Four loggers at Powell River Company boom at Teakerne Arm

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Margaret Tipton of Surge Narrows, Read Island

Margaret Tipton in costume for some Americans who wanted a picture of a "Rustic".
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The Barrows launch the boat "Toketie" at Twin Island

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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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MacDonald and Hill in one of August Schnarr's river boats

Wardy MacDonald, on left was the storekeeper at Shoal Bay with Teddy Hill on right the forest ranger from Thurston Bay. Photograph was taken either in the Homathko or Southgate Rivers, Bute Inlet.
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At the Marlatt house on Mary Island

Mabel Marlatt with her daughter Doris and a friend.
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Rob and Dot Yeatman in the garden, Quadra Island

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View of the buildings and lighthouse at Cape Mudge, Quadra Island

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May Day celebrations at Port Neville

May Day gathering at Port Neville. A stamp on back indicates that this was 1937.
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Moving house, Heriot Bay, Quadra Island

Small raft with cargo truck on back, carrying several items including a motorcycle described as "Quadra Island, Heriot Bay Teacher House"
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Wedding at Cape Mudge

Leila Roberts and Ronnie Assu cutting the cake at their wedding.
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"May 28, 1924” from August Schnarr's album

The Schnarr floathouse pulled up on the beach. This is likely Schnarr's first floathouse which later sank when he was moving it to his new homestead up Bute Inlet.
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Mr. John Manson, early settler on Cortes Island

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Mr. Pettingell, a missionary, getting ready for camp

Visiting missionary, Mr. Pettingell, at the Cape Mudge Village on Quadra Island.
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Union Steamship SS Chelohsin at Quathiaski Cove, Quadra Island

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Mansons Landing, Cortes Island

Home of Mr. John Manson and family at Sunny Brae, 1910.
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The Yeatmans in front of their log cabin at Sunnyside Farm, Quadra Island

From left: Frank Alfred Yeatman (born December 25, 1900), James Rayson Yeatman (February 14, 1890), Emma Rhoda Yeatman (born January 3, 1860), Fredrick Cook Yeatman (born January 7, 1894), Dorothy Gladys Yeatman (born October 1, 1898), Samuel George Yeatman (born January 27, 1892), Robert Ernest...
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Members of the Marlatt family

"Leaving Whaletown" at Cortes Island, B.C. is written on back of the photograph. The Marlatt family homesteaded on Mary Island.
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The Union Steamship, Venture

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Probably Twidle Garden, Granite Bay

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One of August Schnarr’s trapping cabins

August Schnarr had a trapline in the Bute Inlet area which is likely where this cabin was located.
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Percy Belsons float camp near Dent Island

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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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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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Union Steamship, Chelohsin, docked at Quathiaski Cove

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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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