Studio portrait of Grace V. Hood of Quadra Island

Photograph taken when Grace was 2 years, 9 months old.
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Amy Barrow on the deck of their boat M.V. "Toketie"

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Welcome Figures, 1947

Welcome figures at Cape Mudge village, 1947.
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Karen Hansen on swing at Port Neville, B.C.

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August and Zaida Schnarr's daughter on beach

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Union Steamship, Chelohsin

The S.S. Chelohsin was built in 1911 and was in service until 1949.
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Plowing the fields at the Yeatman family farm (Sunny Side) on Quadra Island

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Logging at the Schnarr place, Bute Inlet

View of the logging slash behind August Schnarr's homestead at Bute Inlet.
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Gentleman in front garden of J. Hovell’s home, Quadra Island

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Members of the Women's Institute, St. John's Church, Quadra Island

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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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Woman with dead bear at Shoal Bay, Thurlow Island

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Man moving into a farm, Blind Channel

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Three ladies at Cortes Island

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Animal cages at Schnarr homestead, Bute Inlet, 1920’s

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Members of the Hansen family in front of their home at Port Neville

Left to right: Lilly, Kathinka, Edith (front) and Karen Hansen in front of house at Port Neville.
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The Twidles' boat the "Illini"

Agnes Twidle steering the boat belonging to herself and her husband Henry. The Twidles lived in Granite Bay for many years.
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Boats tied up at the wharf at the Landing, Stuart Island

Coast Missionary boat an be seen behind the shed. Boat on the far right is "Eva W." George Parson's boat."Klakweet", Jack Fisher's boat. He drowned off of it. Lower right, "Tidal Wave" Bill Jago's boat. "John Antle" of the Columbia Coast...
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Aerial view of Big Bay, Stuart Island

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Two Quadra Island residents with catch of salmon at Quathiaski Cove

Harold C. and Lloyd Edgett with fishing catch, Quathiaski Cove.
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Anderson's Cannery and Netloft, Quathiaski Cove, 1910

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Agnes Twidle in her garden, Granite Bay, Quadra Island

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Group gathered for May Day celebrations at Port Neville

Photograph was likely taken in 1937.
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Portrait of Winonah Marlatt

Written on back: "To Roy, From Winonah". The Marlatt family homesteaded on Mary Island.
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Group on the porch of the Anderson home, Quathiaski Cove, Quadra Island

From left:.Velma Anderson, Gladys Moore Pearson, Margaret Anderson, and Mae Anderson
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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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