Online Archives

Shirley Beaulieu interview

https://collections.cortesmuseum.com/en/permalink/descriptions10959
Part Of
CIMAS audiovisual collection
Description Level
Item
Material Type
sound recording
Date Range
1995
Scope and Content
Item consists of an interview of Shirley Beaulieu by Oonagh O'Connor. Subjects covered include how her family (the Guthrie family) came to Cortes in 1940 and reminiscences of life on the island, community activities and island personalities. 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
1999.004.001
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 an interview of Shirley Beaulieu by Oonagh O'Connor. Subjects covered include how her family (the Guthrie family) came to Cortes in 1940 and reminiscences of life on the island, community activities and island personalities. There is a short summary of the interview, written by May Ellingsen, in the cassette case.
Audio Recordings
Documents

1999.004.001 Shirley Beaulieu.pdf

Read PDF Download PDF
Show less information

Etta and Clarence Byers interview (1)

https://collections.cortesmuseum.com/en/permalink/descriptions10962
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

Read PDF Download PDF

1999.004.004B Etta & Clarence Byers (1).pdf

Read PDF Download PDF
Show less information

Etta and Clarence Byers interview (2)

https://collections.cortesmuseum.com/en/permalink/descriptions10963
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

Read PDF Download PDF

1999.004.005B Etta & Clarence Byers (2).pdf

Read PDF Download PDF
Show less information

Etta and Clarence Byers interview (3)

https://collections.cortesmuseum.com/en/permalink/descriptions10964
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

Read PDF Download PDF
Show less information

May and Elmer Ellingsen interview

https://collections.cortesmuseum.com/en/permalink/descriptions10966
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

Read PDF Download PDF

1999.004.008B May & Elmer Ellingsen.pdf

Read PDF Download PDF
Show less information
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 Doris Hope, at her home in Refuge Cove, by Oonagh O'Connor.
  2 audios     1 document  
Part Of
CIMAS audiovisual collection
Description Level
Item
Creator
O'Connor, Oonagh
Series Number
1
Item Number
1999.004.012
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 Doris Hope, at her home in Refuge Cove, by Oonagh O'Connor.
Geographic Access
Refuge Cove
Audio Recordings
Documents

1999.004.012A Doris Hope.pdf

Read PDF Download PDF
Show less information
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 Dave McCoy by Oonagh O'Connor.
  1 audio     1 document  
Part Of
CIMAS audiovisual collection
Description Level
Item
Creator
O'Connor, Oonagh
Series Number
1
Item Number
1999.004.014
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 Dave McCoy by Oonagh O'Connor.
Audio Recordings
Documents

1999.004.014 Dave McCoy.pdf

Read PDF Download PDF
Show less information
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 Mary McMillan by Oonagh O'Connor. 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
1999.004.018
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 Mary McMillan by Oonagh O'Connor. There is a short summary of the interview, written by May Ellingsen, in the cassette case.
Audio Recordings
Documents

1999.004.018A Mary McMillan.pdf

Read PDF Download PDF

1999.004.018B Mary McMillan.pdf

Read PDF Download PDF
Show less information
Part Of
CIMAS audiovisual collection
Description Level
Item
Material Type
sound recording
Accession Number
2022.004
Date Range
2000
Scope and Content
Interview of Emilie Hansen by Bernice McGowan and Jill Milton. Emilie talks about moving to Canada with her husband Gunnar; moving to Cortes in 1961; different properties they lived on; making a living on the island. (41 minutes)
  1 audio     1 document  
Part Of
CIMAS audiovisual collection
Description Level
Item
Series Number
1
Item Number
2022.004.003
Accession Number
2022.004
Material Type
sound recording
Date Range
2000
Physical Description
1 .mp3 file : 58 MB
1 .wav file : 625 MB
Custodial History
Recorded November 24, 2022
Scope and Content
Interview of Emilie Hansen by Bernice McGowan and Jill Milton. Emilie talks about moving to Canada with her husband Gunnar; moving to Cortes in 1961; different properties they lived on; making a living on the island. (41 minutes)
Name Access
Hansen, Emilie
Hansen, Gunnar
Audio Recordings
Documents

2022.004.003 Emilie Hansen.pdf

Read PDF Download PDF
Show less information
Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Date Range
1916-2017
Scope and Content
Info on Manson's Landing Cemetery, Old Whaletown Cemetery, and New Whaletown Cemetery such as history of cemeteries, grave plots, names of those buried, etc; letters regarding cemetery approvals on Cortes, 1916-1926; Letter from the Cemeteries Division, Ministry of Consumer and Corporate Affairs, 1986; listings of the Cortes Island Cemeteries from the Campbell River Genealogy Club, 1993; Manson's Landing cemetery plan, 1995; Whaletown Cemetery plot list, 2008; Chapter 12, 32, and 34 of the Cemetery Companies Act; articles re cemeteries, 1990-2017; email about possible grave site on Green Mountain, 2013. Keywords: Beesley/Beasley, Southern Cortes Community Association, Seaford Development Ltd, Whaletown Community Club, Genealogy Club of Campbell River, Ellingsen; updated plot plan and lists of burials, 2023
  3 documents     1 image  
Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Series Number
1
File Number
36
Date Range
1916-2017
Scope and Content
Info on Manson's Landing Cemetery, Old Whaletown Cemetery, and New Whaletown Cemetery such as history of cemeteries, grave plots, names of those buried, etc; letters regarding cemetery approvals on Cortes, 1916-1926; Letter from the Cemeteries Division, Ministry of Consumer and Corporate Affairs, 1986; listings of the Cortes Island Cemeteries from the Campbell River Genealogy Club, 1993; Manson's Landing cemetery plan, 1995; Whaletown Cemetery plot list, 2008; Chapter 12, 32, and 34 of the Cemetery Companies Act; articles re cemeteries, 1990-2017; email about possible grave site on Green Mountain, 2013. Keywords: Beesley/Beasley, Southern Cortes Community Association, Seaford Development Ltd, Whaletown Community Club, Genealogy Club of Campbell River, Ellingsen; updated plot plan and lists of burials, 2023
Storage Range
Drawer 1
Images
Documents

Whaletown Cemetery Area A.pdf

Read PDF Download PDF

Whaletown cemetery Area B.pdf

Read PDF Download PDF

Whaletown cemetery plot plan 2023 .jpg

Download PDF
Show less information
Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Date Range
1966-2018
Scope and Content
Clippings and emails with info on park, 1973-2018. Mansons Landing Provincial Park Master Plan, Province of British Columbia, 1987. Info packet "Fauna and Flora Associated with Manson's Lagoon, a portion of Manson's Landing Park," Fred and Ruth Zwickel, 2003. Info on Robert James Taylor, title holder of Manson's Landing in 1966-1967, received in 2010.
Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Series Number
2
File Number
65
Date Range
1966-2018
Scope and Content
Clippings and emails with info on park, 1973-2018. Mansons Landing Provincial Park Master Plan, Province of British Columbia, 1987. Info packet "Fauna and Flora Associated with Manson's Lagoon, a portion of Manson's Landing Park," Fred and Ruth Zwickel, 2003. Info on Robert James Taylor, title holder of Manson's Landing in 1966-1967, received in 2010.
Storage Range
Drawer 2
Documents

Mansons Lagoon – Fauna and Flora.pdf

Read PDF Download PDF
Show less information
Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Date Range
1930s-2014
Scope and Content
Emails with info on Mars Water Bomber and Dan McIvor & family (1930s-1970s) provided by his daughter Mary-Anne Forman, 2014. Clippings with info on Pacific Western Airlines, undated (1950s?) and Martin Mars Bomber, 2008. DVD copy of the television show "Chat Corner" with host Terry Martyniuk, copyright Richmond TV-4, 1990. Topics covered include McIvor's start in aviation, experiences in the Arctic, piloting Sir Edmund Hillary to Mt. Waddington, and his introduction of the use of water bombers to fight forest fires in BC. The signed Cessna propeller which Jack Summers hung in the Mansons Landing coffee shop (now at the museum, 2023) is also mentioned. (DVD is stored in the CD/DVD album in the Archives.)
Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Series Number
3
File Number
59
Date Range
1930s-2014
Scope and Content
Emails with info on Mars Water Bomber and Dan McIvor & family (1930s-1970s) provided by his daughter Mary-Anne Forman, 2014. Clippings with info on Pacific Western Airlines, undated (1950s?) and Martin Mars Bomber, 2008. DVD copy of the television show "Chat Corner" with host Terry Martyniuk, copyright Richmond TV-4, 1990. Topics covered include McIvor's start in aviation, experiences in the Arctic, piloting Sir Edmund Hillary to Mt. Waddington, and his introduction of the use of water bombers to fight forest fires in BC. The signed Cessna propeller which Jack Summers hung in the Mansons Landing coffee shop (now at the museum, 2023) is also mentioned. (DVD is stored in the CD/DVD album in the Archives.)
Storage Range
Drawer 3
Documents

D McIvor interview transcript.pdf

Read PDF Download PDF
Show less information
Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Scope and Content
Two folders containing obituaries of Cortes residents. Filing note: if a file exists for the person, put their obituary post there rather than the general file
Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Series Number
3
File Number
8
Scope and Content
Two folders containing obituaries of Cortes residents. Filing note: if a file exists for the person, put their obituary post there rather than the general file
Storage Range
Drawer 3
Documents

Obituary list to 2022.pdf

Read PDF Download PDF
Show less information
Part Of
Regional Director of Area I (Cortes Island) fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
graphic material
Accession Number
2004.004
Date Range
1993-1998
Scope and Content
File contains a report by Fred and Ruth Zwickel ("Fauna and Flora Associated with Manson's Lagoon", with photographs); correspondence about water quality in Hague Lake and aquaculture in park boundaries; a Memorandum of Understanding with Klahoose re a marine park in Von Donop Inlet.
Part Of
Regional Director of Area I (Cortes Island) fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2002.001.3
Sous Fonds Number
3
Series Number
6
File Number
19
Accession Number
2004.004
Material Type
textual records
graphic material
Date Range
1993-1998
Scope and Content
File contains a report by Fred and Ruth Zwickel ("Fauna and Flora Associated with Manson's Lagoon", with photographs); correspondence about water quality in Hague Lake and aquaculture in park boundaries; a Memorandum of Understanding with Klahoose re a marine park in Von Donop Inlet.
Storage Location
5-41
Storage Range
5-41
Name Access
Sirk, George
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
Documents

Mansons Lagoon – Fauna and Flora.pdf

Read PDF Download PDF
Show less information

Director's Report: 2006-05-08 DI

https://collections.cortesmuseum.com/en/permalink/descriptions15117
Part Of
Regional Director of Area I (Cortes Island) fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
textual records (electronic)
Date Range
2006
Part Of
Regional Director of Area I (Cortes Island) fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2002.001.4
Series Number
2
File Number
1
Item Number
2002.001.401
Material Type
textual records (electronic)
Date Range
2006
Name Access
Hiebert, Jenny
Subject Access
Regional District
Local governments
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
Documents

Director's Report 2006-05-08 DI.pdf

Read PDF Download PDF
Show less information

Director's Report: 2006-07-17 DI

https://collections.cortesmuseum.com/en/permalink/descriptions15118
Part Of
Regional Director of Area I (Cortes Island) fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
textual records (electronic)
Date Range
2006
Part Of
Regional Director of Area I (Cortes Island) fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2002.001.4
Series Number
2
File Number
1
Item Number
2002.001.402
Material Type
textual records (electronic)
Date Range
2006
Name Access
Hiebert, Jenny
Subject Access
Regional District
Local governments
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
Documents

Director's Report 2006-07-17 DI.pdf

Read PDF Download PDF
Show less information

Director's Report: 2006-09-11 DI

https://collections.cortesmuseum.com/en/permalink/descriptions15119
Part Of
Regional Director of Area I (Cortes Island) fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
textual records (electronic)
Date Range
2006
Part Of
Regional Director of Area I (Cortes Island) fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2002.001.4
Series Number
2
File Number
1
Item Number
2002.001.403
Material Type
textual records (electronic)
Date Range
2006
Name Access
Hiebert, Jenny
Subject Access
Regional District
Local governments
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
Documents

Director's Report 2006-09-11 DI.pdf

Read PDF Download PDF
Show less information

Director's Report: 2006-10-23-DI

https://collections.cortesmuseum.com/en/permalink/descriptions15120
Part Of
Regional Director of Area I (Cortes Island) fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
textual records (electronic)
Date Range
2006
Part Of
Regional Director of Area I (Cortes Island) fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2002.001.4
Series Number
2
File Number
1
Item Number
2002.001.404
Material Type
textual records (electronic)
Date Range
2006
Name Access
Hiebert, Jenny
Subject Access
Regional District
Local governments
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
Documents

Director's Report 2006-10-23-DI.pdf

Read PDF Download PDF
Show less information

Director's Report: 2006-12-04 DI

https://collections.cortesmuseum.com/en/permalink/descriptions15121
Part Of
Regional Director of Area I (Cortes Island) fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
textual records (electronic)
Date Range
2006
Part Of
Regional Director of Area I (Cortes Island) fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2002.001.4
Series Number
2
File Number
1
Item Number
2002.001.405
Material Type
textual records (electronic)
Date Range
2006
Name Access
Hiebert, Jenny
Subject Access
Regional District
Local governments
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
Documents

Director's Report 2006-12-04 DI.pdf

Read PDF Download PDF
Show less information

Director's Report: 2007-01-07 DI

https://collections.cortesmuseum.com/en/permalink/descriptions15122
Part Of
Regional Director of Area I (Cortes Island) fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
textual records (electronic)
Date Range
2007
Part Of
Regional Director of Area I (Cortes Island) fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2002.001.4
Series Number
2
File Number
1
Item Number
2002.001.406
Material Type
textual records (electronic)
Date Range
2007
Name Access
Hiebert, Jenny
Subject Access
Regional District
Local governments
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
Documents

Director's Report 2007-01-07 DI.pdf

Read PDF Download PDF
Show less information