Part Of

Regional Director of Area I (Cortes Island) fonds

Description Level

Sous-fonds

Creator

Sirk, George

Fonds Number

2002.001.3

Sous Fonds Number

3

Accession Number

2004.004

Material Type

textual records

cartographic material

multiple media

Date Range

1970-2003

Physical Description

1.2 m of textual records

Extent

1.2 m

History / Biographical

George Sirk was elected Regional Director of Electoral Area I (Cortes Island) in the Regional District of Comox-Strathcona in 1996. He served three terms as Director, from 1996 to 2005.

Custodial History

Material was donated to CIMAS by George Sirk in 2004, prior to his move from Cortes Island to Victoria, BC.

Scope and Content

Sous-fonds consists of materials generated or gathered by George Sirk during his term as Regional Director. It includes correspondence; minutes and reports of the Cortes Island Advisory Planning Commission (APC); Official Community Plan and Zoning Bylaw revision materials; records of foreshore leases and licenses; correspondence on various island issues, and material relating to parks, aquaculture, forestry, treaty negotiations and other island concerns. Sous-fonds is arranged into six series: Advisory Planning Commission; Community Plans and Bylaws; Regional District of Comox-Strathcona: Regional Board; Regional District of Comox-Strathcona: Committees; Rezoning and Development Proposals; Subject Files: Cortes Affairs; Aquaculture; and Treaty Negotiations.

Storage Location

2-28 - 7-15

Storage Range

2-28 - 7-15

Name Access

Sirk, George

Nursall, Ralph

Subject Access

Advisory Planning Commission

Local governments

Regional District

Zoning

Aboriginal affairs

Aquaculture

Geographic Access

Cortes Island

Arrangement

Original content of folders has been retained; archivists have arranged files into series.

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Part Of

May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

2007.001

Series Number

13

Item Number

2007.001.011

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

1964

Physical Description

1 photograph print: b&w: 12 x 8

Scope and Content

Photograph of George and Eva Freeman with two cougar hounds; a large cougar, its head propped up with a stick, is stretched out beside them.

Storage Location

Photograph Box 4

Subject Access

Hunting

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Part Of

May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

2007.001

Series Number

13

Item Number

2007.001.211

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

1968

Physical Description

1 photograph print: b&w; 8 x 11 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph of George Freeman, age 80, with a bear he had shot in his orchard after a previous sheep kill.

Storage Location

Photograph Box 4

Subject Access

Hunting

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