LOCATION:
Cortes Island Museum & Archives
Main Gallery
957 Beasley Road, Box 422
Mansons Landing, BC
V0P 1K0
250-935-6340

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www.cortesmuseum.ca
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JUNE–SEPTEMBER
10 am–4 pm Tuesday–Sunday

OCTOBER–MAY
12 pm–4 pm Friday & Saturday

FEATURING:
Tourist Information Booth
Historic Building
Heritage Garden
Social & Natural History Exhibits
Von Donop Logging Shed
Outdoor Permanent Exhibits
Archives Collection
Museum Gift Shop

Wild Cortes, Cortes Island Museum Natural History Centre
Linnaea Farm Education Centre
1255 Seaford Road
Wild Cortes Exhibit

mid-JUNE to mid-SEPTEMBER
10 am–4 pm Tuesday–Saturday

mid-SEPTEMBER to mid-JUNE
12 pm–4 pm Friday & Saturday

FREE ADMISSION
Donations welcome.

We wish to acknowledge the toq qaymɩxʷ (Klahoose), ɬəʔamɛn qaymɩxʷ (Tla’amin) and ʔop qaymɩxʷ (Homalco) Nations on whose territories the Cortes Island Museum & Archives works and is situated upon.

The Museum building is history itself. It served as the local store next to the dock at Manson’s Landing from 1940 until 1995, when the lagoon area was designated as a provincial park. The old store building was fitted with wheels, pulled up the hill and installed on a corner of Firehall No.1 property.

The Archives Collection features documents, photographs and information files. They are available to the public for viewing and research – by appointment.

The Cortes Island Tourist Information Booth is open during Museum hours. Information pamphlets and maps are always available on the porch.

Exhibits showcase the history and current interests of Cortes Islanders and visitors. The von Donop Logging Shed in the garden stores a variety of logging equipment used in earlier days on Cortes. Our pride is the Fossils Collection, which is featured at the entrance and maintained and updated by Christian Gronau. Another permanent exhibit is the Big Tree cookie in the garden. The Museum Shop sells books, CDs, local art, and handicrafts.

The Heritage Garden preserves pioneer plants. A fragrant and colourful space, this garden features apple trees and flowering shrubs, many of which come from island homesteads. Heritage perennials include an increasing collection of peonies, trumpet lilies and dahlias. An interpretive panel and plant labelling aid in the enjoyment of a stroll through the garden.

The Museum sponsors periodic Walks & Talks advertised in the Cortes Marketer, and on www.cortesmuseum.ca and www.cortesisland.com (Tideline) and on our Facebook page .

We also provide an e-bike charging station.

Call or email the Museum for more information.