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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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Brochures and Local Publications, Cortes

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Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Date Range
1961-present
Scope and Content
Brochures and local publications with general info about Cortes Island for locals and tourists, 1961-present. Keywords: Friends of Cortes Island (FOCI); Community Flyer; Ocean Oracle
Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Series Number
1
File Number
26
Date Range
1961-present
Scope and Content
Brochures and local publications with general info about Cortes Island for locals and tourists, 1961-present. Keywords: Friends of Cortes Island (FOCI); Community Flyer; Ocean Oracle
Storage Range
Drawer 1
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Local Economic Action Plan (LEAP)

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Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Date Range
2018
Scope and Content
Cortes Island Local Economic Action Plan booklet, 2018
Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Series Number
2
File Number
60
Date Range
2018
Scope and Content
Cortes Island Local Economic Action Plan booklet, 2018
Storage Range
Drawer 2
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Nigel Pickard's store receipts

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Part Of
CIMAS ephemera collection
Description Level
File
Material Type
ephemera
Date Range
1972
Scope and Content
File contains a group of receipts made out to Nigel Pickard from (likely) the Manson's Landing store.
Part Of
CIMAS ephemera collection
Description Level
File
File Number
38
Material Type
ephemera
Date Range
1972
Physical Description
1 file of textual records
Custodial History
Donated by Kate Maddigan, Aug. 23 2021. Receipts were found in the attic of the house she bought from Nigel Pickard.
Scope and Content
File contains a group of receipts made out to Nigel Pickard from (likely) the Manson's Landing store.
Storage Location
Ephemera box
Storage Range
Ephemera box
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Pages from The Sunday Province newspaper

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Part Of
CIMAS ephemera collection
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1926
Scope and Content
File contains oversize newspaper pages (18 inches x 22.5 inches) with an article about Cortes Island. John Manson is mentioned in the article
Part Of
CIMAS ephemera collection
Description Level
File
File Number
17
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1926
Scope and Content
File contains oversize newspaper pages (18 inches x 22.5 inches) with an article about Cortes Island. John Manson is mentioned in the article
Name Access
Southern Cortes Community Association
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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Part Of
CIMAS ephemera collection
Description Level
File
Accession Number
2011.002
Date Range
[ca. 2005]
Scope and Content
File contains a plastic-covered menu from the Taka Mika, a restaurant owned and operated by Benny and Ruth Beaulieu. The restaurant was on the site of the old Manson's Landing school; it is now (2019) the Cortes Natural Foods Co-op.
Part Of
CIMAS ephemera collection
Description Level
File
File Number
19
Accession Number
2011.002
Date Range
[ca. 2005]
Custodial History
Donated to CIMAS by Diane Brussell in 2011.
Scope and Content
File contains a plastic-covered menu from the Taka Mika, a restaurant owned and operated by Benny and Ruth Beaulieu. The restaurant was on the site of the old Manson's Landing school; it is now (2019) the Cortes Natural Foods Co-op.
Storage Location
Ephemera - Box 1
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Pamphlets & clippings from the old Hayes house

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Part Of
CIMAS ephemera collection
Description Level
File
File Number
5
Physical Description
Pamphlets of recipes and newspaper clippings found in the old Hayes house.
Storage Location
Ephemera box 1-5
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Union Steamship invoice and ticket stub

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Part Of
CIMAS ephemera collection
Description Level
File
Date Range
[ca. 1940s?]
Scope and Content
An invoice from the Union Steamship "Cardena" (undated) and a ticket stub from the estate of John Manson (1868-1957).
Part Of
CIMAS ephemera collection
Description Level
File
File Number
9
Date Range
[ca. 1940s?]
Custodial History
Invoice donated by Ian Disney in 2007; ticket stub donated by Mike and Donna Manson in 2013.
Scope and Content
An invoice from the Union Steamship "Cardena" (undated) and a ticket stub from the estate of John Manson (1868-1957).
Storage Location
Ephemera box 1-9
Subject Access
Union Steamship Company
Transportation
Water transport
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"From Cortes Island Shores - a Seafood Cookbook"

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Part Of
CIMAS ephemera collection
Description Level
File
Material Type
ephemera
Date Range
[197?]
Scope and Content
File contains a copy of a cookbook compiled and produced by Joan Disney and Joanne Saunders for the benefit of the building maintenance fund of the Cortes Island Community Church Mission. The booklet consists of photocopied pages, 14 cm x 22 cm in size, tied together with blue yarn.
Part Of
CIMAS ephemera collection
Description Level
File
File Number
23
Material Type
ephemera
Date Range
[197?]
Custodial History
Donated by Ian Disney in 2012.
Scope and Content
File contains a copy of a cookbook compiled and produced by Joan Disney and Joanne Saunders for the benefit of the building maintenance fund of the Cortes Island Community Church Mission. The booklet consists of photocopied pages, 14 cm x 22 cm in size, tied together with blue yarn.
Storage Location
Ephemera - Box 1
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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Receipts from the Cortez Lodge Store and Island Airlines

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Part Of
CIMAS ephemera collection
Description Level
File
Date Range
1967-1969
Scope and Content
File contains 3 receipts from the Cortez Lodge Store (Note the telephone number, "Cortez 1X"), and 2 Island Air receipts, one for a flight from Campbell River to Cortes for $12. Receipts are from Hector Graham.
Part Of
CIMAS ephemera collection
Description Level
File
File Number
33
Date Range
1967-1969
Custodial History
Donated by Ann Dewar and Robbie Graham on Jan. 20,2017, along with items for the Artifacts Committee. Material donated is from Robbie Graham's father Hector Graham.
Scope and Content
File contains 3 receipts from the Cortez Lodge Store (Note the telephone number, "Cortez 1X"), and 2 Island Air receipts, one for a flight from Campbell River to Cortes for $12. Receipts are from Hector Graham.
Storage Location
Ephemera - Box 1
Storage Range
1-33
Subject Access
Air transport
Transportation
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"Smelts from the Klinaklini"

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic
Date Range
[ca. 1950]
Scope and Content
Three men holding their haul of smelts: two have full buckets and one a full dip-net.
One of a series of photographs taken at Clarence and Doug Boardman's Dot Logging Co. camp in Knight Inlet.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.1174
Material Type
graphic
Date Range
[ca. 1950]
Physical Description
2 photograph prints: b&w ; 21 x 16 cm & 25 x 20 cm
Scope and Content
Three men holding their haul of smelts: two have full buckets and one a full dip-net.
One of a series of photographs taken at Clarence and Doug Boardman's Dot Logging Co. camp in Knight Inlet.
Subject Access
Logging
Geographic Access
Knight Inlet
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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1920; 1929
Scope and Content
File contains daily menus from the US Disciplinary Barracks on Alcatraz Island (1929) and two pamphlets on venereal disease (1920).
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
14
File Number
22
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1920; 1929
Scope and Content
File contains daily menus from the US Disciplinary Barracks on Alcatraz Island (1929) and two pamphlets on venereal disease (1920).
Storage Location
6-27
Storage Range
6-27
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Men pulling lumber for the Whaletown clinic up from the beach

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1950]
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.1128
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1950]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w, 8.5 x 6 cm
Subject Access
Columbia Coast Mission
Health care
Geographic Access
Whaletown
Images
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"Patients from Mansons" - man carrying a child up the ramp at the Manson's Landing wharf

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1950]
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.1131
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1950]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w, 8.5 x 6 cm
Subject Access
Columbia Coast Mission
Geographic Access
Manson's Landing
Images
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A sling being lowered from the "Rendezvous"

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1950]
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.1132
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1950]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w, 8.5 x 6 cm
Subject Access
Columbia Coast Mission
Images
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Woman helping unload a patient from the "Rendezvous", using a stretcher and sling

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1950]
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.1140
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1950]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w, 8.5 x 6 cm
Subject Access
Columbia Coast Mission
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View towards Lavender Islet from in front of the cabin at Channel Rock

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1960
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.2037
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1960
Physical Description
1 colour slide, 5 x 5 cm
Storage Location
Slide box 1
Subject Access
Channel Rock
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
Images
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View towards Vancouver Island from Channel Rock

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1958-1959
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.2078
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1958-1959
Physical Description
1 colour slide, 5 x 5 cm
Storage Location
Slide box 1
Subject Access
Channel Rock
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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Fred Chalmers rowing away from Channel Rock with a load of grass

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1959
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.2108
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1959
Physical Description
1 colour slide, 5 x 5 cm
Storage Location
Slide box 1
Subject Access
Channel Rock
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
Whaletown
Images
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View of sea and sky from Channel Rock

https://collections.cortesmuseum.com/en/permalink/descriptions11203
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1959
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.2138
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1959
Physical Description
1 colour slide, 5 x 5 cm
Storage Location
Slide box 1
Subject Access
Channel Rock
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
Images
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