Cortes Island Museum & Archives
957 Beasley Rd V0P 1K0 Mansons Landing, BC, Canada

This was one fabulous Zoom presentation that is worth a look and listen. Who knew?

Thank you, Jeanette Taylor! All of us at the Cortes Island Museum and Archives want to give Jeanette Taylor a standing ovation for her wonderful online presentation (January 30, 2021) about her newest book, Twin Islands, History and Legacy on the BC Coast. More than 50 people attended the talk and slide show: https://youtu.be/LWcN8kfXL9E... Jeanette, as many will already know, is an excellent historian, writer and speaker. She inspired all who attended, and the informal Q & A surfaced various stories of Twin Islands not covered in the comprehensive presentation.

Have you heard about Mystery Mountain Project? And our "own" Misty Isles role in this project? This is the crew the Cortes Museum booked to speak here, on Cortes Island, before COVID-19 made us to cancel. Read more: https://www.oakbaynews.com//mystery-mountain-hop-document/

It's a snow day! From the Archives, a picture and poem by Gilean Douglas. Item 1999.001.0075 # snowday #poem #gilean douglas #ruralmuseum #cortesisland

Photographs of the Union Steamship going down near the Lund Wharf, 1910s. You can see three people safely disembarking the ship in the second photograph. Phew! CIMAS item 2007.001.633 & 2007.001.634 #cortesislandmuseum #cortesisland #ruralmuseum #archives #archival #archivalphotograph #vintagephotograph #unionsteamship #lund

Three photographs of Stuart Lambert getting his hair cut by his father, 1918. Outdoor haircuts by family members feels pretty relevant right now, just over 100 years later. Sending support out to everyone doing their part to keep our community as safe as possible during these trying times. We got this! CIMAS item 2007.001.572 #ruralcommunity #covid19 #cortesislandmuseum #cortesisland #ruralmuseum #islandfeels #islandliving #islandlife #countryliving #archives #archivalphotograph #vintagephotograph #haircuts #family #community #together

Too many good pics in this series to share just one! Pictured are Henrietta Barnard, Slim Barnard, Jack Summers, and June Kinmont from the envelope titled Canada and Cortes Island history from Barnard, Happy Ranch, 1950s. CIMAS items: 2007.001.415-2007.001.416; 2007.001.418-2007.001.419; 2007.001.422; 2007.001.433; 2007.001.435-2007.001.437; 2007.001.439... #cortesislandmuseum #cortesisland #ruralmuseum #archivalphotograph #vintagephotograph #1950s #oysters #fishing #farmfresh #happy #together #onthewater #attheranch

Gloria Morrisette née Clemantine Godkin (19082013) emigrated to Canada from Tacoma with her parents and siblings in 1915. They settled on Hornby Island and later moved to Shusharte, a small settlement at the northern tip of Vancouver Island. In 1928, Gloria married Murray Morrisette, a First World War veteran who had suffered severe injuries during the Battle of Amiens in France. In the 1930s, they moved to Manson’s Landing spending ten years there raising their family. Late...r in life, Gloria became a reporter for The Province and Vancouver Sun newspapers. Her story about the years spent on Cortes and her article about Murray’s war experience are available for everyone to read at the Museum. To learn more about E. Murray Morrisette, read the museum blog: "Murray Was Large for His Age": https://cortesmuseum.com/murray-was-large-for-his-age/

This interesting book is available in the Museum store. Just in time for holiday shopping!

Are you looking for some Halloween fun? Check our Historical Jigsaw Puzzles: https://cortesmuseum.com/cortes-island-history-in-puzzles/

It is this time of the year newts are crossing the road. Check our blog about newts, by Christian Gronau: https://cortesmuseum.com/rough-skinned-newts-by-christian-/ and Friends of Cortes's Newt X-crossing Project: https://www.friendsofcortes.org/newt-x-ing-project/. If you have got any newts pictures, we would love to post them. Send them to [email protected].