Ken Summers in conversation with Susan (Bone) Ellingsen, Dianne (Theal) Hentschel and Doreen (Huck) Thompson at his home on Lennea Place, Campbell River, 2005
Ken Summers in conversation with Susan (Bone) Ellingsen, Dianne (Theal) Hentschel and Doreen (Huck) Thompson at his home on Lennea Place, Campbell River, 2005
Email exchange between Mike Manson and Lynne Jordan re: spelling of Beesley name/Beasley Road, 2013; photocopy of hand written notes on the Beasley Family, undated
Email exchange between Mike Manson and Lynne Jordan re: spelling of Beesley name/Beasley Road, 2013; photocopy of hand written notes on the Beasley Family, undated
Yvonne Kipp and Lynne Jordan in conversation with Dianne Hansen and Fred Reedel, children of Irv Reedel, about Squirrel Cove, with info from 1914-2013, 2013. Wealth of historic information
Yvonne Kipp and Lynne Jordan in conversation with Dianne Hansen and Fred Reedel, children of Irv Reedel, about Squirrel Cove, with info from 1914-2013, 2013. Wealth of historic information
Info and photographs scanned from CIMAS albums, Doreen Thompson and family, 1930s-2000s. Newsletters and articles written by and featuring Doreen & family (specifically daughters Debby & Janny Thompson), 1988-2007. Info on The History of Von Donop Creek exhibit and interviews by Doreen and Dianne Hentschel, 2000-2001. Memorial handout for Doreen, 2006. CIMAS letters from Lynne Jordan regarding Manson's Landing exhibit, Doreen's passing, and donations, 2006-2007. Donation notes, 2006. Printed search list of related items in museum fonds. Keywords: WNE
Info and photographs scanned from CIMAS albums, Doreen Thompson and family, 1930s-2000s. Newsletters and articles written by and featuring Doreen & family (specifically daughters Debby & Janny Thompson), 1988-2007. Info on The History of Von Donop Creek exhibit and interviews by Doreen and Dianne Hentschel, 2000-2001. Memorial handout for Doreen, 2006. CIMAS letters from Lynne Jordan regarding Manson's Landing exhibit, Doreen's passing, and donations, 2006-2007. Donation notes, 2006. Printed search list of related items in museum fonds. Keywords: WNE
Genealogical research from ancestry.com on Samuel Thompson; Nicholas Thompson and family, notably mentioning wife Mary McLeod and sons Leonard and Lethaniel; Nathaniel Ferguson Taggart (foster son of Nicholas & Mary) and the Vancouver Children's Home; and Miner Ira Farry/Furry/Ferry, friend of Thompson family, results from 1800s to 1900s. Excerpts from Alice Robertson's diary re: Robertson and Thompson properties, 1906. Emails regarding Nick Thompson family research, 2016
Genealogical research from ancestry.com on Samuel Thompson; Nicholas Thompson and family, notably mentioning wife Mary McLeod and sons Leonard and Lethaniel; Nathaniel Ferguson Taggart (foster son of Nicholas & Mary) and the Vancouver Children's Home; and Miner Ira Farry/Furry/Ferry, friend of Thompson family, results from 1800s to 1900s. Excerpts from Alice Robertson's diary re: Robertson and Thompson properties, 1906. Emails regarding Nick Thompson family research, 2016
Envelope from Heather Thomson containing scanned photographs of Thomson family in Whaletown, 1930s-1940s, and an article about Captain James Findlay, friend of the Thomsons, 1950. Email exchanges with Heather Thomson regarding Thomson family research, 2008. Keywords: Universal Timber, logging
Envelope from Heather Thomson containing scanned photographs of Thomson family in Whaletown, 1930s-1940s, and an article about Captain James Findlay, friend of the Thomsons, 1950. Email exchanges with Heather Thomson regarding Thomson family research, 2008. Keywords: Universal Timber, logging
Genealogical info on Tiber/Teuber family, results from 1800s-1985. Photocopies from CIMAS photo album with photographs, descriptions, and list of pre-emptions, 1892-1950. Scanned clippings featuring August Teuber, 1925. Excerpts from: In Paradise and On the West Coast by Barbara Ann Lambert; Destination Cortez by June Cameron; and Desolation Sound by Heather Harbord. "Cortes Island Back Then" by Gertie Lambert. Emails regarding Tiber/Teuber family research, 2007-2014
Genealogical info on Tiber/Teuber family, results from 1800s-1985. Photocopies from CIMAS photo album with photographs, descriptions, and list of pre-emptions, 1892-1950. Scanned clippings featuring August Teuber, 1925. Excerpts from: In Paradise and On the West Coast by Barbara Ann Lambert; Destination Cortez by June Cameron; and Desolation Sound by Heather Harbord. "Cortes Island Back Then" by Gertie Lambert. Emails regarding Tiber/Teuber family research, 2007-2014
Clipping Mr and Mrs A. E. Weaver's wedding anniversary, 1966. Email exchanges regarding Weaver family history, 2013. Obituary post for Jane Weaver, undated
Clipping Mr and Mrs A. E. Weaver's wedding anniversary, 1966. Email exchanges regarding Weaver family history, 2013. Obituary post for Jane Weaver, undated
Clippings with info on artists Mary and Brigid Weiler, 1969-2009. Obituary posts for Otto Weiler, 1973. Printed copies of some of Brigid Weiler's art, 2015-2016. Obituary post in Tideline for Alexandra "Johnny" Weiler, 2020
Clippings with info on artists Mary and Brigid Weiler, 1969-2009. Obituary posts for Otto Weiler, 1973. Printed copies of some of Brigid Weiler's art, 2015-2016. Obituary post in Tideline for Alexandra "Johnny" Weiler, 2020
Copies of documents re: Wood family and homestead between Carrington Bay and Von Donop. Maps with GPS coordinates of Wood house. Marriage certificate for Harold Marshall Wood and Mary Holt, 1911. Land Registry papers, 1915-1921. Death certificates, H. M. Wood, 1966 and M. H. Wood, 1972.
Copies of documents re: Wood family and homestead between Carrington Bay and Von Donop. Maps with GPS coordinates of Wood house. Marriage certificate for Harold Marshall Wood and Mary Holt, 1911. Land Registry papers, 1915-1921. Death certificates, H. M. Wood, 1966 and M. H. Wood, 1972.
Fonds consists of the records of the Cortes Island Ratepayers Association, an organization of the property owners and residents of Cortes Island from 1963 to 1984. They include administrative documents such as the constitution and membership lists, minutes of CIRA meetings, annual reports, newsletters to members, correspondence and materials related to the provision of services, land use planning and other issues of island concern.
The fonds is composed of the following series: Administrative Documents; Minutes; Financial; Newsletters and Notices; Correspondence; Subject; Community Planning and Land Use (Advisory Planning Commission); Clippings; and Maps and Plans.
The Cortes Island Ratepayers Association (CIRA) was an association of property owners and residents formed in 1963 to "further the development of the island and to have a representative body in dealing with the Provincial government."
The first activity initiated by CIRA was to lobby the provincial government for the provision of electricity and ferry service to Cortes Island. Their efforts met with success. Electricity was brought to the island in 1970 and ferry service from Quadra Island to Cortes Island began in 1969. CIRA also became an important forum for the discussion of other important services on Cortes Island, including roads, fire protection, garbage disposal, water quality, rural mail delivery and library facilities.
As a result of CIRA's efforts to bring electricity to Cortes Island, in 1967 the Minister of Municipal Affairs, Dan Campbell, designated Cortes Island a Local Improvement District. This made Cortes Island into a legal entity for the purpose of negotiating with the province for electrical power. In that same year, Minister Campbell invited CIRA to participate in discussions and committee work on the formation of a regional district level of government.
In 1968, Cortes Island was designated 'Electoral Area I' in the Regional District of Comox-Strathcona (RDCS) with an elected director. Under this system, a Regional Director is elected who in turn sits on the Board of the RDCS. Each Regional Director appoints an Advisory Planning Commission (APC), a committee of island residents who advise the Director on matters of island concern. In 1968, CIRA determined that the elected members of the executive of CIRA would form the APC for Cortes Island. This arrangement lasted until the dissolution of CIRA in 1984. The first zoning by-law was completed in 1970 and an Official Settlement Plan and zoning by-law in 1979.
In 1982, CIRA initiated a court case against Raven Lumber for non-compliance with the Cortes Island Official Settlement Plan and zoning by-law. CIRA won the case upon appeal, but in 1984 an Order in Council allowed Raven Lumber to proceed with their development. The court case had absorbed a great deal of CIRA energy and fund raising effort over a four year period. At the General Meeting in November, 1984 there were no candidates willing to stand for the executive. CIRA was declared inactive at that meeting and was never reactivated.
Custodial History
During the term of the last president of CIRA, the records were kept in the Gorge Harbour Community Hall on Cortes Island. After the dissolution of the CIRA in 1984, the records continued to be stored in the hall. The records were transferred to the Cortes Island Museum and Archives by the Whaletown Community Club (owner of the hall) in 2000.
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of the records of the Cortes Island Ratepayers Association, an organization of the property owners and residents of Cortes Island from 1963 to 1984. They include administrative documents such as the constitution and membership lists, minutes of CIRA meetings, annual reports, newsletters to members, correspondence and materials related to the provision of services, land use planning and other issues of island concern.
The fonds is composed of the following series: Administrative Documents; Minutes; Financial; Newsletters and Notices; Correspondence; Subject; Community Planning and Land Use (Advisory Planning Commission); Clippings; and Maps and Plans.
Regional Director of Electoral Area I (Cortes Island) fonds
Gilean Douglas fonds
Finding Aid
File list available
Arrangement
Materials were received in their original file folders, however the files were not in any discernible order. In the absence of original order, materials were arranged by function and subject at the series level and chronologically within series.
