View of buildings at Quathiaski Cove, Quadra Island sometime after 1910

From left: Gas storage, store, Anderson family house, caskhouse(?), tast(?) house. The Anderson family owned and operated the Quathiaski Canning Co. and the house in the center is where they would live when the cannery was operating.
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Jim Staton cooking pancakes for breakfast in their kitchen

The Stantons in their kitchen at the home which was located at Dutchman's Head, Knight Inlet.
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Marion Schnarr at the Schnarr homestead at Bute Inlet

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Quadra Island May Day, 1958

Carolyn (Grafton) Price is crowned. Possibly Christine (Ogren) Thompson to her left.
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Agnes Twidle in her garden, Granite Bay, Quadra Island

Agnes and her husband Henry settled in Granite Bay in 1911.
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The Yeatman family home on Quadra Island

The Yeatman family settled at Sunny Side Farm on Quadra Island.
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Group on board the Quathiaski No. 10

From left: Frank Yeatman, Helen Joyce, Jorpis Berg, Grandpa Yeatman, Mrs. John Berg, and Ethel Joyce.
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Dead grizzly bear possibly in front of Stanton's home, Knight Inlet

Grizzly was shot by Paul and Jene Spicker(?) likely at the head of Knight Inlet with Jim Stanton as a hunting guide.
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Quadra Island May Day, 1956

May pole dance celebrations held at Rebecca Spit, Quadra Island.
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Heriot Bay Hotel, Quadra Island

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Laurette Staton with a dog

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Carvings at Gwayasdums, Gilford Island

Wooden figure in front of Chief Johnny Scow's house at Gwayasdums
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Group of people standing beside a large skate

Mae Anderson is at left. The skate in this photo is a type of fish. The photograph was taken in front of one of the Quathiaski Canning Company buildings, likely in the late 1910s to early 1920s.
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Portrait of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Joyce

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Schnarr girls with their pet cougar

Marion on the left and Pearl Schnarr. Photograph was taken near the Schnarr homestead at Owen Bay, Sonora Island.
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The Blind Channel Cannery under construction

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Moving house, Heriot Bay, Quadra Island

Small raft with cargo truck on back, carrying several items including a motorcycle described as "Quadra Island, Heriot Bay Teacher House"
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Union Steamship, Cheakamus, at Heriot Bay

The S.S. Cheakamus at the Heriot Bay wharf, 1914.
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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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Margaret Tipton of Read Island

Photograph of Margaret Tipton, taken in the 1920s.
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The Wilson family in front of their home on Quadra Island

Left to right: Robert Wilson Jr., Arlette Wilson, Chris Jones Jr., Jane Jr., Pearl Wilson. At their first home next door to the Bagots. "Had to go about half a mile to get water. Dad was night watchman at the cannery at this time. The well went dry every summer" - Grace Wilson McPherson.
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Art Stenfors on hay mower at his Granite Bay farm, Quadra Island

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The Stantons in their "Family Car" at the head of Knight Inlet, B.C.

Laurette and Jim Stanton going visiting in their flat bottomed river boat, Knight Inlet.
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St. Patrick's Day at a school on Stuart Island

Ken Aucoin, Traford Bernard, Terry Brimacombe, Marie, Gary Aucoin, Leonard Sumner, Butch Bernard, Ross Sumner, Nancy, Sarah Madsen, Mary Dyck, Linda, Sally, Susan Bassett, Marilyn Marshall, Linda Pritchard, Bill Dyck, Frances Pritchard.
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Chappie Bigold in his sheep-drawn cart

Herb Joyce watches over Chappie Bigold as he is pulled in his cart by a sheep, 1914.
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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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