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"Grit and Grace - People In Place" calendar for 2007

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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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Aquaculture: General and Government Documents

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Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Date Range
1980s-2016
Scope and Content
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
Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Series Number
1
File Number
12
Date Range
1980s-2016
Scope and Content
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
Storage Range
Drawer 1
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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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Cortes Island History (General)

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Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Date Range
late 1800s-present
Scope and Content
Files with information on local history, late-1800s-present
Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Series Number
1
File Number
53
Date Range
late 1800s-present
Scope and Content
Files with information on local history, late-1800s-present
Storage Range
Drawer 1
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Forestry: Logging/General

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Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Date Range
late 1800s-2016
Scope and Content
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
Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Series Number
2
File Number
29
Date Range
late 1800s-2016
Scope and Content
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
Storage Range
Drawer 2
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Manson's Landing (General)

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Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Date Range
2005-2015
Scope and Content
Clippings featuring Manson's Landing, 2005-2015. Info on Manson's Landing sewerage, 2012.
Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
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.
Storage Range
Drawer 2
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Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Scope and Content
Clippings, Strathcona Regional Park updates, emails, pamphlets, and postings about Cortes Island Provincial Parks
Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Series Number
3
File Number
5
Scope and Content
Clippings, Strathcona Regional Park updates, emails, pamphlets, and postings about Cortes Island Provincial Parks
Storage Range
Drawer 3
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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
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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Manson, Family (General)

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Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Date Range
mid 1800s-2017
Scope and Content
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.
Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Series Number
3
File Number
52
Date Range
mid 1800s-2017
Scope and Content
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.
Storage Range
Drawer 3
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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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June Cameron, speaking at CIMAS Annual General Meeting

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Part Of
CIMAS audiovisual collection
Description Level
Item
Material Type
multiple media
Date Range
2006
Scope and Content
This is a recording of the talk given by June Cameron at the Cortes Island Museum and Archives Association annual general meeting in 2006.
Part Of
CIMAS audiovisual collection
Description Level
Item
Series Number
2
Item Number
1999.004.052
Material Type
multiple media
Date Range
2006
Digitized Date
February 2017
Physical Description
1 miniDV (video)
Scope and Content
This is a recording of the talk given by June Cameron at the Cortes Island Museum and Archives Association annual general meeting in 2006.
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Group of people including Gilean Douglas aboard a yacht

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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 group of people seated aboard a yacht in front of an American flag. David Edwards is second from the left and Gilean Douglas is fourth from the left.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.0344
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1963
Physical Description
1 photograph print: colour; 12 x 8 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of a group of people seated aboard a yacht in front of an American flag. David Edwards is second from the left and Gilean Douglas is fourth from the left.
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Group of people in front of the cabin at Channel Rock

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1970]
Scope and Content
Photograph of (L to R) Ada Dronsfield, Ottis Coulter, Gilean Douglas, and Margery DesMarais in front of the house at Channel Rock.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.0422
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1970]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: colour; 8.5 x 8.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of (L to R) Ada Dronsfield, Ottis Coulter, Gilean Douglas, and Margery DesMarais in front of the house at Channel Rock.
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People boarding a float plane, Channel Rock

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1974
Scope and Content
Photograph of people getting into a float plane at Channel Rock.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.0430
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1974
Physical Description
1 photograph print: colour; 12 x 8.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of people getting into a float plane at Channel Rock.
Subject Access
Air transport
Transportation
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Group of people at Cortes Island Day, Smelt Bay

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. late 1960s]
Scope and Content
Photograph of a group of people at Cortes Island Day, Smelt Bay.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.0451
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. late 1960s]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: colour; 12.5 x 9 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of a group of people at Cortes Island Day, Smelt Bay.
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Two people in rain gear beside the woodshed at Channel Rock

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1960s]
Scope and Content
Photograph of two people in rain gear standing beside the woodshed at Channel Rock.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.0505
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1960s]
Physical Description
1 colour transparency: 10 x 8 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of two people in rain gear standing beside the woodshed at Channel Rock.
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Two people in rain gear beside the woodshed at Channel Rock (2)

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1960s]
Scope and Content
Photograph of two people in rain gear beside the woodshed at Channel Rock.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.0506
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1960s]
Physical Description
1 colour transparency: 10 x 8 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of two people in rain gear beside the woodshed at Channel Rock.
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Group of people gathered to greet the SS Beaver

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1971
Scope and Content
Back, L to R: Bruce Ellingsen, the Captain of the “Beaver”, George Griffin Front, L to R: Eva Freeman, Marjorie Griffin, Gilean Douglas
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.0554
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1971
Physical Description
1 photograph print: colour; 12.5 x 9 cm
Scope and Content
Back, L to R: Bruce Ellingsen, the Captain of the “Beaver”, George Griffin Front, L to R: Eva Freeman, Marjorie Griffin, Gilean Douglas
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Group of people walking into the Fiesta at Manson's spit

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1972
Scope and Content
Photograph of a group of people walking into the Fiesta at Manson's spit
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.0578
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1972
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 12.5 x 9 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of a group of people walking into the Fiesta at Manson's spit
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