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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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 Barrows launch "Toketie" at Twin Island

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Mr. John Manson, early settler on Cortes Island

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Group of Stuart Island residents, 1940's

From left: Mrs. Mary Brimacombe, Shirley Muirhead (teacher who married Jack Innes), Will Muehle (namesake Muehles Mt.), Mrs. Bertha Muehle (formerly Mrs. Asman), Dorothy Vogel, Mrs. Willoughby. Front: Mrs. Sandy Prichard, Margaret Parrish, little girl; Frances Prichard. "Mrs. Muehle was known...
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A day's catch on the floor of the Quathiaski Cannery at Quadra Island

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Either the Homathko or the Southgate River, head of Bute Inlet

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Agnes Twidle in her home, Granite Bay, Quadra Island

Quote: "Merry Christmas to you all from Henry and Agnes" "This was taken last Christmas." The Twidles (Henry and Agnes) moved the Granite Bay in 1911, where they initially took over the operation of a hotel and store. On the walls are a few of pieces of Henry's butterfly...
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View of the entrance to Toba Inlet from Pryce Channel

View of the entrance to Toba Inlet from Pryce Channel One of the Barrow's in a wooden rowboat at the entrance to Toba Inlet, 1936.
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View of lighthouse at Cape Mudge, 1920s

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Velma and Mae Anderson on verandah of their home at Quathiaski Cove

Both are wearing "middy suits" which were popular for school, sports, and everyday wear in the late 1910s and 1920s.
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Hauling in the seine nets by hand

One of the Quathiaski Canning Company fishermen hauling in the seine net.
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Woman with dead bear at Shoal Bay, Thurlow Island

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The Barrows outside a building

From left: Francis Barrow, Amy Barrow, Unidentified man
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Rob Yeatman of Quadra Island in an American Uniform

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Rob Yeatman taking aim with a shotgun, 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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Picnic at Drew Harbour

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Parker's Logging Camp

The Parkers' float camp was located at Trevenon Bay.
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The Yeatman Home, Quadra Island

Jessie the horse in the orchard at Sunny Side Farm, the Yeatman family property.
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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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Woman with one of Tom Brazil's pet deer

Tom Brazil lived at Blind Bay, Hardy Island
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Wylie's Hotel at Burdwood Bay on Read Island

On porch from left: Unknown, Unknown, Effie with baby (Mrs. Long's daughter), Mr. and Mrs. Yelvington (storekeeper at Heriot Bay), Mary Aldrich, Mrs. Long and child (Ed Wylie's cook and housekeeper); Mrs. Long's daughter Blanche; three persons unknown; Mr. and Mrs. A. Joyce with...
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Agnes Twidle, early Granite Bay settler

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Looking up Knight Inlet from Glendale Cove

Amy Barrow in rowboat with the Barrows boat the Toketie in the background.
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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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