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File

Series Number

1

File Number

24

Date Range

1912-1993

Scope and Content

Excerpt from Goosegrass and Buttercups by Doris C. Kirk, 1912; article in North Island News "Ice Cream! 'Boat Day' was major event for the coastal urchins of yesteryear," 1993

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Drawer 1

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File

Series Number

1

File Number

28

Date Range

2010

Scope and Content

Article about the Inlet, date unknown; trip advertisement in Cortes Marketer; promotional posters; hand written notes working out cost of trip, invoices, fees paid, cost per person, and profit; emails regarding taxi and charter quote, tour guide, estimated cost per person, dates, coordinations, advertisements, and invoices; write up for press release; handwritten note noting how much they enjoyed the trip

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Drawer 1

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File

Series Number

2

File Number

34

Scope and Content

Historical info on the Gorge Harbour Community Hall Society, the building of the Gorge Harbour Hall in 1933, and the Gorge Harbour Young People's Dramatic Socety, 1930s. Clippings about Gorge Hall events, taxes and community resources, 1962-2013. Broadway Musical Comedy itinerary, Gorge Hall, 1972. Vintage looking poster "Songs for Winter," Gorge Hall, undated.

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Drawer 2

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File

Series Number

2

File Number

35

Date Range

1898-2019

Scope and Content

Historical information on Gorge Harbour, people, properties, info dating back to 1898. Clippings with tourist info, proposed Klahoose oyster license, Island Sea Farms aquaculture, and resort upgrades from Dr. Richard and Michelle Glickman, 2007-2019. Gorge Harbour map from Hubert Steghaus, 2008. Floathouse Restaurant menu, 2011. Obituary for Mrs S.E. Corneille, 2016. Info on Gorge Government dock and tree falling, 2017. Gorge Harbour brochures, undated. Poster for talk with sailors Amanda and Barry Glickman at Gorge gazebo, undated. Photos (copies) of Gorge Marina, store and restaurant,1974.

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Drawer 2

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File

Series Number

2

File Number

42

Date Range

2007-2019

Scope and Content

AGM notice for HACI, 2007. Clippings with info on a Nautical Swap Meet put on by HACI, herring spawn, public dock maintenance, and the historical Rolando ship, 2015-2019. Emails with info on HACI winning the 2016 Preserved Wood in Aquatic Uses Awards Program and the model of the Lady Washington sailboat presently displated at CIMAS, 2017

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Drawer 2

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File

Series Number

4

File Number

37

Date Range

1946-2007

Scope and Content

Info on the Sylva Jane, as well as the model of the boat in the museum's collection, 1946-2007

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Drawer 4

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Jalmar Olson collection

Description Level

Fonds

Fonds Number

2013.001

Accession Number

2013.001

Material Type

graphic material

textual records

Date Range

1940-1952

Physical Description

7 photographs : b&w ; 10 x 15 cm 3 photographs : colour ; 15 x 10 cm 1 file of textual records

History / Biographical

Jalmar Olson (Apr 30, 1869-Feb 29, 1964) was born in Sweden. He emigrated to Canada in 1906 and moved to Cortes in the 1930s. He had a house and garden in Gorge Harbour at what is now 509 Whaletown Rd. Olson was a Weather Observer for Transport Canada until 1949, when he moved off-island for health reasons.

Custodial History

Donated to CIMAS by Judy Alderson Gerwing, the grand-daughter of Jalmar Olson, Sept. 27, 2013.

Scope and Content

This collection consists of photographs of Jalmar Olson, his house and garden in Gorge Harbour, and Whaletown. Textual records include a hand-written account of J. Olson by his grand-daughter, Judy (Alderson) Gerwing, and a photocopy of a letter to J. Olson from the Meteorological Division of the Dept. of Transport (Small fonds box 1-18).

Storage Location

Photograph Box 3 Small fonds box

Storage Range

Photograph Box 3 Small fonds box 1-18

Geographic Access

Cortes Island

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Jalmar Olson collection

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Item

Fonds Number

2013.001

Item Number

2013.001.001

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[ca. 1940]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 15 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph shows an end view of Jalmar Olson's house on Gorge Harbour, with a fence and rock-edged path in the foreground.

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Item

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2013.001

Item Number

2013.001.002

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[ca. 1940]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 15 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph shows (L to R) Doug Alderson, Jalmar Olson and Judy Alderson looking at Olson's garden, which has garden beds edged by rocks.

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Item

Fonds Number

2013.001

Item Number

2013.001.003

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[ca. 1946]

Physical Description

1 photograph: b&w ; 10 x 15 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph shows Judy Alderson standing bside the hand pump of J. Olson's well.

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Item

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2013.001

Item Number

2013.001.004

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[ca.1940]

Physical Description

1 photograph: b&w ; 10 x 15 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph shows Jalmar Olson standing in front of his house and garden; Gorge Harbour is in the background.

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Jalmar Olson collection

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Item

Fonds Number

2013.001

Item Number

2013.001.007

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

1952

Physical Description

1 photograph : colour ; 15 x 10 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph, taken from the water, shows J. Olson's house and outbuildings on the shore of Gorge Harbour, several years after he had moved away.

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Item

Fonds Number

2019.003

Item Number

2019.003.019

Accession Number

2019.003

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[198-]

Physical Description

1 photograph print : b&w ; 13 x 12.5 cm

Scope and Content

"Stage, office, lounge and projection room added to hall."

Storage Location

Photograph Box 3

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Item

Fonds Number

2019.003

Item Number

2019.003.023

Accession Number

2019.003

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[195?]

Physical Description

1 photograph print : b&w ; 17.5 x 11.5

Storage Location

Photograph Box 3

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Item

Fonds Number

2019.003

Item Number

2019.003.033

Accession Number

2019.003

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[192?]

Physical Description

1 digital print : b&w ; 16 x 11 cm

Storage Location

Photograph Box 3

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Item

Fonds Number

2019.003

Item Number

2019.003.060

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[192?]

Physical Description

1 photograph print : b&w ; 21.5 x 13 cm

Scope and Content

Verso reads "this house was Vonn's [Vaughn's?] and somewhere near Mike Talbot's house stands now." (to the east of the Gorge Harbour government wharf). Print is mounted on board.

Storage Location

Oversize photographs box

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Item

Fonds Number

2019.003

Item Number

2019.003.068

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

1910

Physical Description

1 photograph print : b&w ; 12.5 x 8.5 cm

Storage Location

Photograph Box 3

Geographic Access

Whaletown

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Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

2019.003

Item Number

2019.003.070

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

1986

Physical Description

1 photograph print : b&w ; 25 x 20 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph by Sue Hetherington.

Storage Location

Oversize photographs box

Geographic Access

Whaletown

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CIMAS photograph collection

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Item

Fonds Number

2019.003

Item Number

2019.003.071

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

1986

Physical Description

1 photograph print : b&w ; 25 x 20 cm

Scope and Content

Photo by Sue Hetherington.

Storage Location

Oversized box

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CIMAS photograph collection

Description Level

Item

Fonds Number

2019.003

Item Number

2019.003.084

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

1977

Physical Description

1 photographic slide : colour ; 4 x 2.5 cm

Custodial History

From Ian Disney.

Storage Location

Slide box 2

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