August and Zaida Schnarr with their two daughters

August is holding Pearl and Pansy is standing. The photograph was taken at Chameleon Harbour, Sonora Island.
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Lucky Jim Mine, Granite Bay, Quadra Island

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Carving at Gwayasdums, Gilford Island

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Group Reading the Newspaper at Mansons Landing

Group sitting on the clothesline stand, reading the newspaper (the steamship had delivered its weekly mail run). Back row, from left: George Freeman, Henry (Hank) Herrewig, Hazel Herrewig, Doris Hawkins, May Spence (teacher), and Wilfred Manson. In front, from left: Violet Herrewig (married July...
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Children at Cape Mudge school

Students in front of school at Cape Mudge, 1941-1942.
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Karen Hansen on swing at Port Neville, B.C.

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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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Yeatman brothers with their rifles at Sunny Side Farm, Quadra Island

Frank and Rob Yeatman at rifle practice, Sunnyside Farm.
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Rose Manson and Jean "Bubs" Robinson

Rose Manson and Jean "Bubs" Robinson on Cortes Island. Jean's mother was lost on the steamship SS Sophia in 1925.
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Doris Marlatt on beach at the Marlatt's homestead on Mary Island

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CPR boat the Princess Beatrice at the wharf at Quathiaski Cove, Quadra Island

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Beach front and lighthouse at Cape Mudge, Quadra Island

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Dot and Emma Yeatman on their porch, Quadra Island

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Students at Quadra Island School, possibly working on a garden

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Harold Bendickson and Edith Hansen's wedding portrait

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Chappie Bigold in his sheep-drawn cart

Herb Joyce watches over Chappie Bigold as he is pulled in his cart by a sheep, 1914.
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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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View of lighthouse at Cape Mudge, 1920s

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View of glacier at the head of Bute Inlet

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Schnarr homestead at Bute Inlet, June 1926

View of the house and gardens at the Schnarr homestead which was located just south of Purcell Point, Bute Inlet.
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May Day on Quadra Island, 1950

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John Manson on Cortes Island

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Wood, Armitage, and Toby the dog at Refuge Cove, West Redonda Island

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Portrait of Henry Twidle

Henry Twidle and his wife Agnes settled at Granite Bay, Quadra Island in 1911.
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MacDonald and Hill in one of August Schnarr's river boats

Wardy MacDonald, on left was the storekeeper at Shoal Bay with Teddy Hill on right the forest ranger from Thurston Bay. Photograph was taken either in the Homathko or Southgate Rivers, Bute Inlet.
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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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