View of the Grassy Bay, Loughborough Inlet, Toketie in background

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Earthquake damage on Read Island

Earthquake took place on June 5, 1946 and was 7.3 on the Richter Scale.
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W.E. Anderson with a little girl (Irene Whipple) and cat

W.E. Anderson was the owner operator of the Quathiaski Canning Co.
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Mother Goose Day event at the Walkers' Place, Quadra Island

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Wylie's Hotel at Burdwood Bay on Read Island

On porch from left: Unknown, Unknown, Effie with baby (Mrs. Long's daughter), Mr. and Mrs. Yelvington (storekeeper at Heriot Bay), Mary Aldrich, Mrs. Long and child (Ed Wylie's cook and housekeeper); Mrs. Long's daughter Blanche; three persons unknown; Mr. and Mrs. A. Joyce with...
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Billie and Hans Hansen of Port Neville, B.C.

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View of the Courthouse at Quathiaski Cove, Quadra Island

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Agnes Twidle and Miss Reader enjoying tea

Agnes, on left and her husband Henry settled in Granite Bay in 1911. Presumably this photograph was taken in their yard.
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Group of early Stuart Island settlers

Back from left: Mary Brimacombe, unknown, Bill Meuhle, Bertha Meuhle, Mrs. Willoughey, and Eva Dyck. Two front ladies from left: Sandy Pritchard and Margaret Parrish.
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The Yeatman family playing musical instruments in their home

Frank, Dot, and Rob Yeatman in the parlour of the Yeatman home. Photograph taken December 20, 1915.
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Union Steamship, Cassiar, at Heriot Bay

Union Steamship, Cassiar, docked at the Heriot Bay wharf.
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Rob Yeatman self portrait, Quadra Island

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View of the wharf at Port Neville, B.C.

This photograph was likely taken in the early to mid 1920s.
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August Schnarr standing on Kleena Kleene glacier

August Schnarr noted that since this photograph was taken in 1913 the glacier has receded 5 miles.
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Meuhle house at Big Bay, Stuart Island

Big Bay, Stuart Island
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View of the Lighthouse Station at Cape Mudge, Quadra Island

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Portrait of Sonny Marlatt

Father of Roy Marlatt, who bought Mary Island.
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Children in front of school at Cape Mudge village, Quadra Island

This school was built by the Federal Government at the We Wai Kai's village at Cape Mudge.
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Social gathering on Read Island

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School picnic on beach at Stuart 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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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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Joyce Family at Haying Time

Anna Joyce on the far right with hay rake.
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August Schnarr's daughters with dog

Pearl (on right) and Pansy Schnarr.
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Union Steamship "Cardena" tied up at the dock at Stuart Island

Union Steamship Co. boat docked at the Landing, Stuart Island. Several small commercial fishing vessels are also tied at this dock.
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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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