Pearl Schnarr with pet cougar, Girlie

Photograph taken near the Schnarr homestead at Owen Bay, Sonora Island.
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The Berg Family, Quadra Island

Mr. and Mrs. John Berg of Heriot Bay.
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Damaged ground after 1946 earthquake, Read Island

This earthquake took place on June 5, 1946 and measured 7.3 on the Richter Scale.
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Members of the Forrest family at Shoal Bay

Clockwise from left: Ann "Tottie" holding Ann, James Forrest, and Ann Barber "Grannie" Shoal Bay, Thurlow Island. James and Ann Forrest were early settlers at Shoal Bay, Thurlow Island.
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Amy Barrow taken when she was young woman in England

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View of the village at Cape Mudge Reserve

View of the We Wai Kai village at Cape Mudge.
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Animal cages and water line Schnarr homestead, Bute Inlet,1920’s

Photograph of the animal cages at the Schnarr homestead at one point August Schnarr kept mink and martin in these cages. Two of August's daughters can be seen to the right of the cages.
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Agnes Twidle with a team of horses

Agnes and her husband Henry settled in Granite Bay in 1911.
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Wooden carving at Kingcome Inlet

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Interior of the Marlatt home on Mary Island

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View looking down the wharf at Shoal Bay, Thurlow Island

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Homathko Canyon

Site of a Schnarr trapline in the 1920s and 30s. Three iron pins are visible (circled in pen) from Waddington’s trail.
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Mrs. Nixon of Twin Islands with deer

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Lucky Jim Mining Camp, Granite Bay, Quadra Island

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Amy Barrow (nee Bradford)

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Read Island Picnic in the late 1940s

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Group of early settlers on Cortes Island

From left: Mrs. Michael Manson, Ethel -one of the older set of twins, Mr. Michael Manson with Flossie, the younger of the younger set of twins. Gwen, last born, then Hazel at right and Jack Manson, son of John Manson.
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Johnny and Jenny Macamoose in their canoe

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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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Union Steamship, Chelohsin

The Union Steamship "Chelohsin" at Rock Bay, 1940.
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The Walker Family Ranch, "Homewood", on Quadra Island

The Letson children, Brud (Gordon) and Ethel, feeding Old Bess the horse.
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The Schnarr girls with their pet cougars

Left to right: Marion, Pansy and Pearl with their pet cougars, Girlie (on left) and Leo (on right).
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Erro Luoma's car being unloaded off the Union Steamship Chelohsin at Granite Bay

Car is a 1930 or 1931 Chevrolet. The Chelohsin was part of the Union Steamship co. fleet
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New Year's Eve at the Yeatman home, Quadra Island

The Yeatmans playing cards in their parlour, 1916.
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Portrait of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Joyce

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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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