View of the Tipton home at Read Island

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Chicken yard and outbuildings at Marlatt family homestead, Mary Island

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Three carved welcome figures at Cape Mudge, Quadra Island

These welcome figures were located near the burial grounds at the Cape Mudge Village.
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May Day on Quadra Island, 1950

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Alex Burchett on the boat he built and named the "Orphan Annie"

Alex Burchett on his boat at the Government Wharf at Port Neville, B.C.
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Gathering at Alfred Joyce's, Quadra Island

Left to right: Anna Joyce, Lussier (?), Grace Yeatman, Emma Yeatman, Dot Yeatman, Vivian, Helen Joyce, teacher, Joe Bigold, Chappie the dog, and Arthur Joyce. Remaining three unidentified.
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Inside the Marlatt family home, Mary Island

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Likely view of the Homathko River canyon, Bute Inlet area

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Beach front at Read Bay, Topaze Harbour

This was the site of a indian village.
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Visitor at Sunny Brae Farm at Mansons Landing, Cortes Island

Sunny Brae Farm was the home of the Manson family. Top row from left: Mrs. Hazeldon, friend of Mrs. Charlie Allen and Mrs. John Manson, Nicol, Anna, and Mrs. Charlie Allen of Gorge Harbour. Photo taken in 1912 after the original house burned down and smaller home was built.
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The Pedersen's float camp, at Watson Island

Watson Island, Tribune Channel
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Parker's Logging Camp

The Parkers' float camp was located at Trevenon Bay.
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View of Port Neville, B.C.

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Granite Bay residents skating on the frozen Granite Bay Harbour

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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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Captain and Mrs. James A. Nixon of Twin Islands

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Granite bay residents skating on the frozen Granite Bay Harbour

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Twidle House, Granite Bay

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Quadra Island May Day 1989

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Blind Channel Cannery construction workers

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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Agnes Twidle in her garden, Granite Bay, Quadra Island

Agnes and her husband Henry settled in Granite Bay in 1911.
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Margaret Tipton of Read Island

Photograph of Margaret Tipton, taken in the 1920s.
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View of the entrance to Toba Inlet from Pryce Channel

View of the entrance to Toba Inlet from Pryce Channel One of the Barrow's in a wooden rowboat at the entrance to Toba Inlet, 1936.
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Interior of Schnarr house, early 1920’s Bute Inlet

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Group of school children at Cortes Island

Children may be standing in the school yard adjacent to the Mansons Landing School.
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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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