{"key":"544cbba2ce","origin":"osm","osm_id":"n9024116015","category":"Attractions","subcategory":"Museum / Gallery","community":"Cortes Bay","lat":50.0732882,"lon":-124.950372,"verdict":"include","name":{"value":"Wild Cortes","source":"enrichment"},"description":{"value":"Wild Cortes is the permanent off-site Natural History Education Centre of the Cortes Island Museum & Archives, housed at Linnaea Education Centre on Cortes Island. It presents rotating exhibitions on local ecology, wildlife, and conservation—past shows have covered humpback whale recovery, old-growth forest trust, cougars and wolves, and the cascade effects of climate change—alongside a unique taxidermy collection curated by Laurel Bohart and a hands-on EcoLab with microscopes. The centre is a collaborative project of the Cortes Wild! partnership, bringing together local societies, biologists, geologists, and educators.","source":"sonnet_4.6"},"website":{"value":"https://cortesmuseum.com/wild-cortes/natural-history-centre/","source":"enrichment"},"address":{"value":"1255 Seaford Rd #2, Mansons Landing BC V0P 1K0","source":"enrichment"},"phone":{"value":"250-935-6340","source":"enrichment"},"email":{"value":"contact@cortesmuseum.com","source":"html"},"route_slugs":[],"centrally_administered":false,"bike_parking_detail":null,"raw_osm":{"addr:housenumber":"1255","addr:street":"Seaford Road","fee":"donation","museum":"natural_history","name":"Wild Cortes","opening_hours":"Tu-Sa 12:00-16:00","tourism":"museum","website":"https://cortesmuseum.com/wild-cortes/natural-history-centre/"},"enrichment_extras":{"reasoning":"The website confirms Wild Cortes as an active natural history education centre at 1255 Seaford Rd #2, Mansons Landing BC, phone 250-935-6340, operated by the Cortes Island Museum & Archives Society at Linnaea Education Centre. No bike parking, washrooms, or water refill are mentioned for Wild Cortes specifically in any page of the website content. An e-bike charging station is referenced on the Tourist Information page but that page contextually describes the main Museum gallery (957 Beasley Rd), not Wild Cortes, so it cannot be attributed to this location.","concerns":["OSM has no phone number listed; phone 250-935-6340 is drawn from the website contact page and is shared with the main Museum gallery — confirmed as the correct number for Wild Cortes on the contact page.","E-bike charging mentioned on the Tourist Information page appears to be at the main Museum location (957 Beasley Rd), not at Wild Cortes (1255 Seaford Rd); the two are separate sites and this amenity could not be confirmed for Wild Cortes.","OSM address '1255 Seaford Road' is incomplete; website gives the fuller address '1255 Seaford Rd #2, Mansons Landing BC V0P 1K0'."],"recommended_status_reason":"Wild Cortes is a legitimate, active natural history museum attraction on Cortes Island with a clear public mandate; touring cyclists visiting the island would benefit from knowing about this donation-entry cultural stop.","confirmed_open":true,"contact_confirmed":{"phone":null,"website":true,"address":true},"notes":"Wild Cortes is a distinct physical location from the main Cortes Island Museum & Archives gallery; they share a phone number and management but are at separate addresses. A second OSM record or directory listing for the main museum should not be treated as a duplicate of this one."},"provenance":{"enrichment_run":"v2","enrichment_model":"sonnet_4.6","verdict_source":"enrichment","category_source":"osm","category_correction_reason":null,"review_priority":false,"sidecars_applied":["subcategory","attraction_facets","wow","judgement","price_tier"],"subcategory_source":"osm_tag","subcategory_confidence":"high","facets_layers":"l1+l2","judgement":{"confidence":"med"}},"required_criteria":{"Washrooms":{"value":true,"source":"inferred:subcategory","date":"2026-07-18"},"Water bottle refill":{"value":true,"source":"inferred:subcategory","date":"2026-07-18"}},"optional_amenities":{},"unmapped_criteria":{},"region":"Vancouver Island","ownership":"Nonprofit / community","indigenous_role":[],"facets":{"dwell":"short","setting":"indoor","theme":"science-family","energy":"neutral","season":"all","kid_friendly":"yes","visitable":true,"planning":"check-ahead","peak":{"months":["April"],"label":"Earth Day new exhibition openings","varies":false},"open_early":false,"open_morning":false,"open_afternoon":true,"open_evening":false,"days_closed":["Mo","Su"],"is_24h":false,"seasonal_hours":false,"hours_source":"opening_hours","facet_confidence":"high"},"notability":1,"wow_evidence":"Natural-history education centre of the Cortes museum with taxidermy and ecology exhibits.","rider_delight":2,"blurb":"Cortes Island's natural-history centre at Linnaea Farm.","price":{"band":0,"band_key":"free","label":"Free","confidence":"low","source":"judgement","signal":"island museum education centre, donation entry"},"tier":"info"}