Mrs. Nixon of Twin Islands with deer

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Crowning the May Day Queen at Quathiaski Cove, Quadra Island

From left: Jean Richards of Cape Mudge, Violet Ralph of Quathiaski Cove, and Rosalind Law of Heriot Bay.
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Picnic at Drew Harbour

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The Champions' small boat, Toba Inlet

The Champions lived up Toba Inlet
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May Day on Quadra Island, 1950

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Group on the porch of the Anderson home, Quathiaski Cove, Quadra Island

From left: Mae Anderson, Margaret Anderson, and Velma Anderson.
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Zaida Schnarr and daughters at Stuart Island.

From left: Pansy, Pearl, Marion Schnarr with their mother Zaida. In the background is a view of the Arran Rapids.
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Woman with one of Tom Brazil's pet deer

Tom Brazil lived at Blind Bay, Hardy Island
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View of Port Neville, B.C.

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Gillnet Boat fleet at Deepwater Bay, Quadra Island, 1949

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Bert Middleton home at Whaletown, Cortes 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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Angus Kerr hauling in his gillnet at Toba Inlet

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Members of the Anderson family on their boat the Quathiaski No. 10

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Bridge over the creek at Grassy Bay, Loughborough Inlet

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Stenfors homestead, Granite Bay, Quadra Island

Stenfors stump ranch, Granite Bay.
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Snowfall near the Twidle home, Granite Bay, Quadra Island

Written on the back of the photograph "Granite Bay, First out of the house."
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Welcome Figures, 1947

Welcome figures at Cape Mudge village, 1947.
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Emma and Dot Yeatman, Quadra Island

Emma Yeatman listening to her daughter play the piano in the family home.
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“August 19, 1925. Children against wall, on float." from August Schnarr's album

At back from left: Pansy, Pearl with the youngest Schnarr daughter Marion in the front.
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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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“Moving buildings. Nodales Channel” from August Schnarr's album

Photograph likely taken when August Schnarr moved his floathouse to Bute Inlet.
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Picnic gathering on Quadra Island

Gathering includes members of the W.E. Anderson Family. Mrs. Anderson is second woman on the right.
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Portrait of James Forrest

James Forrest first arrived at Shoal Bay in 1900 and managed the store operated by the Gold Fields of British Columbia Ltd. He was later joined by his new wife Ann and they remained there for several years.
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Quadra Island Pioneers

Mr. and Mrs. Bill Hughes, grandparents of Lewis Joyce.
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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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