Alfred Luoma's home, Granite Bay, Quadra Island

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View of Granite Bay in winter, taken from the front door of the Twidle home

Written on back of photograph; "Granite Bay, B.C. Taken directly from front of our house. H.T."
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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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Members of the Women's Institute, St. John's Church, Quadra Island

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Quadra Island residents waiting for a boat at the wharf at Quathiaski Cove

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The Hansen family home under construction at Port Neville, B.C.

Hans Hansen first established a homestead at Port Neville in 1892. This was his second home on that property which he built to accommodate his growing family.
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A boat under construction in August Schnarr's boat shed

This photograph is likely taken of the boat shed that August had at his home at Owen Bay.
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Picnic gathering on Quadra Island

Gathering includes members of the W.E. Anderson Family. Mrs. Anderson is second woman on the right.
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Tug of War at Quadra Island May Day, 1955

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Stapleton on the front steps of his cabin, Toba Inlet

im Stapleton was one of the early settlers in the Toba Inlet area, 1936.
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August and Zaida Schnarr's daughters wearing rose hip necklaces

Pearl on the left, Pansy on the right, likely taken when the family lived at Bute Inlet.
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View of Port Neville, B.C.

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Woman with dead bear at Shoal Bay, Thurlow Island

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Paula and Frank Culbard, Read Island

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Gillnet Boat fleet at Deepwater Bay, Quadra Island, 1949

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Group riding horses on Read Island

From left: Isabel Hayes, Bill Whittington, Win Keeling, Bonny Whittington (cougar hunter), and Jan Murray.
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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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Seine boats tied up at Quathiaski Canning Co. wharf, Quadra Island

See also photograph no. 9086 which was taken at the same time but from a slightly different angle.
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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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View of the Grassy Bay, Loughborough Inlet, Toketie in background

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May Day on Quadra Island, 1950

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Mrs. Knox with a carving at the Cape Mudge Village, Quadra Island

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Tipton's house at Surge Narrows, Read Island

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Soccer Team from the Cape Mudge Reserve, Quadra Island

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Union Steamship "Cardena" tied up at the dock at Stuart Island

Union Steamship Co. boat docked at the Landing, Stuart Island. Several small commercial fishing vessels are also tied at this dock.
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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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