Man moving into a farm, Blind Channel

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Quadra Island May Day, 1958

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Either the Homathko or the Southgate River, head of Bute Inlet

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Portrait of Alfred Joyce Aylsham

This photograph was taken on March 5, 1880.
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Mrs. James Nixon of Twin Islands

Mrs. Nixon with shotgun and several dead geese.
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The Barrows launch "Toketie" at Twin Island

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Earthquake damage on Read Island

Earthquake took place on June 5, 1946 and was 7.3 on the Richter Scale.
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Group on board the Quathiaski No. 10

From left: Frank Yeatman, Helen Joyce, Jorpis Berg, Grandpa Yeatman, Mrs. John Berg, and Ethel Joyce.
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Members of the Yeatman family on the back porch of their home, Quadra Island

The Yeatman's farm was known as Sunny Side Farm.
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Wooden carving at Kingcome Inlet

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Fallen chimney at the old Marshall place on Read Island after the 1946 earthquake

This earthquake took place on June 5, 1946 and measured 7.3 on the Richter Scale.
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Interior view of the Quathiaski Cannery, Quadra Island

Fish on the floor of the Quathiaski Canning Company. This cannery was operated by W.E. Anderson.
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Jim and Laurette Stanton's home at the head of Knight's Inlet, B.C.

The Stantons' log home at Dutchman Head, Knight's Inlet
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The Bagot family yard, Quadra Island

A member of the Bagot family, possibly playing croquet on the lawn beside the family home. Their holdings were known as Forest Lodge.
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Marion Schnarr at the Schnarr homestead at Bute Inlet

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The Union Steamship, Cowichan, at Quathiaski Cove

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Portrait of Mary Marlatt

Mary Marlatt was a settler on Mary Island.
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View of the wharf at Port Neville, B.C.

This photograph was likely taken in the early to mid 1920s.
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Mrs. James A. Nixon of Twin Islands

Mrs. Nixon among the blossoms of the fruit trees that Mr. Don McDonald planted many years before.
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August and Zaida Schnarr's daughters in front of cages

Left to right; Marion, Pearl, Pansy. This photograph was taken at the Schnarr family homestead at Bute Inlet. The girls are standing in front of the marten and mink cages.
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Mansons Landing, Cortes Island

Home of Mr. John Manson and family at Sunny Brae, 1910.
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Three Union Steamships at the wharf in Quathiaski Cove

From left to right: the S.S. Venture, unidentified, and the S.S. Coquitlam.
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Read Island Picnic in the late 1940s

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The Berg Family, Quadra Island

Mr. and Mrs. John Berg of Heriot Bay.
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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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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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