Schnarr girls with their pet cougar

Marion on the left and Pearl Schnarr. Photograph was taken near the Schnarr homestead at Owen Bay, Sonora Island.
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August and Zaida Schnarr's daughters having a bath

From right; Pearl, Pansy and Marion Schnarr in bathtub at their home at Bute Inlet in the 1920s.
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Camp Scow and BC Packers Seiner, "Ivana", at Quathiaski Cove, 1949

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August Schnarr standing on Kleena Kleene glacier

August Schnarr had noted that since this photograph was taken in 1913 the glacier has receded 5 miles.
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Herbert Pidcock with dog and dead cougar

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At the Marlatt house on Mary Island

Mabel Marlatt with her daughter Doris and a friend.
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Either the Homathko or the Southgate River, head of Bute Inlet

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Damage as a result of the 1946 earthquake at Read Island

The Marshall property after the June 5, 1946 earthquake which registered 7.3 on the Richter scale.
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W.E. Anderson, owner operator of the Quathiaski Canning Company, at his home in Vancouver

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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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Jim and Laurette Stanton's home at Knight Inlet, B.C.

See also photograph no. 15529 which is identified as the Stanton's first home at Kwalate Point.
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View homestead located at Prideaux Haven

This is the location is also known as Flee Village named during the 1792 exploration of the area by Captain Vancouver.
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James Forrest with his daughter Ann

James Forrest and family lived at Shoal Bay, Thurlow Island.
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Margaret Tipton of Surge Narrows, Read Island

Margaret Tipton in costume for some Americans who wanted a picture of a "Rustic".
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Quadra Island May Day, 1958

Carolyn (Grafton) Price is crowned. Possibly Christine (Ogren) Thompson to her left.
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View of Port Neville after the big fire at Billy Hansen's Camp

The forest fire started at Boulder Bay in 1924. The large building in centre of photograph is the Hansen family home which was also the store and post office.
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Aerial view of Big Bay, Stuart Island

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Emma and Dot Yeatman, Quadra Island

Emma Yeatman listening to her daughter play the piano in the family home.
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Luoma Family Homestead at Granite Bay, Quadra Island

Livestock at the Luoma property. Alfred Luoma per-empted this property in 1906.
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Read Island residents gathered for a Victoria Day Picnic

A Victoria Day picnic held on May 24th at the Jones' Place. Late 1910s-1920s.
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Agnes Twidle in her garden, Granite Bay

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Anderson family car on road in the winter, Quathiaski Cove, Quadra Island

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Hauling cables off at Davis Raft at logging operations at Teakerne Arm

Powell River Co. was logging in that area at ths time.
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The Tugboat "Active" in Bull Passage

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Agnes Twidle and Miss Hope at Rock Bay with a 41 lb Salmon

Salmon caught by Agnes (on left) and Miss Hope of Chatham Point. Photo taken at Rock Bay, B.C. Agnes and her husband Henry were early settlers at Granite Bay, Quadra Island.
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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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