File contains a notebook used as a guest book for Cortez Lodge. It has lists of names of guests with occupations, addresses and charges for room and board. Records are listed by day and month but there is no year date.
Michael Manson started a trading post at Manson's Spit in the 1880s. In 1910, the "Lodge" was built to house the Mike Manson family. Many people - students and loggers - flowed through the building. In 1921 Hazel Manson and her husband Henry Herrewig moved into the Lodge, later turning part of it into a small store. Mr. and Mrs. Jacks rented the Lodge in 1940 and constructed the front half of a new building which became the Manson's Landing store. The Lodge, store and property was purchased by Mr. and Mrs. Lowe and their in-laws, Ev and Jack Summers. Many improvements were made including living quarters in the store, cabins for rent along the beach and a coffee shop where Mrs. Summers sold her famous pies. Jim Taylor owned the property in the 1960s and it was sold to the government after his death. In 1974 the government designated the 117 acres at Manson's Landing a provincial park. The store continued to operate until 1995, but the Lodge and other buildings were dismantled soon after.
Custodial History
There is no accession record; an arbitrary FIC (Found In Collection) number based on the date of processing has been given.
Scope and Content
File contains a notebook used as a guest book for Cortez Lodge. It has lists of names of guests with occupations, addresses and charges for room and board. Records are listed by day and month but there is no year date.
Fonds consists of sixteen photographs depicting people and scenes, primarily of the Manson's Landing area. Identification was provided by Fred Brooks Jr. in an interview with Cathy Jenks.
Alethea and Frederick (Fred) James Brooks Sr. and their two sons, Frederick (Fred) Earl, Jr. and Bob, lived on Cortes Island from ca. 1941 to 1944, near Manson's Landing. Fred Sr. logged in Cortes Bay and employed two of the Hawkins boys, Bill and George.
Fred Jr. attended grades three to six at Cortes Island school before the family moved to Pender Harbour. Some of the names he recalls are: the Christiansen kids (Robert, Jim, and a sister), the Tibers on the west side of Cortes Island, and the Jefferys of Smelt Bay.
Custodial History
Fred Brooks Jr. gave the photographs to Cathy Brooks of Pender Harbour Living Heritage Society, who facilitated the donation by collecting the photographs, donation form and information from Brooks and sending the materials to CIMAS.
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of sixteen photographs depicting people and scenes, primarily of the Manson's Landing area. Identification was provided by Fred Brooks Jr. in an interview with Cathy Jenks.
Pender Harbour Living Heritage holds related material from the Brooks family: https://penderharbourheritage.pastperfectonline.com/bysearchterm?keyword=Brooks+family
Cortes Island Museum maintains informational files on subjects of local interest as a research resource. Contents of files may contain clippings or photocopied newspaper and magazine articles, correspondence (including printed email correspondence) and other non-archival material. This is a dynamic file, with changes made on an on-going basis.
Cortes Island Museum maintains informational files on subjects of local interest as a research resource. Contents of files may contain clippings or photocopied newspaper and magazine articles, correspondence (including printed email correspondence) and other non-archival material. This is a dynamic file, with changes made on an on-going basis.
Series consists of documents from board meetings and Annual General Meetings, including minutes, reports, board rosters, and statements from the community.
Series consists of documents from board meetings and Annual General Meetings, including minutes, reports, board rosters, and statements from the community.
Series consists of materials generated during a questionaire administered by the Cortes Island Ecoforestry Society, including completed surveys, reports, and charts.
Series consists of materials generated during a questionaire administered by the Cortes Island Ecoforestry Society, including completed surveys, reports, and charts.
Series consists of correspondence, newsletters, public notices, maps, and publications related to the establishment of Forestry Zones and Regionally Protected Areas on Cortes Island.
Series consists of correspondence, newsletters, public notices, maps, and publications related to the establishment of Forestry Zones and Regionally Protected Areas on Cortes Island.
Series consists of correspondence, proposals, covenants, articles, and maps pertaining to lands held by MacMillan Bloedel (which became Weyerhaeuser) on Cortes Island.
Series consists of correspondence, proposals, covenants, articles, and maps pertaining to lands held by MacMillan Bloedel (which became Weyerhaeuser) on Cortes Island.
Series consists of correspondence, newsletters, reports, notes, and articles pertaining to the work of Silva Ecosystem Consultants Ltd's work on Cortes Island.
Series consists of correspondence, newsletters, reports, notes, and articles pertaining to the work of Silva Ecosystem Consultants Ltd's work on Cortes Island.
Series consists of Timber Supply Area documents, including correspondence, newspaper clippings, reports, meeting minutes, maps, management plans, and a development plan.
Series consists of Timber Supply Area documents, including correspondence, newspaper clippings, reports, meeting minutes, maps, management plans, and a development plan.
Series consists of documents pertaining to a lawsuit between Chief Raymond Noble of Klahoose First Nation (suing on behalf of all members of the KFN) and the following plaintiffs: Cortes Ecoforestry Society, Linnaea Farm Society, certain members of the Klahoose First Nation, and members of the aforementioned organizations. The lawsuit concerned an alleged blockage, which barred access to Woodlot 009, thus interfering with Klahoose logging operations.
Series consists of documents pertaining to a lawsuit between Chief Raymond Noble of Klahoose First Nation (suing on behalf of all members of the KFN) and the following plaintiffs: Cortes Ecoforestry Society, Linnaea Farm Society, certain members of the Klahoose First Nation, and members of the aforementioned organizations. The lawsuit concerned an alleged blockage, which barred access to Woodlot 009, thus interfering with Klahoose logging operations.
Series consists of articles, maps, correspondence, and notes pertaining to public access of Hank's Beach and surrounding areas on the south end of Cortes Island.
Series consists of articles, maps, correspondence, and notes pertaining to public access of Hank's Beach and surrounding areas on the south end of Cortes Island.
Series consists of a variety of documents pertaining to the relationship between Klahoose First Nation and Cortes Ecoforestry Society. Includes the 1999 Memorandum of Understanding, notes, correspondence, articles, and various proposals.
Series consists of a variety of documents pertaining to the relationship between Klahoose First Nation and Cortes Ecoforestry Society. Includes the 1999 Memorandum of Understanding, notes, correspondence, articles, and various proposals.