Quadra Island residents waiting for a boat at the wharf at Quathiaski Cove

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Mother Goose Day event at the Walkers' Place, Quadra Island

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Anderson's Cannery and Netloft, Quathiaski Cove, 1910

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May Day Quadra Island 1989

May Day parade car "Queen Asia"
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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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Stapleton on the front steps of his cabin, Toba Inlet

im Stapleton was one of the early settlers in the Toba Inlet area, 1936.
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The Champions' small boat, Toba Inlet

The Champions lived up Toba Inlet
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Alfred Joyce on his horse, Cayuse

Alfred Joyce on his horse named "Cayuse" at the Joyce family home in Cape Mudge, circa 1900.
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Members of the Yeatman family on the back porch of their home, Quadra Island

The Yeatman's farm was known as Sunny Side Farm.
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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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Welcome Figure at Cape Mudge, Quadra Island

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Unidentified man with dead bear

Photograph taken by August Schnarr who likely trapped this bear
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Captain and Mrs. James A. Nixon of Twin Islands in their new home

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The Fearings and Barrows Jackson Bay, Topaz Harbour.

Amy Barrow on far left and Francis Barrow on far left.
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The Yeatmans in front of their log cabin at Sunnyside Farm, Quadra Island

From left: Robert Ernest Yeatman (on "Maud" the horse, born January, 1896), Thomas Charles Yeatman (born July 20, 1886), Samuel George Yeatman (born July 27, 1892) Fredrick Charles Yeatman (born April 17, 1858), Fredrick Cook Yeatman (January 7, 1894), James Kayson Yeatman (born February...
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CPR Steamship, Beatrice, at Quathiaski Cove

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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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The August Schnarr place, Bute Inlet

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School teacher with pupils at Mansons Landing, Cortes Island

Individuals in photo (in no particular order): Mrs. August Tieber, Anna Manson (Middleton), Alice Marquette, Catherine Marquette, Mrs. Mary Marquette, Rose Manson, Ethel Tiber, George Marquette, Willema Smith (Mrs. Dick Thompson, Quadra Island), Nicol Manson, 1917.
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Twidle's Boat "The Illini" tied up a dock at Granite Bay

The "Illini" belonged the Henry and Agnes Twidle who were early Granite Bay settlers.
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August Schnarr’s rabbit and marten cages, Bute Inlet homestead

August Schnarr's three children Pansy, Pear and Marion looking into the cages.
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Margaret Tipton of Read Island

Photograph of Margaret Tipton, taken in the 1920s.
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Either the Homathko or the Southgate River, head of Bute Inlet

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Francis and Suzanne Dickie in their home at Heriot Bay, Quadra Island

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View of the Quathiaski Canning Co. operations, 1914.

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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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