Earthquake damage on Read Island

Earthquake took place on June 5, 1946 and was 7.3 on the Richter Scale.
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Flo McKay mowing hay around Gunflint Lake, Cortes Island

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Francis and Amy Barrow at Brown's Camp

The Barrows are holding their pet dogs Rinnie and Nanette
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Hans and Kathinka Hansen's children at Port Neville, B.C.

Written on the back of the photograph; "In the Good Ole Summer Time". From left: Lily, Edith, Arthur, and Oly Hansen ready for a swim.
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W.E. Anderson’s daughters and others in car on Quadra Island

Mae Anderson is driving.
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Emma and Dot Yeatman, Quadra Island

Emma Yeatman listening to her daughter play the piano in the family home.
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The Blind Channel Cannery under construction

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Angus Kerr hauling in his gillnet while fishing in Toba Inlet

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Dead deer at August Schnarr’s place, Bute Inlet

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Captain and Mrs. James A. Nixon of Twin Islands

Photograph taken of the Nixons when they were living in the house that Mr. McDonald lived in for many years.
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The Union Steamship, Cowichan, at Quathiaski Cove

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Jim and Laurette Stanton's first home at Knight Inlet

From left: Jim Stanton, Laurette Stanton, and the two Hall brothers. Photograph taken at the Stantons' first home in the Knight Inlet area - likely at Kwalate Point.
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Group of Cortes Island settlers

Back from left: Mrs. Michael Manson, Ethel (nee Manson), Mrs. J. Humes, Captain and Mrs. James A. Nixon. Front from left: Hazel (nee Manson) and Henry Heinwig, Mr. and Mrs. Dudley.
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Major Fleischman's Yacht "Haida" and the Barrow Yacht "Toketie"

"Haida" in background, "Toketie" in foreground. Phillips Arm
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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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Group of school children at Mansons Landing, Cortes Island

School children have been identified as (in no particular order): George Marquette, Nicol Manson, Betty Hayes, Ethel Tiber, Helen Marquette, Dorothy Hayes, Marjorie Hayes, Alice Marquette, George Quimby, Betty Hayes, Florence Hayes, Nora Hayes, and Veronia Tiber (at centre), 1917.
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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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August Schnar and Ed Atkins with dead wolf

Schnarr is on the left and Atkins is on the right. Photograph taken somewhere in the Bute Inlet area.
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Katie Walker with her first dog

Katie Walker at age 25 with her first dog.
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Amy Barrow on the deck of their boat M.V. "Toketie"

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Edward McAllister with his mother Mae McAllister (nee Anderson)

Photograph was taken on the verandah of the Anderson family home. This was his first year at Quathiaski Cove.
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Bert Middleton home at Whaletown, Cortes Island

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Agnes Twidle, early Granite Bay settler

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Group Reading the Newspaper at Mansons Landing

Group sitting on the clothesline stand, reading the newspaper (the steamship had delivered its weekly mail run). Back row, from left: George Freeman, Henry (Hank) Herrewig, Hazel Herrewig, Doris Hawkins, May Spence (teacher), and Wilfred Manson. In front, from left: Violet Herrewig (married July...
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Portrait of James and Ann Forrest's children

Clockwise from left: Peggy, Ann, Charlie, and Nara in front. The Forrest family lived at Shoal Bay Thurlow Island, B.C.
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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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