Quadra Island May Day, 1955

Stage at May Day celebrations.
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Rob and Dot Yeatman in the garden, Quadra Island

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Zaida Schnarr and with two of her daughters

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Group standing beside the Lighthouse at Cape Mudge, Quadra Island

This lighthouse was built in the 1920s.
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Interior of Schnarr house, early 1920’s Bute Inlet

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Lingcod caught near Stuart Island

60 lb Lingcod. Colin Cameron and Arran Chapman.
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The Yeatman family home on Quadra Island

The Yeatman family settled at Sunny Side Farm on Quadra Island.
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Yeatman family having dinner on Christmas Day at their home

Photograph taken by Rob Yeatman using a "flash light".
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Mr. John Manson, early settler on Cortes Island

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Interior of the Marlatt home on Mary Island

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Group of Quadra ladies and their children on the beach, Quadra Island

Group includes members of the Anderson family. From left: Unknown, Unknown, Winnie Walker; in front of Winnie; Mae Anderson, Unknown, Velma Anderson, Elva Anderson, and Unknown. (Ursula identifies Elva and Mae as twins, perhaps fraternal?). Taken froma pPostcard dated August 11, 1909 at Heriot...
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The Tiells at their home on Read Island

The Tiells would row to Heriot Bay to sell crops from their farm on Read Island.
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May Day celebrations on Quadra Island, 1922

Queen of the May Day (centre) is Elza Johnson. Dorothy McKenzie (Maid of Honour) and Doris Kilgour also pictured.
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View looking down the wharf at Shoal Bay, Thurlow Island

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Welcome Figure at Cape Mudge, Quadra Island

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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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A boat under construction in August Schnarr's boat shed

This photograph is likely taken of the boat shed that August had at his home at Owen Bay.
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View of lighthouse at Cape Mudge, Quadra Island

Photo dated September 26, 1966.
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Marion Schnarr at the Schnarr homestead at Bute Inlet

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One of August Schnarr’s trapping cabins

August Schnarr had a trapline in the Bute Inlet area which is likely where this cabin was located.
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Quadra Island May Day, 1956

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Yeatman's Farm, Quadra Island

Photo of a pig at Yeatman's farm on Quadra Island. The Yeatman family home is visible in the background.
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August Schnarr's trapping cabin at the head of Bute Inlet

One of Schnarr's cabins located up Homathko River Canyon, Bute Inlet
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Either the Homathko or the Southgate River, head of Bute Inlet

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The Barrows with their friends at Surge

From left: The "Professor" (Montgomery), Mrs. Barrow, A. Frost, Mr. Barrow.
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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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