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Aquaculture: Info from Marcel

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Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Date Range
2006-2007
Scope and Content
Folder labelled Bee Islets Growers Corporation Financial Statement Year Ended December 31, 2007 containing three CD's labelled "A History of Cortes Isl Shellfish," "Misty Isles Oysters," and "Oyster April 06"; printed photographs of shellfish farming; Cortes Women in the Shellfish Industry; laminated photographs from Misty Isles Adventures. And Cortes Island shellfish features printouts from www.cortesshellfish.ca
Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Series Number
1
File Number
15
Date Range
2006-2007
Scope and Content
Folder labelled Bee Islets Growers Corporation Financial Statement Year Ended December 31, 2007 containing three CD's labelled "A History of Cortes Isl Shellfish," "Misty Isles Oysters," and "Oyster April 06"; printed photographs of shellfish farming; Cortes Women in the Shellfish Industry; laminated photographs from Misty Isles Adventures. And Cortes Island shellfish features printouts from www.cortesshellfish.ca
Storage Range
Drawer 1
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CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Date Range
late 1800s-2014
Scope and Content
Info on Carrington Bay history and early settler homesteaders from late 1800s onward; scans from Whaletown to 1930 album; scan of location for Department of Energy, Mines and Resources, 1945; park brochure; clippings about Carrington from 1982-2014; excerpt from interview with Clarence and Etta Byers, 2001; notes from exhibit curation (labels, photo captions, etc); excerpts rom June Cameron's Destination Cortez; topographic map of Green Mountain; emails about exhibit; printed photographs for exhibit. Keywords: drowing, Island Timberland, Coulter Bay, stream keepers
Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Series Number
1
File Number
33
Date Range
late 1800s-2014
Scope and Content
Info on Carrington Bay history and early settler homesteaders from late 1800s onward; scans from Whaletown to 1930 album; scan of location for Department of Energy, Mines and Resources, 1945; park brochure; clippings about Carrington from 1982-2014; excerpt from interview with Clarence and Etta Byers, 2001; notes from exhibit curation (labels, photo captions, etc); excerpts rom June Cameron's Destination Cortez; topographic map of Green Mountain; emails about exhibit; printed photographs for exhibit. Keywords: drowing, Island Timberland, Coulter Bay, stream keepers
Storage Range
Drawer 1
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Community Housing Committee: Rainbow Ridge

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Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Date Range
2018-2019
Scope and Content
Poster, pamphlets, posts in Cortes Marketer about the Cortes Community Housing Committee
Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Series Number
1
File Number
47
Date Range
2018-2019
Scope and Content
Poster, pamphlets, posts in Cortes Marketer about the Cortes Community Housing Committee
Storage Range
Drawer 1
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Forestry: Logging/General

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Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Date Range
late 1800s-2016
Scope and Content
Historical info on local forestry and early logging practices from as early as the late 1800s. Signed agreement between Elmer Ellingsen and Ernest Anderson, 1948. Invoices and other business documents, including handwritten notes "bills paid to Finning Tractor," for Ernel Logging Company, 1949-1952. West Coast Ballads sheet music written by Victor Couture from poems by Robert E. Swanson (BC Truck Loggers Association), 1969. Clippings and emails with info on historical logging practices and camps, local forestry, accidents, political influence, tourism, protests and controversies, 1958-2020. Excerpt from Goosegrass and Buttercups, D.C. Kirk, undated. Additional keywords: Ripple Rock; tug towed booms from Teakerne Arm; Carrington Lagoon; Squirrel Cove; MTV; the Ellingsen Jack; Forbes Bay; Von Donop; Island Timberlands; Tony Fhunka; Truck Loggers Association; Wildstands/Wild We Stand
Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Series Number
2
File Number
29
Date Range
late 1800s-2016
Scope and Content
Historical info on local forestry and early logging practices from as early as the late 1800s. Signed agreement between Elmer Ellingsen and Ernest Anderson, 1948. Invoices and other business documents, including handwritten notes "bills paid to Finning Tractor," for Ernel Logging Company, 1949-1952. West Coast Ballads sheet music written by Victor Couture from poems by Robert E. Swanson (BC Truck Loggers Association), 1969. Clippings and emails with info on historical logging practices and camps, local forestry, accidents, political influence, tourism, protests and controversies, 1958-2020. Excerpt from Goosegrass and Buttercups, D.C. Kirk, undated. Additional keywords: Ripple Rock; tug towed booms from Teakerne Arm; Carrington Lagoon; Squirrel Cove; MTV; the Ellingsen Jack; Forbes Bay; Von Donop; Island Timberlands; Tony Fhunka; Truck Loggers Association; Wildstands/Wild We Stand
Storage Range
Drawer 2
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CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Date Range
1990-2007
Scope and Content
Information packets on the flaura, fauna, and marine life of Manson's Lagoon from CIMAS, Fred and Ruth Zwickel, Sierra Sullivan, and others, 1990-2007. Transcript from Ken Summers in conversation with Susan Ellingsen, Dianne Hentschel and Doreen Thompson, 2005.
Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Series Number
2
File Number
61
Date Range
1990-2007
Scope and Content
Information packets on the flaura, fauna, and marine life of Manson's Lagoon from CIMAS, Fred and Ruth Zwickel, Sierra Sullivan, and others, 1990-2007. Transcript from Ken Summers in conversation with Susan Ellingsen, Dianne Hentschel and Doreen Thompson, 2005.
Storage Range
Drawer 2
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Old School House Gallery

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Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Date Range
1973-2018
Scope and Content
Clippings and brochures featuring history of building, formation of the Old Schoolhouse Art Gallery, and artists and exhibits at the gallery, 1973-2018
Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Series Number
3
File Number
4
Date Range
1973-2018
Scope and Content
Clippings and brochures featuring history of building, formation of the Old Schoolhouse Art Gallery, and artists and exhibits at the gallery, 1973-2018
Storage Range
Drawer 3
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CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Date Range
1954-1955
Scope and Content
Invoices from BC Airlines Limited, 1954-1955. Keywords: Ernel Logging Ltd, Mansons Landing, Ellingsen, Anderson
Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Series Number
3
File Number
77
Date Range
1954-1955
Scope and Content
Invoices from BC Airlines Limited, 1954-1955. Keywords: Ernel Logging Ltd, Mansons Landing, Ellingsen, Anderson
Storage Range
Drawer 3
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Seniors Society Community Housing

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Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Date Range
2018
Scope and Content
Files with info on Cortes Island Seniors Society Community Housing, 2018
Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Series Number
4
File Number
24
Date Range
2018
Scope and Content
Files with info on Cortes Island Seniors Society Community Housing, 2018
Storage Range
Drawer 4
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Research for lots in the Carrington Bay area and in Sections 26, 31, 37 and 41, Cortes Island, Sayward District

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Part Of
Doreen Thompson fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1999
Scope and Content
File contains a key map which was pasted on the front of the envelope indicating the areas researched for Files 12-16; notes on the titles; photocopies of Crown Grants and subsequent title information for: BC Buildings Corp: 1982, Crown Grant for Block A of SW 1/4 of Sec. 25 (Highways Maintenance Yard) District Lot 871 (40 acres between Carrington and Coulter Bays): to James Frederick McManus, 1919 To Ernest Henry Vaughn: 1922, Crown Grant for NE 1/4 and NW 1/4 of NE 1/4 of Sec. 24; SE 1/4 of SW 1/4 and SW 1/4 of SE 1/4 of Sec 31 Herbert Proctor: 1928 for fractional SW 1/4 of Sec. 41, bordering Tork Reserve; 159 acres for $159.00 (orig. Crown Grant to Herbert Proctor in 1922) To William Cowan: 1937, E 1/2 of SE 1/4 of Sec. 26, 89 acres (Files 12 through 16 are from the same envelope.)
Part Of
Doreen Thompson fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2006.001
Series Number
1
File Number
12
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1999
Scope and Content
File contains a key map which was pasted on the front of the envelope indicating the areas researched for Files 12-16; notes on the titles; photocopies of Crown Grants and subsequent title information for: BC Buildings Corp: 1982, Crown Grant for Block A of SW 1/4 of Sec. 25 (Highways Maintenance Yard) District Lot 871 (40 acres between Carrington and Coulter Bays): to James Frederick McManus, 1919 To Ernest Henry Vaughn: 1922, Crown Grant for NE 1/4 and NW 1/4 of NE 1/4 of Sec. 24; SE 1/4 of SW 1/4 and SW 1/4 of SE 1/4 of Sec 31 Herbert Proctor: 1928 for fractional SW 1/4 of Sec. 41, bordering Tork Reserve; 159 acres for $159.00 (orig. Crown Grant to Herbert Proctor in 1922) To William Cowan: 1937, E 1/2 of SE 1/4 of Sec. 26, 89 acres (Files 12 through 16 are from the same envelope.)
Storage Range
1-11
Geographic Access
Carrington Bay
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Research for grants near Carrington Bay and Coulter Bay, Cortes Island, Sayward District

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Part Of
Doreen Thompson fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1999
Scope and Content
File contains photocopies of original Crown Grants, subsequent title changes and maps for: To Joseph Gregson: 1926, Crown Grant for fractional W 1/2 of Lot 899 and Lot 901 (between Coulter and Carrington Bays), with a water easement for Wailes To John Nugent McIllree: 1957, Crown Grant of mineral rights to lots at Coulter Bay surveyed as the "Arrow" and "Bullseye" mineral claims To Hilda Peterson: 1919, Crown Grant for Lot 878, Carrington Bay, 55 acres (Files 12 through 16 are from the same envelope.)
Part Of
Doreen Thompson fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2006.001
Series Number
1
File Number
13
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1999
Scope and Content
File contains photocopies of original Crown Grants, subsequent title changes and maps for: To Joseph Gregson: 1926, Crown Grant for fractional W 1/2 of Lot 899 and Lot 901 (between Coulter and Carrington Bays), with a water easement for Wailes To John Nugent McIllree: 1957, Crown Grant of mineral rights to lots at Coulter Bay surveyed as the "Arrow" and "Bullseye" mineral claims To Hilda Peterson: 1919, Crown Grant for Lot 878, Carrington Bay, 55 acres (Files 12 through 16 are from the same envelope.)
Storage Range
1-12
Geographic Access
Carrington Bay
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Research for Sections 38 and 39, Cortes Island, Sayward District, near Carrington Bay

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Part Of
Doreen Thompson fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1999
Scope and Content
File contains a page of notes, and photocopies of a tax sale notice (1938) and list of properties forfeited for non-payment of taxes, Crown Grants and other title information for the following: William Walter James: 1926, Crown Grant for NW 1/4 of Sec. 38; 156 acres for $1.00; forfeited to Crown in 1939 Tom Albinson: 1919, Crown Grant for Lot 867; forfeited in 1927 Sadie McMurray: 1917, NE 1/4 of Sec. 39; 160 acres for $160 Peter Police: 1925, fractional NW 1/4 of Sec. 39; 103 acres for $1.00 (Files 12 through 16 are from the same envelope.)
Part Of
Doreen Thompson fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2006.001
Series Number
1
File Number
14
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1999
Scope and Content
File contains a page of notes, and photocopies of a tax sale notice (1938) and list of properties forfeited for non-payment of taxes, Crown Grants and other title information for the following: William Walter James: 1926, Crown Grant for NW 1/4 of Sec. 38; 156 acres for $1.00; forfeited to Crown in 1939 Tom Albinson: 1919, Crown Grant for Lot 867; forfeited in 1927 Sadie McMurray: 1917, NE 1/4 of Sec. 39; 160 acres for $160 Peter Police: 1925, fractional NW 1/4 of Sec. 39; 103 acres for $1.00 (Files 12 through 16 are from the same envelope.)
Storage Range
1-13
Geographic Access
Carrington Bay
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Research for Sections 21, 33, and 32, to the north and west of Gorge Harbour

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Part Of
Doreen Thompson fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1999
Scope and Content
File contains a Key Map to the sections covered in Files 17-19; a list of the sections researched and two pages of notes. It contains photocopies of Crown Grants and subsequent title changes for the following: Charles Allen: 1908, Crown Grant for part of NE 1/4 of Sec. 21 lying north of Gorge Harbour (property known as Bute Ranch); 46 acres for $46.00 Bernard Robinson Allen: 1919, Crown Grant for NW 1/4 of Sec. 21; 162 acres for $247.00 Charles Allen: 1905, Crown Grant for SE 1/4 of Sec. 34 (Files 17 through 19 are from the same envelope.)
Part Of
Doreen Thompson fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2006.001
Series Number
1
File Number
17
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1999
Scope and Content
File contains a Key Map to the sections covered in Files 17-19; a list of the sections researched and two pages of notes. It contains photocopies of Crown Grants and subsequent title changes for the following: Charles Allen: 1908, Crown Grant for part of NE 1/4 of Sec. 21 lying north of Gorge Harbour (property known as Bute Ranch); 46 acres for $46.00 Bernard Robinson Allen: 1919, Crown Grant for NW 1/4 of Sec. 21; 162 acres for $247.00 Charles Allen: 1905, Crown Grant for SE 1/4 of Sec. 34 (Files 17 through 19 are from the same envelope.)
Storage Range
1-16
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Booklet of Cortes Island maps showing house numbers

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Part Of
Doreen Thompson fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
cartographic material
Accession Number
2006.001
Date Range
2001
Part Of
Doreen Thompson fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2006.001
Series Number
3
File Number
3
Accession Number
2006.001
Material Type
cartographic material
Date Range
2001
Storage Location
1-40
Storage Range
1-40
Name Access
Thompson, Doreen
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Hand-drawn map of Manson's Lagoon area

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Part Of
Doreen Thompson fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
cartographic material
Accession Number
2006.001
Date Range
[ca. 2005]
Scope and Content
File contains a map showing the names of property owners in the area.
Part Of
Doreen Thompson fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2006.001
Series Number
3
File Number
6
Accession Number
2006.001
Material Type
cartographic material
Date Range
[ca. 2005]
Scope and Content
File contains a map showing the names of property owners in the area.
Storage Location
Oversize box
Storage Range
Oversize box
Name Access
Thompson, Doreen
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The Middleton house at "Braeside" (on present-day Sawmill Rd. in Whaletown)

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Part Of
Doreen Thompson fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[192?]
Part Of
Doreen Thompson fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2006.001
Series Number
4
Item Number
2006.001.022
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[192?]
Physical Description
1 photograph print : b&w ; 9 x 6 cm
Geographic Access
Whaletown
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Log house, surrounded by a picket fence

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Part Of
Doreen Thompson fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[192?]
Scope and Content
Photograph of a log house with a picket fence around it; a woman is standing on the porch. The picture was once glued into a photograph album. It is possibly a photograph of Mabel Huck's house at "Hell's Half Acre."
Part Of
Doreen Thompson fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2006.001
Series Number
4
Item Number
2006.001.024
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[192?]
Physical Description
1 photograph print : b&w ; 12.5 x 11.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of a log house with a picket fence around it; a woman is standing on the porch. The picture was once glued into a photograph album. It is possibly a photograph of Mabel Huck's house at "Hell's Half Acre."
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Tug towing log booms, Tiber Bay

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Part Of
Doreen Thompson fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1965
Scope and Content
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").
Part Of
Doreen Thompson fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2006.001
Series Number
4
Item Number
2006.001.027
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1965
Physical Description
1 photograph print : col. ; 13 x 9 cm
Scope and Content
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").
Subject Access
Logging
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Tooker logging at Tiber Bay

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Part Of
Doreen Thompson fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1965
Scope and Content
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").
Part Of
Doreen Thompson fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2006.001
Series Number
4
Item Number
2006.001.028
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1965
Physical Description
2 photographic prints : col. ; 13 x 9 cm
Scope and Content
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").
Subject Access
Logging
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Matchbooks from Manson's Landing store

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Part Of
Doreen Thompson fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
ephemera
Accession Number
2006.001
Date Range
[196?]
Scope and Content
File contains a photocopy of three (3) matchbook covers. The matchbooks themselves have been transferred to the Artifact Collection.
Part Of
Doreen Thompson fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2006.001
Series Number
5
File Number
7
Accession Number
2006.001
Material Type
ephemera
Date Range
[196?]
Custodial History
From an envelope marked "Bill Guthrie"
Scope and Content
File contains a photocopy of three (3) matchbook covers. The matchbooks themselves have been transferred to the Artifact Collection.
Storage Location
1-39
Storage Range
1-39
Name Access
Thompson, Doreen
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Margaret Huck seated on steps of house at Hell's Half Acre

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Part Of
Dorothy Huck Whalley fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1928]
Scope and Content
Photograph of Margaret Huck seated on steps of the house at Hell's Half Acre. Photo is loose.
Part Of
Dorothy Huck Whalley fonds
Description Level
Item
Creator
Whalley, Dorothy Huck
Fonds Number
2011.001
Series Number
1
Item Number
2011.001.001
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1928]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 8 x 5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Margaret Huck seated on steps of the house at Hell's Half Acre. Photo is loose.
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