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"Signs of Cortes" booklet

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Part Of
CIMAS ephemera collection
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1990s]
Scope and Content
File contains a booklet with colour photographs of roadside signs on Cortes Island.
Part Of
CIMAS ephemera collection
Description Level
File
File Number
3
Material Type
textual records
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1990s]
Physical Description
1 printed booklet
Scope and Content
File contains a booklet with colour photographs of roadside signs on Cortes Island.
Storage Location
Ephemera box 1-3
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"Grit and Grace - People In Place" calendar for 2007

https://collections.cortesmuseum.com/en/permalink/descriptions13915
Part Of
CIMAS ephemera collection
Description Level
File
Material Type
ephemera
Date Range
2007
Scope and Content
File consists of a Cortes Ecoforestry Society calendar which was a fund-raiser for a community forest project. The calendar features nude photographs of community members. There are two options for each month, "Grit" or "Grace" photos.
Part Of
CIMAS ephemera collection
Description Level
File
Creator
Cortes Ecoforestry Society
File Number
29
Material Type
ephemera
Date Range
2007
Physical Description
2 spiral-bound calendars
Scope and Content
File consists of a Cortes Ecoforestry Society calendar which was a fund-raiser for a community forest project. The calendar features nude photographs of community members. There are two options for each month, "Grit" or "Grace" photos.
Storage Location
Oversize box
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BC Aboriginal People Communities in Transition

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Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Date Range
2000
Scope and Content
"BC Aboriginal People: Communities in Transition" report by Patrick Kelly, 2000
Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Series Number
1
File Number
25
Date Range
2000
Scope and Content
"BC Aboriginal People: Communities in Transition" report by Patrick Kelly, 2000
Storage Range
Drawer 1
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Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Date Range
1936-2017
Scope and Content
Photographs, postcard, emails, articles, and notes containing info on: Whaletown Church, Reverends Douglas Kendall and Alan Greene; Klahoose; Chief Billy Mitchell; Manson family; Squirrel Cove; Boas family; Marg Sullivan's stained glass windows; and St James Church of the Columbia Coast Mission. A school handout announcing construction of church ready for Sunday Mass (among other things), 1979; a letter from Imperial Casket Company Limited, 1969
Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Series Number
1
File Number
40
Date Range
1936-2017
Scope and Content
Photographs, postcard, emails, articles, and notes containing info on: Whaletown Church, Reverends Douglas Kendall and Alan Greene; Klahoose; Chief Billy Mitchell; Manson family; Squirrel Cove; Boas family; Marg Sullivan's stained glass windows; and St James Church of the Columbia Coast Mission. A school handout announcing construction of church ready for Sunday Mass (among other things), 1979; a letter from Imperial Casket Company Limited, 1969
Storage Range
Drawer 1
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Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Scope and Content
Family trees of Cortes residents throughout history. Filing note: if a file exists for the person, put their family tree there rather than the general file
Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Series Number
3
File Number
6
Scope and Content
Family trees of Cortes residents throughout history. Filing note: if a file exists for the person, put their family tree there rather than the general file
Storage Range
Drawer 3
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Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Scope and Content
General info on local people. Filing note: if a file exists for the person, put their obituary post there rather than the general file
Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Series Number
3
File Number
7
Scope and Content
General info on local people. Filing note: if a file exists for the person, put their obituary post there rather than the general file
Storage Range
Drawer 3
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Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Scope and Content
Two folders containing obituaries of Cortes residents. Filing note: if a file exists for the person, put their obituary post there rather than the general file
Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Series Number
3
File Number
8
Scope and Content
Two folders containing obituaries of Cortes residents. Filing note: if a file exists for the person, put their obituary post there rather than the general file
Storage Range
Drawer 3
Documents

Obituary list to 2022.pdf

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Ewart, Family, Squirrel Cove Store

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Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Date Range
1921-2017
Scope and Content
Info on George Eward and Emma Jane Ewart, 1921 census, medical certificate of death, George Ewart, 1946. Info on marriage registration of Frank George Barnard and Blanche Madeline Dennis, 1938 (Ewart's son). Info on medical certificate of death and cemetery query, Josephine Skerton, 1968. Emails associated with all information from 2017. Notes with photographs on Eward family research, 2017
Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Series Number
3
File Number
28
Date Range
1921-2017
Scope and Content
Info on George Eward and Emma Jane Ewart, 1921 census, medical certificate of death, George Ewart, 1946. Info on marriage registration of Frank George Barnard and Blanche Madeline Dennis, 1938 (Ewart's son). Info on medical certificate of death and cemetery query, Josephine Skerton, 1968. Emails associated with all information from 2017. Notes with photographs on Eward family research, 2017
Storage Range
Drawer 3
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Forrest, Family, Squirrel Cove

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Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Date Range
1908-1927
Scope and Content
Photocopies: Fire Insurance receipt, 1908; letters from PO Inspector to David Forrest, 1915; Public Schools Act Assessment letters, 1915; notary and registry papers, Wallis Walter Lefeaux, W. Lawrence Forrest, Joseph Edward Mellor last will and testament, 1927; pharmacy receipts, undated; letters, undated
Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Series Number
3
File Number
30
Date Range
1908-1927
Scope and Content
Photocopies: Fire Insurance receipt, 1908; letters from PO Inspector to David Forrest, 1915; Public Schools Act Assessment letters, 1915; notary and registry papers, Wallis Walter Lefeaux, W. Lawrence Forrest, Joseph Edward Mellor last will and testament, 1927; pharmacy receipts, undated; letters, undated
Storage Range
Drawer 3
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Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Date Range
1979-2018
Scope and Content
Clippings and emails with info on Refuge Cove and its inhabitants over the years, 1979-2018. "Hope's Refuge," Doris Hope, 1992. "Memories of Refuge Cove," June Cameron, 1997. Photographs, undated. Posting for Refuge Cove Coastal Kitchen for sale at CIMAS
Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Series Number
4
File Number
6
Date Range
1979-2018
Scope and Content
Clippings and emails with info on Refuge Cove and its inhabitants over the years, 1979-2018. "Hope's Refuge," Doris Hope, 1992. "Memories of Refuge Cove," June Cameron, 1997. Photographs, undated. Posting for Refuge Cove Coastal Kitchen for sale at CIMAS
Storage Range
Drawer 4
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Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Date Range
early 1900s-present
Scope and Content
Notes, emails, clippings, maps, scanned photographs, and written info on Squirrel Cove, including local businesses and people, early 1900s-present. Squirrel Cove store receipts, 1952-1953. Envelope of files titled "Squirrel Cove - early days - info from Ron Forrest, Nov 2014." Excerpts from Sliammon Life, Sliammon Lands, and Chalkdust & Outhouses, Barbara Ann Lambert. Keywords: Nichols, Squirrel Cove General Store, The Cove Restaurant, Flying Squirrel Take Out, Union Steamship "Cheakamus," Squirrel Cove Church.
Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Series Number
4
File Number
31
Date Range
early 1900s-present
Scope and Content
Notes, emails, clippings, maps, scanned photographs, and written info on Squirrel Cove, including local businesses and people, early 1900s-present. Squirrel Cove store receipts, 1952-1953. Envelope of files titled "Squirrel Cove - early days - info from Ron Forrest, Nov 2014." Excerpts from Sliammon Life, Sliammon Lands, and Chalkdust & Outhouses, Barbara Ann Lambert. Keywords: Nichols, Squirrel Cove General Store, The Cove Restaurant, Flying Squirrel Take Out, Union Steamship "Cheakamus," Squirrel Cove Church.
Storage Range
Drawer 4
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Norm and Lisa Gibbons interview about Refuge Cove

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Part Of
CIMAS audiovisual collection
Description Level
Item
Material Type
sound recording
Accession Number
2023.007
Date Range
2023
Scope and Content
Recording of Norm and Lisa Gibbons talking about their experiences at Refuge Cove, recorded by Lisa Gibbons during a museum-sponsored trip to Refuge Cove on the "Misty Isles". See also the digitized photographs from Norm Gibbons' album which illustrate many of the stories in the recording. (Cortes Island Museum & Archives Society fonds, Series 5, File 2)
Part Of
CIMAS audiovisual collection
Description Level
Item
Series Number
1
Item Number
2023.007.001
Accession Number
2023.007
Material Type
sound recording
Date Range
2023
Physical Description
1 .mp3 file : 36.2 MB
Custodial History
Recorded by Lisa Gibbons on her iPhone, July 15, 2023
Scope and Content
Recording of Norm and Lisa Gibbons talking about their experiences at Refuge Cove, recorded by Lisa Gibbons during a museum-sponsored trip to Refuge Cove on the "Misty Isles". See also the digitized photographs from Norm Gibbons' album which illustrate many of the stories in the recording. (Cortes Island Museum & Archives Society fonds, Series 5, File 2)
Name Access
Gibbons, Norm
Gibbons, Lisa
Geographic Access
Refuge Cove
Audio Recordings
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People in landscape: Cortes Island people (original at BC Archives, Item #AAAB2717)

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Part Of
CIMAS audiovisual collection
Description Level
Item
Material Type
sound recording
Date Range
[ca. 1968]
Scope and Content
This is a copy of a recording made by Imbert Orchard as part of a "People in Landscape" series for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. In this program, some of the people who grew up on Cortes Island recall how the settlement began, and discuss the quality of life there -- as it is today, and as it used to be. Voices heard include: Otto and Mary Weiler, Elmer and May Ellingsen, Rose (Manson) MacKay, Allen Robertson, and Duncan Robertson.
Part Of
CIMAS audiovisual collection
Description Level
Item
Creator
Orchard, Imbert
Series Number
1
Item Number
1999.004.051
Material Type
sound recording
Date Range
[ca. 1968]
Digitized Date
February 2017
Physical Description
1 cassette tape
Custodial History
Tape was found at the Cortes Island Recycling Center and donated to the museum by Gail Ringwood on Oct. 3, 2004. Original owner is unknown.
Scope and Content
This is a copy of a recording made by Imbert Orchard as part of a "People in Landscape" series for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. In this program, some of the people who grew up on Cortes Island recall how the settlement began, and discuss the quality of life there -- as it is today, and as it used to be. Voices heard include: Otto and Mary Weiler, Elmer and May Ellingsen, Rose (Manson) MacKay, Allen Robertson, and Duncan Robertson.
Audio Recordings
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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1952
Scope and Content
Photograph of women standing beside a house with with white siding. (ID)
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.0292
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1952
Physical Description
1 photograph print: colour, 7.5 x 11.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of women standing beside a house with with white siding. (ID)
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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1955]
Scope and Content
Photograph of a buck with horns beside a rock cliff.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.0296
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1955]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 10 x 7 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of a buck with horns beside a rock cliff.
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Five Whaletown women seated at a table set for tea

https://collections.cortesmuseum.com/en/permalink/descriptions8926
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1963
Scope and Content
Photograph of (L to R) Jessie Hammond, Doris Maclean, Madeleine Emmanuelson, Jessie Thornton, and Louise Kendrick, seated at a table set for tea. (Duplicate of 1999.001.0764)
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.0317
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1963
Physical Description
3 photograph prints: b&w; 13 x 9 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of (L to R) Jessie Hammond, Doris Maclean, Madeleine Emmanuelson, Jessie Thornton, and Louise Kendrick, seated at a table set for tea. (Duplicate of 1999.001.0764)
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Five Whaletown women seated at a table set for tea

https://collections.cortesmuseum.com/en/permalink/descriptions8927
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1963
Scope and Content
L to R: Louise Kendrick, Jessie Hammond, Doris Maclean, Madeleine Emmanuelson, Jessie Thornton, seated around a table. This is the same event as 1999.001.0317 and 1999.001.0764)
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.0318
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1963
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 11 x 8 cm
Scope and Content
L to R: Louise Kendrick, Jessie Hammond, Doris Maclean, Madeleine Emmanuelson, Jessie Thornton, seated around a table. This is the same event as 1999.001.0317 and 1999.001.0764)
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Don Maclean and the Rev. Ivan Futter on the stairs of the church in Whaletown

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1963
Scope and Content
Photograph of Don Maclean and Rev. Ivan Futter on the stairs of the church of St. John the Baptist in Whaletown. Meg Shaw is on the left (likely) and Ian Maclean is the boy in front.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.0333
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1963
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 7.5 x 11 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Don Maclean and Rev. Ivan Futter on the stairs of the church of St. John the Baptist in Whaletown. Meg Shaw is on the left (likely) and Ian Maclean is the boy in front.
Geographic Access
Whaletown
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Heather Maclean with Doris Maclean and her sister Janice, beside the wall of the mission house in Whaletown.

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1963
Scope and Content
Front, L to R: Heather and Janice Maclean Back, L to R: Unknown woman (ID), Doris Maclean
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.0334
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1963
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 11 x 7.5 cm
Scope and Content
Front, L to R: Heather and Janice Maclean Back, L to R: Unknown woman (ID), Doris Maclean
Geographic Access
Whaletown
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Woman sitting in a chair in the "patio" area beside the cabin at Channel Rock (ID)

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1963
Scope and Content
Photograph of a woman sitting in a chair beside the cabin at Channel Rock.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.0335
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1963
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 11 x 7.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of a woman sitting in a chair beside the cabin at Channel Rock.
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