Flo McKay driving, Jean Manson beside her. Back from left: Dorothy Manson, Dorcas Essen, Anne McDevitt, Lottie McDevitt, Manson's Landing school building in background.
View of Blind Channel, West Thurlow Island showing the cannery
The Blind Channel cannery was built in 1916 by W.E. Anderson who also owned the cannery at Quathiaski Cove, Quadra Island. The cannery closed in 1925- 1926.
Margaret Anderson was the wife of W.E. Anderson. The Anderson family owned and operated the Quathiaski Canning Co. which operated at Quadra Island. This portrait was probably taken at the same time as the portrait of W.E. Anderson (catalog no. 19534) in the 1940s.
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.
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.
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.
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.