Group with Tom Brazil's pet deer at Blind Bay, Hardy Island

Tom Brazil is second from left.
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May Day Celebrations on Quadra Island

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Big house remains at Gwayasdums, Gilford Island

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Amy Barrow with a group of residents

From left: Amy Barrow, Bill Horth, Frank Norris, Frank Shepheard, and Percy Belson.
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Union Steamship, Cheakamus, at Blind Channel

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CPR boat the Princess Beatrice at the wharf at Quathiaski Cove, Quadra Island

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Group of First Nations women on the beach at Cape Mudge, 1915

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The Barrows launch the boat "Toketie" at Twin Island

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Social gathering on Read Island

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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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Henry Leask of Heriot Bay

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View from top of the Lighthouse at Cape Mudge, Quadra Island

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Gentleman in front garden of J. Hovell’s home, Quadra Island

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Whaletown, Cortes Island

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The Tugboat "Active" in Bull Passage

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View of the Port Neville Store and post office

Hans Hansen established the store and post office at Port Neville, B.C.
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August and Zaida Schnarr's daughters at their homestead

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View inside the Marlatt family home, Mary Island

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Animal cages and water line Schnarr homestead, Bute Inlet,1920’s

Photograph of the animal cages at the Schnarr homestead at one point August Schnarr kept mink and martin in these cages. Two of August's daughters can be seen to the right of the cages.
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Seine Boat at Quathiaski Cove

Seine boat, the Quathiaski #5, at Quathiaski Cove.
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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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August Schnarr's daughter beside one of his animal cages, 1920s

Looks like Pearl Schnarr standing in front of one of the mink cages that August Schnarr had at his homestead at Bute Inlet.
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View of Hans Hansen's Ranch at Port Neville, B.C.

Taken between 1936-1938.
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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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Mr. Chapman at his house on Stuart Island

"The place where C. shot the cougar. I just to the right of the pole on the left." identification from Barrow's original journal
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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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