Read Island residents gathered for a Victoria Day Picnic

A Victoria Day picnic held on May 24th at the Jones' Place. Late 1910s-1920s.
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Columbia Coast Mission ship crew

Jim Stanton, on bottom left in sweater with crew of one of the Columbia Coast Mission Boats. Likley taken at the dock at the Stantons' home at Knight Inlet.
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Portrait of Mary Marlatt

Mary Marlatt was a settler on Mary Island.
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R.J. Walker, Winnie, and Reverend J. Walker, Quadra Island

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CPR Steamship, Beatrice, at Quathiaski Cove

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Lucky Jim Mining Camp, Granite Bay, Quadra Island

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Group on the Quathiaski No. 10 circa 1920s

Members of the Anderson family on board the Quathiaski 10, which they used for pleasure purposes. The Andersons were the owner operators of the Quathiaski Canning Company, 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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Pansy Schnarr wearing a rosehip necklace with dog

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Quadra Island May Day, 1956

May pole dance celebrations held at Rebecca Spit, Quadra Island.
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Phil Lavigne at his homestead at Prideaux Haven

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Totem pole in front of big house at Cape Mudge Reserve

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Dent (Yaculta) Rapids, Dent Islands

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View of glacier at the head of Bute Inlet

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Bridge over the creek at Grassy Bay, Loughborough Inlet

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Black bear probably shot by August Schnarr in Bute Inlet

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Fallen chimney at the old Marshall place on Read Island after the 1946 earthquake

This earthquake took place on June 5, 1946 and measured 7.3 on the Richter Scale.
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Luoma Family Homestead at Granite Bay, Quadra Island

Livestock at the Luoma property. Alfred Luoma per-empted this property in 1906.
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Gentleman in front garden of J. Hovell’s home, Quadra Island

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Group at the beach at Drew Harbour, Quadra Island

From left: Helen Joyce, Ida Roberts, unknown man behind her, Dot Yeatman, Mike Andrews, Frank Yeatman, and George Yeatman.
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Agnes Twidle with a team of horses

Agnes and her husband Henry settled in Granite Bay in 1911.
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Group of ladies at Stuart Island

Back row from left: Sandra Pritchard, Margaret Parrish. Middle row from left: Mrs. 'Biff' Marshall, Mrs. Roberta Aucoin, Margaret Bogel, Gerd Evans. Front row from left: Mrs. Dyck (nurse), her daughter Mary, Gayleen Evans, Frances Pritchard Anderson, Marilyn Marshall, Billy Dyck.
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W.E. Anderson with his grandson Edward McAllister

W.E. Anderson was the owner operator of the Quathiaski Canning Company, Quadra Island. This photograph was taking in ther back garden of his Vancouver home at 1499 Angus Drive, Vancouver.
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Camp Scow and BC Packers Seiner, "Ivana", at Quathiaski Cove, 1949

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August and Zaida Schnarr's daughters at their homestead

From left to right: Marion, Pansy and Pearl Schnarr with McPhee's puppies at their Bute Inlet homestead.
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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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