The May Pole Dance at celebrations at Port Neville

Photograph was likely taken in 1937.
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Whaletown, Cortes Island

View of the boat dock and steamship wharf at Whaletown, Cortes Island.
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August Schnarr’s rabbit and marten cages, Bute Inlet homestead

August Schnarr's three children Pansy, Pear and Marion looking into the cages.
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The Olsen family at Big Bay, Stuart Island

Winnie Olsen and her three sons; Gerry, Bob, and Carl. Big Bay, Stuart Island. The Olsens had a homestead on Sonora Island across the channel from Stuart Island.
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Agnes Twidle in her garden, Granite Bay, Quadra Island

Note written on the back of the photograph by Agnes Twidle: "These photos were taken a couple of years ago, I was not really posing in this, I was out gardening, Henry thought he would like to try a screen on those roses, the bush behind me is covered with lovely red roses." Henry and...
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Agnes Twidle, early Granite Bay settler

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Handliner's fishing in the rapids near Stuart Island

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

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Students at Quadra Island School, 1927

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Alex Burchett on the boat he built and named the "Orphan Annie"

Alex Burchett on his boat at the Government Wharf at Port Neville, B.C.
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The Schnarr girls with their pet cougars

Left to right: Pearl, Pansy and Marion Scharr with their pet cougars, Girlie & Leo. Photograph was taken near the Schnarr family home at Owen Bay.
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View inside the Marlatt family home, Mary Island

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The Tugboat "Active" in Bull Passage

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A day's catch on the floor of the Quathiaski Cannery at Quadra Island

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Group in wooden boat at the head of Knight Inlet

Looks like this maybe Jim and Laurette Stanton ( Jim in stern of boat)
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Ed Atkins with children on Schnarr's porch with cougar early 1920’s

Pansy Schnarr is child on left and Ed's son Ray is on the right. The Atkins were neighbors of the Schnarr's.
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Portrait of Mary Marlatt

Mary Marlatt was a settler on Mary Island.
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Gerrad family members with their pets, Heriot Bay

Members of the Gerrad family, from left: Dorris, Dell, and Mrs. Gerrard.
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View of Kalokwis Village, Turnor Island

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Art Stenfors and his goats at his ranch at Granite Bay, Quadra Island

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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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Quadra Island May Day, 1956

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Agnes Twidle and Miss Hope at Rock Bay with a 41 lb Salmon

Salmon caught by Agnes (on left) and Miss Hope of Chatham Point. Photo taken at Rock Bay, B.C. Agnes and her husband Henry were early settlers at Granite Bay, Quadra Island.
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Members of the Marlatt family

"Leaving Whaletown" at Cortes Island, B.C. is written on back of the photograph. The Marlatt family homesteaded on 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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