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CIMAS information files

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File

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1

File Number

12

Date Range

1980s-2016

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GENERAL: Articles and clippings with info on aquaculture from 1984-2016. Posts in WNE about Cortes Island Seafood Association, 1991; Poster for Aquaculture Walk About, Regional Board for Aquaculture Zoning, undated. GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS: Gov of Canada Fisheries and Oceans Brochure, undated; Navigable Waters Protection Act Application Guide, 1980s; Aquaculture Information, Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, 1986; Crown Land for Finfish Aquaculture, BC Lands, 1987; Permit and license structure for Marine Finfish Culture, Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, 1987; Ministry of Forests and Lands Personal Crown Land Application File, 1987-1988; Commercial Aquaculture in Canada Fisheries and Oceans report, 1988; BC Farmers Association brochure and licensing documents entitled Farm Fresh Salmon from BC, Canada, A Breed Apart, 1988; News release, Fisheries and Oceans, 1988; Seafood and Marine Products Sector Campaign, Environmental Research and Development Framework Review, 1991; Aquaculture Industry Assessment, 1992; Notice of Public Hearing, Comox-Strathcona RD, 2002; Draft Cortes Island Aquaculture Zones, Comox-Strathcona RD, 2004

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CIMAS information files

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File

Series Number

1

File Number

53

Date Range

late 1800s-present

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Files with information on local history, late-1800s-present

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Drawer 1

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CIMAS information files

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File

Series Number

1

File Number

57

Date Range

1970s

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Musicians, singers and songs listed from Cortes Singers Spring 1976, 1979. Newspaper clippings highlighting Cortes Island Singers, 1970s.

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CIMAS information files

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File

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2

File Number

26

Date Range

1999-2020

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Cortes Ecoforestry Society (CES) newsletters, 1999-2000. Clippings with info on: CES sustainability initiatives; development of Cortes Community Forest Cooperative (CCFC) in partnership with Klahoose First Nation (KFN); Island Stance; and Island Timberlands, 2005-2012. Copy of "An Assessment of the Cortes Forestry General Partnership (CFGP) of BC, Canada, open case study from UBC, 2020. CES membership form, undated. CCFC membership form and subscription agreement, undated. CCFC pamphlets, undated. Additional keywords: Bartholomew; Hanks Beach; Friends of Cortes Island (FOCI)

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2

File Number

28

Date Range

2012-2018

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Clippings with info on fundraisers, events, and BioBlitz, 2012-2018. Emails with info on grant application and the Forest Alphabet book, 2014. Letters from CIMAS voicing support for the FTCCIS, 2015. Forest Trust pamphlet, undated.

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2

File Number

29

Date Range

late 1800s-2016

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Historical info on local forestry and early logging practices from as early as the late 1800s. Signed agreement between Elmer Ellingsen and Ernest Anderson, 1948. Invoices and other business documents, including handwritten notes "bills paid to Finning Tractor," for Ernel Logging Company, 1949-1952. West Coast Ballads sheet music written by Victor Couture from poems by Robert E. Swanson (BC Truck Loggers Association), 1969. Clippings and emails with info on historical logging practices and camps, local forestry, accidents, political influence, tourism, protests and controversies, 1958-2020. Excerpt from Goosegrass and Buttercups, D.C. Kirk, undated. Additional keywords: Ripple Rock; tug towed booms from Teakerne Arm; Carrington Lagoon; Squirrel Cove; MTV; the Ellingsen Jack; Forbes Bay; Von Donop; Island Timberlands; Tony Fhunka; Truck Loggers Association; Wildstands/Wild We Stand

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File

Series Number

2

File Number

63

Date Range

2005-2015

Scope and Content

Clippings featuring Manson's Landing, 2005-2015. Info on Manson's Landing sewerage, 2012.

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2

File Number

79

Date Range

2011-2018

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Clippings with info on MARS, 2011-2018

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File

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3

File Number

5

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Clippings, Strathcona Regional Park updates, emails, pamphlets, and postings about Cortes Island Provincial Parks

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File

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3

File Number

52

Date Range

mid 1800s-2017

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Wealth of typed historical information on Manson family dating back to mid 1800s, including excerpt from Chalkdust and Outhouses, by Lambert; and "Cortez History: Manson Family," by Etta Byers. Manson genealogical information, handwritten notes on family trees. Photocopies from CIMAS Photo Albums with photographs and info, 1910-1936. Excerpt of From Shetland to British Columbia, Alaska and the United States, Sinclair Thomson Duncan, 1911. Letters to/from Mansons, 1923-2013. Various magazine and newspaper excerpts, 1923-2013. Info on Alexander Malcolm Manson. Info on Shetland Islands. Photographs. Emails, 2005-2017.

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3

File Number

7

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General info on local people. Filing note: if a file exists for the person, put their obituary post there rather than the general file

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File

Series Number

4

File Number

24

Date Range

2018

Scope and Content

Files with info on Cortes Island Seniors Society Community Housing, 2018

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Gilean Douglas fonds

Description Level

File

Fonds Number

1999.001

Series Number

10

File Number

5

Material Type

textual records

Date Range

1983

Scope and Content

Materials relating to Sue Hetherington's photo documentation of Cortes Island project.

Storage Location

4-42

Storage Range

4-42

Name Access

Douglas, Gilean

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Gilean Douglas fonds

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File

Fonds Number

1999.001

Series Number

6

File Number

4

Material Type

textual records

Date Range

1954

Scope and Content

Cortes Island Clinic Society constitution and meeting report about the Whaletown clinic

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3-51

Storage Range

3-51

Name Access

Douglas, Gilean

Women's Auxiliary of the Anglican Church

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Gilean Douglas fonds

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File

Fonds Number

1999.001

Series Number

8

File Number

4

Material Type

textual records

Date Range

[ca. 1956]

Scope and Content

List of members and other diverse documents

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3-59

Storage Range

3-59

Name Access

Douglas, Gilean

Whaletown Community Club

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Gilean Douglas fonds

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File

Fonds Number

1999.001

Series Number

9

File Number

34

Material Type

textual records

Date Range

1920,1948,1960

Scope and Content

Provincial forms and documents relating to the Land Act, 1920; Forest Act, 1948; and Taxation Act (Property) 1960

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4-34

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4-34

Name Access

Douglas, Gilean

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Whaletown Women's Institute fonds

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File

Creator

Whaletown Women's Institute

Fonds Number

1999.002

Series Number

1

File Number

11

Accession Number

1999.002

Material Type

textual records

Date Range

[1952?]

Physical Description

6 pages of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of four small clippings and two pages of minutes from a December General Meeting.

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1-11

Storage Range

1-11

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Whaletown Women's Institute

Subject Access

Women's Institute

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Gorge Harbour Community Hall Society fonds

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File

Creator

Gorge Harbour Community Hall Society

Fonds Number

1999.003

Series Number

2

File Number

2

Accession Number

1999.003

Material Type

textual records

Date Range

1941-1950

Scope and Content

File contains notices of assessment and tax receipts for the Gorge Hall.

Storage Location

1-48

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1-48

Name Access

Gorge Harbour Community Hall Society

Geographic Access

Cortes Island

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Southern Cortes Community Association fonds

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File

Fonds Number

2000.001

Series Number

1

File Number

10

Accession Number

2000.001

Material Type

textual records

Date Range

1982-1983

Scope and Content

File consists of an exercise book with handwritten minutes and notes of meetings.

Storage Range

1-10

Name Access

Southern Cortes Community Association

Geographic Access

Cortes Island

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Southern Cortes Community Association fonds

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File

Fonds Number

2000.001

Series Number

1

File Number

7

Accession Number

2000.001

Material Type

textual records

Date Range

1976-1977

Scope and Content

File contains minutes of executive and general meetings; it also includes some committee reports and financial reports.

Storage Range

1-7

Name Access

Southern Cortes Community Association

Geographic Access

Cortes Island

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