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Telephone service - Manson's Landing local telephone line

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1959
Scope and Content
File contains a notebook with information on establishing a local phone line, with lists of subscribers and of men who worked stringing the wire.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
8
File Number
38
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1959
Scope and Content
File contains a notebook with information on establishing a local phone line, with lists of subscribers and of men who worked stringing the wire.
Storage Location
7-38
Storage Range
7-38
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Heay and Rickenbacker family histories

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1966
Scope and Content
File contains correspondence with information on the Heay and the Rickenbacker families.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
5.2
File Number
51
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1966
Scope and Content
File contains correspondence with information on the Heay and the Rickenbacker families.
Storage Location
5-51
Storage Range
5-51
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Whaletown history - hippies

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1973
Scope and Content
3 clippings from a Campbell River newspaper about hippies on Cortes
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
10
File Number
23
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1973
Scope and Content
3 clippings from a Campbell River newspaper about hippies on Cortes
Storage Location
5-10
Storage Range
5-10
Name Access
Douglas, Gilean
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Correspondence about local history

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1975
Scope and Content
File contains letters written by May Ellingsen re preserving the former Manson's Landing Lodge store for use as a museum, archival information about pictographs, artifacts and old Cortes Island families, and correspondence about a central post office on Cortes and milk regulations.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
5.2
File Number
76
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1975
Scope and Content
File contains letters written by May Ellingsen re preserving the former Manson's Landing Lodge store for use as a museum, archival information about pictographs, artifacts and old Cortes Island families, and correspondence about a central post office on Cortes and milk regulations.
Storage Location
5-76
Storage Range
5-76
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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1976
Scope and Content
File contains a typed manuscript of the Lambert family, written by Barbara Lambert.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
5.2
File Number
55
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1976
Scope and Content
File contains a typed manuscript of the Lambert family, written by Barbara Lambert.
Storage Location
5-55
Storage Range
5-55
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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1978
Scope and Content
File contains a copy of a letter from Mike Manson to John Manson, a history of the Manson family written by Etta Byers and a letter about the Manson family to the museum from Etta Byers (2013).
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
5.1
File Number
2
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1978
Scope and Content
File contains a copy of a letter from Mike Manson to John Manson, a history of the Manson family written by Etta Byers and a letter about the Manson family to the museum from Etta Byers (2013).
Storage Location
5-2
Storage Range
5-2
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History of 75 years of BC Women's Institutes compiled by June Bell

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Part Of
Island Women's Club fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Accession Number
2009.001
Date Range
1984
Scope and Content
File consists of histories of chapters of BC Women's Institutes.
Part Of
Island Women's Club fonds
Description Level
File
Creator
Cortes Island Women's Institute
Fonds Number
2009.001.3
Sous Fonds Number
3
Series Number
6
File Number
5
Accession Number
2009.001
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1984
Scope and Content
File consists of histories of chapters of BC Women's Institutes.
Storage Location
2-49
Storage Range
2-49
Subject Access
Women's Institute
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Cortes Island Women's Institutes history project

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Part Of
Island Women's Club fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Accession Number
2009.001
Date Range
1989
Scope and Content
File consists of histories of the past and present Women's Institutes on Cortes Island, including handwritten histories by May Elliingsen; notes for the histories; material regarding a luncheon of past members held to collect WI recollections.
Part Of
Island Women's Club fonds
Description Level
File
Creator
Cortes Island Women's Institute
Fonds Number
2009.001.3
Sous Fonds Number
3
Series Number
6
File Number
2
Accession Number
2009.001
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1989
Scope and Content
File consists of histories of the past and present Women's Institutes on Cortes Island, including handwritten histories by May Elliingsen; notes for the histories; material regarding a luncheon of past members held to collect WI recollections.
Storage Location
2-46
Storage Range
2-46
Subject Access
Women's Institute
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Correspondence from Michael Manson re land titles research

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1989
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
5.2
File Number
80
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1989
Storage Location
5-80
Storage Range
5-80
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"North Vancouver Island Women's Institute History up to 1992"

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Part Of
Island Women's Club fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Accession Number
2009.001
Date Range
1992
Scope and Content
File consists of two binders, "North Vancouver Island Women's Institute History up to 1992", compiled in 1992, and containing chapters on the Cortes Island Women's Institute and the Whaletown Women's Institute. (One binder is kept on the informational shelves of the museum.)
Part Of
Island Women's Club fonds
Description Level
File
Creator
Cortes Island Women's Institute
Fonds Number
2009.001.3
Sous Fonds Number
3
Series Number
7
File Number
2
Accession Number
2009.001
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1992
Scope and Content
File consists of two binders, "North Vancouver Island Women's Institute History up to 1992", compiled in 1992, and containing chapters on the Cortes Island Women's Institute and the Whaletown Women's Institute. (One binder is kept on the informational shelves of the museum.)
Storage Range
3-1 to 3-2
Subject Access
Women's Institute
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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1993
Scope and Content
File contains a history of the Lambert family, written by Barbara Lambert.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
5.2
File Number
54
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1993
Scope and Content
File contains a history of the Lambert family, written by Barbara Lambert.
Storage Location
5-54
Storage Range
5-54
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Cortes Local Advisory Committee binder: Section 4 (LAC/Klahoose)

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Part Of
Ralph Nursall fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Accession Number
2008.001
Date Range
1996
Scope and Content
File contains agendas, minutes, notes and background material relating to the first, second and third meetings between CILAC and the Klahoose First Nation.
Part Of
Ralph Nursall fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2008.001
Series Number
3
File Number
9
Accession Number
2008.001
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1996
Scope and Content
File contains agendas, minutes, notes and background material relating to the first, second and third meetings between CILAC and the Klahoose First Nation.
Storage Range
3-43
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Cortes Local Advisory Committee binder: Section 5

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Part Of
Ralph Nursall fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Accession Number
2008.001
Date Range
1996
Scope and Content
File contains agendas, minutes and notes re foreshore lease policies, and an invitation to an opening of Klahoose social housing units.
Part Of
Ralph Nursall fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2008.001
Series Number
3
File Number
11
Accession Number
2008.001
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1996
Scope and Content
File contains agendas, minutes and notes re foreshore lease policies, and an invitation to an opening of Klahoose social housing units.
Storage Range
4-1
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Correspondence from Mike Manson re history of Lot 64, Manson's Lagoon

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1996
Scope and Content
File contains correspondence from Mike Manson to May Ellingsen re the history of Lot 64, Manson's Lagoon.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
5.2
File Number
81
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1996
Scope and Content
File contains correspondence from Mike Manson to May Ellingsen re the history of Lot 64, Manson's Lagoon.
Storage Location
5-81
Storage Range
5-81
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Cortes Local Advisory Committee binder: Section 1

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Part Of
Ralph Nursall fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Accession Number
2008.001
Date Range
1997
Scope and Content
File contains CILAC material including a list of members, a handwritten Table of Contents and notes.
Part Of
Ralph Nursall fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2008.001
Series Number
3
File Number
6
Accession Number
2008.001
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1997
Scope and Content
File contains CILAC material including a list of members, a handwritten Table of Contents and notes.
Storage Range
3-40
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Part Of
Doreen Thompson fonds
Description Level
Series
Material Type
textual records
cartographic material
Accession Number
2006.001
Date Range
1999
Scope and Content
Series contains information on historic Crown Grants and subsequent title changes compiled by Doreen Thompson during her research for the CIMAS Windows on Whaletown exhibit in 1999. The area covered includes the northern part of Cortes Island, from just south of Gorge Harbour. Material includes maps, photocopies of original Crown Grants and other title documents, lists of subdivisions, and notes on changes of title. Records were organized by Section or Plan number in large envelopes with a cover map and notes about the properties researched on the envelope back. They trace the ownership of parcels of land from the first grant or purchase from the Crown to 1999. Original order has been maintained.
Part Of
Doreen Thompson fonds
Description Level
Series
Fonds Number
2006.001
Series Number
1
Accession Number
2006.001
Material Type
textual records
cartographic material
Date Range
1999
Scope and Content
Series contains information on historic Crown Grants and subsequent title changes compiled by Doreen Thompson during her research for the CIMAS Windows on Whaletown exhibit in 1999. The area covered includes the northern part of Cortes Island, from just south of Gorge Harbour. Material includes maps, photocopies of original Crown Grants and other title documents, lists of subdivisions, and notes on changes of title. Records were organized by Section or Plan number in large envelopes with a cover map and notes about the properties researched on the envelope back. They trace the ownership of parcels of land from the first grant or purchase from the Crown to 1999. Original order has been maintained.
Storage Location
Box 1 Map cabinet
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Section map of northern Cortes Island, an overview of the area researched

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Part Of
Doreen Thompson fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
cartographic material
Date Range
1999
Scope and Content
File contains a photocopied section map of the northern part of Cortes Island (from just south of Gorge Harbour), coloured to indicate areas for which a Crown Grant was located and areas of ungranted Crown land which still appear to be owned by the government. Scale is 1 mile to 1 inch.
Part Of
Doreen Thompson fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2006.001
Series Number
1
File Number
1
Material Type
cartographic material
Date Range
1999
Physical Description
1 map : 43 cm x 28 cm
Scope and Content
File contains a photocopied section map of the northern part of Cortes Island (from just south of Gorge Harbour), coloured to indicate areas for which a Crown Grant was located and areas of ungranted Crown land which still appear to be owned by the government. Scale is 1 mile to 1 inch.
Storage Location
Map cabinet
Storage Range
Map cabinet
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Research for Section 35 and the West 1/2 of the SW 1/4 of Section 34, Cortes Island, Sayward District

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Part Of
Doreen Thompson fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
cartographic material
Date Range
1999
Scope and Content
File contains a photocopied part of a map showing the locations of researched property in the Whaletown Lagoon and Whaletown Harbour area. The map is glued to an envelope which has a list of Crown grants and other conveyances on the back. It contains photocopies of original land grants and other conveyances for the following: Moses Ireland: 1893, Crown Grant for the W 1/2 of SW 1/4 of Sec 35 and W 1/2 of the SW 1/4 of Section 34 Joseph Youart: 1900, Crown Grant for Fractional NE 1/4 of Sec 35 (sold to Alice Robertson in 1908; "Burnside" is still in the Robertson family). Nicholas Thompson: 1920, Crown Grant for the Fractional SW 1/4 of Sec 35 Charles Strange: 1914, Crown Grant for the NW 1/4 of Sec 35
Part Of
Doreen Thompson fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2006.001
Series Number
1
File Number
2
Material Type
textual records
cartographic material
Date Range
1999
Scope and Content
File contains a photocopied part of a map showing the locations of researched property in the Whaletown Lagoon and Whaletown Harbour area. The map is glued to an envelope which has a list of Crown grants and other conveyances on the back. It contains photocopies of original land grants and other conveyances for the following: Moses Ireland: 1893, Crown Grant for the W 1/2 of SW 1/4 of Sec 35 and W 1/2 of the SW 1/4 of Section 34 Joseph Youart: 1900, Crown Grant for Fractional NE 1/4 of Sec 35 (sold to Alice Robertson in 1908; "Burnside" is still in the Robertson family). Nicholas Thompson: 1920, Crown Grant for the Fractional SW 1/4 of Sec 35 Charles Strange: 1914, Crown Grant for the NW 1/4 of Sec 35
Storage Location
1-1
Storage Range
1-1
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Research for Section 23, Cortes Island, Sayward District; map key to researched sections south of Gorge Harbour

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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 Section 22, Cortes Island, Sayward District

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Part Of
Doreen Thompson fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
cartographic material
Date Range
1999
Scope and Content
File contains title information and photocopies of land grants and subsequent conveyances for the following: John Williams: 1914, Crown Grant for the fractional SW 1/4 of Sec 22 and fractional NW 1/4 of Sec 22 (east of Gorge Harbour entrance) John Williams: 1914, Crown Grant for the fractional SW 1/4 of Sec 22 and frac. NW 1/4 of Sec 18 (west of the Gorge Harbour entrance) File contains three oversize maps which are stored in the map cabinet: Map of Section 22, Plan VIP52378, Lots A,B,C (blueprint map; 85 cm x 54 cm, 1985); map of Plan 27966 (blueprint map; 55 cm x 43 cm, 1974); photocopy of map of fractional NW 1/4 Sec 17 (55 cm x 43 cm, 1973) (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
4
Material Type
textual records
cartographic material
Date Range
1999
Scope and Content
File contains title information and photocopies of land grants and subsequent conveyances for the following: John Williams: 1914, Crown Grant for the fractional SW 1/4 of Sec 22 and fractional NW 1/4 of Sec 22 (east of Gorge Harbour entrance) John Williams: 1914, Crown Grant for the fractional SW 1/4 of Sec 22 and frac. NW 1/4 of Sec 18 (west of the Gorge Harbour entrance) File contains three oversize maps which are stored in the map cabinet: Map of Section 22, Plan VIP52378, Lots A,B,C (blueprint map; 85 cm x 54 cm, 1985); map of Plan 27966 (blueprint map; 55 cm x 43 cm, 1974); photocopy of map of fractional NW 1/4 Sec 17 (55 cm x 43 cm, 1973) (Files 3 through 7 are from the same envelope.)
Storage Location
1-3
Storage Range
1-3
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