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"Windows on Whaletown" ephemera

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Part Of
CIMAS ephemera collection
Description Level
File
Date Range
1999
Scope and Content
Two invitations and Whaletown National Enquirer pages about the "Windows on Whaletown" exhibit.
Part Of
CIMAS ephemera collection
Description Level
File
File Number
13
Date Range
1999
Scope and Content
Two invitations and Whaletown National Enquirer pages about the "Windows on Whaletown" exhibit.
Storage Location
Ephemera box 1-13
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Whaletown Women's Institute cookbook master pages

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Part Of
CIMAS ephemera collection
Description Level
File
Material Type
ephemera
Date Range
1959
Scope and Content
File consists of master pages of a fund-raising cookbook produced by the Whaletown Women's Institute. Typed recipes are pasted onto construction paper sheets; sheets are crumbling. Complete copies of the cookbook may be found in the Whaletown Women's Institute fonds and the Island Women's Club fonds.
Part Of
CIMAS ephemera collection
Description Level
File
File Number
24
Material Type
ephemera
Date Range
1959
Custodial History
Donated by Ian Disney in 2012.
Scope and Content
File consists of master pages of a fund-raising cookbook produced by the Whaletown Women's Institute. Typed recipes are pasted onto construction paper sheets; sheets are crumbling. Complete copies of the cookbook may be found in the Whaletown Women's Institute fonds and the Island Women's Club fonds.
Storage Location
Ephemera - Box 1
Name Access
Whaletown Women's Institute
Subject Access
Women's Institute
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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"A Tour Guide to Whaletown" by Kathleen Pemberton

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Part Of
CIMAS ephemera collection
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
ephemera
Date Range
1999
Scope and Content
File contains a self-published booklet containing illustrations and notes about Whaletown, "a collection of facts, poems, short stories and drawings to enhance your visit."
Part Of
CIMAS ephemera collection
Description Level
File
Creator
Pemberton, Kathleen
File Number
31
Material Type
textual records
ephemera
Date Range
1999
Scope and Content
File contains a self-published booklet containing illustrations and notes about Whaletown, "a collection of facts, poems, short stories and drawings to enhance your visit."
Storage Location
Ephemera - Box 1
Storage Range
1-31
Name Access
Pemberton, Kathleen
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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Whaletown, B.C. postcards

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Part Of
CIMAS ephemera collection
Description Level
File
Material Type
ephemera
textual records
Date Range
[ca. 1952]
Scope and Content
File contains postcards showing views of Whaletown. #1: Photograph of St. John the Baptist Church, b&w, 1952; 1 copy #2: Photograph of a Union Steamship at the Whaletown wharf; b&w; 1952; 1 copy #3: Aerial photograph of the Salt Lagoon; b&w; likely 1952; 1 copy #4: A drawing of the wharf and buildings of Whaletown, from the water; b&w, [195-]; 4 copies Verso says "Sketch by Canadian Artist, Mrs. R. A. Borland". Mrs. Borland was the sister of Mary Weiler, and lived in Manson's Landing. #5: Church of St. John the Baptist; colour; 1952; 2 copies. Printed by George Frost, owner of the Whaletown General Store. See #2013.001.006 #6: The Whaletown Trading Post; colour; 2 copies. Printed by George Frost, owner of the Whaletown General Store. See #2013.001.005
Part Of
CIMAS ephemera collection
Description Level
File
File Number
36
Material Type
ephemera
textual records
Date Range
[ca. 1952]
Physical Description
11 postcards
Custodial History
Found in files
Scope and Content
File contains postcards showing views of Whaletown. #1: Photograph of St. John the Baptist Church, b&w, 1952; 1 copy #2: Photograph of a Union Steamship at the Whaletown wharf; b&w; 1952; 1 copy #3: Aerial photograph of the Salt Lagoon; b&w; likely 1952; 1 copy #4: A drawing of the wharf and buildings of Whaletown, from the water; b&w, [195-]; 4 copies Verso says "Sketch by Canadian Artist, Mrs. R. A. Borland". Mrs. Borland was the sister of Mary Weiler, and lived in Manson's Landing. #5: Church of St. John the Baptist; colour; 1952; 2 copies. Printed by George Frost, owner of the Whaletown General Store. See #2013.001.006 #6: The Whaletown Trading Post; colour; 2 copies. Printed by George Frost, owner of the Whaletown General Store. See #2013.001.005
Storage Location
Oversize box
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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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Finnie, Family, of Whaletown

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Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Date Range
2003-2015
Scope and Content
Info on: death of Ramona Jeanne (Finnie), 2003; and Frances "Elaine" (nee Finnie), 2006 in email exchanges, 2015
Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Series Number
3
File Number
29
Date Range
2003-2015
Scope and Content
Info on: death of Ramona Jeanne (Finnie), 2003; and Frances "Elaine" (nee Finnie), 2006 in email exchanges, 2015
Storage Range
Drawer 3
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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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Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Scope and Content
Emails and clippings from Tideline on history of Tiber Bay, including preemptions, Tiber/Teuber family, Manson's Landing cemetery, and the CIMAS driving tour booklet, info from early 1900s-2016.
Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Series Number
4
File Number
41
Scope and Content
Emails and clippings from Tideline on history of Tiber Bay, including preemptions, Tiber/Teuber family, Manson's Landing cemetery, and the CIMAS driving tour booklet, info from early 1900s-2016.
Storage Range
Drawer 4
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Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Date Range
1867-2018
Scope and Content
Clippings, emails, and written info on history, people, events, placenames, schools, post offices, libraries, churches, parks, SRD updates, and businesses in Whaletown, info from 1867-2018. Additional keywords: Columbia Coast Mission; Whaletown Commons; Trude's Cafe; Wee Park; WNE. Excerpt from Phillip Major's Diary, 1948. Excerpts from Chalkdust & Outhouses, West Coast Schools 1893-1950, Barbara Ann Lambert, and The Log of the Columbia, 1947-1950. A Tour Guide to Whaletown, K. Pemberton, 1999. Letters to Doreen Thompson from Mary M. McMillan, Etta Byers, D. Henderson, McKay, and Peggy Munro Anderson, 1999. Photos (copies) from Norma DeWolfe of Whaletown store, dock, post office, ferry, 1970s.
Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Series Number
4
File Number
58
Date Range
1867-2018
Scope and Content
Clippings, emails, and written info on history, people, events, placenames, schools, post offices, libraries, churches, parks, SRD updates, and businesses in Whaletown, info from 1867-2018. Additional keywords: Columbia Coast Mission; Whaletown Commons; Trude's Cafe; Wee Park; WNE. Excerpt from Phillip Major's Diary, 1948. Excerpts from Chalkdust & Outhouses, West Coast Schools 1893-1950, Barbara Ann Lambert, and The Log of the Columbia, 1947-1950. A Tour Guide to Whaletown, K. Pemberton, 1999. Letters to Doreen Thompson from Mary M. McMillan, Etta Byers, D. Henderson, McKay, and Peggy Munro Anderson, 1999. Photos (copies) from Norma DeWolfe of Whaletown store, dock, post office, ferry, 1970s.
Storage Range
Drawer 4
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Whaletown Community Club

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Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Date Range
1994-2018
Scope and Content
Clippings with info on Whaletown Community Club, 1994-2018. Whaletown Community Club Rules for the Rental of Gorge Hall, 2001
Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Series Number
4
File Number
59
Date Range
1994-2018
Scope and Content
Clippings with info on Whaletown Community Club, 1994-2018. Whaletown Community Club Rules for the Rental of Gorge Hall, 2001
Storage Range
Drawer 4
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Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Date Range
1903-2019
Scope and Content
Clippings, emails, and additional info on history of whaletown dock including government issued certificates, land registries, and subdivisions, 1903-2019.
Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Series Number
4
File Number
60
Date Range
1903-2019
Scope and Content
Clippings, emails, and additional info on history of whaletown dock including government issued certificates, land registries, and subdivisions, 1903-2019.
Storage Range
Drawer 4
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Whaletown National Enquirer

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Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Date Range
1994-2001
Scope and Content
Full issues of Whaletown National Enquirer, 1994-2001
Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Series Number
4
File Number
61
Date Range
1994-2001
Scope and Content
Full issues of Whaletown National Enquirer, 1994-2001
Storage Range
Drawer 4
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Windows on Whaletown Exhibit

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Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Date Range
1999
Scope and Content
Info from the Windows on Whaletown exhibit at CIMAS, 1999
Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Series Number
4
File Number
63
Date Range
1999
Scope and Content
Info from the Windows on Whaletown exhibit at CIMAS, 1999
Storage Range
Drawer 4
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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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