Group of ladies at Stuart Island

Back row from left: Sandra Pritchard, Margaret Parrish. Middle row from left: Mrs. 'Biff' Marshall, Mrs. Roberta Aucoin, Margaret Bogel, Gerd Evans. Front row from left: Mrs. Dyck (nurse), her daughter Mary, Gayleen Evans, Frances Pritchard Anderson, Marilyn Marshall, Billy Dyck.
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Members of the Forrest family in canoe at Heydon Lake

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Portrait of Ann Forrest

James and Ann Forrest were early settlers at Shoal Bay, Thurlow Island. After they left the Shoal Bay they settled in the Comox area.
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Jim and Laurette Stanton's home at Knight Inlet, B.C.

See also photograph no. 15529 which is identified as the Stanton's first home at Kwalate Point.
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Chief Billy Assu of Cape Mudge

Photograph appears to have been taken at some sort of a presentation.
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Marshall's orchard after 1946 eathquake, Read Island

This earthquake took place on June 5, 1946 and measured 7.3 on the Richter Scale.
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A bobcat probably shot by August Schnarr in Bute Inlet

Presumably this bobcat was trapped by August Schnarr on his trapline in the Bute Inlet area.
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View of Yeatman's farm, Quadra Island

View overlooking an acre of the Yeatman's farm, known as Sunny Side farm, on Quadra Island.
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Herbert Pidcock with dog and dead cougar

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Wilf Manson, Cortes Island

Wilf Manson in a vehicle with others on Cortes Island.
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August and Zaida Schnarr's daughters having a bath

From right: Pearl, Pansy and Marion Schnarr in bathtub at their home at Bute Inlet in the 1920s.
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The tugboat Matilda Foss going through Green Point Rapids

Matilda Foss was operated by the American company, Foss Launch & Tug Company, of Tacoma
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Agnes Twidle, early Granite Bay settler

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Group of ladies at gathering at Stuart Island

Back from left: Mrs. Roy Sumner, Mrs. Margaret Vogel, Mrs. Madsen, and Besta Holmes. Front from left: Mrs. Meuhle, Margaret Parrish, Sandra Pritchard, Mary Brimacombe, Mrs. Roberta Aucoin, Ida Willoughby (Margaret Vogel's mother.) Photo taken June 24, 1953.
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Anne Möller Fra Lvend og Kathinka with Hans Hansen

Portrait of Hans Hansen with his second wife.
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Flo and Floss Manson of Cortes Island

Flo at right, and Floss on left.
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Schnarr girls with their pet cougar

Marion Schnarr with cougar, Girlie. Pearl Schnarr is in the background. Photograph taken near the Schnarr homestead at Owen Bay.
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Members of the Hansen family at their home at Port Neville

Left to right: Karen Hansen, unknown child on lap, unidentified person, Edith (Hansen) Bendickson; from far right Arthur Hansen, unidentified person, Oly Hansen (rear), Lilly Randall; others unidentified – this may be a tea party or birthday.
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Quathiaski 10 at Blind Channel circa 1920s

"Father, Mother, and Auntie Anne" Members of the Anderson family on board their boat the Quathiaski 10 which was used for pleasure trips. W.E. Anderson was the owner of the Quathiaski Canning Company. From left: W.E. Anderson, Margaret Anderson and "Auntie" Anne.
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August and Zaida Schnarr's daughters wearing rosehip necklaces

Pearl on the left, Pansy on the right, likely taken when the family lived at Bute Inlet.
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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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Amy Barrow (nee Bradford)

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The Blind Channel Cannery under construction

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August Schnarr’s float house on beach either at Phillips or Frederick’s Arm

At this time August was hand logging in the area.
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Children at the Mother Goose Day event held at Walker's place, Quadra Island

R.J. Walker's home was located at Gowlland Harbour, Quadra 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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