Photo is from a group given to CIMAS by Hilary Stewart, author of nine books on Northwest Coast First Nations art and culture. Photograph attributed to Anthony Pomoroy.
Photo is from a group given to CIMAS by Hilary Stewart, author of nine books on Northwest Coast First Nations art and culture. Photograph attributed to Anthony Pomoroy.
Photo is from a group given to CIMAS by Hilary Stewart, author of nine books on Northwest Coast First Nations art and culture. Prints are mounted together and show the following: bladder float and sinew line, nettle fibre fish line, bag net of sinew, long halibut line of cedar bark. Photographs may be by Hillary Stewart.
Photo is from a group given to CIMAS by Hilary Stewart, author of nine books on Northwest Coast First Nations art and culture. Prints are mounted together and show the following: bladder float and sinew line, nettle fibre fish line, bag net of sinew, long halibut line of cedar bark. Photographs may be by Hillary Stewart.
Photo is from a group given to CIMAS by Hilary Stewart, author of nine books on Northwest Coast First Nations art and culture. Prints are mounted together on a board and show the following: nettle fibre dip net, detail of dip net, braided harpoon line, long fish line of lengths of kelp. Photographs may be by Hillary Stewart.
Photo is from a group given to CIMAS by Hilary Stewart, author of nine books on Northwest Coast First Nations art and culture. Prints are mounted together on a board and show the following: nettle fibre dip net, detail of dip net, braided harpoon line, long fish line of lengths of kelp. Photographs may be by Hillary Stewart.
"Granite and Fossils" is a compilation of informatioin about Cortes Island fossils created by Christian Gronau for the Cortes Island Museum in 2002 and updated in 2016 and 2023. It has been digitized as Volume 1 and Volume 2.
Christian Gronau studied palaeontology and geology in Germany. He came to Canada in 1972 and
worked in the mining sector in the N.W.T. (among other places), where he met Aileen.
Christian and Aileen (C&A) moved together to Cortes Island in 1978, where they lived for 34 years on a
water-access-only property, without hydro or telephone (Swamp’s Edge), supporting themselves as beach-
only shellfish farmers (Last Farm Oysters). Throughout, C&A have been avid naturalists, continuing this
tradition from their present home at the south-end of Cortes Island (Tanglebank).
Scope and Content
"Granite and Fossils" is a compilation of informatioin about Cortes Island fossils created by Christian Gronau for the Cortes Island Museum in 2002 and updated in 2016 and 2023. It has been digitized as Volume 1 and Volume 2.