Three totems at Cape Mudge beach near the old burial ground

From left: Mrs. Cecil Joyce, Mrs. Howard, "Me". This photograph was likely taken in the 1920's.
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Rob, Dorothy, and Frank Yeatman at their home, Sunny Side Farm, Quadra Island

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Group of Stuart Island residents having a picnic

From left: Mrs. Lidy Ines, Mrs. Wilby, behind Mrs Wilby; Will Muehle, Mary Brimacombe (holding rectangular cake), Mandy Bell, man behind Happy Ines, ?, man with sunglasses Bob Bell (Bell's Bold Point Ranch, Quadra), Kitty Slicker(?), Margaret Parrish. Holding salad bowl; Hazel Summer, man on...
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Quadra Island May Day celebrations, 1955

May Day celebrations held at Rebecca Spit, Quadra Island.
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The First Lighthouse at Cape Mudge, Quadra Island

Written on back: "This is Louie and I on to[p] of the lighthouse. I have marked myself. Lighthouse built c. 1896, it burned down or destroyed somehow and was rebuilt in 1915."
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Skinned cougar pelt trapped by August Schnarr

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Mrs. James A. Nixon of Twin Islands

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Group of First Nations women on the beach at Cape Mudge, 1915

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Mountain climbers getting directions from Jim Stanton

Jim Stanton, on right showing mountain climbers proper route for climbing up Mt. Waddington. Jim Stanton was a long time Knight Inlet resident.
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Helen (Joyce) Andrews skating on Quadra Island

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Olaf Hansen with a mink outside the store and post office at Port Neville

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The Twidles' boat the "Illini"

Agnes Twidle steering the boat belonging to herself and her husband Henry. The Twidles lived in Granite Bay for many years.
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“August 19, 1925. Children against wall, on float." from August Schnarr's album

At back from left: Pansy, Pearl with the youngest Schnarr daughter Marion in the front.
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Picnic at Rebecca Spit, Quadra Island

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August and Zaida Schnarr's daughters in front of cages

Left to right; Marion, Pearl, Pansy. This photograph was taken at the Schnarr family homestead at Bute Inlet. The girls are standing in front of the marten and mink cages.
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Meuhle house at Big Bay, Stuart Island

Big Bay, Stuart Island
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The Schnarr girls with their pet cougar

Left to right: Marion, Pearl and Pansy with their cougar Leo. Photograph taken near the Schnarr family home at Owen Bay, Sonora Island.
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Dent (Yaculta) Rapids, Dent Islands

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James and Ann Forrest's wedding portrait

Ann "Tottie" Barker Forrest and James McKelvie(?) Forrest Wedding Portrait taken in Victoria, BC. The Forrest family settled in Shoal Bay, Thurlow Island.
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Agnes Twidle on deck of a boat with friends

Agnes Twidle second from right. She and her husband Henry were early Granite Bay settlers.
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Guide Jim Stanton, with grizzly bear hide in the Knight Inlet area

At this time in 1953 this was reportedly the largest grizzly bear ever shot in Canada. The length and width of the bear's skull was 16 4/10" by 9 5/16". Standing beside the bear hide is well known Knight Inlet resident and hunting guide, Jim Stanton. This bear was shot on September...
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Thomas and Maggie Leask, Quadra Island

Parents of Mrs. Lewis Joyce.
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Karen Hansen daughter of early Port Neville, settler Hans Hansen.

Karen Hansen is the oldest daughter of Hans and Kathinka Hanseon and was born April 28, 1904.
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Group of early Quadra Island residents

Grandparents of Lewis Joyce. The home of Mr. and Mrs. Bill Hughes, family and friends. Woman in white hat appears to be Mrs. Bull.
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Marion Schnarr at the Schnarr homestead at Bute Inlet

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August Schnarr & Family

August Schnarr was a well known coastal settler who lived and worked as a trapper and hand logger for many years in the Bute Inlet area. In early 1926 August, his wife Zaida (nee Lansall) and three children Pansy, Pearl and Marion settled at a homestead up Bute Inlet, which would become known as Schnarr's Landing.
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Quadra Island - Granite Bay

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Port Neville

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Knight Inlet & Area

This remote inlet was for many years the home of Jim and Laurette Stanton. The Stantons and their experience of living in this area are the subject of the book "Grizzlies in their Backyard" by Beth Day.
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Francis & Amy Barrow Fonds

Every summer from 1933 to 1941, Francis and Amy Barrow, along with their two black cocker spaniels traveled the coast of British Columbia on board their boat the Toketie. Exploring the islands, inlets and harbours of east Vancouver Island they made many frequent stops to visit area residents.
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