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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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Photographic essay from the North Island News, July 26, 1960 about the celebration for the opening of the Gorge Road connecting Whaletown and Manson's Landing

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Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
ephemera
Date Range
1960
Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2003.002
Series Number
4
File Number
1
Material Type
ephemera
Date Range
1960
Storage Location
Small Box 1
Storage Range
1-28
Name Access
Weiler, Mary
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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"Merry Christmas! You have just won these free albums"

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Part Of
Ken Slater collection
Description Level
File
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1967
Scope and Content
File consists of a coloured cartoon on folded drawing cardboard, given as a Christmas card to Gary and Velma Bergman. The front depicts a collection of record albums; the inside shows a scene on the Whaletown dock.
Part Of
Ken Slater collection
Description Level
File
Creator
Slater, Ken
Fonds Number
2019.012
File Number
3
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1967
Physical Description
1 coloured cartoon drawing : 34 cm x 55 cm
Scope and Content
File consists of a coloured cartoon on folded drawing cardboard, given as a Christmas card to Gary and Velma Bergman. The front depicts a collection of record albums; the inside shows a scene on the Whaletown dock.
Storage Location
Oversize box
Name Access
Slater, Ken
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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Tea and sale at Gorge Hall

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Part Of
Island Women's Club fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Accession Number
2009.001
Date Range
1972
Scope and Content
File consists of list and two small posters for the annual tea and sale at the Gorge Hall put on by the Anglican Church Women's Auxiiliaries.
Part Of
Island Women's Club fonds
Description Level
File
Creator
Whaletown Women's Auxiliary of the Anglican Church
Fonds Number
2009.001.2
Sous Fonds Number
2
Series Number
5
File Number
5
Accession Number
2009.001
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1972
Scope and Content
File consists of list and two small posters for the annual tea and sale at the Gorge Hall put on by the Anglican Church Women's Auxiiliaries.
Storage Location
2-15
Storage Range
2-15
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Gorge Harbour tidal circulation and pollution study

https://collections.cortesmuseum.com/en/permalink/descriptions7301
Part Of
Cortes Island Ratepayers Association fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1977
Part Of
Cortes Island Ratepayers Association fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2000.003
Series Number
6
File Number
24
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1977
Storage Location
2-45
Storage Range
2-45
Name Access
Cortes Island Ratepayers Association
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"The Little House on the Dyke Road" by Gordon Wagner

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1986
Scope and Content
Photocopy of Wagner's manuscript of a fictionalized history of a house in Comox
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
10
File Number
44
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1986
Scope and Content
Photocopy of Wagner's manuscript of a fictionalized history of a house in Comox
Storage Location
5-31
Storage Range
5-31
Name Access
Douglas, Gilean
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Part Of
Regional Director of Area I (Cortes Island) fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Accession Number
2008.001
Date Range
1989
Scope and Content
File contains correspondence re the use of sodium lignosulfate for dust control on Cortes roads.
Part Of
Regional Director of Area I (Cortes Island) fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2002.001.2
Series Number
6.5
File Number
21
Accession Number
2008.001
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1989
Scope and Content
File contains correspondence re the use of sodium lignosulfate for dust control on Cortes roads.
Storage Location
Ralph Nursall fonds: Box
Storage Range
Ralph Nursall fonds: Box
2-15
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Part Of
Ralph Nursall fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Accession Number
2008.001
Date Range
1989
Scope and Content
File contains correspondence re the use of sodium lignosulfate for dust control on Cortes roads.
Part Of
Ralph Nursall fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2008.001
Series Number
1.5
File Number
21
Accession Number
2008.001
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1989
Scope and Content
File contains correspondence re the use of sodium lignosulfate for dust control on Cortes roads.
Storage Range
2-15
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Harbour Society of Cortes Island (HACI)

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Part Of
Regional Director of Area I (Cortes Island) fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Accession Number
2008.001
Date Range
1991
Scope and Content
File contains correspondence and ephemera.
Part Of
Regional Director of Area I (Cortes Island) fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2002.001.2
Series Number
6.5
File Number
37
Accession Number
2008.001
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1991
Scope and Content
File contains correspondence and ephemera.
Storage Location
Ralph Nursall fonds: Box
Storage Range
Ralph Nursall fonds: Box
2-31
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Harbour Society of Cortes Island (HACI)

https://collections.cortesmuseum.com/en/permalink/descriptions11868
Part Of
Ralph Nursall fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Accession Number
2008.001
Date Range
1991
Scope and Content
File contains correspondence and ephemera.
Part Of
Ralph Nursall fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2008.001
Series Number
1.5
File Number
37
Accession Number
2008.001
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1991
Scope and Content
File contains correspondence and ephemera.
Storage Range
2-31
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"Extras - Mar. 26/1993" Gorge Hall

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Part Of
Mae Sherwood fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1993
Scope and Content
File contains photographs of a group of people seated on the porch of the Gorge Hall.
Part Of
Mae Sherwood fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2017.005
Series Number
1
File Number
2
Item Number Range
2017.005.008 -.011
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1993
Physical Description
4 photographs: colour ; 15 x 10 cm
Scope and Content
File contains photographs of a group of people seated on the porch of the Gorge Hall.
Name Access
Sherwood, Mae
Whaletown Community Club
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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Harbour Authority of Cortes Island

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Part Of
Regional Director of Area I (Cortes Island) fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Accession Number
2004.004
Date Range
1998
Scope and Content
File contains minutes of HACI and correspondence regarding the divestiture of recreational harbours by the Dept. of Fisheries & Oceans.
Part Of
Regional Director of Area I (Cortes Island) fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2002.001.3
Sous Fonds Number
3
Series Number
6
File Number
9
Accession Number
2004.004
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1998
Scope and Content
File contains minutes of HACI and correspondence regarding the divestiture of recreational harbours by the Dept. of Fisheries & Oceans.
Storage Location
5-31
Storage Range
5-31
Name Access
Sirk, George
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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Research for Section 23, Cortes Island, Sayward District; map key to researched sections south of Gorge Harbour

https://collections.cortesmuseum.com/en/permalink/descriptions14022
Part Of
Doreen Thompson fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
cartographic material
Date Range
1999
Scope and Content
File contains a map key to the areas of Sections 17, 18, 19, 22 and 34 (south of Gorge Harbour) which were researched (Information in Files 3-7). It contains photocopies of original land grants and subsequent conveyances for the following: Reginald James Smith: 1946, Crown Grant 165414I for fractional SE 1/4 of Sec 23, 1946 (the Thunder Road subdivision at the eastern end of Gorge Harbour). (Files 3 through 7 are from the same envelope.)
Part Of
Doreen Thompson fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2006.001
Series Number
1
File Number
3
Material Type
textual records
cartographic material
Date Range
1999
Scope and Content
File contains a map key to the areas of Sections 17, 18, 19, 22 and 34 (south of Gorge Harbour) which were researched (Information in Files 3-7). It contains photocopies of original land grants and subsequent conveyances for the following: Reginald James Smith: 1946, Crown Grant 165414I for fractional SE 1/4 of Sec 23, 1946 (the Thunder Road subdivision at the eastern end of Gorge Harbour). (Files 3 through 7 are from the same envelope.)
Storage Location
1-2
Storage Range
1-2
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Research for Sections 21, 33, and 32, to the north and west of Gorge Harbour

https://collections.cortesmuseum.com/en/permalink/descriptions14196
Part Of
Doreen Thompson fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1999
Scope and Content
File contains a Key Map to the sections covered in Files 17-19; a list of the sections researched and two pages of notes. It contains photocopies of Crown Grants and subsequent title changes for the following: Charles Allen: 1908, Crown Grant for part of NE 1/4 of Sec. 21 lying north of Gorge Harbour (property known as Bute Ranch); 46 acres for $46.00 Bernard Robinson Allen: 1919, Crown Grant for NW 1/4 of Sec. 21; 162 acres for $247.00 Charles Allen: 1905, Crown Grant for SE 1/4 of Sec. 34 (Files 17 through 19 are from the same envelope.)
Part Of
Doreen Thompson fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2006.001
Series Number
1
File Number
17
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1999
Scope and Content
File contains a Key Map to the sections covered in Files 17-19; a list of the sections researched and two pages of notes. It contains photocopies of Crown Grants and subsequent title changes for the following: Charles Allen: 1908, Crown Grant for part of NE 1/4 of Sec. 21 lying north of Gorge Harbour (property known as Bute Ranch); 46 acres for $46.00 Bernard Robinson Allen: 1919, Crown Grant for NW 1/4 of Sec. 21; 162 acres for $247.00 Charles Allen: 1905, Crown Grant for SE 1/4 of Sec. 34 (Files 17 through 19 are from the same envelope.)
Storage Range
1-16
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Research on Section 40, known as "Green Valley"; the area including and to the east of Bluejay Lake

https://collections.cortesmuseum.com/en/permalink/descriptions14208
Part Of
Doreen Thompson fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1999
Scope and Content
File contains a map and notes, and information on the following: Mabel Huck: 1920, Crown Grant for NE 1/4 of Sec. 40; file shows the original grant, a tax sale forfeit in 1939, a regrant in 1957 with immediate sale to MacMillan/Bloedel. William Barrett: 1916, Crown Grant for NW 1/4 of Sec. 40; $160 for 160 acres. Herbert Benjamin Middleton: 1916, Crown Grant for SW 1/4 of Sec. 40, 168 acres for $168.00 August Teuber: 1904, Crown Grant for SE 14 of Sec. 40; 160 acres for $160.00.
Part Of
Doreen Thompson fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2006.001
Series Number
1
File Number
21
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1999
Scope and Content
File contains a map and notes, and information on the following: Mabel Huck: 1920, Crown Grant for NE 1/4 of Sec. 40; file shows the original grant, a tax sale forfeit in 1939, a regrant in 1957 with immediate sale to MacMillan/Bloedel. William Barrett: 1916, Crown Grant for NW 1/4 of Sec. 40; $160 for 160 acres. Herbert Benjamin Middleton: 1916, Crown Grant for SW 1/4 of Sec. 40, 168 acres for $168.00 August Teuber: 1904, Crown Grant for SE 14 of Sec. 40; 160 acres for $160.00.
Storage Range
1-20
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Cortes Island Harbour Authority - wharves

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Part Of
Regional Director of Area I (Cortes Island) fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Accession Number
2004.004
Date Range
1999
Scope and Content
File contains blank membership application forms and a lease template with information on the Mansons Landing and Squirrel Cove wharves.
Part Of
Regional Director of Area I (Cortes Island) fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2002.001.3
Sous Fonds Number
3
Series Number
6
File Number
10
Accession Number
2004.004
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1999
Scope and Content
File contains blank membership application forms and a lease template with information on the Mansons Landing and Squirrel Cove wharves.
Storage Location
5-32
Storage Range
5-32
Name Access
Sirk, George
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
Squirrel Cove
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Part Of
Regional Director of Area I (Cortes Island) fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Accession Number
2004.004
Date Range
2001
Scope and Content
File contains correspondence and a draft of an agreement between the RDCS and the BC Ministry of Transport re rural road standards.
Part Of
Regional Director of Area I (Cortes Island) fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2002.001.3
Sous Fonds Number
3
Series Number
3
File Number
22
Accession Number
2004.004
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
2001
Scope and Content
File contains correspondence and a draft of an agreement between the RDCS and the BC Ministry of Transport re rural road standards.
Storage Location
4-37
Storage Range
4-37
Name Access
Sirk, George
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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Renovation of the Gorge Hall, and Young Musician's concert

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Part Of
Mae Sherwood fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
2002
Scope and Content
File contains two photographs of the Young Musician's Concert, and a series of photographs showing the large hemlock tree that stood beside the porch of the Gorge Hall and the tree after it was felled.
Part Of
Mae Sherwood fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2017.005
Series Number
1
File Number
14
Item Number Range
2017.005.127 - .132
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
2002
Physical Description
6 photographs: colour ; 15 x 10 cm
Scope and Content
File contains two photographs of the Young Musician's Concert, and a series of photographs showing the large hemlock tree that stood beside the porch of the Gorge Hall and the tree after it was felled.
Name Access
Sherwood, Mae
Whaletown Community Club
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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Renovation of the Gorge Hall

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Part Of
Mae Sherwood fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
2002
Scope and Content
File contains photographs of replacing the roof, digging out the large stump beside the porch.
Part Of
Mae Sherwood fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2017.005
Series Number
1
File Number
15
Item Number Range
2017.005.133 - .154
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
2002
Physical Description
22 photographs: colour ; 15 x 10 cm
Scope and Content
File contains photographs of replacing the roof, digging out the large stump beside the porch.
Name Access
Sherwood, Mae
Whaletown Community Club
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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Part Of
Mae Sherwood fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
2002
Scope and Content
File contains photographs of replacing the roof on the Gorge Hall, digging out the stump beside the porch, and the north end of the Gorge Hall with a new roof and new siding.
Part Of
Mae Sherwood fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2017.005
Series Number
1
File Number
16
Item Number Range
2017.005.155 - .185
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
2002
Physical Description
31 photographs: colour ; 15 x 10 cm
Scope and Content
File contains photographs of replacing the roof on the Gorge Hall, digging out the stump beside the porch, and the north end of the Gorge Hall with a new roof and new siding.
Name Access
Sherwood, Mae
Whaletown Community Club
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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