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Post Offices
Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Date Range
1893-present
Scope and Content
Historical info from emails, notes, letters, articles, clippings, photographs, etc, on post offices, "postmasters" and "postmisstresses" servicing Cortes Island from 1893 to the present day.
Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Series Number
3
File Number
104
Date Range
1893-present
Scope and Content
Historical info from emails, notes, letters, articles, clippings, photographs, etc, on post offices, "postmasters" and "postmisstresses" servicing Cortes Island from 1893 to the present day.
Storage Range
Drawer 3
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Map of northern Canada
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
cartographic material
Date Range
[197?]
Scope and Content
Pictorial map of northern Canada, showing resources, wildlife and history. Printed in b&w with one colour (blue).
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
16
File Number
10
Material Type
cartographic material
Date Range
[197?]
Physical Description
1 map : 33.5 x 16.5 inches
Scope and Content
Pictorial map of northern Canada, showing resources, wildlife and history. Printed in b&w with one colour (blue).
Storage Location
Map box
Storage Range
Map box
Name Access
Douglas, Gilean
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Ancient map of Canada
Part Of
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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Historic trading posts and territories of the governor & company of adventurers of England trading into Hudson's Bay
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
cartographic material
Date Range
[1950 orig; reproduction 19??]
Scope and Content
A black and white reproduction of part of a full-colour pictorial map published by the Hudson's Bay Company.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Creator
Dinickel, Eric
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
16
File Number
13
Material Type
cartographic material
Date Range
[1950 orig; reproduction 19??]
Physical Description
1 map : 13.5 x 17.75 inches
Scope and Content
A black and white reproduction of part of a full-colour pictorial map published by the Hudson's Bay Company.
Storage Location
Map box
Storage Range
Map box
Name Access
Douglas, Gilean
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Historic Map of Canada
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
cartographic material
Date Range
1964
Scope and Content
Historic Map of Canada published by Maclean Hunter
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Literary map of Canada
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
cartographic material
Date Range
1979
Scope and Content
Literary map of Canada by Hurtig Publishers, Edmonton
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Distribution of Population of Canada
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
cartographic material
Date Range
1961
Scope and Content
This map was prepared from Census 1961 data by the Dominion Bureau of Statistics for the Canada Year Book.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
16
File Number
9
Material Type
cartographic material
Date Range
1961
Physical Description
37.5 x 28.5 inches (95 x 72 cm)
Scope and Content
This map was prepared from Census 1961 data by the Dominion Bureau of Statistics for the Canada Year Book.
Storage Location
Map box
Storage Range
Map box
Name Access
Douglas, Gilean
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Fence beside the garden of the Whaletown Trading Post
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1953
Scope and Content
Photograph of the fence and garden at the Whaletown Trading Post. There is writing on the back.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.0234
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1953
Physical Description
1 photograph print: colour; 11.5 x 8 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of the fence and garden at the Whaletown Trading Post. There is writing on the back.
Geographic Access
Whaletown
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David Edwards, carrying at mail sack
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1972
Scope and Content
Photograph of David Edwards at Channel Rock, carrying a mail sack.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.0576
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1972
Physical Description
1 photograph print: colour; 12.5 x 9 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of David Edwards at Channel Rock, carrying a mail sack.
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The Whaletown post office in its original location
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1972
Scope and Content
Photograph of the Whaletown post office, in its original location (315 Whaletown Rd). The post office was built here (on the property of 315 Whaletown Rd) in 1947. In 1981 it was moved across the road beside the parking area of the Whaletown store; in 2020 it was moved out of Whaletown to the parking lot of the Gorge Hall on Robertson Rd.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.0728
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1972
Physical Description
1 photograph print: colour; 13 x 9 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of the Whaletown post office, in its original location (315 Whaletown Rd). The post office was built here (on the property of 315 Whaletown Rd) in 1947. In 1981 it was moved across the road beside the parking area of the Whaletown store; in 2020 it was moved out of Whaletown to the parking lot of the Gorge Hall on Robertson Rd.
Geographic Access
Whaletown
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Petrie's Trading Post in Whaletown
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1946
Scope and Content
Photograph of the store in Whaletown, Petrie's Trading Post at the time. There is an ad for cigars on the building; a man smoking a pipe, and people are waving at the the "Rendezvous" leaving Whaletown Bay.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.0830
Material Type
graphic material
Responsibility
National Film Board
Date Range
1946
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; ??oversize
Scope and Content
Photograph of the store in Whaletown, Petrie's Trading Post at the time. There is an ad for cigars on the building; a man smoking a pipe, and people are waving at the the "Rendezvous" leaving Whaletown Bay.
Geographic Access
Whaletown
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Corner posts and beams of a long house in a coastal First Nations village
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1920s-1950s]
Scope and Content
Photograph of the frame of a longhouse, with the supporting posts and round beams. Boards are lying on the ground beside it.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.0971
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1920s-1950s]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 11.5 x 7 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of the frame of a longhouse, with the supporting posts and round beams. Boards are lying on the ground beside it.
Subject Access
Columbia Coast Mission
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The Whaletown Trading Post in the snow, with a car on the ramp
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The Whaletown Trading Post in the snow; two men walking up the ramp
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Frosty atop a fence post
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1957-1958
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Two cute kittens on a fence post in the garden at Channel Rock
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David Edwards, beside the Davidson dinghy with the canvas mail sack used for trips into Whaletown
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Correspondence
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Series
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1948-1993
Scope and Content
Series consists of incoming and outgoing correspondence generated during Douglas's residence on Cortes (1949-1993) and covering subjects of primarily local interest. Before the advent of telephone service in 1968, island residents communicated extensively through the Post Office, and much of this correspondence consists of notes and letters from Douglas's neighbours. Subjects covered include daily life, community activities, B.C. and Cortes Island history and Douglas's health concerns.
Other Title Info
Title based on contents of the series.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Series
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
2
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1948-1993
Physical Description
25 cm. of textual records
Scope and Content
Series consists of incoming and outgoing correspondence generated during Douglas's residence on Cortes (1949-1993) and covering subjects of primarily local interest. Before the advent of telephone service in 1968, island residents communicated extensively through the Post Office, and much of this correspondence consists of notes and letters from Douglas's neighbours. Subjects covered include daily life, community activities, B.C. and Cortes Island history and Douglas's health concerns.
Storage Range
2-20 - 3-10
Name Access
Douglas, Gilean
Subject Access
Health care
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
Arrangement
Correspondence has been arranged alphabetically by correspondent, in the case of major correspondents; otherwise, chronologically.
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Correspondence - incoming
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1948-1959
Scope and Content
Incoming correspondence
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Correspondence - incoming
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
[ca. 1990-1993]
Scope and Content
Incoming correspondence