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Vancouver Island

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CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Date Range
1965-2012
Scope and Content
Clippings with info on heavy snowfall and old ships, 1965-2012
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CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Series Number
4
File Number
49
Date Range
1965-2012
Scope and Content
Clippings with info on heavy snowfall and old ships, 1965-2012
Storage Range
Drawer 4
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Paul Kirmmse, in a kitchen (probably in Vancouver)

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Part Of
Cortes Island Museum & Archives Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material (electronic)
Date Range
[ca. 1974]
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Cortes Island Museum & Archives Society fonds
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Item
Creator
Kirmmse, Paul
Fonds Number
2021.001
Series Number
5
File Number
3
Item Number
PK_008
Material Type
graphic material (electronic)
Date Range
[ca. 1974]
Physical Description
1 image (electronic) : b&w
Name Access
Kirmmse, Paul
Geographic Access
Whaletown
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George Sirk and Gloria Jorg onstage at a Gorge Hall Variety Night

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Cortes Island Museum & Archives Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material (electronic)
Date Range
[ca. 1980]
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Cortes Island Museum & Archives Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Creator
Kirmmse, Paul
Fonds Number
2021.001
Series Number
5
File Number
3
Item Number
PK_014
Material Type
graphic material (electronic)
Date Range
[ca. 1980]
Physical Description
1 image (electronic) : col
Name Access
Kirmmse, Paul
Geographic Access
Whaletown
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George Hawkins posing by logging equipment, a truck with a wooden arch on the back

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Brooks family fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1942]
Scope and Content
Photo of George Hawkins. Bill and George Hawkins were hired by Fred Brooks Sr. when he was logging.
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Brooks family fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2019.021
Item Number
2019.021.008
Item Number Range
2019.021.008
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1942]
Physical Description
1 photograph print : b&w ; 7 x 5 cm
Scope and Content
Photo of George Hawkins. Bill and George Hawkins were hired by Fred Brooks Sr. when he was logging.
Storage Location
Photo box 3
Subject Access
Logging
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Charles and Emmeline Pickles on the porch of their house at Union Bay on Vancouver Island

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Brooks family fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1956
Scope and Content
Photo is very faded; inscription on the back.
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Brooks family fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2019.021
Item Number
2019.021.009
Item Number Range
2019.021.009
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1956
Physical Description
1 photograph print : col ; 13 x 9 cm
Scope and Content
Photo is very faded; inscription on the back.
Storage Location
Photo box 3
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Memoir of Captain Frederic Vernon Vosper, 1935-2016

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Cortes Island Museum & Archives Society fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
textual records (electronic)
Date Range
2017
Scope and Content
This memoir, written by Captain Frederic (Fred) Vosper, contains family history, photographs, clippings and stories of Vosper's life on Cortes and in coastal British Columbia. It is reproduced here with the kind permission of Patricia Vosper.
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Cortes Island Museum & Archives Society fonds
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File
Creator
Cortes Island Museum & Archives Society
Fonds Number
2021.001
Series Number
3
File Number
1
Material Type
textual records
textual records (electronic)
Date Range
2017
Physical Description
1 coil-bound book : 168 pages 1 file: .pdf
History / Biographical
Frederic (Fred) Vernon Vosper (1935-2016) was born in Vancouver BC and grew up on the coast, always around boats and water. Occupations included tug boat captain and owner, hard-hat salvage diver, and hand logger. Fred married Patricia in 1956, and they had six children. The Vospers lived in Cortes Bay from 1975 to 1982, and returned to Cortes in 1990, after Fred retired.
Custodial History
A copy of the book was donated to CIMAS in 2021 by Patricia Vosper, who gave permission for the book to be scanned and made available online.
Scope and Content
This memoir, written by Captain Frederic (Fred) Vosper, contains family history, photographs, clippings and stories of Vosper's life on Cortes and in coastal British Columbia. It is reproduced here with the kind permission of Patricia Vosper.
Subject Access
Historical research
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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Captain Frederic Vernon Vosper, 1935-2017.pdf

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