Floss (Manson) Kenny of Cortes Island and her son Ralph

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The Falks' Place, August 1913

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Rose Manson (McKay) and "Cougar" Smith (John Cecil Smith)

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August Schnarr and other's caging a cougar

This cougar is probably the cougar treed in photograph no. 14437 which was treed by cougar bounty hunter August Schnarr.
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Rob and Frank Yeatman having a snow ball fight, Quadra Island

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Church at Mansons Landing, Cortes Island

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Social gathering on Read Island

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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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Portrait of Winonah Marlatt

Written on back: "To Roy, From Winonah". The Marlatt family homesteaded on Mary Island.
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Beach front and lighthouse at Cape Mudge, Quadra Island

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“August 19, 1925. Children against wall, on float." from August Schnarr's album

At back from left: Pansy, Pearl with the youngest Schnarr daughter Marion in the front.
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Black bear probably shot by August Schnarr in Bute Inlet

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Alfred Luoma Family, Granite Bay, Quadra Island

Left to right: Silvia, Alfred, unknown, unknown, unknown, Mrs. Luoma, Elma.
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August and Zaida Schnarr with their two daughters

August is holding Pearl and Pansy is standing. The photograph was taken at Chameleon Harbour, Sonora Island.
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Mr. John Manson, early settler on Cortes Island

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Hans Hansen of Port Neville with his children

Hans Hansen with children (tentatively) Arthur, Lilly, Edith, and Olaf.
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Quadra Island May Day, 1955

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Totem pole in front of big house at Cape Mudge Reserve

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Commercial fishing boats tied up in front of Quathiaski Cannery, Quadra Island

The building on the left is the home of the Anderson family, who owned and operated the cannery.
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View of Blind Channel Cannery, Thurlow Island

The Blind Channel cannery was built in 1916 by W.E. Anderson who also owned the cannery at Quathiaski Cove, Quadra 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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Portrait of Alfred Joyce Aylsham

This photograph was taken on March 5, 1880.
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W.E. Anderson and his wife Margaret on board the "Quathiaski 10"

The Andersons owned and operated the Quathiaski Canning Company and the Quathiaski 10 was used as their pleasure craft. In the background are the cannery buildings.
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Ray Walker with Three Dead Grizzlies shot for bounty at Knight’s Inlet

Ray Walker poses with three dead grizzlies that were shot for bounty at Knight’s Inlet. Ray Walker and August Schnarr were partners at one time.
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The store and machine shop at the Landing, Stuart Island, B.C.

From left: Machine shop, cabin, post office, store. Jack Parrish had his machine shop in this location for approximately a year. He brought his machine shop from Redonda Bay where it was built, moved it to this location at the Landing, then moved it to his own property at Woodside Bay.
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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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