug 1969). Edwards used coloured pencil to show land and foreshore zones, and transferred information about early preemptions and old roads and trails from an earlier map (see Donald Palmer fonds, 2020.002.011, map of Cortes Island, Sayward District, ca. 1915).
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
16
File Number
8
Material Type
cartographic material
Date Range
1969
Physical Description
42 x 67 inches (107 x 170 cm)
Scope and Content
The base map is a zoning map produced by the Regional District of Comox- Strathcona for the Cortes Island Land Use Project (Aug 1969). Edwards used coloured pencil to show land and foreshore zones, and transferred information about early preemptions and old roads and trails from an earlier map (see Donald Palmer fonds, 2020.002.011, map of Cortes Island, Sayward District, ca. 1915).
Storage Location
Map box
Storage Range
Map box
Name Access
Douglas, Gilean
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Distribution of Population of Canada

https://collections.cortesmuseum.com/en/permalink/descriptions15203
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
cartographic material
Date Range
1961
Scope and Content
This map was prepared from Census 1961 data by the Dominion Bureau of Statistics for the Canada Year Book.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
16
File Number
9
Material Type
cartographic material
Date Range
1961
Physical Description
37.5 x 28.5 inches (95 x 72 cm)
Scope and Content
This map was prepared from Census 1961 data by the Dominion Bureau of Statistics for the Canada Year Book.
Storage Location
Map box
Storage Range
Map box
Name Access
Douglas, Gilean
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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
cartographic material
Date Range
[197?; orig. 1550]
Scope and Content
A reproduction of a map made by Pierre Desceliers, a cartographer-artist working near Dieppe, after Jacques Cartier's explorations.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
16
File Number
12
Material Type
cartographic material
Date Range
[197?; orig. 1550]
Physical Description
1 map : 21.75 x 17.25 inches
Scope and Content
A reproduction of a map made by Pierre Desceliers, a cartographer-artist working near Dieppe, after Jacques Cartier's explorations.
Storage Location
Map box
Storage Range
Map box
Name Access
Douglas, Gilean
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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
cartographic material
Date Range
[197?]
Scope and Content
Pictorial map of northern Canada, showing resources, wildlife and history. Printed in b&w with one colour (blue).
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
16
File Number
10
Material Type
cartographic material
Date Range
[197?]
Physical Description
1 map : 33.5 x 16.5 inches
Scope and Content
Pictorial map of northern Canada, showing resources, wildlife and history. Printed in b&w with one colour (blue).
Storage Location
Map box
Storage Range
Map box
Name Access
Douglas, Gilean
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"The Queen's Realm, Past and Present"

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
cartographic material
Date Range
1953
Scope and Content
Map of the British Empire, drawn by Eric Dinickel for publication in the June, 1953 issue of Maclean’s (the month of the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II). Printed in full colour.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Creator
Aldwinckle, Eric
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
16
File Number
11
Material Type
cartographic material
Date Range
1953
Physical Description
1 map : 27.25 x 18.75 inches
Scope and Content
Map of the British Empire, drawn by Eric Dinickel for publication in the June, 1953 issue of Maclean’s (the month of the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II). Printed in full colour.
Storage Location
Map box
Storage Range
Map box
Name Access
Douglas, Gilean
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Historic trading posts and territories of the governor & company of adventurers of England trading into Hudson's Bay

https://collections.cortesmuseum.com/en/permalink/descriptions15211
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
cartographic material
Date Range
[1950 orig; reproduction 19??]
Scope and Content
A black and white reproduction of part of a full-colour pictorial map published by the Hudson's Bay Company.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Creator
Dinickel, Eric
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
16
File Number
13
Material Type
cartographic material
Date Range
[1950 orig; reproduction 19??]
Physical Description
1 map : 13.5 x 17.75 inches
Scope and Content
A black and white reproduction of part of a full-colour pictorial map published by the Hudson's Bay Company.
Storage Location
Map box
Storage Range
Map box
Name Access
Douglas, Gilean
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Part Of
George Sirk fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
moving image
electronic records
Date Range
1975-1981 [digitized 2022]
Scope and Content
File contains still photographs taken from the films shown at the "Out of the Archives" film festival.
Part Of
George Sirk fonds
Description Level
File
Creator
Sirk, George
Fonds Number
2022.010
Series Number
1
File Number
18
Material Type
moving image
electronic records
Digitized Media Type
Image
Date Range
1975-1981 [digitized 2022]
Physical Description
80 images : PNG files
Scope and Content
File contains still photographs taken from the films shown at the "Out of the Archives" film festival.
Name Access
Sirk, George
Images
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Part Of
Cortes Island Seniors' Building Society Fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
cartographic material
Accession Number
2013.005
Date Range
[ca. 1980s]
Scope and Content
File contains a printed map, created by Gail Ringwood, which has been coloured in.
Part Of
Cortes Island Seniors' Building Society Fonds
Description Level
File
Creator
Cortes Island Seniors' Building Society
Fonds Number
2013.005
Series Number
11
File Number
2
Accession Number
2013.005
Material Type
cartographic material
Date Range
[ca. 1980s]
Physical Description
1 map : 18 x 23 inches
Scope and Content
File contains a printed map, created by Gail Ringwood, which has been coloured in.
Storage Location
Map folder
Storage Range
Map folder
Subject Access
Community Associations
Geographic Access
Cortes Island Manson's Landing
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"The Whale People" by R. Haig-Brown

https://collections.cortesmuseum.com/en/permalink/descriptions15411
Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual record
Accession Number
2022.05
Date Range
1962
Scope and Content
"The Whale People", written by Roderick Haig-Brown and illustrated by Mary Weiler, with dust cover and inscription on title page: "For Mary, most gratefully, Rod Haig-Brown". Brigid Weiler posed for some of the drawings.
Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
File
Creator
Haig-Brown, Roderick
Weiler, Mary
Fonds Number
2003.002
Series Number
5
File Number
1
Accession Number
2022.05
Material Type
textual record
Date Range
1962
Publication
Published by Collins, St. James's Place, London: 1962
Physical Description
1 book, 184 pages
Custodial History
Donated by Brigid Weiler, Feb. 2022
Scope and Content
"The Whale People", written by Roderick Haig-Brown and illustrated by Mary Weiler, with dust cover and inscription on title page: "For Mary, most gratefully, Rod Haig-Brown". Brigid Weiler posed for some of the drawings.
Storage Location
1-30
Name Access
Weiler, Mary
Haig-Brown, Roderick
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"Birds: A Golden Nature Guide"

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Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual record
Accession Number
2022.05
Date Range
1962
Scope and Content
File consists of a paperback book "Birds: A Guide to the Most Familiar American Birds", with notes on dates and locations of bird sightings on Cortes Island made by Otto Weiler and Brigid Weiler. The cover is missing.
Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
File
Creator
Zim, Herbert and Gabrielson, Ira
Fonds Number
2003.002
Series Number
5
File Number
2
Accession Number
2022.05
Material Type
textual record
Edition
Revised edition, 1956
Date Range
1962
Publication
Published by Simon and Schuster, New York
Physical Description
1 book, 160 pages
Custodial History
Donated by Brigid Weiler, Aug 2023
Scope and Content
File consists of a paperback book "Birds: A Guide to the Most Familiar American Birds", with notes on dates and locations of bird sightings on Cortes Island made by Otto Weiler and Brigid Weiler. The cover is missing.
Storage Location
1-30
Name Access
Weiler, Mary
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"1:10,000 Composite Mapping for Planning Department of RDCS"

https://collections.cortesmuseum.com/en/permalink/descriptions12166
Part Of
Regional Director of Area I (Cortes Island) fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
cartographic material
Accession Number
2004.004
Date Range
[198?]
Scope and Content
File contains one book of composite maps of Cortes Island properties in a cerlox binding.
Part Of
Regional Director of Area I (Cortes Island) fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2002.001.3
Sous Fonds Number
3
Series Number
2
File Number
35
Accession Number
2004.004
Material Type
textual records
cartographic material
Date Range
[198?]
Scope and Content
File contains one book of composite maps of Cortes Island properties in a cerlox binding.
Storage Location
Map cabinet (4-11)
Storage Range
Map cabinet (4-11)
Name Access
Sirk, George
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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"1:10,000 Composite Mapping for Planning Department of RDCS, June 1987"

https://collections.cortesmuseum.com/en/permalink/descriptions12167
Part Of
Regional Director of Area I (Cortes Island) fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
cartographic material
Accession Number
2004.004
Date Range
1987
Scope and Content
File contains one book of composite maps of Cortes Island properties in a cerlox binding.
Part Of
Regional Director of Area I (Cortes Island) fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2002.001.3
Sous Fonds Number
3
Series Number
2
File Number
36
Accession Number
2004.004
Material Type
textual records
cartographic material
Date Range
1987
Scope and Content
File contains one book of composite maps of Cortes Island properties in a cerlox binding.
Storage Location
Map cabinet (4-12)
Storage Range
Map cabinet (4-12)
Name Access
Sirk, George
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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"1:10,000 Composite Mapping for Planning Department of RDCS, September 1990"

https://collections.cortesmuseum.com/en/permalink/descriptions12168
Part Of
Regional Director of Area I (Cortes Island) fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
cartographic material
Accession Number
2004.004
Date Range
1990
Scope and Content
File contains one book of composite maps of Cortes Island properties in a cerlox binding, with annotations.
Part Of
Regional Director of Area I (Cortes Island) fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2002.001.3
Sous Fonds Number
3
Series Number
2
File Number
37
Accession Number
2004.004
Material Type
textual records
cartographic material
Date Range
1990
Scope and Content
File contains one book of composite maps of Cortes Island properties in a cerlox binding, with annotations.
Storage Location
Map cabinet (4-13)
Storage Range
Map cabinet (4-13)
Name Access
Sirk, George
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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"The Plan Map"- Schedule A-1 and A-2 for Bylaw No. 1740 Cortes Official Community Plan Bylaw 1995

https://collections.cortesmuseum.com/en/permalink/descriptions12180
Part Of
Regional Director of Area I (Cortes Island) fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
cartographic material
Accession Number
2004.004
Date Range
1995
Part Of
Regional Director of Area I (Cortes Island) fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2002.001.3
Sous Fonds Number
3
Series Number
2
File Number
39
Accession Number
2004.004
Material Type
textual records
cartographic material
Date Range
1995
Storage Location
4-15
Storage Range
4-15
Name Access
Sirk, George
Nursall, Ralph
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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"Cortes Official Community Plan Draft, Sept 1994" with a list of agency referral forms and draft Plan Map Schedules A and B

https://collections.cortesmuseum.com/en/permalink/descriptions12181
Part Of
Regional Director of Area I (Cortes Island) fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
cartographic material
Accession Number
2004.004
Date Range
1994
Part Of
Regional Director of Area I (Cortes Island) fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2002.001.3
Sous Fonds Number
3
Series Number
2
File Number
13
Accession Number
2004.004
Material Type
textual records
cartographic material
Date Range
1994
Storage Location
3-22
Storage Range
3-22
Name Access
Sirk, George
Nursall, Ralph
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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Community Plans and Bylaws

https://collections.cortesmuseum.com/en/permalink/descriptions12206
Part Of
Regional Director of Area I (Cortes Island) fonds
Description Level
Series
Material Type
textual records
cartographic material
Accession Number
2004.004
Date Range
1970-2003
Scope and Content
Series consists of materials relating to the Cortes Island Official Community Plan (OCP) and the Zoning Bylaw. It includes copies of the first and second Official Community Plans (1979 and 1995) and the first and second Zoning Bylaws (1970 and 2002). There are materials from an OCP revision (1992 -1995) and a Zoning Bylaw revision (ca. 1998-2003) including annotated draft copies, detailed APC commentary, correspondence, background materials and minutes of public meetings; Plan Maps and maps of Cortes properties.
Part Of
Regional Director of Area I (Cortes Island) fonds
Description Level
Series
Fonds Number
2002.001.3
Sous Fonds Number
3
Series Number
2
Accession Number
2004.004
Material Type
textual records
cartographic material
Date Range
1970-2003
Physical Description
?? cm of textual records; 4 cerlox-bound map books
Scope and Content
Series consists of materials relating to the Cortes Island Official Community Plan (OCP) and the Zoning Bylaw. It includes copies of the first and second Official Community Plans (1979 and 1995) and the first and second Zoning Bylaws (1970 and 2002). There are materials from an OCP revision (1992 -1995) and a Zoning Bylaw revision (ca. 1998-2003) including annotated draft copies, detailed APC commentary, correspondence, background materials and minutes of public meetings; Plan Maps and maps of Cortes properties.
Storage Location
3-10 - 4-15
Storage Range
3-10 - 4-15
Name Access
Sirk, George
Nursall, Ralph
Subject Access
Local governments
Regional District
Zoning
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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