Quadra Island Residents

From left: Mr. And Mrs. Noble, Annie Joyce, Mr. and Mrs. Clayton, unknown, and possibly Rob Yeatman. Photo taken April 28, 1929.
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Phil Lavigne at his homestead at Prideaux Haven

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Marshall's orchard after 1946 eathquake, Read Island

This earthquake took place on June 5, 1946 and measured 7.3 on the Richter Scale.
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Mrs. James A. Nixon of Twin Islands with slaughtered pigs

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Animal skins at Mr. Chapman's house, Stuart Island

Mr. Chapman shown beside skins drying in front of his home at Stuart Island. Skins include cougars, wolves, mink, martin, and bear skins. One cougar was shot six feet from his house.
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The Barrows launch the boat "Toketie" at Twin Island

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View looking down the wharf at Shoal Bay, Thurlow Island

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On the Anderson family porch, Quathiaski Cove, Quadra Island

Nellie Whipple seated. Mrs. Anderson with Peggy in her arms and Valerie at left.
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Members of the Marlatt family in a carriage

Doris, Lena, and Paton Marlatt with horse "Mabel". The Marlatts homesteaded on Mary Island.
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Francis and Amy Barrow in 1907

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Jack McPhee and Ed Atkins at Bute Inlet with wolf skin

Presumably McPhee and Atkins were hunting with August Schnarr when they shot this wolf in the Southgate River area.
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Paula and Frank Culbard, Read Island

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Blind Channel Cannery Crew

Crew members from the Blind Channel Cannery. The man with the moustache is Wiley Whittington.
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Alfred Luoma Family, Granite Bay, Quadra Island

Left to right: Silvia, Alfred, unknown, unknown, unknown, Mrs. Luoma, Elma.
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Wedding at Cape Mudge

The wedding of Leila Roberts and Ronnie Assu. From left: Chief Billy Assu, unknown, Ronnie Assu, Leila Roberts, and Bud Recalma (of Qualicum).
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Rob and Dot Yeatman in the front room, Quadra Island

Rob Yeatman notes that this photograph was taken with a "flashlight".
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Plowing the fields at the Yeatman family farm (Sunny Side) on Quadra Island

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August Schnarr and Mrs. Williams with cougar shot by Schnarr

Photograph was taken in the late late 1930s or 40s.
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Group on the porch of the Anderson home, Quathiaski Cove, Quadra Island

From left: Velma Anderson, Gladys Moore Pearson, Mae Anderson, and Margaret DesBrisay.
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Wood and Armitage beside their boat at Refuge Cove

Wood and Armitage beside their boat at Refuge Cove
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Plowing the fields at the Yeatman family farm (Sunny Side) on Quadra Island

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Members of the Walker family having a picnic at Seymour Narrows

Top row from left: Katie, R.J., Roy, and Winnie. Children at front: Joy, Phyllis, and Ursula.
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Children at Cape Mudge school

Students in front of school at Cape Mudge, 1941-1942.
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The Barrows outside a building

From left: Francis Barrow, Amy Barrow, Unidentified man
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Quadra Picnic at Cape Mudge Lighthouse, circa 1903

Bottom row of children from left: Ray Yeatman, Rob Yeatman, George Yeatman, Grace Hood, Dorothy Yeatman, Alice Bryant, Daisy Bryant, Dick Bryant, and Fred Yeatman. Middle row from left: Tom Yeatman, Mr. Fred Yeatman (Father), Reverend Roy Walker, Mrs. Agnes Walker, Roy Walker Junior, Katie Walker,...
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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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