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Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Date Range
2012-2014
Scope and Content
Info on the Vancouver Island regional library Cortes Island branch, 2012-2014.
Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Series Number
2
File Number
56
Date Range
2012-2014
Scope and Content
Info on the Vancouver Island regional library Cortes Island branch, 2012-2014.
Storage Range
Drawer 2
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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Scope and Content
Articles used for "River For My Sidewalk"
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
1.5
Sub-series Number
1.5
File Number
74
Material Type
textual records
Scope and Content
Articles used for "River For My Sidewalk"
Storage Location
2-8
Storage Range
2-8
Name Access
Douglas, Gilean
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"Silence Is My Homeland"

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Scope and Content
"Silence Is My Homeland" typescript, 130 pages
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
1.5
Sub-series Number
1.5
File Number
77
Material Type
textual records
Scope and Content
"Silence Is My Homeland" typescript, 130 pages
Storage Location
2-11
Storage Range
2-11
Name Access
Douglas, Gilean
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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1924-[ca. 1970s]
Scope and Content
A small 36 page notebook (4 x 6 inches); cover is blue with a gilt art nouveau design. There are pages for "First Hims", "Childhood Hims" etc. in which Douglas has listed her significant relationships, from her childhood through the years on Cortes Island.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
12
File Number
7
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1924-[ca. 1970s]
Scope and Content
A small 36 page notebook (4 x 6 inches); cover is blue with a gilt art nouveau design. There are pages for "First Hims", "Childhood Hims" etc. in which Douglas has listed her significant relationships, from her childhood through the years on Cortes Island.
Storage Location
5-55.1
Storage Range
5-55.1
Name Access
Douglas, Gilean
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Illustrations for "Silence Is My Homeland"

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[194-]
Scope and Content
File contains a matted pen and ink drawing of Douglas' cabin in the mountains, and a hand-drawn map of the area which was used in the book. There is also a cut-out pen & ink drawing of Douglas.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
13
File Number
5
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[194-]
Scope and Content
File contains a matted pen and ink drawing of Douglas' cabin in the mountains, and a hand-drawn map of the area which was used in the book. There is also a cut-out pen & ink drawing of Douglas.
Storage Location
6-28
Storage Range
6-28
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The Louisa Tooker library in Whaletown

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1972
Scope and Content
Photograph of the Louisa Tooker library, built on the road allowance in Whaletown.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.0727
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1972
Physical Description
1 photograph print: colour; 13 x 9 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of the Louisa Tooker library, built on the road allowance in Whaletown.
Geographic Access
Whaletown
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Whaletown Women's Institute and school children at the Whaletown school for the presentation of a library to the school

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1950-1954]
Scope and Content
Photograph of the Whaletown Women's Institute and school children at the Whaletown school on the occasion of the presentation of a library to the school. (ID) Seated women from right: Milly Hill, Barbara Hunt, ? In truck: Lynn and Ann Robertson Men: Mr. Philip Douglas, School Rep, Mr. A. Ferguson, teacher, facing the camera Seated children: Doreen Huck, Andy Robertson behind her Standing women: Muriel Whiting, third from right; Mrs. Ferguson behind her
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.0809
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1950-1954]
Physical Description
2 photograph prints: b&w; 11 x 8.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of the Whaletown Women's Institute and school children at the Whaletown school on the occasion of the presentation of a library to the school. (ID) Seated women from right: Milly Hill, Barbara Hunt, ? In truck: Lynn and Ann Robertson Men: Mr. Philip Douglas, School Rep, Mr. A. Ferguson, teacher, facing the camera Seated children: Doreen Huck, Andy Robertson behind her Standing women: Muriel Whiting, third from right; Mrs. Ferguson behind her
Subject Access
Women's Institute
Geographic Access
Whaletown
Images
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(L to R): Pat Robertson, Mary Arnold, Velma Bergman and Marge Dalskog, standing in front of the Louisa Tooker Library in Whaletown

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1960
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.2261
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1960
Physical Description
1 colour slide, 5 x 5 cm
Storage Location
Slide box 1
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
Whaletown
Images
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"For my literary executor"

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
[ca. 1960]
Scope and Content
"For my literary executor" - lists of her writings compiled by Douglas
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
3
File Number
3
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
[ca. 1960]
Scope and Content
"For my literary executor" - lists of her writings compiled by Douglas
Storage Location
3-13
Storage Range
3-13
Name Access
Douglas, Gilean
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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1984
Scope and Content
Computer print-out of an inventory of the library at Channel Rock prepared by Gillian Milton
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
9
File Number
10
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1984
Scope and Content
Computer print-out of an inventory of the library at Channel Rock prepared by Gillian Milton
Storage Location
4-10
Storage Range
4-10
Name Access
Douglas, Gilean
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Correspondence re: library facilities on Cortes Island

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Part Of
Cortes Island Ratepayers Association fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1968-1977
Part Of
Cortes Island Ratepayers Association fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2000.003
Series Number
5
File Number
27
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1968-1977
Storage Location
2-34
Storage Range
2-9
Name Access
Cortes Island Ratepayers Association
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Proposed subdivision of Lots B & C, Section 22 by Keith Jackaman

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Part Of
Regional Director of Area I (Cortes Island) fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Accession Number
2019.015
Date Range
2006
Scope and Content
File contains correspondence, CSRD staff reports and notes from a public hearing regarding a proposed rezoning application for water-access only land on Gorge Harbour.
Part Of
Regional Director of Area I (Cortes Island) fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2002.001.4
Series Number
1
File Number
1
Accession Number
2019.015
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
2006
Scope and Content
File contains correspondence, CSRD staff reports and notes from a public hearing regarding a proposed rezoning application for water-access only land on Gorge Harbour.
Storage Location
7-16
Storage Range
7-16
Name Access
Hiebert, Jeanette
Hiebert, Jenny
Subject Access
Regional District
Local governments
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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Proposed subdivision of Lot 13, Section 34 (Preston-Baron)

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Part Of
Regional Director of Area I (Cortes Island) fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Accession Number
2019.015
Date Range
2008
Scope and Content
File contains correspondence, minutes of an APC meeting, and APC comments and recommendations.
Part Of
Regional Director of Area I (Cortes Island) fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2002.001.4
Series Number
1
File Number
4
Accession Number
2019.015
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
2008
Scope and Content
File contains correspondence, minutes of an APC meeting, and APC comments and recommendations.
Storage Location
7-19
Storage Range
7-19
Name Access
Hiebert, Jeanette
Hiebert, Jenny
Subject Access
Regional District
Local governments
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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Road into Whaletown, the Louisa Tooker library just visible at the right, the Martin house in the center with the fuel tanks and dock behind

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Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. late 1940s]
Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
Item
Creator
Weiler, Mary
Fonds Number
2003.002
Series Number
1
Item Number
2003.002.019
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. late 1940s]
Physical Description
1 photograph: b&w; 11.5 x 7 cm
Storage Location
Photograph box 3
Name Access
Weiler, Mary
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
Whaletown
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Truck parked to the side of the road at Clinic Hill in Whaletown; a large first-growth fir has fallen across the road and a section of the log has been cut out to clear the road

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Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1955
Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
Item
Creator
Weiler, Mary
Fonds Number
2003.002
Series Number
1
Item Number
2003.002.484
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1955
Physical Description
1 photograph: b&w; 15 x 9 cm
Storage Location
Photograph box 3
Name Access
Weiler, Mary
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
Whaletown
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Part Of
Doreen Thompson fonds
Description Level
Series
Material Type
textual records
cartographic material
Accession Number
2006.001
Date Range
1999
Scope and Content
Series contains information on historic Crown Grants and subsequent title changes compiled by Doreen Thompson during her research for the CIMAS Windows on Whaletown exhibit in 1999. The area covered includes the northern part of Cortes Island, from just south of Gorge Harbour. Material includes maps, photocopies of original Crown Grants and other title documents, lists of subdivisions, and notes on changes of title. Records were organized by Section or Plan number in large envelopes with a cover map and notes about the properties researched on the envelope back. They trace the ownership of parcels of land from the first grant or purchase from the Crown to 1999. Original order has been maintained.
Part Of
Doreen Thompson fonds
Description Level
Series
Fonds Number
2006.001
Series Number
1
Accession Number
2006.001
Material Type
textual records
cartographic material
Date Range
1999
Scope and Content
Series contains information on historic Crown Grants and subsequent title changes compiled by Doreen Thompson during her research for the CIMAS Windows on Whaletown exhibit in 1999. The area covered includes the northern part of Cortes Island, from just south of Gorge Harbour. Material includes maps, photocopies of original Crown Grants and other title documents, lists of subdivisions, and notes on changes of title. Records were organized by Section or Plan number in large envelopes with a cover map and notes about the properties researched on the envelope back. They trace the ownership of parcels of land from the first grant or purchase from the Crown to 1999. Original order has been maintained.
Storage Location
Box 1 Map cabinet
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Section map of northern Cortes Island, an overview of the area researched

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Part Of
Doreen Thompson fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
cartographic material
Date Range
1999
Scope and Content
File contains a photocopied section map of the northern part of Cortes Island (from just south of Gorge Harbour), coloured to indicate areas for which a Crown Grant was located and areas of ungranted Crown land which still appear to be owned by the government. Scale is 1 mile to 1 inch.
Part Of
Doreen Thompson fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2006.001
Series Number
1
File Number
1
Material Type
cartographic material
Date Range
1999
Physical Description
1 map : 43 cm x 28 cm
Scope and Content
File contains a photocopied section map of the northern part of Cortes Island (from just south of Gorge Harbour), coloured to indicate areas for which a Crown Grant was located and areas of ungranted Crown land which still appear to be owned by the government. Scale is 1 mile to 1 inch.
Storage Location
Map cabinet
Storage Range
Map cabinet
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Research for SW 1/4 of Section 35, Cortes Island, Sayward District

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Part Of
Doreen Thompson fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1999
Scope and Content
File contains title information to 1991 and a photocopy of the original Crown Grant to: Nicholas Thompson: 1920, Crown Grant of Fractional SW 1/4 of Section 35; 54 acres on the southwest of Whaletown Bay File contains a small explanatory map if a 5.5 acre portion of fractional SW 1/4 of Sec. 35, 1949, and a Subdivision Plan map of part of fractional SW 1/4 of Sec. 35, 1957 (stored in the Map Cabinet). (Files 9 and 10 are from the same envelope.)
Part Of
Doreen Thompson fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2006.001
Series Number
1
File Number
10
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1999
Scope and Content
File contains title information to 1991 and a photocopy of the original Crown Grant to: Nicholas Thompson: 1920, Crown Grant of Fractional SW 1/4 of Section 35; 54 acres on the southwest of Whaletown Bay File contains a small explanatory map if a 5.5 acre portion of fractional SW 1/4 of Sec. 35, 1949, and a Subdivision Plan map of part of fractional SW 1/4 of Sec. 35, 1957 (stored in the Map Cabinet). (Files 9 and 10 are from the same envelope.)
Storage Range
1-9
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Research on W 1/2 of SW 1/4 of Section 34, Cortes Island, Sayward District

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Part Of
Doreen Thompson fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1999
Scope and Content
File contains photocopies of the original Crown Grants and subsequent title changes with plan maps. To Moses Ireland: 1893, Crown Grant for the W 1/2 of the SW 1/4 of Section 35 and the fractional SE 1/4 of Section 35 (161 acres around Whaletown Bay To George Alderson: 1961, Crown Grant for Lot 3 of Section 34
Part Of
Doreen Thompson fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2006.001
Series Number
1
File Number
11
Item Number Range
1-10
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1999
Scope and Content
File contains photocopies of the original Crown Grants and subsequent title changes with plan maps. To Moses Ireland: 1893, Crown Grant for the W 1/2 of the SW 1/4 of Section 35 and the fractional SE 1/4 of Section 35 (161 acres around Whaletown Bay To George Alderson: 1961, Crown Grant for Lot 3 of Section 34
Storage Range
1-10
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Research for lots in the Carrington Bay area and in Sections 26, 31, 37 and 41, Cortes Island, Sayward District

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Part Of
Doreen Thompson fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1999
Scope and Content
File contains a key map which was pasted on the front of the envelope indicating the areas researched for Files 12-16; notes on the titles; photocopies of Crown Grants and subsequent title information for: BC Buildings Corp: 1982, Crown Grant for Block A of SW 1/4 of Sec. 25 (Highways Maintenance Yard) District Lot 871 (40 acres between Carrington and Coulter Bays): to James Frederick McManus, 1919 To Ernest Henry Vaughn: 1922, Crown Grant for NE 1/4 and NW 1/4 of NE 1/4 of Sec. 24; SE 1/4 of SW 1/4 and SW 1/4 of SE 1/4 of Sec 31 Herbert Proctor: 1928 for fractional SW 1/4 of Sec. 41, bordering Tork Reserve; 159 acres for $159.00 (orig. Crown Grant to Herbert Proctor in 1922) To William Cowan: 1937, E 1/2 of SE 1/4 of Sec. 26, 89 acres (Files 12 through 16 are from the same envelope.)
Part Of
Doreen Thompson fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2006.001
Series Number
1
File Number
12
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1999
Scope and Content
File contains a key map which was pasted on the front of the envelope indicating the areas researched for Files 12-16; notes on the titles; photocopies of Crown Grants and subsequent title information for: BC Buildings Corp: 1982, Crown Grant for Block A of SW 1/4 of Sec. 25 (Highways Maintenance Yard) District Lot 871 (40 acres between Carrington and Coulter Bays): to James Frederick McManus, 1919 To Ernest Henry Vaughn: 1922, Crown Grant for NE 1/4 and NW 1/4 of NE 1/4 of Sec. 24; SE 1/4 of SW 1/4 and SW 1/4 of SE 1/4 of Sec 31 Herbert Proctor: 1928 for fractional SW 1/4 of Sec. 41, bordering Tork Reserve; 159 acres for $159.00 (orig. Crown Grant to Herbert Proctor in 1922) To William Cowan: 1937, E 1/2 of SE 1/4 of Sec. 26, 89 acres (Files 12 through 16 are from the same envelope.)
Storage Range
1-11
Geographic Access
Carrington Bay
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