Fonds consists of records of the Cortes Emergency First Aid Service (CEFAS) including the constitution, meeting agendas, correspondence, survey responses and attendant schedules. It is arranged in three series: Administrative Records, Correspondence and Survey Responses.
In 1988, concerned members of the Cortes community formed the Cortes Island First Aid Society (CIFAS). They were trained in basic first aid and provided volunteer service to the island for the next four years. A retired industrial ambulance was procured by Sully and Marg Sullivan and outfitted with some medical equipment. Prior to this people were transported in private cars and trucks.
In 1992, the British Columbia Ambulance Service opened a station on Cortes which continued and expanded that service, and CEFAS was dissolved.
Custodial History
Bonnie MacDonald held these records from the time of her involvement in the founding of CEFAS; she donated them to CIMAS.
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of records of the Cortes Emergency First Aid Service (CEFAS) including the constitution, meeting agendas, correspondence, survey responses and attendant schedules. It is arranged in three series: Administrative Records, Correspondence and Survey Responses.
Educational pamphlets, catalogues, and posters on bats, 1994-2004; copies of Bat House Project instructions for building a small economy bat house, 2004; articles, emails and newspaper clippings about bats, 2006-2016; public service announcement from Linda Solomon and Bhaskar Krag re: bats and rabies, undated; drawings of bats by school-aged children, undated. Keywords: pest control, wildlife at risk, Keen's Long-eared Myotis, Bat House Project, Bat Conservation International, California Myotis, White Nose Syndrome, rabies
Educational pamphlets, catalogues, and posters on bats, 1994-2004; copies of Bat House Project instructions for building a small economy bat house, 2004; articles, emails and newspaper clippings about bats, 2006-2016; public service announcement from Linda Solomon and Bhaskar Krag re: bats and rabies, undated; drawings of bats by school-aged children, undated. Keywords: pest control, wildlife at risk, Keen's Long-eared Myotis, Bat House Project, Bat Conservation International, California Myotis, White Nose Syndrome, rabies
CIMAS Spring Birding Count checklists 2004-2016; emails and articles about bird sightings/bird count on Cortes, 2005-2007 and 2016; article in Birdwatch Canada, 107th Christmas Bird Count Cross-Canada report, 2007; print out about CIMAS's Spring Migration Birding Event, 2011; Christmas bird count info for CIMAS, 2016; Caring for Wildlife Habitat at home, info on constructing bird houses, undated
CIMAS Spring Birding Count checklists 2004-2016; emails and articles about bird sightings/bird count on Cortes, 2005-2007 and 2016; article in Birdwatch Canada, 107th Christmas Bird Count Cross-Canada report, 2007; print out about CIMAS's Spring Migration Birding Event, 2011; Christmas bird count info for CIMAS, 2016; Caring for Wildlife Habitat at home, info on constructing bird houses, undated
Photocopied photographs of five orcas who were shot in the lagoon near Squirrel Cove, 1949; Excerpt from Evergreen Islands by Doris Andersen with info on Indigenous whaling practices, 1979. Info on cetaceans from the Journal of the Vancouver Aquarium, 1986. Articles, emails, and brochures on cetaceans, 2012-2017 (some undated). BC Cetacean Sightings Network Newsletters, 2014-2017
Photocopied photographs of five orcas who were shot in the lagoon near Squirrel Cove, 1949; Excerpt from Evergreen Islands by Doris Andersen with info on Indigenous whaling practices, 1979. Info on cetaceans from the Journal of the Vancouver Aquarium, 1986. Articles, emails, and brochures on cetaceans, 2012-2017 (some undated). BC Cetacean Sightings Network Newsletters, 2014-2017
Articles, newspaper clippings, posters, handouts, emails, and some brochures, post cards, and business cards relating to artists and musicians, as well as galleries, studios, and shops selling and showing artists' work on and near Cortes Island, 1972; 1987 (WNE); 2002-2016. Also a folder from Allan Todd with several prints from Cortes artists, 2009.
Articles, newspaper clippings, posters, handouts, emails, and some brochures, post cards, and business cards relating to artists and musicians, as well as galleries, studios, and shops selling and showing artists' work on and near Cortes Island, 1972; 1987 (WNE); 2002-2016. Also a folder from Allan Todd with several prints from Cortes artists, 2009.
Articles and newspaper clippings announcing book launches and reviewing books, event posters, emails, and advertisements relating to local authors or works written about Cortes, 1999-2018; Obituary for June Cameron 1929-2016; two clippings from WNE 1998, 1999; two copies of Islandwords, writing on Cortes, 2000.
Articles and newspaper clippings announcing book launches and reviewing books, event posters, emails, and advertisements relating to local authors or works written about Cortes, 1999-2018; Obituary for June Cameron 1929-2016; two clippings from WNE 1998, 1999; two copies of Islandwords, writing on Cortes, 2000.