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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Jim Stanton with dead grizzly bear, Knight Inlet, B.C.

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

Back from left: Karen Hansen, ?, ?, Lily (Hansen) Randall. Front from left: Lorraine Hansen, Betty-Lynn Randall, Evelyn Hansen, and Joan Randall.
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Homathko Canyon

Site of a Schnarr trapline in the 1920s and 30s. Three iron pins are visible (circled in pen) from Waddington’s trail.
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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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Tipton's parlour on Read Island

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August and Zaida Schnarr's daughters at their homestead

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Wolf shot by August Schnarr and Ed Atkins, Bute Inlet

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Group on the Quathiaski No. 10 circa 1920s

Members of the Anderson family on board the Quathiaski 10, which they used for pleasure purposes. The Andersons were the owner operators of the Quathiaski Canning Company, Quadra Island.
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August Schnarr's daughters with dog

Pearl (on right) and Pansy Schnarr.
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Lucky Jim Mining Camp, Granite Bay, Quadra Island

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Unloading a catch of salmon at the Quathiaski Cannery, Quadra Island

Cannery owner, W.E. Anderson watches a one of the fishermen use a brailer to move the fish from the net.
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August Schnarr’s rabbit and marten cages, Bute Inlet homestead

August Schnarr's three children Pansy, Pear and Marion looking into the cages.
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Mrs. Knox with a carving at the Cape Mudge Village, Quadra Island

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The second Heriot Bay Hotel, Quadra Island

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Marshall's place after the 1946 earthquake, Read Island

Note the fence far above the field it once enclosed. This earthquake took place on June 5, 1946 and measured 7.3 on the Richter Scale.
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Union Steamship Boat, Chelohsin, at Granite Bay

Telephoto picture of the Union Steamship "Chelohsin" arriving at Granite Bay.
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Rose Manson and Jean "Bubs" Robinson

Rose Manson and Jean "Bubs" Robinson on Cortes Island. Jean's mother was lost on the steamship SS Sophia in 1925.
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The Orchard in front of the Yeatman house, Quadra Island

Possibly Dot Yeatman standing in the yard of their home at Sunny Side Farm.
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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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Interior of the Marlatt home on Mary Island

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August Schnarr standing on Kleena Kleene glacier

August Schnarr noted that since this photograph was taken in 1913 the glacier has receded 5 miles.
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Christensen Family with Francis and Amy Barrow

The Christensens lived at Salt Lagoon, Redonda Island
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Group in wooden boat at the head of Knight Inlet

Looks like this maybe Jim and Laurette Stanton ( Jim in stern of boat)
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Lizzie Law and her Father at Open Bay, 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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