Zaida Schnarr and daughters at Stuart Island.

From left: Pansy, Pearl, Marion Schnarr with their mother Zaida. In the background is a view of the Arran Rapids.
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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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Saulter and Frank in front of box for steaming planks

"This looks like manufacture of hooch, but is nothing worse than a steam box for bending planks for their boat" - note from the original Barrow journal. Saulter and Frank were friends of the Barrows who lived at Prideaux Haven.
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Keeling Children with horses on Read Island

Gary, Clarence, and Win Keeling; raised by the Tiptons at Read Island.
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Pioneers Gathered at Hoods' Home, Quadra Island

Left to right: Mat Main, Grace Hood, Ethel Joyce, Roy or Gordon Hood, Jenny Main, Lillian Hood, Anna Joyce seated. Circa 1900.
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August and Zaida Schnarr with their two daughters

August is holding Pearl and Pansy is standing. The photograph was taken at Chameleon Harbour, Sonora Island which is where Zaida's family the Lansall's lived.
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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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The first school and teach on Valdez (Quadra) Island

First teacher Kate Smith with her horse in front of the log building that was used as the first school on Quadra. It was located in the Heriot Bay area.
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Henry Twidle in his garden at Granite Bay

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Group of Quadra Island settlers at first community picnic at Drew Harbour

Back row from left: Alfred Joyce, unknown, Mrs. H. Bull, Walter Joyce, Aleen Hughes, Mary Hughes, Sarah Hughes, William Hughes, Robert Grant Sr - M.L.A., Charlie De Neine. Seated: Johnny Hughes, Harold Hood, Roy Hood, Mr. H. Bull and baby Cecil, Sam West, Mrs. Hughes, and Weaver Jones. Robert Grant...
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Anna Marie and Rose Manson of Cortes Island

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Likely view of the Homathko River canyon, Bute Inlet area

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Walker Memorial Church at Cape Mudge Village, Quadra Island

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James and Ann Forrest's wedding portrait

Ann "Tottie" Barker Forrest and James McKelvie(?) Forrest Wedding Portrait taken in Victoria, BC. The Forrest family settled in Shoal Bay, Thurlow Island.
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Mrs. James A. Nixon of Twin Islands with slaughtered pigs

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Luoma Family Homestead at Granite Bay, Quadra Island

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Amy Barrow doing laundry on the beach at Klaoitsis Island

Amy is accompanied by the Barrow's faithful companions Rinnie and Nanette.
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The Yeatmans in front of their log cabin at Sunnyside Farm, Quadra Island

From left: Frank Alfred Yeatman (born December 25, 1900), James Rayson Yeatman (February 14, 1890), Emma Rhoda Yeatman (born January 3, 1860), Fredrick Cook Yeatman (born January 7, 1894), Dorothy Gladys Yeatman (born October 1, 1898), Samuel George Yeatman (born January 27, 1892), Robert Ernest...
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Quadra Island May Day celebrations, 1955

May Day celebrations held at Rebecca Spit, Quadra Island.
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Twidle's Boat "The Illini" tied up a dock at Granite Bay

The "Illini" belonged the Henry and Agnes Twidle who were early Granite Bay settlers.
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Welcome Figures at Cape Mudge, Quadra Island

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Hunters in Knight Inlet area with grizzly hide

Hunters: Dr. E.R. Rodger, C.J. Maxton Levon Bender and Fred Maroff with a grizzly hide measuring 9 1/2" by 9 1/2" ft. Presumably these hunters where guided by Jim Stanton, well known Knight Inlet resident.
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Totem pole in front of big house at Cape Mudge Reserve

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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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W.E. Anderson, owner operator of the Quathiaski Canning Company, at his home in Vancouver

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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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