August Schnarr’s float house on beach either at Phillips or Frederick’s Arm

At this time August was hand logging in the area.
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Zaida Schnarr and with two of her daughters

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Pictograph at Kingcome Inlet

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Dot and Emma Yeatman on their porch, Quadra Island

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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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Agnes Twidle in her garden, Granite Bay, Quadra Island

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Johnny and Jenny Macamoose on the Nimpkish River

The Macamoose's in their canoe. One of Jenny's baskets can be seen beside her in the canoe.
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Reverend Alan Greene and his wife Gertrude at their home on Quadra Island

Reverend Greene of the Columbia Coast Mission was assigned the district which included Quadra Island in 1919. He and his wife took up residence at Quathiaski Cove.
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Group of Stuart Island residents having a picnic

From left: Mrs. Lidy Ines, Mrs. Wilby, behind Mrs Wilby; Will Muehle, Mary Brimacombe (holding rectangular cake), Mandy Bell, man behind Happy Ines, ?, man with sunglasses Bob Bell (Bell's Bold Point Ranch, Quadra), Kitty Slicker(?), Margaret Parrish. Holding salad bowl; Hazel Summer, man on...
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Quadra Island May Day, 1955

Stage at May Day celebrations.
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Group on the front steps of the second Heriot Bay Hotel, Quadra Island

Left to right: Mr. and Mrs. Hosea Bull (owners of the hotel) , Peter Jorgensen, Reverend and Mrs. Scofield, Mrs. Dick, Mrs. Letson (seated), Jenny and Mae Miller (maids at the hotel), Mae and Velma Anderson, Eliz Law, Reverend Fred Comley, Mrs. Law, Unknown, Miss Theodora Spencer (Walker), behind...
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The First Lighthouse at Cape Mudge, Quadra Island

From left: Billie Belanger, John Davidson the keeper, and Mrs. Davidson.
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"Toketie" anchored up the Little Toba River

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Francis and Amy Barrow

From left: Francis Barrow, Amy Barrow, unknown man
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Portrait of Alfred Joyce Aylsham

This photograph was taken on March 5, 1880.
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Luoma family stump ranch in Granite Bay, Quadra Island

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Gerrad family members with their pets, Heriot Bay

Members of the Gerrad family, from left: Dorris, Dell, and Mrs. Gerrard.
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Mrs. James A. Nixon of Twin Islands

Mrs. Nixon among the blossoms of the fruit trees that Mr. Don McDonald planted many years before.
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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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Helen (Joyce) Andrews skating on Quadra Island

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“Moving buildings. Nodales Channel” from August Schnarr's album

Photograph likely taken when August Schnarr moved his floathouse to Bute Inlet.
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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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Four loggers at Powell River Company boom at Teakerne Arm

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Quadra Island May Day, 1955

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Hans Hansen of Port Neville with his children

Hans Hansen with children (tentatively) Arthur, Lilly, Edith, and Olaf.
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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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