Blind Channel Cannery Crew

Crew members from the Blind Channel Cannery. The man with the moustache is Wiley Whittington.
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August and Zaida Schnarr's daughter on beach

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The "Percy Belsons" on the deck of their float house

The Belsons' float camp was located near Dent Island.
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Union Steamship, Camosun, at Knox Bay

Union Steamship, Camosun, docked at the wharf at Knox Bay where P.B. Anderson's logging operation was located.
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Phil Lavigne at his homestead, Prideaux Haven

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Interior of Schnarr house, early 1920’s Bute Inlet

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Captain and Mrs. James A. Nixon of Twin Islands

The Nixons in their small wooden boat in the bay between Twin Islands.
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Quadra Island residents waiting for a boat at the wharf at Quathiaski Cove

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Welcome Figures, 1947

Welcome figures at Cape Mudge village, 1947.
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Reynolds family in front of their float house

The Reynolds float house was located at Watson Island, Tribune Channel
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August Schnarr with children on his porch with dead cougar 1920's

Child on the right is August's daughter Pansy and boy is Ray Atkins. The Atkins and Schnarr's were neighbours.
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The tugboat Matilda Foss going through Green Point Rapids

The tugboat Matilda Foss was operated by the American company Foss Launch & Tug Company of Tacoma.
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The Yeatman Family at Drew Harbour, Quadra Island

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Group of students in front of their school at Mansons Landing, Cortes Island

Arthur Hayes, Jack Hayes, Marjorie Hayes, Anna Manson, Rose Manson, Miss Katherine Lettice, Alice Marquette, Nicol Manson, Darrel Thompson, Florence Hayes, Willena Smith, George The students are identified as : Marquette, Betty Hayes, Arthur Pickles, Marjorie Pickles, Helen Marquette, Unknown,...
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Jack McPhee and Ed Atkins at Bute Inlet with wolf skin

Presumably McPhee and Atkins were hunting with August Schnarr when they shot this wolf in the Southgate River area.
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Quathiaski Canning Company fishermen brailing salmon

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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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Harvesting time at the Yeatmans' Sunny Side Farm, Quadra 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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The First Lighthouse at Cape Mudge, Quadra Island

Written on back: "This is Louie and I on to[p] of the lighthouse. I have marked myself. Lighthouse built c. 1896, it burned down or destroyed somehow and was rebuilt in 1915."
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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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Quathiaski No. 10 coming in to dock with a load of passengers

The Quathiaski No. 10 was the Anderson family's personal launch.
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Portrait of R.J. Walker, Quadra Island's first teacher

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Social gathering at the Anderson family home in Quathiaski Cove

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Mae Anderson with catch of salmon at Quathiaski Cove

Mae Anderson, right; woman in middle could be Gladys Moore Pearson.
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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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