Schnarr girls with their pet cougar

Marion Schnarr with cougar, Girlie. Pearl Schnarr is in the background. Photograph taken near the Schnarr homestead at Owen Bay.
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Big house remains at Gwayasdums, Gilford Island

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Members of the Beech and Hall families, Quadra Island

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Alex Burchett on the boat he built and named the "Orphan Annie"

Alex Burchett on his boat at the Government Wharf at Port Neville, B.C.
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Whaletown, Cortes Island

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View of glacier at the head of Bute Inlet

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At the Stanton's, Knight Inlet

The Barrows' boat Toketie tied up along side other boats which presumably belong to Jim and Laurette Stanton. From left, seated in the boat: Laurette Stanton, Amy Barrow, and Jim Stanton. The Stantons had a homestead at the head of Knight Inlet. This photograph looks like it was taken in river.
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Tom Brazil and his deer at his home at Blind Bay, Hardy Island

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View of the Quathiaski Canning Co. operations, 1914.

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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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Students at Quadra Island School, 1927

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"Slim" and his dog at his homestead at Ramsey Arm

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Hansen Family gathering at Port Neville, B.C.

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Agnes Twidle admiring blossoms on a tree in her garden at Granite Bay

Agnes and her husband Henry settled in Granite Bay in 1911.
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Rob and Dot Yeatman, Quadra Island

Photograph taken by Rob Yeatman using a "flash light".
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Group standing beside the Lighthouse at Cape Mudge, Quadra Island

This lighthouse was built in the 1920s.
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View of glacier at the head of Bute Inlet

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View of the Grassy Bay, Loughborough Inlet, Toketie in background

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Picnic at Rebecca Spit, Quadra Island

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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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Mother Goose Day event at the Walkers' Place, Quadra Island

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Boarding the pleasure boat Quathiaski 10

W.E. Anderson at centre. The Quathiaski 10 was a pleasure craft used by this owner of the Quathiaski Cannery.
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Blind Channel Cannery Crew

Crew members from the Blind Channel Cannery. The man with the moustache is Wiley Whittington.
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Portrait of Jeanie D. Forrester, Quadra Island

Miss Forrester was an early Quadra Island teacher and daughter of Anna Joyce.
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Christensen Family with Francis and Amy Barrow

The Christensens lived at Salt Lagoon, Redonda 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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