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A. Bonar Balfour catalogs and speech on peony culture

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1925-1926
Scope and Content
A. Bonar Balfour peony and gladioli catalogs and price list (1926) and typewritten report given by Gladys Ballantyne to the Whaletown Women's Institute, 1925. These items probably came into Douglas's possession with the Whaletown Women's Institute papers which she was using while writing a history of the Women's Institutes and, because of personal interest, were subsequently kept by her with her gardening information.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
9
File Number
20
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1925-1926
Scope and Content
A. Bonar Balfour peony and gladioli catalogs and price list (1926) and typewritten report given by Gladys Ballantyne to the Whaletown Women's Institute, 1925. These items probably came into Douglas's possession with the Whaletown Women's Institute papers which she was using while writing a history of the Women's Institutes and, because of personal interest, were subsequently kept by her with her gardening information.
Storage Location
4-20
Storage Range
4-20
Name Access
Whaletown Women's Institute
Ballantyne, Gladys
Douglas, Gilean
Subject Access
Women's Institute
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Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1904-1915
Scope and Content
Scrapbook compiled by Ada Page, housekeeper during Douglas's childhood and her primary care-giver after the death of her mother in 1906. The scrapbook contains clippings of menus, recipes and household hints.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
17
File Number
1
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1904-1915
Scope and Content
Scrapbook compiled by Ada Page, housekeeper during Douglas's childhood and her primary care-giver after the death of her mother in 1906. The scrapbook contains clippings of menus, recipes and household hints.
Storage Location
7-1
Storage Range
7-1
Name Access
Douglas, Gilean
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Advisory Planning Commission, APC

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CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Date Range
2011
Scope and Content
Scan of Cortes Marketer 2011 containing Advisory Planning Commissions (APC) for local land use management; agenda from SRD Electoral Area Services Committee (EASC) meeting; and local advertisements on back
Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Series Number
1
File Number
1
Date Range
2011
Scope and Content
Scan of Cortes Marketer 2011 containing Advisory Planning Commissions (APC) for local land use management; agenda from SRD Electoral Area Services Committee (EASC) meeting; and local advertisements on back
Storage Range
Drawer 1
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Advisory Planning Commission questionnaire

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1975
Scope and Content
Questionnaire undertaken by the APC as part of the preparation of the first Official Settlement Plan
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
4
File Number
8
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1975
Scope and Content
Questionnaire undertaken by the APC as part of the preparation of the first Official Settlement Plan
Storage Location
3-23
Storage Range
3-23
Name Access
Douglas, Gilean
Subject Access
Advisory Planning Commission
Regional District
Zoning
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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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CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Date Range
1948-2011
Scope and Content
Photo of Bob Langdon's amphibious Seabee, 1948. Receipts from Island Airlines, Elmer Ellingsen, 1969. Clippings with info on the history of seaplane use and Campbell River's seaplane industry. Transcript of Susan Ellingsen, Dianne Hentschel, and Doreen Thompson, 2005. Harbors magazine featuring Kenmore Air 2011. Additional keywords: Bob Langdon; Campbell River, the Spit; mercy flights; bush pilots; injured loggers
Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Series Number
1
File Number
3
Date Range
1948-2011
Scope and Content
Photo of Bob Langdon's amphibious Seabee, 1948. Receipts from Island Airlines, Elmer Ellingsen, 1969. Clippings with info on the history of seaplane use and Campbell River's seaplane industry. Transcript of Susan Ellingsen, Dianne Hentschel, and Doreen Thompson, 2005. Harbors magazine featuring Kenmore Air 2011. Additional keywords: Bob Langdon; Campbell River, the Spit; mercy flights; bush pilots; injured loggers
Storage Range
Drawer 1
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Allen, Bernie and family

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
[197-?]
Scope and Content
Notes on Bernie Allen and family history of the Allen family, early settlers in the Whaletown area.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
10
File Number
1
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
[197-?]
Scope and Content
Notes on Bernie Allen and family history of the Allen family, early settlers in the Whaletown area.
Storage Location
4-38
Storage Range
4-38
Name Access
Douglas, Gilean
Allen, Bernie
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CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Scope and Content
Typed transcript by Doreen Thompson of Mary McMillen's handwritten letter mentioning Allen family and others, undated
Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Series Number
3
File Number
9
Scope and Content
Typed transcript by Doreen Thompson of Mary McMillen's handwritten letter mentioning Allen family and others, undated
Storage Range
Drawer 3
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Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
cartographic material
Date Range
[197?; orig. 1550]
Scope and Content
A reproduction of a map made by Pierre Desceliers, a cartographer-artist working near Dieppe, after Jacques Cartier's explorations.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
16
File Number
12
Material Type
cartographic material
Date Range
[197?; orig. 1550]
Physical Description
1 map : 21.75 x 17.25 inches
Scope and Content
A reproduction of a map made by Pierre Desceliers, a cartographer-artist working near Dieppe, after Jacques Cartier's explorations.
Storage Location
Map box
Storage Range
Map box
Name Access
Douglas, Gilean
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CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Date Range
1955-2018
Scope and Content
Scan of photograph from Truck Loggers Convention, 1955; Obituary for E. Anderson in The Federation of BC Naturalists newsletter, 1975; Write up of E. Anderson in BC Outdoors Magazine, 1995; BC Nature Presents the Elton Anderson Award & writeups 2014, 2015; Email from Ed Chessor about E. Anderson and the Save the Skagit Valley campaign, 2018 including scan of book cover: Trees, Shrubs and Flowers to Know in BC; Nancy Anderson's Notes on E. Anderson (undated); writeup for plaque dedicate to E. Anderson (undated)
Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Series Number
3
File Number
10
Date Range
1955-2018
Scope and Content
Scan of photograph from Truck Loggers Convention, 1955; Obituary for E. Anderson in The Federation of BC Naturalists newsletter, 1975; Write up of E. Anderson in BC Outdoors Magazine, 1995; BC Nature Presents the Elton Anderson Award & writeups 2014, 2015; Email from Ed Chessor about E. Anderson and the Save the Skagit Valley campaign, 2018 including scan of book cover: Trees, Shrubs and Flowers to Know in BC; Nancy Anderson's Notes on E. Anderson (undated); writeup for plaque dedicate to E. Anderson (undated)
Storage Range
Drawer 3
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CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Date Range
1994-2016
Scope and Content
Educational pamphlets, catalogues, and posters on bats, 1994-2004; copies of Bat House Project instructions for building a small economy bat house, 2004; articles, emails and newspaper clippings about bats, 2006-2016; public service announcement from Linda Solomon and Bhaskar Krag re: bats and rabies, undated; drawings of bats by school-aged children, undated. Keywords: pest control, wildlife at risk, Keen's Long-eared Myotis, Bat House Project, Bat Conservation International, California Myotis, White Nose Syndrome, rabies
Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Series Number
1
File Number
5
Date Range
1994-2016
Scope and Content
Educational pamphlets, catalogues, and posters on bats, 1994-2004; copies of Bat House Project instructions for building a small economy bat house, 2004; articles, emails and newspaper clippings about bats, 2006-2016; public service announcement from Linda Solomon and Bhaskar Krag re: bats and rabies, undated; drawings of bats by school-aged children, undated. Keywords: pest control, wildlife at risk, Keen's Long-eared Myotis, Bat House Project, Bat Conservation International, California Myotis, White Nose Syndrome, rabies
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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CIMAS information files
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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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CIMAS information files
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File
Date Range
1949-2019
Scope and Content
Photocopied photographs of five orcas who were shot in the lagoon near Squirrel Cove, 1949; Excerpt from Evergreen Islands by Doris Andersen with info on Indigenous whaling practices, 1979. Info on cetaceans from the Journal of the Vancouver Aquarium, 1986. Articles, emails, and brochures on cetaceans, 2012-2017 (some undated). BC Cetacean Sightings Network Newsletters, 2014-2017
Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Series Number
1
File Number
8
Date Range
1949-2019
Scope and Content
Photocopied photographs of five orcas who were shot in the lagoon near Squirrel Cove, 1949; Excerpt from Evergreen Islands by Doris Andersen with info on Indigenous whaling practices, 1979. Info on cetaceans from the Journal of the Vancouver Aquarium, 1986. Articles, emails, and brochures on cetaceans, 2012-2017 (some undated). BC Cetacean Sightings Network Newsletters, 2014-2017
Storage Range
Drawer 1
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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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CIMAS information files
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File
Date Range
1950s-2014
Scope and Content
Clippings with info on local cougars, 1950s-2014. Excerpt from Doris Hope re Refuge Cove, undated
Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Series Number
1
File Number
9
Date Range
1950s-2014
Scope and Content
Clippings with info on local cougars, 1950s-2014. Excerpt from Doris Hope re Refuge Cove, undated
Storage Range
Drawer 1
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CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Date Range
2005-2020
Scope and Content
Clippings and emails with info on local insects including butterflies, ants, and beetles, 2005-2020
Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Series Number
1
File Number
10
Date Range
2005-2020
Scope and Content
Clippings and emails with info on local insects including butterflies, ants, and beetles, 2005-2020
Storage Range
Drawer 1
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CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Date Range
1972-2013
Scope and Content
Clippings with info on local wolves, 1972-2013
Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Series Number
1
File Number
11
Date Range
1972-2013
Scope and Content
Clippings with info on local wolves, 1972-2013
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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CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Date Range
1978-2018
Scope and Content
Articles, newspaper clippings, and brochures relating to fish farming and wild fish stocks from 1978-2018. Full issue of Salmonid containing bundle of newspaper clippings on fish farming, 1984-1985; Full issue of Fish Farming International Magazine, 1988; Fish Farms in Area B Regional Directors Report, 2009; Poster entitled The Get Out Migration by Salmon Are Sacred, undated. Some notable keywords: Wilderness Committee; David Suzuki Foundation; Farmed and Dangerous; Salmon Are Sacred organization; sea lice; Sea Shepherd Society
Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Series Number
1
File Number
13
Date Range
1978-2018
Scope and Content
Articles, newspaper clippings, and brochures relating to fish farming and wild fish stocks from 1978-2018. Full issue of Salmonid containing bundle of newspaper clippings on fish farming, 1984-1985; Full issue of Fish Farming International Magazine, 1988; Fish Farms in Area B Regional Directors Report, 2009; Poster entitled The Get Out Migration by Salmon Are Sacred, undated. Some notable keywords: Wilderness Committee; David Suzuki Foundation; Farmed and Dangerous; Salmon Are Sacred organization; sea lice; Sea Shepherd Society
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Drawer 1
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