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)
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)
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.
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.
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
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
Info on: wildfire emergency preparedness; Cortes Volunteer Fire Department and Fire Fighting Association; firehalls; fire trucks; by-laws and funding initiatives concerning fire services on Cortes; helipad and expansion of FD services to handle medical emergencies; fire protection equipement at Klahoose FN; fundraising; and posts relating to local fires and fire fighting responses, 1987-2016
Info on: wildfire emergency preparedness; Cortes Volunteer Fire Department and Fire Fighting Association; firehalls; fire trucks; by-laws and funding initiatives concerning fire services on Cortes; helipad and expansion of FD services to handle medical emergencies; fire protection equipement at Klahoose FN; fundraising; and posts relating to local fires and fire fighting responses, 1987-2016
File contains clippings about local disasters, murders, accidents and controversies. Includes Bud Miller's letter about hippies (1973); raw milk (1976); wolves (1977-1980); proposed pub (1978).
File contains clippings about local disasters, murders, accidents and controversies. Includes Bud Miller's letter about hippies (1973); raw milk (1976); wolves (1977-1980); proposed pub (1978).
Articles, newspaper clippings, posters, handouts, emails, and some brochures, post cards, and business cards relating to artists and musicians, as well as galleries, studios, and shops selling and showing artists' work on and near Cortes Island, 1972; 1987 (WNE); 2002-2016. Also a folder from Allan Todd with several prints from Cortes artists, 2009.
Articles, newspaper clippings, posters, handouts, emails, and some brochures, post cards, and business cards relating to artists and musicians, as well as galleries, studios, and shops selling and showing artists' work on and near Cortes Island, 1972; 1987 (WNE); 2002-2016. Also a folder from Allan Todd with several prints from Cortes artists, 2009.
Articles and newspaper clippings announcing book launches and reviewing books, event posters, emails, and advertisements relating to local authors or works written about Cortes, 1999-2018; Obituary for June Cameron 1929-2016; two clippings from WNE 1998, 1999; two copies of Islandwords, writing on Cortes, 2000.
Articles and newspaper clippings announcing book launches and reviewing books, event posters, emails, and advertisements relating to local authors or works written about Cortes, 1999-2018; Obituary for June Cameron 1929-2016; two clippings from WNE 1998, 1999; two copies of Islandwords, writing on Cortes, 2000.
Logger Elmer Ellingsen's cheque book, cheques to various recipients, and bank statements with The Royal Bank of Canada (RBC), 1949-1951. The Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC) and Manson's Landing Community Fund: deposit receipts, 1951; statement of account, 1951; letters, 1952; mail deposit receipts to H.J. Foster, 1952. CIBC and the Southern Cortez Community Association: bank acknowledgements, 1971; letter to Mrs. McDevitt, 1971; charge receipt, 1972. Blank CIBC personal chequing account receipts, undated; Article in WNE, opening of the Cortes Island Branch Office of the Quadra Credit Union, 1989; article "Coastal Community and Quadra Credit Unions Announce Merger Plans," 2008; article "Credit Union Members Appeal Branch Closures," 2014
Logger Elmer Ellingsen's cheque book, cheques to various recipients, and bank statements with The Royal Bank of Canada (RBC), 1949-1951. The Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC) and Manson's Landing Community Fund: deposit receipts, 1951; statement of account, 1951; letters, 1952; mail deposit receipts to H.J. Foster, 1952. CIBC and the Southern Cortez Community Association: bank acknowledgements, 1971; letter to Mrs. McDevitt, 1971; charge receipt, 1972. Blank CIBC personal chequing account receipts, undated; Article in WNE, opening of the Cortes Island Branch Office of the Quadra Credit Union, 1989; article "Coastal Community and Quadra Credit Unions Announce Merger Plans," 2008; article "Credit Union Members Appeal Branch Closures," 2014
Photographs, postcard, emails, articles, and notes containing info on: Whaletown Church, Reverends Douglas Kendall and Alan Greene; Klahoose; Chief Billy Mitchell; Manson family; Squirrel Cove; Boas family; Marg Sullivan's stained glass windows; and St James Church of the Columbia Coast Mission. A school handout announcing construction of church ready for Sunday Mass (among other things), 1979; a letter from Imperial Casket Company Limited, 1969
Photographs, postcard, emails, articles, and notes containing info on: Whaletown Church, Reverends Douglas Kendall and Alan Greene; Klahoose; Chief Billy Mitchell; Manson family; Squirrel Cove; Boas family; Marg Sullivan's stained glass windows; and St James Church of the Columbia Coast Mission. A school handout announcing construction of church ready for Sunday Mass (among other things), 1979; a letter from Imperial Casket Company Limited, 1969
Writing, emails and excerpts with info on early homesteaders, early postmasters, the first post box in Cortes Bay, Frabjous Bay/Frabjous Day, The Columbia Coast Mission, and the Rendezvous. Map of lots with some names of early homesteaders near Cortes Bay. Old postcard of Cortes Bay
Writing, emails and excerpts with info on early homesteaders, early postmasters, the first post box in Cortes Bay, Frabjous Bay/Frabjous Day, The Columbia Coast Mission, and the Rendezvous. Map of lots with some names of early homesteaders near Cortes Bay. Old postcard of Cortes Bay
Note: Two separate folders for 1960s-1990s and 2000-present. Info on, first ferry service to Cortes in 1969, service fares, routes, schedules, and controversies. Folder with old ferry tickets (1960s-1990s). Full issues of "BC Coastal Ferries Consultation and Engagement," 2012; "BC Coastal Ferries Consultation and Engagement: Feedback," 2012; and "Common Ground: Ferry Tales," 2015.
Note: Two separate folders for 1960s-1990s and 2000-present. Info on, first ferry service to Cortes in 1969, service fares, routes, schedules, and controversies. Folder with old ferry tickets (1960s-1990s). Full issues of "BC Coastal Ferries Consultation and Engagement," 2012; "BC Coastal Ferries Consultation and Engagement: Feedback," 2012; and "Common Ground: Ferry Tales," 2015.
Artile from British Columbia Magazine, "Foraging for Fungi: Mushrooms 101," 2017; clipping on Indian pipe plant found along creek draining Hague Lake into lagoon, undated
Artile from British Columbia Magazine, "Foraging for Fungi: Mushrooms 101," 2017; clipping on Indian pipe plant found along creek draining Hague Lake into lagoon, undated
Geological map info clipped together in packet, 2002. Info from Geological exhibit. Clipping on lack of localn radiation from Christian Gronau, undated. Emails on local geology, 2011-2015
Geological map info clipped together in packet, 2002. Info from Geological exhibit. Clipping on lack of localn radiation from Christian Gronau, undated. Emails on local geology, 2011-2015