Photograph depicts three children with a flock of chickens, in front of a house. This is a reprint of an original photograph which was likely from Florence McKay's family (see 2004.001.014).
Found in CIMAS Information Files folder (Hernando Island), with May Ellingsen's handwriting on the verso. (January 2021)
Scope and Content
Photograph depicts three children with a flock of chickens, in front of a house. This is a reprint of an original photograph which was likely from Florence McKay's family (see 2004.001.014).
Photograph of Jane Manson, granddaughter Thelma Campbell, Fraser Campbell with Shep the dog, Gwen Campbell with baby Minerva, Ervin (Ervie) McKay with Hazel, and Etta McKay in front.
This is a reprint of an original photograph from the collection of Florence McKay. It is part of the Campbell River Museum collection (CR 13650) and is also reproduced in the May Ellingsen Historic Photograph Collection: Album Nine, page 28.
Found in CIMAS Information Files folder (Hernando Island), with May Ellingsen's handwriting on the verso. (January 2021)
Scope and Content
Photograph of Jane Manson, granddaughter Thelma Campbell, Fraser Campbell with Shep the dog, Gwen Campbell with baby Minerva, Ervin (Ervie) McKay with Hazel, and Etta McKay in front.
This is a reprint of an original photograph from the collection of Florence McKay. It is part of the Campbell River Museum collection (CR 13650) and is also reproduced in the May Ellingsen Historic Photograph Collection: Album Nine, page 28.
Photograph of Wilfred Manson on steam donkey, and Ervin McKay with a bundle of drift wood to fire the donkey.
This is a reprint of an original photograph from the collection of Florence McKay. It is part of the Campbell River Museum collection (CR 13644) and is also reproduced in the May Ellingsen Historic Photograph Collection: Album Nine, page 25.
Found in CIMAS Information Files folder (Hernando Island), with May Ellingsen's handwriting on the verso. (January 2021)
Scope and Content
Photograph of Wilfred Manson on steam donkey, and Ervin McKay with a bundle of drift wood to fire the donkey.
This is a reprint of an original photograph from the collection of Florence McKay. It is part of the Campbell River Museum collection (CR 13644) and is also reproduced in the May Ellingsen Historic Photograph Collection: Album Nine, page 25.
Photograph of a steam donkey on a float, pulling in logs from the beach.
L to R: Ervie McKay, Nicol Manson, Wilf Manson
This is a reprint of an original photograph from the collection of Florence McKay. It is part of the Campbell River Museum collection (CR 13644) and is also reproduced in the May Ellingsen Historic Photograph Collection: Album Five, page 32.
Found in CIMAS Information Files folder (Hernando Island), with May Ellingsen's handwriting on the verso. (January 2021)
Scope and Content
Photograph of a steam donkey on a float, pulling in logs from the beach.
L to R: Ervie McKay, Nicol Manson, Wilf Manson
This is a reprint of an original photograph from the collection of Florence McKay. It is part of the Campbell River Museum collection (CR 13644) and is also reproduced in the May Ellingsen Historic Photograph Collection: Album Five, page 32.
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.
?? 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.
Sous-fonds consists of materials generated or gathered by George Sirk during his term as Regional Director. It includes correspondence; minutes and reports of the Cortes Island Advisory Planning Commission (APC); Official Community Plan and Zoning Bylaw revision materials; records of foreshore leases and licenses; correspondence on various island issues, and material relating to parks, aquaculture, forestry, treaty negotiations and other island concerns. Sous-fonds is arranged into six series: Advisory Planning Commission; Community Plans and Bylaws; Regional District of Comox-Strathcona: Regional Board; Regional District of Comox-Strathcona: Committees; Rezoning and Development Proposals; Subject Files: Cortes Affairs; Aquaculture; and Treaty Negotiations.
George Sirk was elected Regional Director of Electoral Area I (Cortes Island) in the Regional District of Comox-Strathcona in 1996. He served three terms as Director, from 1996 to 2005.
Custodial History
Material was donated to CIMAS by George Sirk in 2004, prior to his move from Cortes Island to Victoria, BC.
Scope and Content
Sous-fonds consists of materials generated or gathered by George Sirk during his term as Regional Director. It includes correspondence; minutes and reports of the Cortes Island Advisory Planning Commission (APC); Official Community Plan and Zoning Bylaw revision materials; records of foreshore leases and licenses; correspondence on various island issues, and material relating to parks, aquaculture, forestry, treaty negotiations and other island concerns. Sous-fonds is arranged into six series: Advisory Planning Commission; Community Plans and Bylaws; Regional District of Comox-Strathcona: Regional Board; Regional District of Comox-Strathcona: Committees; Rezoning and Development Proposals; Subject Files: Cortes Affairs; Aquaculture; and Treaty Negotiations.
File contains text of the Memorandum of Understanding developed by Cortes Ecoforestry Society and Klahoose First Nation. Also includes twenty-nine (29) color photographic prints and eleven (11) color inkjet prints, which depict the signing of the MoU at Squirrel Cove and an Ecoforestry display at Smelt Bay. Photographs are stored in Photo Box #3.
File contains text of the Memorandum of Understanding developed by Cortes Ecoforestry Society and Klahoose First Nation. Also includes twenty-nine (29) color photographic prints and eleven (11) color inkjet prints, which depict the signing of the MoU at Squirrel Cove and an Ecoforestry display at Smelt Bay. Photographs are stored in Photo Box #3.
Fonds consists of documents created and accrued by CES between 1988 and 2006, including financial statements, correspondence, meeting minutes, notes, maps, reports, legal documents, and publications. It includes 62 files arranged in thirteen series following the original order of the material.
.6 m of textual records (2 boxes)
29 photographs : col.
Extent
0.6
History / Biographical
The Cortes Ecoforestry Society (CES) was incorporated in March 1999, under the following mission statement:
"To work in partnership with the Klahoose First Nation, to gain community stewardship of the working forest lands on Cortes to create perpetual ecological and economic benefits for the entire community, and to serve as a model for sustainable ecoforestry."
Preceding names for the organization include Cortes Island Forestry Committee (ca. 1988-1990), Cortes Island Forest Resource Committee (c. 1990) and Cortes Island Forest Committee (ca. 1991-1999). A draft document from October 1991 states that,
"[T]he Cortes Island Forest Committee (CIFC) was formed in 1988. The purposes of the CIFC are to develop ecologically responsible and balanced forest use of Cortes Island forests, to develop a sustainable forest-based economy, to educate ourselves and the public regarding appropriate use of Cortes Island forests, and to work towards a broad based public consensus for the use of these forests."
In July 1999 Klahoose First Nation and CES signed an unprecedented Memorandum of Understanding, stating that the two parties would work together to create a community forest that used eco-system forestry. In 1999 and 2000 the Cortes Ecoforestry Society began planning and preparing a community forest proposal. In 2003, volume was made available for small community tenures, including Woodlot Licences and Community Forest Agreements (CFAs). Klahoose supported the efforts to revitalize the community forest proposal and a small, voluntary advisory group was formed (Bruce Ellingsen, Chief Kathy Francis, Liz Richardson and Ron Wolda). To ensure the proposal was seen to be inclusive of all islanders, the proponent name was changed to the Cortes Island Community Forest advisory group. The community forest proposal stalled, and CES, which at one point had a membership of 400 residents supporting their goals, became less active.
In May of 2011, the Cortes Community Forest Advisory Group was invited to apply for a Community Forest Agreement (CFA) by the Minister of Forests, and in September 2013 the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations issued a Community Forest Agreement to the Cortes Forestry General Partnership, which was established on June 2012.
The Cortes Forestry General Partnership is managed and governed equally by two partners, the Klahoose Forestry No. 2 Limited Partnership (KF2LP) and the Cortes Community Forest Co-operative. The tenure agreement lasts for 25 years and encompasses 3,869 hectares of crown land, about 35% of the island. The Klahoose Nation holds ancestral tenure over Cortes Island. They are currently at stage 4 in the process of negotiating a treaty agreement with the province of British Columbia and Canadian government.
Custodial History
Donated to CIMAS on Dec. 16, 2017 by David Shipway.
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of documents created and accrued by CES between 1988 and 2006, including financial statements, correspondence, meeting minutes, notes, maps, reports, legal documents, and publications. It includes 62 files arranged in thirteen series following the original order of the material.
File contains newspaper articles about pulp mill pollution and a publication by Rex Weyler, "Seafood and Pulp: Striking a Balance in the Georgia Strait".
File contains newspaper articles about pulp mill pollution and a publication by Rex Weyler, "Seafood and Pulp: Striking a Balance in the Georgia Strait".
