Jim and Laurette Stanton's first home at Knight Inlet

From left: Jim Stanton, Laurette Stanton, and the two Hall brothers. Photograph taken at the Stantons' first home in the Knight Inlet area - likely at Kwalate Point.
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Rose Manson and Jean "Bubs" Robinson

Rose Manson and Jean "Bubs" Robinson on Cortes Island. Jean's mother was lost on the steamship SS Sophia in 1925.
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Hansen Family gathering at Port Neville, B.C.

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School teacher with pupils at Mansons Landing, Cortes Island

Individuals in photo (in no particular order): Mrs. August Tieber, Anna Manson (Middleton), Alice Marquette, Catherine Marquette, Mrs. Mary Marquette, Rose Manson, Ethel Tiber, George Marquette, Willema Smith (Mrs. Dick Thompson, Quadra Island), Nicol Manson, 1917.
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Quadra Island May Day, 1955

From left: Wendy Barfield, Helen Noble, Lois Haines, and Alberta Wilson.
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May Day celebrations at Port Neville

Children with flags at May Day celebrations likely taken in 1937.
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Dent (Yaculta) Rapids, Dent Islands

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August and Zaida Schnarr with their two daughters

August is holding Pearl and Pansy is standing. The photograph was taken at Chameleon Harbour, Sonora Island which is where Zaida's family the Lansall's lived.
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Whaletown, Cortes Island

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August and Zaida Schnarr's daughters at their homestead

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A boat under construction in August Schnarr's boat shed

This photograph is likely taken of the boat shed that August had at his home at Owen Bay.
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Quathiaski Canning Company seine boat

The crew is hauling in the seine by hand.
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Quadra Island May Day celebrations, 1955

May Day celebrations held at Rebecca Spit, Quadra Island.
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Gillnet Boat fleet at Deepwater Bay, Quadra Island, 1949

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Man moving into a farm, Blind Channel

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View of the village at Cape Mudge Reserve

View of the We Wai Kai village at Cape Mudge.
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Likely Henry Twidle's Garden at Granite Bay

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Henry Leask of Heriot Bay

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Roy Marlatt's house on Mary Island

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Francis and Suzanne Dickie in their home at Heriot Bay, Quadra Island

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View of the Grassy Bay, Loughborough Inlet, Toketie in background

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Schnarr girls with their pet cougar

Marion on the left and Pearl Schnarr. Photograph was taken near the Schnarr homestead at Owen Bay, Sonora Island.
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Cortes Island residents on beach in front of the McKay house, Gunflint Lake

From left: unknown, Wilfred Manson, Mary Hayes, Hazel (McKay) Hansen, Bert and Judy Hansen, Dorcas Essen, Frank Hayes
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Members of the Robertson and Middleton Family, Cortes Island

From left: Margaret Robertson, Margaret Middleton (daughter of Bert Middleton and niece of Harry M.), Anna Manson (visiting Mrs. David Robertson), Duncan Robertson, and Alan Robertson. Photo taken July, 1916 in Whaletown on Cortes Island.
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Union Steamship Chelohsin at wharf at Surge Narrows

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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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