Fonds consists of records of the Cortes Emergency First Aid Service (CEFAS) including the constitution, meeting agendas, correspondence, survey responses and attendant schedules. It is arranged in three series: Administrative Records, Correspondence and Survey Responses.
In 1988, concerned members of the Cortes community formed the Cortes Island First Aid Society (CIFAS). They were trained in basic first aid and provided volunteer service to the island for the next four years. A retired industrial ambulance was procured by Sully and Marg Sullivan and outfitted with some medical equipment. Prior to this people were transported in private cars and trucks.
In 1992, the British Columbia Ambulance Service opened a station on Cortes which continued and expanded that service, and CEFAS was dissolved.
Custodial History
Bonnie MacDonald held these records from the time of her involvement in the founding of CEFAS; she donated them to CIMAS.
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of records of the Cortes Emergency First Aid Service (CEFAS) including the constitution, meeting agendas, correspondence, survey responses and attendant schedules. It is arranged in three series: Administrative Records, Correspondence and Survey Responses.
Series consists of one file containing a baggage ticket from Union Steamships for Fretwell for Manson's Landing; mailing label from Woodward's for Mrs. Wm Hevenor (1929), and one letter addressed to William Fretwell (1953) with reference to lack of steamship service.
Series consists of one file containing a baggage ticket from Union Steamships for Fretwell for Manson's Landing; mailing label from Woodward's for Mrs. Wm Hevenor (1929), and one letter addressed to William Fretwell (1953) with reference to lack of steamship service.
Series consists of publications collected by the Cortes Island Women's Institute, mostly relating to the history of the local and provincial Women's Institutes.
Series consists of publications collected by the Cortes Island Women's Institute, mostly relating to the history of the local and provincial Women's Institutes.
Series consists of minutes, receipts, correspondence, maps and administrative paperwork of the Cortez Grapevine Telephone Association, which was formed to create a local telephone network in the Manson's Landing area.
Series consists of minutes, receipts, correspondence, maps and administrative paperwork of the Cortez Grapevine Telephone Association, which was formed to create a local telephone network in the Manson's Landing area.
Series contains a newspaper page about the opening of the road between Whaletown and Manson's Landing, and copies of the "Log" of the Columbia Coast Mission
Series contains a newspaper page about the opening of the road between Whaletown and Manson's Landing, and copies of the "Log" of the Columbia Coast Mission
Collection consists of ephemera relating to the history of Cortes Island. Ephemera not belonging to another fonds or collection in the Archives have been described as part of this collection.
Donor information is described at the file level where it is known; however the provenance of many records in this collection is unknown.
Scope and Content
Collection consists of ephemera relating to the history of Cortes Island. Ephemera not belonging to another fonds or collection in the Archives have been described as part of this collection.
Series consists of records accumulated by Elmer and May Ellingsen in the course of their active involvement in community affairs. It includes correspondence, bulletins and newsletters from various island organizations about matters such as eco-forestry, parks, local government initiatives, ferry service and electrical service.
Series consists of records accumulated by Elmer and May Ellingsen in the course of their active involvement in community affairs. It includes correspondence, bulletins and newsletters from various island organizations about matters such as eco-forestry, parks, local government initiatives, ferry service and electrical service.