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"A Dream Takes Shape in the Woods of Cortes Island"

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Part Of
Cortes Ecoforestry Society fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Accession Number
2017.011
Date Range
1999
Scope and Content
File contains an article by Bruce Ellingsen, published in the Vancouver Sun.
Part Of
Cortes Ecoforestry Society fonds
Description Level
File
Creator
Cortes Ecoforestry Society
Fonds Number
2017.011
Series Number
3
File Number
3
Accession Number
2017.011
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1999
Scope and Content
File contains an article by Bruce Ellingsen, published in the Vancouver Sun.
Storage Location
1-14
Storage Range
1-14
Name Access
Cortes Ecoforestry Society
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Date Range
2016
Scope and Content
Printout from Tideline 2016 by Thea (Summer Host) of a Wanted ad for rare medicinal agarikon mushroom; two email correspondants responding to ad
Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Series Number
1
File Number
2
Date Range
2016
Scope and Content
Printout from Tideline 2016 by Thea (Summer Host) of a Wanted ad for rare medicinal agarikon mushroom; two email correspondants responding to ad
Storage Range
Drawer 1
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Animals: Birding / Bird Count

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Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Date Range
2004-2016
Scope and Content
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
Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Series Number
1
File Number
7
Date Range
2004-2016
Scope and Content
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
Storage Range
Drawer 1
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Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Date Range
1987-2017
Scope and Content
Clippings and emails featuring local birds, 1987-2017. Birds of Cortes and Mitlenatch Islands, G.P. Sirk, Ch. W Gronau, F.C. Zwickel, 199?
Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Series Number
1
File Number
6
Date Range
1987-2017
Scope and Content
Clippings and emails featuring local birds, 1987-2017. Birds of Cortes and Mitlenatch Islands, G.P. Sirk, Ch. W Gronau, F.C. Zwickel, 199?
Storage Range
Drawer 1
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Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Date Range
1989-2016
Scope and Content
Clippings, emails, and pamphlets with general info on local animals, 1989-2016
Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Series Number
1
File Number
4
Date Range
1989-2016
Scope and Content
Clippings, emails, and pamphlets with general info on local animals, 1989-2016
Storage Range
Drawer 1
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Annotated Cortes Island map

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
cartographic material
Date Range
1969
Scope and Content
The base map is a zoning map produced by the Regional District of Comox- Strathcona for the Cortes Island Land Use Project (Aug 1969). Edwards used coloured pencil to show land and foreshore zones, and transferred information about early preemptions and old roads and trails from an earlier map (see Donald Palmer fonds, 2020.002.011, map of Cortes Island, Sayward District, ca. 1915).
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
16
File Number
8
Material Type
cartographic material
Date Range
1969
Physical Description
42 x 67 inches (107 x 170 cm)
Scope and Content
The base map is a zoning map produced by the Regional District of Comox- Strathcona for the Cortes Island Land Use Project (Aug 1969). Edwards used coloured pencil to show land and foreshore zones, and transferred information about early preemptions and old roads and trails from an earlier map (see Donald Palmer fonds, 2020.002.011, map of Cortes Island, Sayward District, ca. 1915).
Storage Location
Map box
Storage Range
Map box
Name Access
Douglas, Gilean
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Apple tree in flower in the orchard at Channel Rock

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1973
Scope and Content
Photograph of an apple tree in flower in the orchard at Channel Rock.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.0583
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1973
Physical Description
1 photograph print: colour; 12.5 x 9 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of an apple tree in flower in the orchard at Channel Rock.
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Area between the back of the cabin at Channel Rock and the storage sheds, with summer flowers in bloom

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1967
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.2459
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1967
Physical Description
1 colour slide, 5 x 5 cm
Storage Location
Slide box 1
Subject Access
Channel Rock
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Date Range
1972-2016
Scope and Content
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.
Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Series Number
1
File Number
19
Date Range
1972-2016
Scope and Content
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.
Storage Range
Drawer 1
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Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Date Range
1998-2018
Scope and Content
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.
Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Series Number
1
File Number
20
Date Range
1998-2018
Scope and Content
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.
Storage Range
Drawer 1
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Back side of the cabin at Channel Rock, showing the gravel paths, flower beds and freshly-painted yellow door

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1959]
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.2198
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1959]
Physical Description
1 colour slide, 5 x 5 cm
Storage Location
Slide box 1
Subject Access
Channel Rock
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Date Range
1949-2014
Scope and Content
Logger Elmer Ellingsen's cheque book, cheques to various recipients, and bank statements with The Royal Bank of Canada (RBC), 1949-1951. The Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC) and Manson's Landing Community Fund: deposit receipts, 1951; statement of account, 1951; letters, 1952; mail deposit receipts to H.J. Foster, 1952. CIBC and the Southern Cortez Community Association: bank acknowledgements, 1971; letter to Mrs. McDevitt, 1971; charge receipt, 1972. Blank CIBC personal chequing account receipts, undated; Article in WNE, opening of the Cortes Island Branch Office of the Quadra Credit Union, 1989; article "Coastal Community and Quadra Credit Unions Announce Merger Plans," 2008; article "Credit Union Members Appeal Branch Closures," 2014
Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Series Number
1
File Number
21
Date Range
1949-2014
Scope and Content
Logger Elmer Ellingsen's cheque book, cheques to various recipients, and bank statements with The Royal Bank of Canada (RBC), 1949-1951. The Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC) and Manson's Landing Community Fund: deposit receipts, 1951; statement of account, 1951; letters, 1952; mail deposit receipts to H.J. Foster, 1952. CIBC and the Southern Cortez Community Association: bank acknowledgements, 1971; letter to Mrs. McDevitt, 1971; charge receipt, 1972. Blank CIBC personal chequing account receipts, undated; Article in WNE, opening of the Cortes Island Branch Office of the Quadra Credit Union, 1989; article "Coastal Community and Quadra Credit Unions Announce Merger Plans," 2008; article "Credit Union Members Appeal Branch Closures," 2014
Storage Range
Drawer 1
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Barn and garden gate, with a pink flowering crabapple tree

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1958
Scope and Content
Photograph of the entrance to the garden at Channel Rock in the spring, with a pink flowering tree in front of the garden gate and the barn.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.0880
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1958
Physical Description
1 photograph print: colour; 12.5 x 9 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of the entrance to the garden at Channel Rock in the spring, with a pink flowering tree in front of the garden gate and the barn.
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Barn in the garden at Channel Rock and flowering trees

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1971
Scope and Content
Photograph of the barn in the garden at Channel Rock with trees flowering in the spring.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.0547
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1971
Physical Description
1 photograph print: colour; 12.5 x 9 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of the barn in the garden at Channel Rock with trees flowering in the spring.
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The barn with spring flowers blooming in the beds beside it

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1958
Scope and Content
Photograph of the barn in the big garden, with spring flowers blooming in the beds around it.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.0099
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1958
Physical Description
1 photograph print: colour; 8 x 12 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of the barn in the big garden, with spring flowers blooming in the beds around it.
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Bees in the flowers in the rockery beds in front of the cabin at Channel Rock

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1967
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.2456
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1967
Physical Description
1 colour slide, 5 x 5 cm
Storage Location
Slide box 1
Subject Access
Channel Rock
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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Boats at Smelt Bay, Cortes Island Day

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. late 1960s]
Scope and Content
Photograph of boats anchored just offshore during Cortes Island Day.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.0444
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. late 1960s]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: colour; 12.5 x 9 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of boats anchored just offshore during Cortes Island Day.
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Brochures and Local Publications, Cortes

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Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Date Range
1961-present
Scope and Content
Brochures and local publications with general info about Cortes Island for locals and tourists, 1961-present. Keywords: Friends of Cortes Island (FOCI); Community Flyer; Ocean Oracle
Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Series Number
1
File Number
26
Date Range
1961-present
Scope and Content
Brochures and local publications with general info about Cortes Island for locals and tourists, 1961-present. Keywords: Friends of Cortes Island (FOCI); Community Flyer; Ocean Oracle
Storage Range
Drawer 1
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Bylaw 441 and Cortes Island Ratepayers Association newsletter and questionnaire

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1980
Scope and Content
Bylaw 441 and Ratepayers questionnaire to determine islanders views for a revision of the bylaw
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
4
File Number
11
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1980
Scope and Content
Bylaw 441 and Ratepayers questionnaire to determine islanders views for a revision of the bylaw
Storage Location
3-26
Storage Range
3-26
Name Access
Douglas, Gilean
Subject Access
Advisory Planning Commission
Cortes Island Ratepayers Association
Regional District
Zoning
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The Channel Rock skiff being towed back to Cortes

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1961
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.2285
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1961
Physical Description
1 colour slide, 5 x 5 cm
Storage Location
Slide box 1
Geographic Access
Read Island
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