Ray Walker with Three Dead Grizzlies shot for bounty at Knight’s Inlet

Ray Walker poses with three dead grizzlies that were shot for bounty at Knight’s Inlet. Ray Walker and August Schnarr were partners at one time.
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Yeatman's Farm, Quadra Island

Photo of a pig at Yeatman's farm on Quadra Island. The Yeatman family home is visible in the background.
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View of Quathiaski Cove showing the sawmill (on left) and Cannery (on right)

This photograph was taken a year before the cannery burned in 1909. At this time the Quathiaski Canning Co. was owned and operated by W.E. Anderson.
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Looking up Knight Inlet from Glendale Cove

Amy Barrow in rowboat with the Barrows boat the Toketie in the background.
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Black bear probably shot by August Schnarr in Bute Inlet

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Rob Yeatman taking aim with a shotgun, Quadra Island

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

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String of marten trapped by August Schnarr

August Schnarr had a trapline in the Bute Inlet area which is likely where these were
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Amy Barrow with her Black Spaniels Rinnie and Nanette

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Four loggers at Powell River Company boom at Teakerne Arm

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Students at Quadra Island School, possibly working on a garden

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Group of ladies at Stuart Island

Back row from left: Sandra Pritchard, Margaret Parrish. Middle row from left: Mrs. 'Biff' Marshall, Mrs. Roberta Aucoin, Margaret Bogel, Gerd Evans. Front row from left: Mrs. Dyck (nurse), her daughter Mary, Gayleen Evans, Frances Pritchard Anderson, Marilyn Marshall, Billy Dyck.
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A seasonal fishing village at Cape Mudge, Quadra Island

Note the fishing boats tied up in front of the shacks
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One of Schnarr's flat botton river boats

Unidentified man standing beside one boat either taken in the Homathko or Southgate River.
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Group on the porch of the Anderson home, Quathiaski Cove, Quadra Island

From left: Mae Anderson, Margaret Anderson, and Velma Anderson.
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The boat Five B.R., at Needle Peaks, Bute Inlet

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Captain and Mrs. James A. Nixon of Twin Islands

The Nixons in their small wooden boat in the bay between Twin Islands.
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A member of the Marlatt family on the beach, Mary Island

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Rob and Frank Yeatman having a snow ball fight, Quadra Island

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Angus Kerr hauling in his gillnet while fishing in Toba Inlet

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Group posing with carved welcome figures at Cape Mudge Village, Quadra Island

From top left: Charlie Bayliss (killed in WWI), Aunt Em Anderson (sister of W.E.A.), Velma Anderson (daughter of W.E. Anderson), W.E. Anderson, Mae Anderson (daughter of W.E.A.), two unknown men, Grandma Anderson (mother of W.E.A.), Jeannie D. Forrester (teacher at the school house, sister of James...
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Group of Stuart Island residents, 1940's

From left: Mrs. Mary Brimacombe, Shirley Muirhead (teacher who married Jack Innes), Will Muehle (namesake Muehles Mt.), Mrs. Bertha Muehle (formerly Mrs. Asman), Dorothy Vogel, Mrs. Willoughby. Front: Mrs. Sandy Prichard, Margaret Parrish, little girl; Frances Prichard. "Mrs. Muehle was known...
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Twidle House, Granite Bay

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Union Steamship Co. boat the “Cheakamus” docked at wharf in Quathiaski Cove

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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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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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