Reverend Alan Greene and his wife Gertrude at their home on Quadra Island

Reverend Greene of the Columbia Coast Mission was assigned the district which included Quadra Island in 1919. He and his wife took up residence at Quathiaski Cove.
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W.E. Anderson, owner operator of the Quathiaski Canning Company, at his home in Vancouver

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School picnic on Stuart Island

Sarah Madsen in middle, possibly her brother in front.
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Sports Day on Stuart Island

Sport day event on beach in front of school house at Stuart Island
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Three totems at Cape Mudge beach near the old burial ground

From left: Mrs. Cecil Joyce, Mrs. Howard, "Me". This photograph was likely taken in the 1920's.
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Group at the beach at Drew Harbour, Quadra Island

From left: Helen Joyce, Ida Roberts, unknown man behind her, Dot Yeatman, Mike Andrews, Frank Yeatman, and George Yeatman.
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Early Stuart Island settlers

From left: Sara Madsen, Margaret Parrish, Gerd Holm, Bertha Meuhle, and Bill Meuhle.
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Emma Yeatman on front porch of her Quadra Island home

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Probably Twidle House and Orchard, Granite Bay

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Herbert Pidcock with dog and dead cougar

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Either the Homathko or the Southgate River, head of Bute Inlet

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Plowing the fields at the Yeatman family farm (Sunny Side) on Quadra Island

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Members of the Robertson and Middleton Family, Cortes Island

From left: Margaret Robertson, Margaret Middleton (daughter of Bert Middleton and niece of Harry M.), Anna Manson (visiting Mrs. David Robertson), Duncan Robertson, and Alan Robertson. Photo taken July, 1916 in Whaletown on Cortes Island.
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Blind Channel Cannery under construction

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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A treed cougar

Cougar was presumably treed by bounty hunter August Schnarr in the Bute Inlet area.
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View inside the Marlatt family home, Mary Island

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Lucky Jim Mine, Granite Bay, Quadra Island

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Yeatman Home after a snowfall, Quadra Island

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Two Quadra Island residents with catch of salmon at Quathiaski Cove

Harold C. and Lloyd Edgett with fishing catch, Quathiaski Cove.
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James and Ann Forrest's wedding portrait

Ann "Tottie" Barker Forrest and James McKelvie(?) Forrest Wedding Portrait taken in Victoria, BC. The Forrest family settled in Shoal Bay, Thurlow Island.
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Gerrad family members with their pets, Heriot Bay

Members of the Gerrad family, from left: Dorris, Dell, and Mrs. Gerrard.
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The Anderson family home in Vancouver

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Quadra Island May Day celebrations, 1955

May Day celebrations held at Rebecca Spit, Quadra Island.
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Bringing in the hay at the Hansen farm, Port Neville, B.C.

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The Port Neville forest fire

This is likely Billy Hansen's logging camp which is where the forest fire started in 1924.
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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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