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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Mr. Pettingell, a missionary, getting ready for camp

Visiting missionary, Mr. Pettingell, at the Cape Mudge Village on Quadra Island.
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Quathiaski Canning Company boats and fishermen brailing salmon

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Marion Schnarr at the Schnarr homestead at Bute Inlet

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Rob Yeatman with buck, Quadra Island

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Looking down Phillips Arm toward Thurlow Island

Several pleasure boats in this view including what looks like a sailboat.
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Group of Quadra ladies and their children on the beach, Quadra Island

Group includes members of the Anderson family. From left: Unknown, Unknown, Winnie Walker; in front of Winnie; Mae Anderson, Unknown, Velma Anderson, Elva Anderson, and Unknown. (Ursula identifies Elva and Mae as twins, perhaps fraternal?). Taken froma pPostcard dated August 11, 1909 at Heriot...
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Captain and Mrs. James A. Nixon of Twin Islands

Photograph taken of the Nixons when they were living in the house that Mr. McDonald lived in for many years.
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May Day on Quadra Island 1982

May Pole Dancing at Rebecca Spit Park
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Mrs. Reynolds and Amy Barrow

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Group standing beside the Lighthouse at Cape Mudge, Quadra Island

This lighthouse was built in the 1920s.
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Twidle House, Granite Bay

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Portrait of Mary Marlatt

Mary Marlatt was a settler on Mary Island.
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The Schnarr girls with their pet cougars

From left: Bernice Betton, with Pearl, Pansy and Marion Schnarr. Taken near the Schnarr family home at Owen Bay, Sonora Island.
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Group of children at Stuart Island

From left: Mary Dyck, Frances Pritchard, Marilyn Marshall, and Bill Dyck.
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Portrait of Grace Hood

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B.C. Forest Service boat, "Cottonwood"

The "Cottonwood", a B.C. Forest Service boat, coming into Thurston Bay.
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Pictograph at Kingcome Inlet

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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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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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Hansen Family on the porch of their home at Port Neville

From left: Lily (Bendickson) Hansen, Hans Hansen, Oly Hansen holding Harold Hansen, Lily (Hansen) Randall, Karen Hansen. Hans Hansen (in wheelchair) died in 1939 therefore it is likely that this photograph was taken in the the late 1930's.
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Mr. and Mrs. Robert Wilson Sr. of Quadra Island

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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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Helen (Joyce) Andrews skating on Quadra Island

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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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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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