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Pages from The Sunday Province newspaper

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Part Of
CIMAS ephemera collection
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1926
Scope and Content
File contains oversize newspaper pages (18 inches x 22.5 inches) with an article about Cortes Island. John Manson is mentioned in the article
Part Of
CIMAS ephemera collection
Description Level
File
File Number
17
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1926
Scope and Content
File contains oversize newspaper pages (18 inches x 22.5 inches) with an article about Cortes Island. John Manson is mentioned in the article
Name Access
Southern Cortes Community Association
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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Newspaper article on Adelaide Hoodless - Nov. 1916

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Part Of
CIMAS ephemera collection
Description Level
File
Material Type
ephemera
Date Range
1916
Scope and Content
File contains newspaper pages from "Everywoman's World" with an article on the founder of the Women's Institutes, Adelaide Hoodless. The article has been photocopied; the original is deteriorating.
Part Of
CIMAS ephemera collection
Description Level
File
File Number
22
Material Type
ephemera
Date Range
1916
Scope and Content
File contains newspaper pages from "Everywoman's World" with an article on the founder of the Women's Institutes, Adelaide Hoodless. The article has been photocopied; the original is deteriorating.
Storage Location
Ephemera - Box 1
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Receipts from the Cortez Lodge Store and Island Airlines

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Part Of
CIMAS ephemera collection
Description Level
File
Date Range
1967-1969
Scope and Content
File contains 3 receipts from the Cortez Lodge Store (Note the telephone number, "Cortez 1X"), and 2 Island Air receipts, one for a flight from Campbell River to Cortes for $12. Receipts are from Hector Graham.
Part Of
CIMAS ephemera collection
Description Level
File
File Number
33
Date Range
1967-1969
Custodial History
Donated by Ann Dewar and Robbie Graham on Jan. 20,2017, along with items for the Artifacts Committee. Material donated is from Robbie Graham's father Hector Graham.
Scope and Content
File contains 3 receipts from the Cortez Lodge Store (Note the telephone number, "Cortez 1X"), and 2 Island Air receipts, one for a flight from Campbell River to Cortes for $12. Receipts are from Hector Graham.
Storage Location
Ephemera - Box 1
Storage Range
1-33
Subject Access
Air transport
Transportation
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Nigel Pickard's store receipts

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Part Of
CIMAS ephemera collection
Description Level
File
Material Type
ephemera
Date Range
1972
Scope and Content
File contains a group of receipts made out to Nigel Pickard from (likely) the Manson's Landing store.
Part Of
CIMAS ephemera collection
Description Level
File
File Number
38
Material Type
ephemera
Date Range
1972
Physical Description
1 file of textual records
Custodial History
Donated by Kate Maddigan, Aug. 23 2021. Receipts were found in the attic of the house she bought from Nigel Pickard.
Scope and Content
File contains a group of receipts made out to Nigel Pickard from (likely) the Manson's Landing store.
Storage Location
Ephemera box
Storage Range
Ephemera box
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Pamphlets & clippings from the old Hayes house

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Part Of
CIMAS ephemera collection
Description Level
File
File Number
5
Physical Description
Pamphlets of recipes and newspaper clippings found in the old Hayes house.
Storage Location
Ephemera box 1-5
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Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Date Range
1880s-1985
Scope and Content
Info and photographs on history of businesses in Manson's Landing, from CIMAS "Manson's Landing & Lagoon" photo album, 1880s-1996. Documents for the operation of Manson's Landing store: Grant of Concession and additional documents; mandatory site inspection documents; and tender for operation, 1985. Correspondence re Robert James Taylor, owner of the store in 1966/67.
Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Series Number
2
File Number
67
Date Range
1880s-1985
Scope and Content
Info and photographs on history of businesses in Manson's Landing, from CIMAS "Manson's Landing & Lagoon" photo album, 1880s-1996. Documents for the operation of Manson's Landing store: Grant of Concession and additional documents; mandatory site inspection documents; and tender for operation, 1985. Correspondence re Robert James Taylor, owner of the store in 1966/67.
Storage Range
Drawer 2
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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
Scope and Content
Note about clay with healing properties that Bob painted his whole house with, undated
Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Series Number
3
File Number
51
Scope and Content
Note about clay with healing properties that Bob painted his whole house with, undated
Storage Range
Drawer 3
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Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Date Range
2021
Scope and Content
Memoir written by Bob Milton about growing up in Cortes Bay in the 1950s; email about the memoir.
Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Series Number
3
File Number
61.1
Date Range
2021
Scope and Content
Memoir written by Bob Milton about growing up in Cortes Bay in the 1950s; email about the memoir.
Storage Range
Drawer 3
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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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Stores on Cortes: History

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Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Date Range
1951-2005
Scope and Content
Historical files from various stores and people on Cortes including order forms, receipts, and invoices, 1951-1952, copies of photos of Whaletown & Squirrel Cove stores.. Transcripts: Gary and Velma Bergman, Whaletown, with Dianne Hentschel and Doreen Thompson, 2003; Ken and Bert Summers with Susan Ellingsen, Dianne Hentschel, and Doreen Thompson, 2005. Additional keywords: Mrs Pearl V. Graham, Miss Lorraine Graham, McDevett/McDevitt, Cortez Lodge Store
Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Series Number
4
File Number
34
Date Range
1951-2005
Scope and Content
Historical files from various stores and people on Cortes including order forms, receipts, and invoices, 1951-1952, copies of photos of Whaletown & Squirrel Cove stores.. Transcripts: Gary and Velma Bergman, Whaletown, with Dianne Hentschel and Doreen Thompson, 2003; Ken and Bert Summers with Susan Ellingsen, Dianne Hentschel, and Doreen Thompson, 2005. Additional keywords: Mrs Pearl V. Graham, Miss Lorraine Graham, McDevett/McDevitt, Cortez Lodge Store
Storage Range
Drawer 4
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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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Bob Brooks, Donna and Fred Brooks Jr.

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Part Of
Brooks family fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1942]
Scope and Content
Donna lived with the Brooks family for a while; her last name is not known. Note the wagon Donna is standing in, and the house in the background.
Part Of
Brooks family fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2019.021
Item Number
2019.021.007
Item Number Range
2019.021.007
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1942]
Physical Description
1 photograph print : b&w ; 6 x 9 cm
Scope and Content
Donna lived with the Brooks family for a while; her last name is not known. Note the wagon Donna is standing in, and the house in the background.
Storage Location
Photo box 3
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Memories of Refuge Cove - Norm Gibbons

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Part Of
Cortes Island Museum & Archives Society fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
graphic material (electronic)
Date Range
1956-2023
Scope and Content
File contains digitized copies of photographs from Norm Gibbons' photograph album of Refuge Cove. For the stories behind the photos, see 2003.007.001, a recording of Norm and Lisa Gibbons talking about their experiences living at Refuge Cove.
Part Of
Cortes Island Museum & Archives Society fonds
Description Level
File
Creator
Gibbons, Norm
Fonds Number
2021.001
Series Number
5
File Number
2
Material Type
graphic material (electronic)
Date Range
1956-2023
Physical Description
47 images (electronic) : col & b&w
Scope and Content
File contains digitized copies of photographs from Norm Gibbons' photograph album of Refuge Cove. For the stories behind the photos, see 2003.007.001, a recording of Norm and Lisa Gibbons talking about their experiences living at Refuge Cove.
Name Access
Gibbons, Norm
Gibbons, Lisa
Geographic Access
Refuge Cove
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Buildings at Refuge Cove

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Part Of
Cortes Island Museum & Archives Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material (electronic)
Date Range
[ca.1955]
Scope and Content
Buildings, from L to R: Norm and Doris Hope's house, far left; small house where the store keeper lived; the old store; fuel tanks with house to their right; teacher's cottage and school building at far right. In front are several fish boats; the dock with a freight shed; a barge for ice storage and fish-buying; float houses near the school. The Hope's house is the only one of these buildings still there (2023). The old store burned down in 1968.
Part Of
Cortes Island Museum & Archives Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Creator
Gibbons, Norm
Fonds Number
2021.001
Series Number
5
File Number
2
Item Number
NG.001
Item Number Range
NG.001
Material Type
graphic material (electronic)
Date Range
[ca.1955]
Physical Description
1 image (electronic) : col
Scope and Content
Buildings, from L to R: Norm and Doris Hope's house, far left; small house where the store keeper lived; the old store; fuel tanks with house to their right; teacher's cottage and school building at far right. In front are several fish boats; the dock with a freight shed; a barge for ice storage and fish-buying; float houses near the school. The Hope's house is the only one of these buildings still there (2023). The old store burned down in 1968.
Name Access
Gibbons, Norm
Geographic Access
Refuge Cove
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The old store at Refuge Cove

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Part Of
Cortes Island Museum & Archives Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material (electronic)
Date Range
[ca. 1955]
Scope and Content
Photograph of the original store at Refuge Cove, taken from the head of the ramp by Norman and Doris Hope's house. To the right of the store is a fuel tank and a shed used for storing the tools needed for the tanks, drums of oil, etc. The store burned down in 1968.
Part Of
Cortes Island Museum & Archives Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Creator
Gibbons, Norm
Fonds Number
2021.001
Series Number
5
File Number
2
Item Number
NG.002
Item Number Range
NG.002
Material Type
graphic material (electronic)
Date Range
[ca. 1955]
Physical Description
1 image (electronic) : b&w
Scope and Content
Photograph of the original store at Refuge Cove, taken from the head of the ramp by Norman and Doris Hope's house. To the right of the store is a fuel tank and a shed used for storing the tools needed for the tanks, drums of oil, etc. The store burned down in 1968.
Name Access
Gibbons, Norm
Geographic Access
Refuge Cove
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View of buildings and docks at Refuge Cove, taken from the bluff above

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Part Of
Cortes Island Museum & Archives Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material (electronic)
Date Range
[ca.1960-1968]
Scope and Content
Photo shows the old store, with docks in a U formation and a new government dock.
Part Of
Cortes Island Museum & Archives Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Creator
Gibbons, Norm
Fonds Number
2021.001
Series Number
5
File Number
2
Item Number
NG.003
Item Number Range
NG.003
Material Type
graphic material (electronic)
Date Range
[ca.1960-1968]
Physical Description
1 image (electronic) : col
Scope and Content
Photo shows the old store, with docks in a U formation and a new government dock.
Name Access
Gibbons, Norm
Geographic Access
Refuge Cove
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Jim Spilsbury and (possibly) Norman Hope's sister Rene, standing in the window of an unfinished addition to the Hope home in Refuge Cove

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Part Of
Cortes Island Museum & Archives Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material (electronic)
Date Range
[ca. 1958]
Scope and Content
Photo depicts two people at the home of Norman and Doris Hope. The Hope's water spaniel Stinky is at the bottom of the stairs.
Part Of
Cortes Island Museum & Archives Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Creator
Gibbons, Norm
Fonds Number
2021.001
Series Number
5
File Number
2
Item Number
NG.004
Item Number Range
NG.004
Material Type
graphic material (electronic)
Date Range
[ca. 1958]
Physical Description
1 image (electronic) : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts two people at the home of Norman and Doris Hope. The Hope's water spaniel Stinky is at the bottom of the stairs.
Name Access
Gibbons, Norm
Geographic Access
Refuge Cove
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Doris Hope (R) and another woman (ID) with a tub of red snappers, on the dock at Refuge Cove

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Part Of
Cortes Island Museum & Archives Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material (electronic)
Date Range
1971
Part Of
Cortes Island Museum & Archives Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Creator
Gibbons, Norm
Fonds Number
2021.001
Series Number
5
File Number
2
Item Number
NG.011
Material Type
graphic material (electronic)
Date Range
1971
Physical Description
1 image (electronic) : col
Name Access
Gibbons, Norm
Geographic Access
Refuge Cove
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