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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Group of children on field at the Cape Mudge Village, Quadra Island

The man on the far left is Mr. Pettingell, a missionary. In the background is the Church and the mission house on the right.
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Earthquake damage on Read Island

Earthquake took place on June 5, 1946 and was 7.3 on the Richter Scale.
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View of Blind Channel, West Thurlow Island

This photograph was likely taken in 1916 when the Blind Channel Cannery was under construction.
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Roy Marlatt with his daughter Doris

The Marlatt family homesteaded on Mary Island.
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A bobcat probably shot by August Schnarr in Bute Inlet

Presumably this bobcat was trapped by August Schnarr on his trapline in the Bute Inlet area.
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Three ladies at Cortes Island

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Rose Manson (McKay) and "Cougar" Smith (John Cecil Smith)

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Rob, Dorothy, and Frank Yeatman at their home, Sunny Side Farm, Quadra Island

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The Barrows and Sticklands

From left: Francis Barrow, Mrs. Stickland, Amy Barrow, George Stickland
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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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The Hansen family of Port Neville, B.C.

From left: Kathinka Hansen (?), Wilhelm Hansen, Hans Hansen, Willie (Billy Hansen?), and Karen Hansen is the child with the doll in front. Wilhelm and Hans Hansen were brothers.
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View looking down the wharf at Shoal Bay, Thurlow Island

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View of the wharf at Port Neville, B.C.

This photograph was likely taken in the early to mid 1920s.
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The Hansen family home under construction at Port Neville, B.C.

Hans Hansen first established a homestead at Port Neville in 1892. This was his second home on that property which he built to accommodate his growing family.
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Dot Yeatman reading a book in her home, Quadra Island

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Anderson family car on road in the winter, Quathiaski Cove, Quadra Island

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View of Cape Mudge village from the water

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Francis Barrow in his youth

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Group of Stuart Island residents having a picnic

From left: Mrs. Lidy Ines, Mrs. Wilby, behind Mrs Wilby; Will Muehle, Mary Brimacombe (holding rectangular cake), Mandy Bell, man behind Happy Ines, ?, man with sunglasses Bob Bell (Bell's Bold Point Ranch, Quadra), Kitty Slicker(?), Margaret Parrish. Holding salad bowl; Hazel Summer, man on...
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Marion Schnarr at the Schnarr homestead at Bute Inlet

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View of lighthouse at Cape Mudge, 1920s

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Bob Tipton of Surge Narrows store and George "By God" Stafford

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The Union Steamship, Venture

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Portrait of Sonny Marlatt

Father of Roy Marlatt, who bought Mary 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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