Fonds consists of records of the Gorge Harbour Community Hall Society, including minutes of meetings, financial statements and administrative records and correspondence. It is arranged into five series: Minutes, Financial, Administrative Records, Correspondence and Programs.
The Gorge Harbour Community Hall Society was formed in 1930, when residents decided to build a community hall. The young people of the area formed the Gorge Harbour Dramatic Society and put on plays and dances to raise funds. The Hall was built on land donated by George Beattie. Volunteers split shakes for the roof and did all the building, with Charlie Allen as supervisor and Bill Ballantyne as work boss. The Hall opened on Nov. 11, 1933, with an Armistice dance.
The Gorge Harbour Hall Society disbanded in 1952 and handed responsibility for the Gorge Hall over to the Whaletown Community Club. From this time, the Gorge Hall replaced the Church Hall as the main venue for weddings, dances, meetings and parties for both the Whaletown and Gorge Harbour communities.
Custodial History
Records of the Gorge Harbour Community Hall Society were turned over to CIMAS by Gillian Milton, who collected them from the home of Gilean Douglas in 1993. Douglas' husband, Philip Major Douglas, was president of the Whaletown Community Club when it took over the Gorge Harbour Community Hall and presumably had the records in his possession at that time.
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of records of the Gorge Harbour Community Hall Society, including minutes of meetings, financial statements and administrative records and correspondence. It is arranged into five series: Minutes, Financial, Administrative Records, Correspondence and Programs.
File contains a Deed of Transfer for the Hall property to the SCCA (1980), correspondence re purchasing an acre of land from Domtar (1964-1968), a bill of sale for a lighting plant (1948) and a cyanotype blueprint of the survey plan of the Hall property (1926).
File contains a Deed of Transfer for the Hall property to the SCCA (1980), correspondence re purchasing an acre of land from Domtar (1964-1968), a bill of sale for a lighting plant (1948) and a cyanotype blueprint of the survey plan of the Hall property (1926).
Materials relating to the formation of the Regional District of Comox-Strathcona and Cortes Island APC including inquiries concerning museums and the legal status of historic artifacts.
File contains brochures, newsletters, newspaper and magazine articles, background documents and a draft copy of a Memorandum of Understanding with the Klahoose First Nation (1999).
File contains brochures, newsletters, newspaper and magazine articles, background documents and a draft copy of a Memorandum of Understanding with the Klahoose First Nation (1999).
File contains a copy of the Memorandum of Understanding, a copy of the The Watershed Sentinel, Vol 10, #4 with a report on it, and an open letter from Klahoose Council candidate Krista Dennis.
File contains a copy of the Memorandum of Understanding, a copy of the The Watershed Sentinel, Vol 10, #4 with a report on it, and an open letter from Klahoose Council candidate Krista Dennis.
Reports filed annually with the provincial Registrar of Societies with information on the names and addresses of directors of the club and numbers of voting and non-voting members.
Reports filed annually with the provincial Registrar of Societies with information on the names and addresses of directors of the club and numbers of voting and non-voting members.
File contains a falling contract between Ernel Logging and F. Johnson, faller (1948), a deed of sale for property (SE 1/4 Sec. 37, 1949) and an agreement re a D8 Caterpillar tractor.
File contains a falling contract between Ernel Logging and F. Johnson, faller (1948), a deed of sale for property (SE 1/4 Sec. 37, 1949) and an agreement re a D8 Caterpillar tractor.
File contains correspondence with Dan Campbell and a copy of the articles of incorporation of the Turtle Island Land Stewardship Society (Title holder for Linnaea Farm).
File contains correspondence with Dan Campbell and a copy of the articles of incorporation of the Turtle Island Land Stewardship Society (Title holder for Linnaea Farm).
Series consists of material accumulated by May Ellingsen during her activities as a founding member of the Cortes Island Museum and Archives Society. It includes notes from the Cortes Island Historic Committee, correspondence between May Ellingsen and the Campbell River Museum regarding a historic photograph project, and CIMAS material: notes, minutes of meetings, flyers, and lists of artifacts.
Series consists of material accumulated by May Ellingsen during her activities as a founding member of the Cortes Island Museum and Archives Society. It includes notes from the Cortes Island Historic Committee, correspondence between May Ellingsen and the Campbell River Museum regarding a historic photograph project, and CIMAS material: notes, minutes of meetings, flyers, and lists of artifacts.
