Online Archives
Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Date Range
1986-2019
Scope and Content
Clippings re Quadra Island, 1986-2019. Regional Director's Reports, 2005-2016. Quadra Island Fall Fair booklets 2012-2014. Quadra Seniors Housing Questionnaire, 2014. Pamphlets for Quadra Island and local businesses and organizations.
Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Series Number
4
File Number
1
Date Range
1986-2019
Scope and Content
Clippings re Quadra Island, 1986-2019. Regional Director's Reports, 2005-2016. Quadra Island Fall Fair booklets 2012-2014. Quadra Seniors Housing Questionnaire, 2014. Pamphlets for Quadra Island and local businesses and organizations.
Storage Range
Drawer 4
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CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Date Range
1974-2018
Scope and Content
Clippings and emails with info on Read Island, 1974-2018. Excerpt from Chalkdust & Outhouses, West Coast Schools, Barbara Ann Lambert
Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Series Number
4
File Number
3
Date Range
1974-2018
Scope and Content
Clippings and emails with info on Read Island, 1974-2018. Excerpt from Chalkdust & Outhouses, West Coast Schools, Barbara Ann Lambert
Storage Range
Drawer 4
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CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Date Range
2020
Scope and Content
Info on Redonda Island from Wikipedia and Friends of Ecological Reserves, 2020
Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Series Number
4
File Number
5
Date Range
2020
Scope and Content
Info on Redonda Island from Wikipedia and Friends of Ecological Reserves, 2020
Storage Range
Drawer 4
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CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Date Range
2015
Scope and Content
Article from British Columbia History, "Paradise Lost: Vaughan-Robinson's Savary Island," 2015
Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Series Number
4
File Number
16
Date Range
2015
Scope and Content
Article from British Columbia History, "Paradise Lost: Vaughan-Robinson's Savary Island," 2015
Storage Range
Drawer 4
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CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Date Range
early 1900s-2016
Scope and Content
Clippings, emails, letters and historical photos re Seaford, 2016. Goosegrass and Buttercups by D.C. Kirk. Excerpt from Chalkdust and Outhouses, Barbara Ann Lambert. Transcript of Nellie Jeffrey with Dianne Hentschel and Doreen Thompson, 2003. Copies from Squirrel Cove Stories interview transcript with Fred and Dianne Reedel (Hansen), undated
Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Series Number
4
File Number
20
Date Range
early 1900s-2016
Scope and Content
Clippings, emails, letters and historical photos re Seaford, 2016. Goosegrass and Buttercups by D.C. Kirk. Excerpt from Chalkdust and Outhouses, Barbara Ann Lambert. Transcript of Nellie Jeffrey with Dianne Hentschel and Doreen Thompson, 2003. Copies from Squirrel Cove Stories interview transcript with Fred and Dianne Reedel (Hansen), undated
Storage Range
Drawer 4
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CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Date Range
late 1800s-2015
Scope and Content
Emails and typed info re: Subtle Islands/Camp Island history, late 1800s-early 1900s. Printouts from specializedassets.com re: properties for sale on Subtle Islands, 2015.
Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Series Number
4
File Number
36
Date Range
late 1800s-2015
Scope and Content
Emails and typed info re: Subtle Islands/Camp Island history, late 1800s-early 1900s. Printouts from specializedassets.com re: properties for sale on Subtle Islands, 2015.
Storage Range
Drawer 4
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CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Date Range
1892-present
Scope and Content
Emails, written info, and clippins with info on Twin (Ulloa) Islands, including history of colonization/preemptions, uses, settlements over the years, forestry, and CIMAS garden tour, 1892-present. Excerpt from From Shetland to British Columbia, Alaska and the United States, Sinclair Thomson Duncan, 1911. Keywords: William H. Jones, Reverend Harper Nixon shooting
Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Series Number
4
File Number
46
Date Range
1892-present
Scope and Content
Emails, written info, and clippins with info on Twin (Ulloa) Islands, including history of colonization/preemptions, uses, settlements over the years, forestry, and CIMAS garden tour, 1892-present. Excerpt from From Shetland to British Columbia, Alaska and the United States, Sinclair Thomson Duncan, 1911. Keywords: William H. Jones, Reverend Harper Nixon shooting
Storage Range
Drawer 4
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CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Date Range
1965-2012
Scope and Content
Clippings with info on heavy snowfall and old ships, 1965-2012
Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Series Number
4
File Number
49
Date Range
1965-2012
Scope and Content
Clippings with info on heavy snowfall and old ships, 1965-2012
Storage Range
Drawer 4
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"Cortes Island" informational booklet

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Part Of
CIMAS ephemera collection
Description Level
File
Material Type
ephemera
Date Range
[ca. 198?]
Scope and Content
File contains an informational booklet created by the Friends of Cortes through a grant from Canada Works. Topics include island geography, social and natural history, place names and tourist education.
Part Of
CIMAS ephemera collection
Description Level
File
File Number
39
Material Type
ephemera
Date Range
[ca. 198?]
Physical Description
1 booklet : 12 pages
Custodial History
Found in files.
Scope and Content
File contains an informational booklet created by the Friends of Cortes through a grant from Canada Works. Topics include island geography, social and natural history, place names and tourist education.
Storage Location
Ephemera box
Storage Range
Ephemera box
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Cortes Island School yearbook, 1994-1995

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Part Of
CIMAS ephemera collection
Description Level
File
Material Type
ephemera
Date Range
1995
Scope and Content
File contains a Cortes Island School yearbook 1994/15. In 1995 Ed Piggott retired after 20 years as the school principal. Yearbook originally belonged to Lorena Teames.
Part Of
CIMAS ephemera collection
Description Level
File
File Number
40
Material Type
ephemera
Date Range
1995
Physical Description
1 booklet : 42 pages
Custodial History
Found in files.
Scope and Content
File contains a Cortes Island School yearbook 1994/15. In 1995 Ed Piggott retired after 20 years as the school principal. Yearbook originally belonged to Lorena Teames.
Storage Location
Ephemera box
Storage Range
Ephemera box
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"Birds of Cortes and Mittlenatch Islands"

https://collections.cortesmuseum.com/en/permalink/descriptions15148
Part Of
CIMAS ephemera collection
Description Level
File
Material Type
ephemera
Date Range
1993
Scope and Content
File contains two copies of the booklet "Birds of Cortes and Mittlenatch Islands, a checklist with seasonal graphs" by George Sirk, Christian Gronau and Fred Zwickel, published by the authors in 1993.
Part Of
CIMAS ephemera collection
Description Level
File
File Number
41
Material Type
ephemera
Date Range
1993
Physical Description
2 booklets : 12 pages
Custodial History
Found in files.
Scope and Content
File contains two copies of the booklet "Birds of Cortes and Mittlenatch Islands, a checklist with seasonal graphs" by George Sirk, Christian Gronau and Fred Zwickel, published by the authors in 1993.
Storage Location
Ephemera box
Storage Range
Ephemera box
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Cortes Island Visitor's Information hand-out; ferry tickets

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Part Of
CIMAS ephemera collection
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
[ca. 1982]
Scope and Content
File contains a Cortes Island Visitor's Information hand-out with a map of the island and lists of businesses and services, published by the Whaletown Community Club; and a set of ticket book backs for the Cortes-Quadra and Quadra-Campbell River ferries.
Part Of
CIMAS ephemera collection
Description Level
File
File Number
16
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
[ca. 1982]
Scope and Content
File contains a Cortes Island Visitor's Information hand-out with a map of the island and lists of businesses and services, published by the Whaletown Community Club; and a set of ticket book backs for the Cortes-Quadra and Quadra-Campbell River ferries.
Name Access
Southern Cortes Community Association
Subject Access
Ferries
Transportation
Water transport
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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Etta and Clarence Byers interview (1)

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Part Of
CIMAS audiovisual collection
Description Level
Item
Material Type
sound recording
Date Range
1995
Scope and Content
Item is an interview of Etta and Clarence Byers by Oonagh O'Connor. Etta Byers was a granddaughter of Mike Manson, and she talks about her family history, Cortes people and incidents, and memories of growing up on the island. There is a short summary of the interview, written by May Ellingsen, in the cassette case.
  2 audios     2 documents  
Part Of
CIMAS audiovisual collection
Description Level
Item
Creator
O'Connor, Oonagh
Series Number
1
Item Number
1999.004.004
Material Type
sound recording
Date Range
1995
Digitized Date
February 2017
Physical Description
1 cassette tape
Custodial History
Found in collection
Scope and Content
Item is an interview of Etta and Clarence Byers by Oonagh O'Connor. Etta Byers was a granddaughter of Mike Manson, and she talks about her family history, Cortes people and incidents, and memories of growing up on the island. There is a short summary of the interview, written by May Ellingsen, in the cassette case.
Audio Recordings
Documents

1999.004.004A Etta & Clarence Byers (1).pdf

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1999.004.004B Etta & Clarence Byers (1).pdf

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Etta and Clarence Byers interview (2)

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Part Of
CIMAS audiovisual collection
Description Level
Item
Material Type
sound recording
Date Range
1995
Scope and Content
Item consists of the continuation of an interview with Etta and Clarence Byers by Oonagh O'Connor. On Side A, Etta Byers talks about her childhood on Cortes, how she met Clarence and her married life in Seaford, Von Donop, Powell River and Courtenay. On Side B, Clarence talks about when his family moved to Cortes Island, and his experiences logging, starting at age thirteen. There is a short summary of the interview, written by May Ellingsen, in the cassette case.
  2 audios     2 documents  
Part Of
CIMAS audiovisual collection
Description Level
Item
Creator
O'Connor, Oonagh
Series Number
1
Item Number
1999.004.005
Material Type
sound recording
Date Range
1995
Digitized Date
February 2017
Physical Description
1 cassette tape
Custodial History
Found in collection
Scope and Content
Item consists of the continuation of an interview with Etta and Clarence Byers by Oonagh O'Connor. On Side A, Etta Byers talks about her childhood on Cortes, how she met Clarence and her married life in Seaford, Von Donop, Powell River and Courtenay. On Side B, Clarence talks about when his family moved to Cortes Island, and his experiences logging, starting at age thirteen. There is a short summary of the interview, written by May Ellingsen, in the cassette case.
Subject Access
Logging
Audio Recordings
Documents

1999.004.004B Etta & Clarence Byers (1).pdf

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1999.004.005B Etta & Clarence Byers (2).pdf

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Etta and Clarence Byers interview (3)

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Part Of
CIMAS audiovisual collection
Description Level
Item
Material Type
sound recording
Date Range
1995
Scope and Content
This is the continuation (Part 3) of an interview of Etta and Clarence Byers by Oonagh O'Connor. Clarence talks about his family history; moving to Cortes Island, logging on Cortes in the Von Donop/Blue Jay Lake/Carrington Bay area; road-building; and the arrival of Japanese oysters to Cortes beaches in ca. 1938. There is a short summary of the interview, written by May Ellingsen, in the cassette case.
  1 audio     1 document  
Part Of
CIMAS audiovisual collection
Description Level
Item
Creator
O'Connor, Oonagh
Series Number
1
Item Number
1999.004.006
Material Type
sound recording
Date Range
1995
Digitized Date
February 2017
Physical Description
1 cassette tape
Custodial History
Found in collection
Scope and Content
This is the continuation (Part 3) of an interview of Etta and Clarence Byers by Oonagh O'Connor. Clarence talks about his family history; moving to Cortes Island, logging on Cortes in the Von Donop/Blue Jay Lake/Carrington Bay area; road-building; and the arrival of Japanese oysters to Cortes beaches in ca. 1938. There is a short summary of the interview, written by May Ellingsen, in the cassette case.
Subject Access
Logging
Geographic Access
Carrington Bay
Audio Recordings
Documents

1999.004.006 Etta & Clarence Byers (3).pdf

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May and Elmer Ellingsen interview

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Part Of
CIMAS audiovisual collection
Description Level
Item
Material Type
sound recording
Date Range
1995
Scope and Content
Recording is an oral history interview of May and Elmer Ellingsen by Oonagh O'Connor. Topics covered include how Elmer came to the island and met May; logging experiences; Cortes roads and telephone system; and living at Von Donop Inlet. Several humorous stories are related. There is a short summary of the interview, written by May Ellingsen, in the cassette case.
  1 audio     2 documents  
Part Of
CIMAS audiovisual collection
Description Level
Item
Creator
O'Connor, Oonagh
Series Number
1
Item Number
1999.004.008
Material Type
sound recording
Date Range
1995
Digitized Date
February 2017
Physical Description
1 cassette tape
Custodial History
Found in collection
Scope and Content
Recording is an oral history interview of May and Elmer Ellingsen by Oonagh O'Connor. Topics covered include how Elmer came to the island and met May; logging experiences; Cortes roads and telephone system; and living at Von Donop Inlet. Several humorous stories are related. There is a short summary of the interview, written by May Ellingsen, in the cassette case.
Subject Access
Logging
Audio Recordings
Documents

1999.004.008A May & Elmer Ellingsen.pdf

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1999.004.008B May & Elmer Ellingsen.pdf

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CIMAS audiovisual collection
Description Level
Item
Material Type
sound recording
Date Range
1995
Scope and Content
Recording is an oral history interview of May Ellingsen by Oonagh O'Connor. May traces her family history and then talks about her childhood on Cortes and Hernando Islands; meeting and marrying Elmer; living in a float house at logging camps in Loughborough Inlet, Phillips Arm and Von Donop Inlet; and moving the house to Hague Lake in 1952. There is a short summary of the interview, written by May Ellingsen, in the cassette case.
Part Of
CIMAS audiovisual collection
Description Level
Item
Creator
O'Connor, Oonagh
Series Number
1
Item Number
1999.004.009
Material Type
sound recording
Date Range
1995
Digitized Date
February 2017
Physical Description
1 cassette tape
Custodial History
Found in collection
Scope and Content
Recording is an oral history interview of May Ellingsen by Oonagh O'Connor. May traces her family history and then talks about her childhood on Cortes and Hernando Islands; meeting and marrying Elmer; living in a float house at logging camps in Loughborough Inlet, Phillips Arm and Von Donop Inlet; and moving the house to Hague Lake in 1952. There is a short summary of the interview, written by May Ellingsen, in the cassette case.
Subject Access
Logging
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Robbie Graham and Ann Dewar interview

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Part Of
CIMAS audiovisual collection
Description Level
Item
Material Type
sound recording
Date Range
1995
Scope and Content
Recording is an oral history interview of Robbie Graham and Ann (Robertson) Dewar by Oonagh O'Connor. Robbie talks about how his father, Hector Graham, moved to Cortes Island in the 1920s; early days on Cortes; schools and teachers; fishing. Ann talks about schools; her aunt Meg Shaw; her experiences logging, starting at age twelve. There is a short summary of the interview, written by May Ellingsen, in the cassette case.
Part Of
CIMAS audiovisual collection
Description Level
Item
Creator
O'Connor, Oonagh
Series Number
1
Item Number
1999.004.010
Material Type
sound recording
Date Range
1995
Digitized Date
February 2017
Physical Description
1 cassette tape
Custodial History
Found in collection
Scope and Content
Recording is an oral history interview of Robbie Graham and Ann (Robertson) Dewar by Oonagh O'Connor. Robbie talks about how his father, Hector Graham, moved to Cortes Island in the 1920s; early days on Cortes; schools and teachers; fishing. Ann talks about schools; her aunt Meg Shaw; her experiences logging, starting at age twelve. There is a short summary of the interview, written by May Ellingsen, in the cassette case.
Subject Access
Logging
Fishing
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Dolly and Harold Hansen interview

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Part Of
CIMAS audiovisual collection
Description Level
Item
Material Type
sound recording
Date Range
1995
Scope and Content
Recording is an oral history interview of Dolly (Jeffery) and Harold Hansen by Oonagh O'Connor. Topics covered include the Jeffery family history; how Harold came to Cortes; logging; picking salal; and raising eight foster children. There is a short summary of the interview, written by May Ellingsen, in the cassette case.
Part Of
CIMAS audiovisual collection
Description Level
Item
Creator
O'Connor, Oonagh
Series Number
1
Item Number
1999.004.011
Material Type
sound recording
Date Range
1995
Digitized Date
February 2017
Physical Description
1 cassette tape
Custodial History
Found in collection
Scope and Content
Recording is an oral history interview of Dolly (Jeffery) and Harold Hansen by Oonagh O'Connor. Topics covered include the Jeffery family history; how Harold came to Cortes; logging; picking salal; and raising eight foster children. There is a short summary of the interview, written by May Ellingsen, in the cassette case.
Subject Access
Logging
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Dunc Robertson interview (1)

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Part Of
CIMAS audiovisual collection
Description Level
Item
Material Type
sound recording
Date Range
1995
Scope and Content
Recording is an oral history interview of Duncan Robertson by Oonagh O'Connor at his home in Whaletown (Part 1 of 2). Topics covered include some family history; people and customs of the early days on the island; logging; fishing; hunting; cougars; Cortes in the 1950s and 1960s. There is a short summary of the interview, written by May Ellingsen, in the cassette case.
Part Of
CIMAS audiovisual collection
Description Level
Item
Creator
O'Connor, Oonagh
Series Number
1
Item Number
1999.004.020
Material Type
sound recording
Date Range
1995
Digitized Date
February 2017
Physical Description
1 cassette tape
Custodial History
Found in collection
Scope and Content
Recording is an oral history interview of Duncan Robertson by Oonagh O'Connor at his home in Whaletown (Part 1 of 2). Topics covered include some family history; people and customs of the early days on the island; logging; fishing; hunting; cougars; Cortes in the 1950s and 1960s. There is a short summary of the interview, written by May Ellingsen, in the cassette case.
Subject Access
Logging
Hunting
Fishing
Geographic Access
Whaletown
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