Portrait of Edgar Wilmer Wylie

Mr. Wylie lived on Read Island. He was born in 1848 and died in 1910.
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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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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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Jim Staton cooking pancakes for breakfast in their kitchen

The Stantons in their kitchen at the home which was located at Dutchman's Head, Knight Inlet.
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Damage as a result of the 1946 earthquake at Read Island

The Marshall property after the June 5, 1946 earthquake which registered 7.3 on the Richter scale.
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Schnarr family house at homestead up Bute Inlet Inlet, Schnarr's Landing

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Group of Quadra Island residents having an Easter picnic at the Lighthouse

Picnic group includes several member of the Anderson family of Quathiaski Canning Company, and other picnickers. On reverse of photograph from left to right: Val, Jack, Melvin, Mae, Mr. M., Mr. D, Mrs. Davidson, Mother, Mrs. Whipple, Mrs. Marshall, Elva, and Mae.
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Joy Walker and friend on Mrs. McPherson's horse

Mrs. McPherson was the local school teacher.
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Harvesting time at the Yeatmans' Sunny Side Farm, Quadra Island

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Pelt of cougar shot by August Schnarr

This cougar was probably shot for $10.00 bounty by August Schnarr in Bute Inlet.
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Jim and Laurette Stanton with dog

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James Forrest with his daughter Ann

James Forrest and family lived at Shoal Bay, Thurlow Island.
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Dot Yeatman on the front steps of the family home, Quadra Island

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Group on the front steps of the second Heriot Bay Hotel, Quadra Island

Left to right: Mr. and Mrs. Hosea Bull (owners of the hotel) , Peter Jorgensen, Reverend and Mrs. Scofield, Mrs. Dick, Mrs. Letson (seated), Jenny and Mae Miller (maids at the hotel), Mae and Velma Anderson, Eliz Law, Reverend Fred Comley, Mrs. Law, Unknown, Miss Theodora Spencer (Walker), behind...
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The tugboat Matilda Foss going through Green Point Rapids

Matilda Foss was operated by the American company, Foss Launch & Tug Company, of Tacoma
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Members of the Beech and Hall families, Quadra Island

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Agnes Twidle in her garden, Granite Bay, Quadra Island

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Johnny and Jenny Macamoose in their canoe

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Damaged ground after 1946 earthquake, Read Island

This earthquake took place on June 5, 1946 and measured 7.3 on the Richter Scale.
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A day's catch on the floor of the Quathiaski Cannery at Quadra Island

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The Schnarr girls with their pet cougars

From left: Bernice Betton, with Pearl, Pansy and Marion Schnarr. Taken near the Schnarr family home at Owen Bay, Sonora Island.
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"Toketie" anchored up the Little Toba River

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Mrs. James A. Nixon of Twin Islands

Mrs. Nixon among the blossoms of the fruit trees that Mr. Don McDonald planted many years before.
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Francis Barrow in his youth

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Anne Möller Fra Lvend og Kathinka with Hans Hansen

Portrait of Hans Hansen with his second wife.
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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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