Quadra Island Pioneers

Mr. and Mrs. Bill Hughes, grandparents of Lewis Joyce.
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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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Phil Lavigne at his homestead, Prideaux Haven

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The Schnarr girls with their pet cougars

From left: Bernice Betton, with Pearl, Pansy and Marion Schnarr. Taken near the Schnarr family home at Owen Bay, Sonora Island.
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View of Kalokwis Village, Turnor Island

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Zaida Schnarr and daughters at Stuart Island

From left: Pansy, Pearl, Marion Schnarr with their mother Zaida. In the background is a view of the Arran Rapids.
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Walker Memorial Church at Cape Mudge Village, Quadra Island

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John Manson on Cortes Island

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Thomas and Maggie Leask, Quadra Island

Parents of Mrs. Lewis Joyce.
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Portrait of Henry Twidle

Henry Twidle and his wife Agnes settled at Granite Bay, Quadra Island in 1911.
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Group on the porch of the Anderson home, Quathiaski Cove, Quadra Island

From left: Mae Anderson, Margaret Anderson, and Velma Anderson.
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Lucky Jim Mining Camp, Granite Bay, Quadra Island

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Francis and Amy Barrow

From left: Francis Barrow, Amy Barrow, unknown man
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Group of early Quadra Island residents

Grandparents of Lewis Joyce. The home of Mr. and Mrs. Bill Hughes, family and friends. Woman in white hat appears to be Mrs. Bull.
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Lingcod caught near Stuart Island

60 lb Lingcod. Colin Cameron and Arran Chapman.
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Angus Kerr hauling in his gillnet

Angus Kerr gillnet fishing at Toba Inlet in 1939.
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The Schnarr girls with their pet cougars

Left to right: Pearl, Pansy and Marion Scharr with their pet cougars, Girlie & Leo. Photograph was taken near the Schnarr family home at Owen Bay.
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Katie Walker with her first dog

Katie Walker at age 25 with her first dog.
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The Bagot family yard, Quadra Island

A member of the Bagot family, possibly playing croquet on the lawn beside the family home. Their holdings were known as Forest Lodge.
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Black bear probably shot by August Schnarr in Bute Inlet

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Quathiaski Canning Company seine boat

The crew is hauling in the seine by hand.
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Likely Henry Twidle's Garden at Granite Bay

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Marion Schnarr at the Schnarr homestead at Bute Inlet

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Dot Yeatman reading a book in her home, Quadra Island

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Sports Day on Stuart Island

Sport day event on beach in front of school house at Stuart Island
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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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