Photograph taken at a blockade to protest clear-cut logging by MacMillan Bloedel Ltd. near Squirrel Cove. The photo is taken from behind, and people are not identified.
Photograph taken at a blockade to protest clear-cut logging by MacMillan Bloedel Ltd. near Squirrel Cove. The photo is taken from behind, and people are not identified.
One of a series of photographs of volunteers removing the remains of shacks at Carrington Bay when Carrington Bay Marine Park was established.
L to R: Cedar DeTrey, Mike ?, John Shook
One of a series of photographs of volunteers removing the remains of shacks at Carrington Bay when Carrington Bay Marine Park was established.
L to R: Cedar DeTrey, Mike ?, John Shook
One of a series of photographs of volunteers removing the remains of shacks at Carrington Bay when Carrington Bay Marine Park was established.
L to R: John Shook, Justin Stirn, Pierre DeTrey, Kiyoshi Kosky, Cedar DeTrey.
One of a series of photographs of volunteers removing the remains of shacks at Carrington Bay when Carrington Bay Marine Park was established.
L to R: John Shook, Justin Stirn, Pierre DeTrey, Kiyoshi Kosky, Cedar DeTrey.
One of a series of photographs of volunteers removing the remains of shacks at Carrington Bay when Carrington Bay Marine Park was established.
L to R: Kiyoshi Kosky, Pierre DeTrey, Cedar DeTrey
One of a series of photographs of volunteers removing the remains of shacks at Carrington Bay when Carrington Bay Marine Park was established.
L to R: Kiyoshi Kosky, Pierre DeTrey, Cedar DeTrey
File contains an assessment of the boat launch ramp at Mansons Landing Provincial Park; a bound copy of the Mansons Landing Park Master Plan; and material on the proposed Hague Lake Park including correspondence, a map and a copy of the Whaletown National Enquirer with the steam donkey story.
File contains an assessment of the boat launch ramp at Mansons Landing Provincial Park; a bound copy of the Mansons Landing Park Master Plan; and material on the proposed Hague Lake Park including correspondence, a map and a copy of the Whaletown National Enquirer with the steam donkey story.
Fonds consists of materials generated or gathered by Nursall in the course of his activities as Regional Director for Cortes Island, and as a participant in the Salmon Aquaculture Review Committee and the treaty negotiations process. Fonds is arranged in three series: Regional Director of Cortes Island Electoral Area, Salmon Aquaculture Review Committee, and Treaty Negotiations. Original order has been maintained.
The Regional Director series includes minutes, community plans and maps, correspondence, background material and ephemera. Fonds 2002.001 Regional Director of Area I (Cortes Island) contains related records.
The Salmon Aquaculture Review series includes terms of reference, correspondence, background information and clippings, material from sessions of the Salmon Aquaculture Review Committee (SARC), submissions from industry and environmental groups, reports, and Nursall's notes and comments.
The Treaty Negotiations series includes records of the Cortes Island Local Advisory Committee (CILAC) including Terms of Reference, minutes, lists of members, correspondence, notes and background material, minutes of meetings of the Klahoose Table and copies of the newsletter "Treaty Talks". There are also records relating to the Desolation Sound Regional Advisory Committee and its successor, the North Island Regional Advisory Committee, and background materials on the treaty negotiation process.
(John) Ralph Nursall was born in 1925. He joined the University of Alberta in 1953 as a lecturer in marine zoology and was granted full professorship in 1964. Nursall chaired the Department of Zoology for three terms, retiring in 1988. A specialist in freshwater biology and the anatomy of fish, he was president of the Edmonton Zoological Society and Chair of the panel on hazardous waste for the Environmental Council of Alberta. Material relating to his professional career may be found in the John Ralph Nursall fonds in the University of Alberta Archives.
Ralph and Mary (Stewart) Nursall (1924-2017) married in 1953. They lived in Edmonton for thirty-five years, both working at the University of Alberta, and moved to Cortes Island in 1989.
Nursall was elected Regional Director of Electoral Area I (Cortes Island) for the Regional District of Comox-Strathcona (RDCS) in November of 1990. He served two terms as Director: 1990-1993, and 1993-1996. From 1995 to 1997 the BC government undertook a comprehensive review of salmon aquaculture; continuing after the end of his term, Nursall represented the RDCS on a Salmon Aquaculture Review Committee. He was involved in the BC First Nations treaty process from 1996 to 2002 as chair of the Cortes Island Local Advisory Committee (CILAC).
Custodial History
This fonds was donated to CIMAS by Ralph Nursall in 2008.
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of materials generated or gathered by Nursall in the course of his activities as Regional Director for Cortes Island, and as a participant in the Salmon Aquaculture Review Committee and the treaty negotiations process. Fonds is arranged in three series: Regional Director of Cortes Island Electoral Area, Salmon Aquaculture Review Committee, and Treaty Negotiations. Original order has been maintained.
The Regional Director series includes minutes, community plans and maps, correspondence, background material and ephemera. Fonds 2002.001 Regional Director of Area I (Cortes Island) contains related records.
The Salmon Aquaculture Review series includes terms of reference, correspondence, background information and clippings, material from sessions of the Salmon Aquaculture Review Committee (SARC), submissions from industry and environmental groups, reports, and Nursall's notes and comments.
The Treaty Negotiations series includes records of the Cortes Island Local Advisory Committee (CILAC) including Terms of Reference, minutes, lists of members, correspondence, notes and background material, minutes of meetings of the Klahoose Table and copies of the newsletter "Treaty Talks". There are also records relating to the Desolation Sound Regional Advisory Committee and its successor, the North Island Regional Advisory Committee, and background materials on the treaty negotiation process.
Regional Director of Cortes Island Electoral Area fonds
John Ralph Nursall fonds at the University of Alberta Archives (https://albertaonrecord.ca/john-ralph-nursall-fonds)
