Quadra Island Pioneers

Group of pioneers from Quadra Island having their photo taken in front of the Willows Hotel in Campbell River. Back row, left to right: Arthur Joyce, Rob Yeatman, Dick Bryant, Herbert Joyce, and Joe Bigold. Front row, from left: Susie Cormier, Helen Joyce (now Andrews of Courtenay), Ethel Joyce (...
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Welcome Figures, 1947

Welcome figures at Cape Mudge village, 1947.
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Quathiaski Canning Company boats and fishermen brailing salmon

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Quadra Picnic at Cape Mudge Lighthouse, circa 1903

Bottom row of children from left: Ray Yeatman, Rob Yeatman, George Yeatman, Grace Hood, Dorothy Yeatman, Alice Bryant, Daisy Bryant, Dick Bryant, and Fred Yeatman. Middle row from left: Tom Yeatman, Mr. Fred Yeatman (Father), Reverend Roy Walker, Mrs. Agnes Walker, Roy Walker Junior, Katie Walker,...
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Zaida Schnarr and daughters at Stuart Island.

From left: Pansy, Pearl, Marion Schnarr with their mother Zaida. In the background is a view of the Arran Rapids.
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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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The Tugboat "Active" in Bull Passage

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Portrait of Sonny Marlatt

Father of Roy Marlatt, who bought Mary Island.
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Jim Staton cooking pancakes for breakfast in their kitchen

The Stantons in their kitchen at the home which was located at Dutchman's Head, Knight Inlet.
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Quadra Island residents waiting for a boat at the wharf at Quathiaski Cove

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Earthquake damage on Read Island

Earthquake took place on June 5, 1946 and was 7.3 on the Richter Scale.
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Portrait of Henry Twidle

Henry Twidle and his wife Agnes settled at Granite Bay, Quadra Island in 1911.
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Roy Marlatt with his daughter Doris

The Marlatt family homesteaded on Mary Island.
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Herman Stenfors and Charles Neuberg, Granite Bay, Quadra Island

From left: Herman, Charles Neuberg "Old Dutchie".
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Mrs. Johnson and Zaida Schnarr with bear hide

Mrs. (Einar) Beryl Johnson on left. Her husband operated a logging camp in Bute Inlet.
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Rob Yeatman with buck, Quadra Island

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The Port Neville forest fire

This is likely Billy Hansen's logging camp which is where the forest fire started in 1924.
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Read Island residents gathered for a Victoria Day Picnic

A Victoria Day picnic held on May 24th at the Jones' Place. Late 1910s-1920s.
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Group of early settlers on Cortes Island

From left: Mrs. Michael Manson, Ethel -one of the older set of twins, Mr. Michael Manson with Flossie, the younger of the younger set of twins. Gwen, last born, then Hazel at right and Jack Manson, son of John Manson.
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Jim Stanton with gear and bear hide, Knight Inlet, B.C.

Jim Stanton, on right with helper Jack Clark and equipment for a hunting party. Grizzly bear hide on stretcher in background.
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Walker Memorial Church at Cape Mudge Village, Quadra Island

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Herbert Pidcock with dog and dead cougar

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Quadra Island May Day, 1956

May pole dance celebrations held at Rebecca Spit, Quadra Island.
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Crew on the Union Steamship, Venture

Back row, from left: 2nd Mate; Purser Bert Robson; Captain John Park; Chief Engineer Arthur; Chief steward Billy Finlayson. Front row, from left: Frank Barnsley (son of Union Steamships Co. Manager); First Mate MacDonald.
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Jack McPhee and Ed Atkins at Bute Inlet with wolf skin

Presumably McPhee and Atkins were hunting with August Schnarr when they shot this wolf in the Southgate River area.
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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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