Tug of War at Quadra Island May Day, 1955

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

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Members of the Beech and Hall families, Quadra Island

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Union Steamship, Cheakamus

Union Steamship, the Cheakamus, at Quadra Island (previously known as Valdez Island).
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View of buildings at Quathiaski Cove, Quadra Island sometime after 1910

From left: Gas storage, store, Anderson family house, caskhouse(?), tast(?) house. The Anderson family owned and operated the Quathiaski Canning Co. and the house in the center is where they would live when the cannery was operating.
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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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Sports Day on Stuart Island

Sport day event on beach in front of school house at Stuart Island
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New Year's Eve at the Yeatman home, Quadra Island

The Yeatmans playing cards in their parlour, 1916.
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Group gathered for May Day celebrations at Port Neville

Photograph was likely taken in 1937.
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The Yeatman family playing musical instruments in their home

Frank, Dot, and Rob Yeatman in the parlour of the Yeatman home. Photograph taken December 20, 1915.
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Rob and Dot Yeatman in the front room, Quadra Island

Rob Yeatman notes that this photograph was taken with a "flashlight".
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Angus Kerr hauling in his gillnet

Angus Kerr gillnet fishing at Toba Inlet in 1939.
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The Blind Channel Cannery under construction

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Portrait of Ann Forrest

James and Ann Forrest were early settlers at Shoal Bay, Thurlow Island. After they left the Shoal Bay they settled in the Comox area.
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Homathko Canyon

Site of a Schnarr trapline in the 1920s and 30s. Three iron pins are visible (circled in pen) from Waddington’s trail.
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Earthquake damage on Read Island

Picture showing the damage left by the 1946 earthquake. Marshall's orchard visible in the distance.
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Agnes Twidle in her home, Granite Bay, Quadra Island

Quote: "Merry Christmas to you all from Henry and Agnes" "This was taken last Christmas." The Twidles (Henry and Agnes) moved the Granite Bay in 1911, where they initially took over the operation of a hotel and store. On the walls are a few of pieces of Henry's butterfly...
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Four loggers at Powell River Company boom at Teakerne Arm

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Studio portrait of Grace V. Hood of Quadra Island

Photograph taken when Grace was 2 years, 9 months old.
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View inside the Marlatt family home, Mary Island

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Captain and Mrs. James A. Nixon of Twin Islands in their new home

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Charles Neuberg, "Old Dutchie" at Stenfors place, Granite Bay

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View of remains at Cheslakees village, Nimpkish River

Village known by name of "WHULGU" - information from original catalog.
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Snowfall near the Twidle home, Granite Bay, Quadra Island

Written on the back of the photograph "Granite Bay, First out of the house."
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Group of ladies at gathering at Stuart Island

Back from left: Mrs. Roy Sumner, Mrs. Margaret Vogel, Mrs. Madsen, and Besta Holmes. Front from left: Mrs. Meuhle, Margaret Parrish, Sandra Pritchard, Mary Brimacombe, Mrs. Roberta Aucoin, Ida Willoughby (Margaret Vogel's mother.) Photo taken June 24, 1953.
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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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