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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Portrait of Jeanie D. Forrester, Quadra Island

Miss Forrester was an early Quadra Island teacher and daughter of Anna Joyce.
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View of Quathiaski Cove Cannery and new net loft, Quadra Island

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Luoma family stump ranch in Granite Bay, Quadra Island

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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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The store and machine shop at the Landing, Stuart Island, B.C.

From left: Machine shop, cabin, post office, store. Jack Parrish had his machine shop in this location for approximately a year. He brought his machine shop from Redonda Bay where it was built, moved it to this location at the Landing, then moved it to his own property at Woodside Bay.
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Reverend Alan Greene and his wife Gertrude at their home on Quadra Island

Reverend Greene of the Columbia Coast Mission was assigned the district which included Quadra Island in 1919. He and his wife took up residence at Quathiaski Cove.
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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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Picnic at Drew Harbour

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May Day on Quadra Island, 1950

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Phil Lavigne at his homestead, Prideaux Haven

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Group of First Nations women on the beach at Cape Mudge, 1915

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James Forrest with his daughter Ann

James Forrest and family lived at Shoal Bay, Thurlow Island.
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Mountain climbers getting directions from Jim Stanton

Jim Stanton, on right showing mountain climbers proper route for climbing up Mt. Waddington. Jim Stanton was a long time Knight Inlet resident.
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Group of early settlers on Cortes Island

From left: Mrs. Michael Manson, Ethel -one of the older set of twins, Mr. Michael Manson with Flossie, the younger of the younger set of twins. Gwen, last born, then Hazel at right and Jack Manson, son of John Manson.
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May Day celebrations at Port Neville

May Day gathering at Port Neville. A stamp on back indicates that this was 1937.
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The Marlatt homstead on Mary Island

Possibly Doris Marlatt of Mary Island.
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The Marlatt family

Clockwise from left: Charles, Egerton, Elizabeth, Roy, Samuel with Mary, Paul, and Winonah. Members of the Marlatt family homesteaded on Mary Island.
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The Barrows with their friends at Surge

From left: The "Professor" (Montgomery), Mrs. Barrow, A. Frost, Mr. Barrow.
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Quathiaski Canning Company

Fishermen are brailing salmon from the seine boat to the packer.
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Mr. and Mrs. W.E. Anderson, owners of the Quathiaski Canning Company

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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, Cassiar, at Heriot Bay

Union Steamship, Cassiar, docked at the Heriot Bay wharf.
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Portrait of Edgar Wilmer Wylie

Mr. Wylie lived on Read Island. He was born in 1848 and died in 1910.
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Cortes Island settlers at May 24th picnic at Hague Lake

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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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