W.E. Anderson with his grandson Edward McAllister

W.E. Anderson was the owner operator of the Quathiaski Canning Company, Quadra Island. This photograph was taking in their back garden of his Vancouver home at 1499 Angus Drive.
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Yeatman family having dinner on Christmas Day at their home

Photograph taken by Rob Yeatman using a "flash light".
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Wooden carving at Kingcome Inlet

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Mr. and Mrs. Grace

Photograph of the Graces taken at Beaver Lake, Loughborough Inlet
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Group of Quadra Island school children

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Quadra Island May Day, 1955

Stage at May Day celebrations.
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Whaletown, Cortes Island

View of the boat dock and steamship wharf at Whaletown, Cortes Island.
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Successful deer hunt at August Schnarr’s place, Bute Inlet

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Agnes Twidle, early Granite Bay settler

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The boat Five B.R., at Needle Peaks, Bute Inlet

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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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One of Schnarr's flat botton river boats

Unidentified man standing beside one boat either taken in the Homathko or Southgate River.
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Francis and Amy Barrow at Brown's Camp

The Barrows are holding their pet dogs Rinnie and Nanette
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Members of the Hansen family in front of their home at Port Neville

Left to right: Lilly, Kathinka, Edith (front) and Karen Hansen in front of house at Port Neville.
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Edward McAllister with his mother Mae McAllister (nee Anderson)

Photograph was taken on the verandah of the Anderson family home. This was his first year at Quathiaski Cove.
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Believe to be the Lansall family home in Chameleon Harbour

August married Zaida Lansall in 1922. The Lansall family homesteaded at Cameleon Harbour, Sonora Island.
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May Day on Quadra Island, 1950

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“Looking into Thurlow” from August Schnarr's album

Floathouses tied up at wharf area on Thurlow Island. Photograph likely taken at Shoal Bay, East Thurlow.
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The First Lighthouse at Cape Mudge, Quadra Island

From left: Billie Belanger, John Davidson the keeper, and Mrs. Davidson.
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Totem Pole in Kalokwis Village, Turner Island

This pole belonged to the Smith family, who sold it to B.C. Packers. Pole later stood at Alert Bay (see MCR photo catalog no. 8152) with new beak and crests supplied by Doug Crammer. See also MCR photo catalog no 6779 for another view of pole.
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Forrest family children on a log at Shoal Bay

Right to left: Charlie, Bunty, Annie, Peggy, and F. Mills. Photograph taken when the family lived at Shoal Bay, Thurlow Island, B.C.
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Twidle's Boat "The Illini" tied up a dock at Granite Bay

The "Illini" belonged the Henry and Agnes Twidle who were early Granite Bay settlers.
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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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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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Hauling cables off at Davis Raft at logging operations at Teakerne Arm

Powell River Co. was logging in that area at ths time.
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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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