Fire Ban on Cortes Island
There is a total fire ban on Cortes Island. Read more in this Tideline post and on the BC Government site.
2024Cortes Island Creative Spaces: Garden and Studio Tour
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
CBC–Christmas Bird Count on Cortes
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
Wayfinding: Stories of Maps and Place
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
Art in the Garden with Meinsje Vlaming
My name is Meinsje. I live and work on Cortes Island as an independent artist in many disciplines. My art education is best described as autodidact, self-taught, selecting myself the courses I felt were needed in my development as an … Continued
Book Launch
Wednesday, August 11, 7:30 pm, The Courtyard, Marnie’s Book Bring a folding chair! Marnie’s Books and Cortes Island Museum invite you for a book launch: Brian Hayden– The Eyes of Leopard Katie Welch – Mad Honey The Eyes of the Leopard is … Continued
Oriane Lee Johnston Book Launch
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
Hope for Bees
IS THERE HOPE FOR BEES? Manson’s Hall, Sunday, July 31, talk starts at 7:30 pm The Cortes Island Museum invites you to learn about the latest important scientific discovery: The positive impact of mushrooms on the health of honey bees. Join … Continued
Art in the Garden with Kathleen Pemberton
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
