Unidentified man with dead bear

Photograph taken by August Schnarr who likely trapped this bear
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Group of early Quadra Island residents on board a boat in Quathiaski Cove

L to R: Frank Yeatman, Helen Joyce, child Jorpis Berg, Grandma Yeatman, Mrs John Berg, Ethel Joyce
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B.C. Forest Service boat, "Cottonwood"

The "Cottonwood", a B.C. Forest Service boat, coming into Thurston Bay.
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Marion Schnarr at the Schnarr homestead at Bute Inlet

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Meuhle house at Big Bay, Stuart Island

Big Bay, Stuart Island
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Dent (Yaculta) Rapids, Dent Islands

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May Day Quadra Island 1989

May Day parade car "Queen Asia"
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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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Rob Yeatman taking aim with a shotgun, Quadra Island

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Cortes Island school group at May Day celebrations

Children from Seaford School on Cortes Island. Back from left: Nora Hayes, Dorothy Hayes, Nora Cowan. Front: Julia, other is unidentified.
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View of Kalokwis Village, Turnor Island

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Jim and Laurette Stanton in front of their home, Knight Inlet, B.C.

The Stantons in front of their log cabin at Dutchman's Head, Knight Inlet. Photograph was taken on July 1st, 1961.
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Three Union Steamships at the wharf in Quathiaski Cove

From left to right: the S.S. Venture, unidentified, and the S.S. Coquitlam.
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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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Totem Pole in front of the store at Quathiaski Cove

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Horse and cart on the road to Mansons Landing

From left: Flo McKay, Jean Manson, Dorothy Manson, and Dorcas Essen.
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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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Wolf shot by August Schnarr and Ed Atkins, Bute Inlet

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Two young ladies in a car at Sunny Side Farm, Quadra Island

The young woman driving may be Mae Anderson. Sunny Side Farm was the home of the Yeatman Family on Quadra Island.
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Beach in front of Cape Mudge Lighthouse and Fog Station, Quadra Island

The Lighthouse station was established in 1898. Cape Mudge Beacon was built in 1915.
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Yeatman Home after a snowfall, Quadra Island

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Angus Kerr hauling in his gillnet

Angus Kerr gillnet fishing at Toba Inlet in 1939.
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View of totem pole and houses at Cape Mudge Village, Quadra Island

Seated next to the totem is Mr. Pettingell, a missionary.
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August and Zaida Schnarr's daughters at their homestead

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Union Steamship, Chelohsin

The S.S. Chelohsin was built in 1911 and was in service until 1949.
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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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