The Barrows launch "Toketie" at Twin Island

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Anne Möller Fra Lvend og Kathinka with Hans Hansen

Portrait of Hans Hansen with his second wife.
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Group of school children at Mansons Landing, Cortes Island

School children have been identified as (in no particular order): George Marquette, Nicol Manson, Betty Hayes, Ethel Tiber, Helen Marquette, Dorothy Hayes, Marjorie Hayes, Alice Marquette, George Quimby, Betty Hayes, Florence Hayes, Nora Hayes, and Veronia Tiber (at centre), 1917.
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View of Quathiaski Cove Cannery and new net loft, Quadra Island

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Agnes and Henry Twidle at tea, Quadra Island

On back of photo; "These were taken while on a picnic 1/4 of a mile from here." Henry Twidle was a professional photographer who lived at Granite Bay for many years.
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"Children's Day" A Garden Party, Heriot Bay, B.C.

Post Card dated August 11, 1909. From left: Mrs. Maxwell, Mrs. Horner, Mrs. Bagot holding Esther, behind them; Billy Glennan. Back row from left: Frank Bagot, Mrs. Bryant, Daisy Bryant, Mr. Tester, Jack Hanager, Phil Horner, to the bottom right of Phil; Dick Cobb, Unknown, Unknown, Unknown, in...
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John Manson on Cortes Island

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Joyce Family at Haying Time

Anna Joyce on the far right with hay rake.
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Handliner's fishing in the rapids near Stuart Island

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View of the Wharf at Quathiaski Cove

Anderson's house and store on the wharf in Quathiaski Cove, Quadra Island.
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Gary and Win Keeling of Read Island

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Agnes Twidle, early Granite Bay settler

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May Day celebrations at Port Neville

May Day gathering at Port Neville. A stamp on back indicates that this was 1937.
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Dent (Yaculta) Rapids, Dent Islands

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View of the Cape Mudge lighthouse in the winter

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Portrait of Grace Hood

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Stenfors homestead, Granite Bay, Quadra Island

Stenfors stump ranch, Granite Bay.
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Rob and Dot Yeatman in the garden, Quadra Island

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The Tipton home at Surge Narrows, Read Island

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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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Mrs. James A. Nixon of Twin Islands with string of sausages

Captain Nixon reared, slaughtered, and made sausages of the pigs. Mrs. Nixon made the pork pies. See also photograph no. 5920.
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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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"Slim" and his dog at his homestead at Ramsey Arm

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Chappie Bigold in his sheep-drawn cart

Herb Joyce watches over Chappie Bigold as he is pulled in his cart by a sheep, 1914.
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Picnic at Rebecca Spit, 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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