Group of early Quadra Island residents

Grandparents of Lewis Joyce. The home of Mr. and Mrs. Bill Hughes, family and friends. Woman in white hat appears to be Mrs. Bull.
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Members of the Forrest family in canoe at Heydon Lake

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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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Soccer Team from the Cape Mudge Reserve, Quadra Island

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Skinned cougar pelt trapped by August Schnarr

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Horse and cart on dirt road, Quadra Island

Photo taken in the 1920s, near Pete Craddack's Garage.
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Members of the Hansen family in front of their home at Port Neville

Back from left: Karen Hansen, ?, ?, Lily (Hansen) Randall. Front from left: Lorraine Hansen, Betty-Lynn Randall, Evelyn Hansen, and Joan Randall.
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Floathouses tied up a wharf at Shoal Bay

Floathouse tied up a wharf at Shoal Bay August and Zaida Schnarr's float house tied up at Shoal Bay. They lived at Shoal Bay after they were married in 1922.
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Either the Homathko or the Southgate River, head of Bute Inlet

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Roy Marlatt's house on Mary Island

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The Fearings and Barrows Jackson Bay, Topaz Harbour.

Amy Barrow on far left and Francis Barrow on far left.
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House decoration at Kingcome Inlet

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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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Schnarr family house at homestead up Bute Inlet Inlet, Schnarr's Landing

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Probably Twidle Garden, Granite Bay

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August Schnarr and Mrs. Williams with cougar shot by Schnarr

Photograph was taken in the late late 1930’s or 40’s.
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Portrait of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Joyce

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Purser Bert Robson and Captain John Park

Purser Bert Robson and Captain John Park on the deck of the Union Steamship, Venture, 1914.
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Handliner's fishing in the rapids near Stuart Island

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Blind Channel Cannery under construction

The Blind Channel cannery was built in 1916 by W.E. Anderson who also owned the cannery at Quathiaski Cove, Quadra Island.
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Likely Henry Twidle's Garden at Granite Bay

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Church at Mansons Landing, Cortes Island

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Paul and Roy Marlatt in a wooden rowboat

The Marlatt family homesteaded on Mary Island
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Alfred Joyce and Family of Quadra Island

The girl with the bow in her hair is Helen Andrews of Courtenay.
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Gathering at Quadra Island

From left: Mr. and Mrs. Harold Noble, Bruce Noble, Dorothy Price, Mrs. A.V. Joyce, Jack Garfield, Mr. and Mrs. D. Clayton, and Jack Noble.
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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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