Reverend Alan Greene and his wife Gertrude at their home on Quadra Island
Reverend Greene of the Columbia Coast Mission was assigned the district which included Quadra Island in 1919. He and his wife took up residence at Quathiaski Cove.
The second Heriot Bay Hotel, was built by Hosea Bull, This building burned shortly after completion. It opened December 27, 1911 and burned May 11, 1912. A replacement was built shortly thereafter.
Ann "Tottie" Barker Forrest and James McKelvie(?) Forrest Wedding Portrait taken in Victoria, BC. The Forrest family settled in Shoal Bay, Thurlow Island.
Members of the Manson family visiting at Twin Islands
Back from left: Jack Manson, Manson's Mother, Captain and Mrs. Nixon, Bert Froud. Front from left: Anna Maria Bruce Wingate Manson, Nicol Manson, and Rose Manson.
Herbert Joyce Tuning up an Outboard Motor, Quadra Island
Herbert Joyce, possibly Joe Bigold, and Chappie. In 1975 Helen (nee Joyce) Andrews commented about this outboard that it "went like the devil when you were leaving, but you had to row back".
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.
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.
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.