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

Frank and Rob Yeatman at rifle practice, Sunnyside Farm.
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Johnny and Jenny Macamoose on the Nimpkish River

The Macamoose's in their canoe. One of Jenny's baskets can be seen beside her in the canoe.
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Boarding the pleasure boat Quathiaski 10

W.E. Anderson at centre. The Quathiaski 10 was a pleasure craft used by this owner of the Quathiaski Cannery.
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Mrs. James A. Nixon of Twin Islands

Mrs. Nixon among the blossoms of the fruit trees that Mr. Don McDonald planted many years before.
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Plowing the fields at the Yeatman family farm (Sunny Side) on Quadra Island

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Students at Quadra Island School, 1927

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Miss Strange of Whaletown, Cortes Island

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Group of people standing beside a large skate

Mae Anderson is at left. The skate in this photo is a type of fish. The photograph was taken in front of one of the Quathiaski Canning Company buildings, likely in the late 1910s to early 1920s.
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Union Steamship the S.S. Cassiar at wharf at Heriot Bay, Quadra Island

This vessel's nickname was Casey.
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The wharf at Port Neville

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Quadra Island May Day, 1956

May pole dance celebrations held at Rebecca Spit, Quadra Island.
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Jim Stanton's hunting cabin, Knight Inlet area

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Women's Institute, St. John's Church, Quadra Island

Standing row from left: Mrs. Susan Vaughn, unknown, Mrs. Mitchell, unknown, Mrs. Hovell, unknown, Mrs. Denton, Mrs. Haverson, unknown, Miss Irene Hudghes, Mrs. T. Walker. Second row from left: Mrs. C. Vaughn, unknown, Mrs. Crammer, Mrs. Moss, Mrs. Law, behind Mrs. Law; Rosalind Law. Front row from...
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Group on board the Quathiaski No. 10

From left: Frank Yeatman, Helen Joyce, Jorpis Berg, Grandpa Yeatman, Mrs. John Berg, and Ethel Joyce.
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A member of the Marlatt family on the beach, Mary Island

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Animal cages at Schnarr homestead, Bute Inlet, 1920’s

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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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Two young ladies in a car at Sunny Side Farm, Quadra Island

The young woman driving may be Mae Anderson. Sunny Side Farm was the home of the Yeatman Family on Quadra Island.
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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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"Children's Day" A Garden Party, Heriot Bay, B.C.

Post Card dated August 11, 1909. From left: Mrs. Maxwell, Mrs. Horner, Mrs. Bagot holding Esther, behind them; Billy Glennan. Back row from left: Frank Bagot, Mrs. Bryant, Daisy Bryant, Mr. Tester, Jack Hanager, Phil Horner, to the bottom right of Phil; Dick Cobb, Unknown, Unknown, Unknown, in...
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Karen Hansen daughter of early Port Neville, settler Hans Hansen.

Karen Hansen is the oldest daughter of Hans and Kathinka Hanseon and was born April 28, 1904.
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Union Steamship, the Cardena

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Portrait of R.J. Walker, Quadra Island's first teacher

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

From left: Velma Anderson, Gladys Moore Pearson, Mae Anderson, and Margaret DesBrisay.
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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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