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Correspondence from Bessie Fry Symons

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
[ca. 1959-1968]
Scope and Content
Correspondence from Bessie Fry Symons, an artist who lived on Read Island.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
2
File Number
22
Material Type
textual records
Responsibility
Symons, Bessie Fry
Date Range
[ca. 1959-1968]
Scope and Content
Correspondence from Bessie Fry Symons, an artist who lived on Read Island.
Storage Location
3-1
Storage Range
3-1
Name Access
Douglas, Gilean
Symons, Bessie Fry
Subject Access
Read Island
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Bessie Fry Symons - pastel of a coastal homestead

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1965]
Scope and Content
Large pastel of a coastal homestead in autumn by Read Island artist Bessie Fry Symons
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
13
File Number
4
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1965]
Scope and Content
Large pastel of a coastal homestead in autumn by Read Island artist Bessie Fry Symons
Storage Location
7-5
Storage Range
7-5
Name Access
Douglas, Gilean
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Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Date Range
1974-2018
Scope and Content
Clippings and emails with info on Read Island, 1974-2018. Excerpt from Chalkdust & Outhouses, West Coast Schools, Barbara Ann Lambert
Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Series Number
4
File Number
3
Date Range
1974-2018
Scope and Content
Clippings and emails with info on Read Island, 1974-2018. Excerpt from Chalkdust & Outhouses, West Coast Schools, Barbara Ann Lambert
Storage Range
Drawer 4
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Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Date Range
1969
Scope and Content
Clipping, "Murder on Read Island," The Daily Colonist, 1969
Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Series Number
2
File Number
80
Date Range
1969
Scope and Content
Clipping, "Murder on Read Island," The Daily Colonist, 1969
Storage Range
Drawer 2
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Maps of Cortes Island and Read Island

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
[1949?]
Scope and Content
File contains blue copies of maps showing property lot lines on Cortes Island and Read Island.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
10
File Number
3
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
[1949?]
Scope and Content
File contains blue copies of maps showing property lot lines on Cortes Island and Read Island.
Storage Location
7-66
Storage Range
7-66
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Booklet of Cortes Island maps showing house numbers

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Part Of
Doreen Thompson fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
cartographic material
Accession Number
2006.001
Date Range
2001
Part Of
Doreen Thompson fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2006.001
Series Number
3
File Number
3
Accession Number
2006.001
Material Type
cartographic material
Date Range
2001
Storage Location
1-40
Storage Range
1-40
Name Access
Thompson, Doreen
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Research for grants near Carrington Bay and Coulter Bay, 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 original Crown Grants, subsequent title changes and maps for: To Joseph Gregson: 1926, Crown Grant for fractional W 1/2 of Lot 899 and Lot 901 (between Coulter and Carrington Bays), with a water easement for Wailes To John Nugent McIllree: 1957, Crown Grant of mineral rights to lots at Coulter Bay surveyed as the "Arrow" and "Bullseye" mineral claims To Hilda Peterson: 1919, Crown Grant for Lot 878, Carrington Bay, 55 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
13
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1999
Scope and Content
File contains photocopies of original Crown Grants, subsequent title changes and maps for: To Joseph Gregson: 1926, Crown Grant for fractional W 1/2 of Lot 899 and Lot 901 (between Coulter and Carrington Bays), with a water easement for Wailes To John Nugent McIllree: 1957, Crown Grant of mineral rights to lots at Coulter Bay surveyed as the "Arrow" and "Bullseye" mineral claims To Hilda Peterson: 1919, Crown Grant for Lot 878, Carrington Bay, 55 acres (Files 12 through 16 are from the same envelope.)
Storage Range
1-12
Geographic Access
Carrington Bay
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Cortes Island parks - Carrington Bay; Von Donop

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Part Of
Regional Director of Area I (Cortes Island) fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Accession Number
2008.001
Date Range
1986-1992
Part Of
Regional Director of Area I (Cortes Island) fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2002.001.2
Series Number
6.5
File Number
29
Accession Number
2008.001
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1986-1992
Storage Location
Ralph Nursall fonds: Box
Storage Range
Ralph Nursall fonds: Box
2-23
Geographic Access
Carrington Bay
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Cortes Island parks - Carrington Bay; Von Donop

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Part Of
Ralph Nursall fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Accession Number
2008.001
Date Range
1986-1992
Part Of
Ralph Nursall fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2008.001
Series Number
1.5
File Number
29
Accession Number
2008.001
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1986-1992
Storage Range
2-23
Geographic Access
Carrington Bay
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House plans for May and Elmer Ellingsen's house

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
[193-]
Scope and Content
House plans for May and Elmer Ellingsen's house, which was built in Phillips Arm and moved to Hague Lake in 1952.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Creator
Ellingsen, Elmer
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
3.5
File Number
72
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
[193-]
Scope and Content
House plans for May and Elmer Ellingsen's house, which was built in Phillips Arm and moved to Hague Lake in 1952.
Storage Location
4-14
Storage Range
4-14
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"The Angel In The House"

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Part Of
Island Women's Club fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Accession Number
2009.001
Date Range
1986
Scope and Content
File consists of a photocopy of an article about the founder of the Women's Institutes, Adelaide Hoodless, which was printed in the Aug/Sept 1986 issue of "The Beaver".
Part Of
Island Women's Club fonds
Description Level
File
Creator
Cortes Island Whaletown Women's Institute
Fonds Number
2009.001.3
Sous Fonds Number
3
Series Number
6
File Number
6
Accession Number
2009.001
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1986
Scope and Content
File consists of a photocopy of an article about the founder of the Women's Institutes, Adelaide Hoodless, which was printed in the Aug/Sept 1986 issue of "The Beaver".
Storage Range
2-50
Subject Access
Women's Institute
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Research for Sections 38 and 39, Cortes Island, Sayward District, near Carrington Bay

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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 page of notes, and photocopies of a tax sale notice (1938) and list of properties forfeited for non-payment of taxes, Crown Grants and other title information for the following: William Walter James: 1926, Crown Grant for NW 1/4 of Sec. 38; 156 acres for $1.00; forfeited to Crown in 1939 Tom Albinson: 1919, Crown Grant for Lot 867; forfeited in 1927 Sadie McMurray: 1917, NE 1/4 of Sec. 39; 160 acres for $160 Peter Police: 1925, fractional NW 1/4 of Sec. 39; 103 acres for $1.00 (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
14
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1999
Scope and Content
File contains a page of notes, and photocopies of a tax sale notice (1938) and list of properties forfeited for non-payment of taxes, Crown Grants and other title information for the following: William Walter James: 1926, Crown Grant for NW 1/4 of Sec. 38; 156 acres for $1.00; forfeited to Crown in 1939 Tom Albinson: 1919, Crown Grant for Lot 867; forfeited in 1927 Sadie McMurray: 1917, NE 1/4 of Sec. 39; 160 acres for $160 Peter Police: 1925, fractional NW 1/4 of Sec. 39; 103 acres for $1.00 (Files 12 through 16 are from the same envelope.)
Storage Range
1-13
Geographic Access
Carrington Bay
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Account book for Ellingsen's house

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1936-1939
Scope and Content
File contains an account book which includes expenses for building and furnishing the Ellingsen's house.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Creator
Ellingsen, May and Elmer
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
3.5
File Number
73
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1936-1939
Scope and Content
File contains an account book which includes expenses for building and furnishing the Ellingsen's house.
Storage Location
4-15
Storage Range
4-15
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Correspondence re: Disney house

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1976
Scope and Content
Correspondence re possible historic building designation for Disney house
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
4
File Number
3
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1976
Scope and Content
Correspondence re possible historic building designation for Disney house
Storage Location
3-18
Storage Range
3-18
Name Access
Douglas, Gilean
Subject Access
Heritage Buildings
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Old School House Gallery

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Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Date Range
1973-2018
Scope and Content
Clippings and brochures featuring history of building, formation of the Old Schoolhouse Art Gallery, and artists and exhibits at the gallery, 1973-2018
Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Series Number
3
File Number
4
Date Range
1973-2018
Scope and Content
Clippings and brochures featuring history of building, formation of the Old Schoolhouse Art Gallery, and artists and exhibits at the gallery, 1973-2018
Storage Range
Drawer 3
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Research on Sections between Whaletown Bay and Coulter Bay

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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 and list for the areas researched and information on the following: George Herbert Wailes: 1920, Crown Grant for fractional SW 1/4 of Sec. 48; 48 acres for $217; with a tax sale notice, 1939 Ina Vernon Munro: 1920, Crown Grant for NE 1/4 of Sec. 37; 161 acres; includes a sale to Hawkins and a forfeit in 1939 Allan Olmsted: 1939, Crown Grant for SW 1/4 of Sec. 37 Ira Furry: 1911, Crown Grant for W 1/2 of SE 1/4 of Sec. 33 Walter Malcolm: 1919, Crown Grant for fractional SW 1/4 of Sec. 36 Frank Leslie Tooker: 1926, Crown Grant for N 1/2 of Sec. 36, 124 acres Ira Furry: 1897, Crown Grant for SE 1/4 of Sec 36; 160 acres for $160.00. Donald McDonald: 1926, Crown Grant for fractional NW 1/2 of Sec. 37; 144 acres for $1.00
Part Of
Doreen Thompson fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2006.001
Series Number
1
File Number
20
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1999
Scope and Content
File contains a key map and list for the areas researched and information on the following: George Herbert Wailes: 1920, Crown Grant for fractional SW 1/4 of Sec. 48; 48 acres for $217; with a tax sale notice, 1939 Ina Vernon Munro: 1920, Crown Grant for NE 1/4 of Sec. 37; 161 acres; includes a sale to Hawkins and a forfeit in 1939 Allan Olmsted: 1939, Crown Grant for SW 1/4 of Sec. 37 Ira Furry: 1911, Crown Grant for W 1/2 of SE 1/4 of Sec. 33 Walter Malcolm: 1919, Crown Grant for fractional SW 1/4 of Sec. 36 Frank Leslie Tooker: 1926, Crown Grant for N 1/2 of Sec. 36, 124 acres Ira Furry: 1897, Crown Grant for SE 1/4 of Sec 36; 160 acres for $160.00. Donald McDonald: 1926, Crown Grant for fractional NW 1/2 of Sec. 37; 144 acres for $1.00
Storage Range
1-19
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Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Date Range
late 1800s-2014
Scope and Content
Info on Carrington Bay history and early settler homesteaders from late 1800s onward; scans from Whaletown to 1930 album; scan of location for Department of Energy, Mines and Resources, 1945; park brochure; clippings about Carrington from 1982-2014; excerpt from interview with Clarence and Etta Byers, 2001; notes from exhibit curation (labels, photo captions, etc); excerpts rom June Cameron's Destination Cortez; topographic map of Green Mountain; emails about exhibit; printed photographs for exhibit. Keywords: drowing, Island Timberland, Coulter Bay, stream keepers
Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Series Number
1
File Number
33
Date Range
late 1800s-2014
Scope and Content
Info on Carrington Bay history and early settler homesteaders from late 1800s onward; scans from Whaletown to 1930 album; scan of location for Department of Energy, Mines and Resources, 1945; park brochure; clippings about Carrington from 1982-2014; excerpt from interview with Clarence and Etta Byers, 2001; notes from exhibit curation (labels, photo captions, etc); excerpts rom June Cameron's Destination Cortez; topographic map of Green Mountain; emails about exhibit; printed photographs for exhibit. Keywords: drowing, Island Timberland, Coulter Bay, stream keepers
Storage Range
Drawer 1
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Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Date Range
Early 1900s-2014
Scope and Content
Writing, emails and excerpts with info on early homesteaders, early postmasters, the first post box in Cortes Bay, Frabjous Bay/Frabjous Day, The Columbia Coast Mission, and the Rendezvous. Map of lots with some names of early homesteaders near Cortes Bay. Old postcard of Cortes Bay
Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Series Number
1
File Number
48
Date Range
Early 1900s-2014
Scope and Content
Writing, emails and excerpts with info on early homesteaders, early postmasters, the first post box in Cortes Bay, Frabjous Bay/Frabjous Day, The Columbia Coast Mission, and the Rendezvous. Map of lots with some names of early homesteaders near Cortes Bay. Old postcard of Cortes Bay
Storage Range
Drawer 1
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Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Date Range
late 1800s-1992
Scope and Content
Written info on Carrington Bay and Coulter Bay with info from late 1800s; info from Doris (Houghton-Brown) Henderson on Cortes Island early history, late 1920s. Ian and Mary McMillan's island in Coulter Bay listing, early 1950s. Info about Rendezvous Rock in Coulter Bay, 1953, from CIMAS photo albums. Excerpt from The Columbia is Coming!, Doris Anderson, 1982. Clippings from WNE with info on Coulter Bay, 1982-1992. Typed transcript of written letter from Mary McMillen to Doreen Thompson, undated.
Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Series Number
1
File Number
61
Date Range
late 1800s-1992
Scope and Content
Written info on Carrington Bay and Coulter Bay with info from late 1800s; info from Doris (Houghton-Brown) Henderson on Cortes Island early history, late 1920s. Ian and Mary McMillan's island in Coulter Bay listing, early 1950s. Info about Rendezvous Rock in Coulter Bay, 1953, from CIMAS photo albums. Excerpt from The Columbia is Coming!, Doris Anderson, 1982. Clippings from WNE with info on Coulter Bay, 1982-1992. Typed transcript of written letter from Mary McMillen to Doreen Thompson, undated.
Storage Range
Drawer 1
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Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Date Range
1982-?
Scope and Content
Scanned photograph of Baron & Nellie Jeffery home at Smelt Bay, 1982. Smelt Bay Master Plan, Province of British Columbia, Ministry of Environment and Parks, 1987. Full issue of The Cottage Magazine, article featuring Smelt Bay midden sites, 1997. Excerpt from Seven Knot Summers, Beth Hill. Post cards and greeting cards featuring Smelt Bay, undated.
Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Series Number
4
File Number
25
Date Range
1982-?
Scope and Content
Scanned photograph of Baron & Nellie Jeffery home at Smelt Bay, 1982. Smelt Bay Master Plan, Province of British Columbia, Ministry of Environment and Parks, 1987. Full issue of The Cottage Magazine, article featuring Smelt Bay midden sites, 1997. Excerpt from Seven Knot Summers, Beth Hill. Post cards and greeting cards featuring Smelt Bay, undated.
Storage Range
Drawer 4
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