Gary and Win Keeling of Read Island

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Quadra Island Residents

From left: Mr. And Mrs. Noble, Annie Joyce, Mr. and Mrs. Clayton, unknown, and possibly Rob Yeatman. Photo taken April 28, 1929.
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Group posing with carved welcome figures at Cape Mudge Village, Quadra Island

From top left: Charlie Bayliss (killed in WWI), Aunt Em Anderson (sister of W.E.A.), Velma Anderson (daughter of W.E. Anderson), W.E. Anderson, Mae Anderson (daughter of W.E.A.), two unknown men, Grandma Anderson (mother of W.E.A.), Jeannie D. Forrester (teacher at the school house, sister of James...
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Social gathering on Read Island

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Dent (Yaculta) Rapids, Dent Islands

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Members of the Marlatt family

"Leaving Whaletown" at Cortes Island, B.C. is written on back of the photograph. The Marlatt family homesteaded on Mary Island.
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Whaletown, Cortes Island

View of the boat dock and steamship wharf at Whaletown, Cortes Island.
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Looking up Knight Inlet from Glendale Cove

Amy Barrow in rowboat with the Barrows boat the Toketie in the background.
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Group of women with bicyle in the Yeatman's back yard, Quadra Island

Woman second from the left may be Emma Anderson. Second from right is Mae Anderson. Elva Anderson on the far right.
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Yeatman Home after a snowfall, Quadra Island

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Union Steamship, Cheakamus, at Heriot Bay

The S.S. Cheakamus at the Heriot Bay wharf, 1914.
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Agnes Twidle on deck of a boat with friends

Agnes Twidle second from right. She and her husband Henry were early Granite Bay settlers.
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August Schnarr standing on Kleena Kleene glacier

August Schnarr had noted that since this photograph was taken in 1913 the glacier has receded 5 miles.
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May Day on Quadra Island, 1950

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Amy Barrow doing laundry on the beach at Klaoitsis Island

Amy is accompanied by the Barrow's faithful companions Rinnie and Nanette.
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Group of school children at Mansons Landing, Cortes Island

School children have been identified as (in no particular order): George Marquette, Nicol Manson, Betty Hayes, Ethel Tiber, Helen Marquette, Dorothy Hayes, Marjorie Hayes, Alice Marquette, George Quimby, Betty Hayes, Florence Hayes, Nora Hayes, and Veronia Tiber (at centre), 1917.
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The Champions' small boat, Toba Inlet

The Champions lived up Toba Inlet
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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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Portrait of Jeanie D. Forrester, Quadra Island

Miss Forrester was an early Quadra Island teacher and daughter of Anna Joyce.
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Angus Kerr hauling in his gillnet while fishing in Toba Inlet

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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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Union Steamship Company boat at wharf at Port Neville

“S.S. Venture” at Port Neville with several fishing boats also at dock.
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Blind Channel Cannery Crew

Blind Channel Cannery was constructed in 1916.
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Portrait of James and Ann Forrest's children

Clockwise from left: Peggy, Ann, Charlie, and Nara in front. The Forrest family lived at Shoal Bay Thurlow Island, B.C.
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Young members of the Junior Women's Association

Young members of the Junior Women's Association at the Walker home (later known as Camp Holmwood): Front row, from left: unknown, Mina Stanley, unknown, Lorraine Yeatman. Back row, from left: Sophie Wiseman, Ida Callow, Margery Greene, Barbara Greene, unknown, Tuko Noagama, unknown, and Doreen...
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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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