Hansen Family on the porch of their home at Port Neville

From left: Lily (Bendickson) Hansen, Hans Hansen, Oly Hansen holding Harold Hansen, Lily (Hansen) Randall, Karen Hansen. Hans Hansen (in wheelchair) died in 1939 therefore it is likely that this photograph was taken in the the late 1930's.
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Erro Luoma's car being unloaded off the Union Steamship Chelohsin at Granite Bay

Car is a 1930 or 1931 Chevrolet. The Chelohsin was part of the Union Steamship co. fleet
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Gillnet Boat fleet at Deepwater Bay, Quadra Island, 1949

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B.C. Forest Service boat, "Cottonwood"

The "Cottonwood", a B.C. Forest Service boat, coming into Thurston Bay.
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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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Group on board the Quathiaski No. 10

From left: Frank Yeatman, Helen Joyce, Jorpis Berg, Grandpa Yeatman, Mrs. John Berg, and Ethel Joyce.
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Minstrel Island general store and wharf

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August and Zaida Schnarr's daughters wearing rosehip necklaces

Pearl on the left, Pansy on the right, likely taken when the family lived at Bute Inlet.
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Portrait of Heriot Bay teacher, Katie Walker

Katie Walker Clarke was the first teacher of the Heriot Bay school on Quadra Island.
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Marion Schnarr at the Schnarr homestead at Bute Inlet

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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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Read Island resident surveying damage from the 1946 earthquake

This earthquake took place on June 5, 1946 and measured 7.3 on the Richter Scale.
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Union Steamship SS Chelohsin at Quathiaski Cove, Quadra Island

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The first school on Valdez (Quadra) Island

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Group of women with bicyle in the Yeatman's back yard, Quadra Island

Woman second from the left may be Emma Anderson. Second from right is Mae Anderson. Elva Anderson on the far right.
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W.E. Anderson with a little girl (Irene Whipple) and cat

W.E. Anderson was the owner operator of the Quathiaski Canning Co.
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Quadra Island residents waiting for a boat at the wharf at Quathiaski Cove

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Group with Tom Brazil's pet deer at Blind Bay, Hardy Island

Tom Brazil is second from left.
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Members of the Manson family visiting at Twin Islands

Back from left: Jack Manson, Manson's Mother, Captain and Mrs. Nixon, Bert Froud. Front from left: Anna Maria Bruce Wingate Manson, Nicol Manson, and Rose Manson.
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MacDonald and Hill in one of August Schnarr's river boats

Wardy MacDonald, on left was the storekeeper at Shoal Bay with Teddy Hill on right the forest ranger from Thurston Bay. Photograph was taken either in the Homathko or Southgate Rivers, Bute Inlet.
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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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Beach front at Read Bay, Topaze Harbour

This was the site of a indian village.
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Group of ladies beside the walunt tree at Sunny Side Farm, Quadra Island

Sunny Side farm was the home of the Yeatman family. From left: E.R.Yeatman, Mae Anderson, Dot Yeatman, Emma Yeatman.
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Tipton's store on Read Island, Surge Narrows

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The Wilson family in front of their home on Quadra Island

Left to right: Robert Wilson Jr., Arlette Wilson, Chris Jones Jr., Jane Jr., Pearl Wilson. At their first home next door to the Bagots. "Had to go about half a mile to get water. Dad was night watchman at the cannery at this time. The well went dry every summer" - Grace Wilson McPherson.
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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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