File contains photographs of the Gorge Hall decorated for the celebration of the 75th anniversary of its construction and people seated at tables and in the kitchen. Photo .014 shows Hubert Havelaar giving a speech; .020 and .021 show a cake made by Trude Sweeny.
File contains photographs of the Gorge Hall decorated for the celebration of the 75th anniversary of its construction and people seated at tables and in the kitchen. Photo .014 shows Hubert Havelaar giving a speech; .020 and .021 show a cake made by Trude Sweeny.
File includes correspondence with Telus about the loss of telephone service, and resultant loss of access to emergency services, during a power outage; and a petition to Telus to solve the problem, signed by 242 island residents.
File includes correspondence with Telus about the loss of telephone service, and resultant loss of access to emergency services, during a power outage; and a petition to Telus to solve the problem, signed by 242 island residents.
"Granite and Fossils" is a compilation of informatioin about Cortes Island fossils created by Christian Gronau for the Cortes Island Museum in 2002 and updated in 2016 and 2023. It has been digitized as Volume 1 and Volume 2.
Christian Gronau studied palaeontology and geology in Germany. He came to Canada in 1972 and
worked in the mining sector in the N.W.T. (among other places), where he met Aileen.
Christian and Aileen (C&A) moved together to Cortes Island in 1978, where they lived for 34 years on a
water-access-only property, without hydro or telephone (Swamp’s Edge), supporting themselves as beach-
only shellfish farmers (Last Farm Oysters). Throughout, C&A have been avid naturalists, continuing this
tradition from their present home at the south-end of Cortes Island (Tanglebank).
Scope and Content
"Granite and Fossils" is a compilation of informatioin about Cortes Island fossils created by Christian Gronau for the Cortes Island Museum in 2002 and updated in 2016 and 2023. It has been digitized as Volume 1 and Volume 2.
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.
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.