Emails, posts in tideline, brainstorming ideas and notes for the Big Tree exhibit; posts about the medicinal and endangered agarikon mushroom and Paul Stamets; receipts and donations related to the exhibit; Big Tree postcards; contest tickets; exhibit activity book. Historical context for oldgrowth, Douglas Fir, and logging: scans from Whaletown album, 1922-1930; article on tree diseases in Forest and Mill, 1948; article about Douglas Fir in Maclean's Magazine, 1958
Emails, posts in tideline, brainstorming ideas and notes for the Big Tree exhibit; posts about the medicinal and endangered agarikon mushroom and Paul Stamets; receipts and donations related to the exhibit; Big Tree postcards; contest tickets; exhibit activity book. Historical context for oldgrowth, Douglas Fir, and logging: scans from Whaletown album, 1922-1930; article on tree diseases in Forest and Mill, 1948; article about Douglas Fir in Maclean's Magazine, 1958
Family trees of Cortes residents throughout history. Filing note: if a file exists for the person, put their family tree there rather than the general file
Family trees of Cortes residents throughout history. Filing note: if a file exists for the person, put their family tree there rather than the general file
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.)
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.)
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
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
File contains a photocopied part of a map showing the locations of researched property in the Whaletown Lagoon and Whaletown Harbour area. The map is glued to an envelope which has a list of Crown grants and other conveyances on the back.
It contains photocopies of original land grants and other conveyances for the following:
Moses Ireland: 1893, Crown Grant for the W 1/2 of SW 1/4 of Sec 35 and W 1/2 of the SW 1/4 of Section 34
Joseph Youart: 1900, Crown Grant for Fractional NE 1/4 of Sec 35 (sold to Alice Robertson in 1908; "Burnside" is still in the Robertson family).
Nicholas Thompson: 1920, Crown Grant for the Fractional SW 1/4 of Sec 35
Charles Strange: 1914, Crown Grant for the NW 1/4 of Sec 35
File contains a photocopied part of a map showing the locations of researched property in the Whaletown Lagoon and Whaletown Harbour area. The map is glued to an envelope which has a list of Crown grants and other conveyances on the back.
It contains photocopies of original land grants and other conveyances for the following:
Moses Ireland: 1893, Crown Grant for the W 1/2 of SW 1/4 of Sec 35 and W 1/2 of the SW 1/4 of Section 34
Joseph Youart: 1900, Crown Grant for Fractional NE 1/4 of Sec 35 (sold to Alice Robertson in 1908; "Burnside" is still in the Robertson family).
Nicholas Thompson: 1920, Crown Grant for the Fractional SW 1/4 of Sec 35
Charles Strange: 1914, Crown Grant for the NW 1/4 of Sec 35
File contains information on subdivision and title changes, and a photocopy of the original Crown grant, in the Whaletown Lagoon area, to:
Samuel Thompson: 1894, Crown Grant for SW 1/4 of Section 35 and NW 1/4 of Section 34, 160 acres
File also contains four maps (stored in the Map Cabinet):
1) Subdivision map of part of NE 1/4 of Sec. 34 and part of NE 1/4 of Sec. 34, 1995
2) Subdivision Plan of NW 1/4 of Sec. 34 and NE 1/4 of Sec. 34 and part of E 1/2 of SE 1/2 of Sec. 34, 1995
3) Subdivision Plan of Lot A, NW 1/4 of Sec. 34, 1976
4) Subdivision Plan of part of NW 1/4 of Section 34, 1994
(Files 9 and 10 are from the same envelope.)
File contains information on subdivision and title changes, and a photocopy of the original Crown grant, in the Whaletown Lagoon area, to:
Samuel Thompson: 1894, Crown Grant for SW 1/4 of Section 35 and NW 1/4 of Section 34, 160 acres
File also contains four maps (stored in the Map Cabinet):
1) Subdivision map of part of NE 1/4 of Sec. 34 and part of NE 1/4 of Sec. 34, 1995
2) Subdivision Plan of NW 1/4 of Sec. 34 and NE 1/4 of Sec. 34 and part of E 1/2 of SE 1/2 of Sec. 34, 1995
3) Subdivision Plan of Lot A, NW 1/4 of Sec. 34, 1976
4) Subdivision Plan of part of NW 1/4 of Section 34, 1994
(Files 9 and 10 are from the same envelope.)
Series consists of photographs of Cortes Island people and places which were collected from various sources by Doreen Thompson during her work on Museum exhibits.
Series consists of photographs of Cortes Island people and places which were collected from various sources by Doreen Thompson during her work on Museum exhibits.
Photograph is labelled on the back: "Tiber Bay. The last of the Cat logging, with the tug "General Caldwell, skipper John Charltown, taking out 2 ections of fir." (From a group of photographs labelled "Frank Tooker photos").
Photograph is labelled on the back: "Tiber Bay. The last of the Cat logging, with the tug "General Caldwell, skipper John Charltown, taking out 2 ections of fir." (From a group of photographs labelled "Frank Tooker photos").
Photograph of a D8 Cat beside a log raft on the beach at Tiber Bay. A house is on the shore, along with a logging trailer and shed. Labelled on the back: "Tiber Bay. The selling out of Tooker Logging at Tiber Bay, loading of machinery." (From a group of photographs labelled "Frank Tooker photos").
Photograph of a D8 Cat beside a log raft on the beach at Tiber Bay. A house is on the shore, along with a logging trailer and shed. Labelled on the back: "Tiber Bay. The selling out of Tooker Logging at Tiber Bay, loading of machinery." (From a group of photographs labelled "Frank Tooker photos").
