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2024Cortes Island Creative Spaces: Garden and Studio Tour
1 Jun 2024

2024Cortes Island Creative Spaces: Garden and Studio Tour

by ourcortes | posted in: Blog, Front Page | 0

Cortes Island Creative Spaces: Garden & Studios Tour Saturday, June 22, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Cortes Island Sponsored by Cortes Island Museum & Archives _________________________________________________________ This is your once-a-year opportunity to visit spectacular gardens and working artists’ spaces on … Continued

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CBC–Christmas Bird Count on Cortes
26 Nov 2023

CBC–Christmas Bird Count on Cortes

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Hello Bird Lovers, This year’s CBC (Christmas Bird Count) on Cortes Island is planned for Sunday, December 17, 2023. Please mark your calendars and watch for more announcements. This date may change if the weather is not cooperating. We are planning … Continued

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Wayfinding: Stories of Maps and Place
19 Mar 2023

Wayfinding: Stories of Maps and Place

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Everyone is welcome to help us celebrate new exhibition – Wayfinding: Stories of Maps and Place – opening on Sunday, March 26, at the Cortes Island Museum, Main Gallery, 957 Beasley Road, starting at 1 p.m. Listen to Roy Hales … Continued

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Oriane Lee Johnston Book Launch
25 Jul 2022

Oriane Lee Johnston Book Launch

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Cortes Island Museum and Marnie’s Books invite you to Oriane Lee’s book launch, The Geography of Belonging. A Love Story, on Wednesday, August 3, 7 pm, in the Museum’s Heritage Garden. Event is free. Donations gratefully appreciated. Refreshments will be … Continued

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Art in the Garden with Kathleen Pemberton
25 Jul 2022

Art in the Garden with Kathleen Pemberton

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Join Kathleen in the Heritage Garden of the Cortes Island Museum. 957 Beasley Road, one block up the hill from Manson’s Hall. Bring a picnic and your artistic mood.   I am an artist on Cortes Island. I am a … Continued

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Moss Talk
13 Nov 2021

Moss Talk

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Mosses, Liverworts and Lichens are the botanical underdogs in the tree of life and are often neglected due to their cryptic nature and taxonomic difficulty. Despite their small size and challenges, these plants and fungi thrive on Cortes Island but are … Continued

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2019 Seafest Festival – Cortes Island
15 Mar 2019

2019 Seafest Festival – Cortes Island

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Some of Our Summer Events – Seafest Saturday, May 18, 10 am to 4 pm, Gorge Harbour Marina (read more below) – Cortes Day Saturday, July 20, 10 am to 4 pm, Smelt Bay Provincial Park – Nautical Flea Market Sunday, August  4 – … Continued

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Cortes Island Annual Christmas Bird Count
1 Jan 2019

Cortes Island Annual Christmas Bird Count

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Our annual Cortes Island Christmas Bird Count (CBC) finally happened (after two cancellations due to adverse weather conditions) on Sunday, December 30. Results are now available.  Please check the Cortes Island Museum website.   New date – Saturday, December 29. This … Continued

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2018 Summer Activities
14 Jul 2018

2018 Summer Activities

by ourcortes | posted in: Blog, Front Page | 0

Are you looking for activities on Cortes Island this summer?  Friends of Cortes Island Society offers many interesting events. Check FOCI brochure, visit FOCI website, visit Cortes Island Museum website, check Tideline, our community website, for many interesting summer events.

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All Things Digital – Art Show
26 Jun 2018

All Things Digital – Art Show

by ourcortes | posted in: Blog, Front Page | 0

– by Richard Trueman – Opening at the Old Schoolhouse Gallery, Friday, June 29th, 6–9 P.M.   STILL PHOTOGRAPHS I would have killed for the photography aids I have now back in the 60s and 70s. When on summer holiday, … Continued

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Activities, community, Cortes Island, Old School House Gallery, Photography, Whaletown

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