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CIMAS information files

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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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File

Series Number

1

File Number

28

Date Range

2010

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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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File

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2

File Number

26

Date Range

1999-2020

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Cortes Ecoforestry Society (CES) newsletters, 1999-2000. Clippings with info on: CES sustainability initiatives; development of Cortes Community Forest Cooperative (CCFC) in partnership with Klahoose First Nation (KFN); Island Stance; and Island Timberlands, 2005-2012. Copy of "An Assessment of the Cortes Forestry General Partnership (CFGP) of BC, Canada, open case study from UBC, 2020. CES membership form, undated. CCFC membership form and subscription agreement, undated. CCFC pamphlets, undated. Additional keywords: Bartholomew; Hanks Beach; Friends of Cortes Island (FOCI)

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File

Series Number

2

File Number

27

Date Range

1910-2018

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Mentions of forest fires from Alice Robertson's diary, and Charles I. Allen's diary, both dated from 1910. Info on historic ignitions with chart, 1950-2000. Emails with info on local fires, 2009-2013. Notice of fire ban in effect from Discovery Islander, 2015. Info from Coastal Fire Centre, 2018

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File

Series Number

2

File Number

28

Date Range

2012-2018

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Clippings with info on fundraisers, events, and BioBlitz, 2012-2018. Emails with info on grant application and the Forest Alphabet book, 2014. Letters from CIMAS voicing support for the FTCCIS, 2015. Forest Trust pamphlet, undated.

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File

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2

File Number

29

Date Range

late 1800s-2016

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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

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File

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3

File Number

28

Date Range

1921-2017

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Info on George Eward and Emma Jane Ewart, 1921 census, medical certificate of death, George Ewart, 1946. Info on marriage registration of Frank George Barnard and Blanche Madeline Dennis, 1938 (Ewart's son). Info on medical certificate of death and cemetery query, Josephine Skerton, 1968. Emails associated with all information from 2017. Notes with photographs on Eward family research, 2017

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File

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3

File Number

30

Date Range

1908-1927

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Photocopies: Fire Insurance receipt, 1908; letters from PO Inspector to David Forrest, 1915; Public Schools Act Assessment letters, 1915; notary and registry papers, Wallis Walter Lefeaux, W. Lawrence Forrest, Joseph Edward Mellor last will and testament, 1927; pharmacy receipts, undated; letters, undated

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4

File Number

31

Date Range

early 1900s-present

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Notes, emails, clippings, maps, scanned photographs, and written info on Squirrel Cove, including local businesses and people, early 1900s-present. Squirrel Cove store receipts, 1952-1953. Envelope of files titled "Squirrel Cove - early days - info from Ron Forrest, Nov 2014." Excerpts from Sliammon Life, Sliammon Lands, and Chalkdust & Outhouses, Barbara Ann Lambert. Keywords: Nichols, Squirrel Cove General Store, The Cove Restaurant, Flying Squirrel Take Out, Union Steamship "Cheakamus," Squirrel Cove Church.

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File

Series Number

4

File Number

37

Date Range

1946-2007

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

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4

File Number

6

Date Range

1979-2018

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Clippings and emails with info on Refuge Cove and its inhabitants over the years, 1979-2018. "Hope's Refuge," Doris Hope, 1992. "Memories of Refuge Cove," June Cameron, 1997. Photographs, undated. Posting for Refuge Cove Coastal Kitchen for sale at CIMAS

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May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds

Description Level

File

Creator

Ellingsen, May & Elmer

Fonds Number

2007.001

Series Number

1

File Number

56

Accession Number

2017.003

Material Type

textual records

cartographic material

Date Range

1987-1989

Scope and Content

File contains correspondence and a map of Smelt Bay Park.

Storage Location

1-56

Storage Range

1-56

Subject Access

Logging

Geographic Access

Squirrel Cove

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May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds

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File

Fonds Number

2007.001

Series Number

11

File Number

11

Material Type

textual records

ephemera

Date Range

1952-1965

Storage Location

8-11

Storage Range

8-11

Subject Access

Logging

Geographic Access

Squirrel Cove

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May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds

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Item

Fonds Number

2007.001

Series Number

13

Item Number

2007.001.027

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[ca. 1929]

Physical Description

1 photograph print: b&w: 12.5 x 7 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph of a woman with a rowboat, on a beach at low tide. May Ellingsen's note on the back says "Mrs. Conant? Where?"

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Photo box 4

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Item

Fonds Number

2007.001

Series Number

13

Item Number

2007.001.032

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

1933

Physical Description

1 photograph print: b&w: 8.5 x 6 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph of a Boat with group of men on board, the "Duck Hunting Special", owned by John Gibbons

Storage Location

Photo box 4

Subject Access

Hunting

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May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds

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Item

Fonds Number

2007.001

Series Number

13

Item Number

2007.001.042

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

1933

Physical Description

1 photograph print: b&w: 14 x 8 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph of a dock with fishing boats, Alert Bay.

Storage Location

Photo box 4

Subject Access

Fishing

Geographic Access

Alert Bay

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May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds

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Item

Fonds Number

2007.001

Series Number

13

Item Number

2007.001.069

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[ca. 19 ]

Physical Description

1 photograph print: b&w: 8 x 6 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph of a group of people in English Bay beside a boat with the words "Mercury 2" on its side.

Storage Location

Photo box 4

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May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds

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Item

Fonds Number

2007.001

Series Number

13

Item Number

2007.001.070

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[ca. 19 ]

Physical Description

1 photograph print: b&w: 8 x 6 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph of a boat in English Bay.

Storage Location

Photo box 4

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May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds

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Item

Fonds Number

2007.001

Series Number

13

Item Number

2007.001.116

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[ca. 19 ]

Physical Description

1 photograph print: b & w; 8 x 5 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph of a boat; no identification.(From envelope labelled "Dorothy MacDougal (cousin of May's) pictures") (Needs ID)

Storage Location

Photo box 4

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May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds

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Item

Fonds Number

2007.001

Series Number

13

Item Number

2007.001.117

Material Type

graphic material

Date Range

[ca. 19 ]

Physical Description

1 photograph print: b&w; 8 x 5 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph of a boat on the beach, a sailboat in the background. (From envelope labelled "Dorothy MacDougal (cousin of May's) pictures")

Storage Location

Photo box 4

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