Agnes Twidle with a team of horses

Agnes and her husband Henry settled in Granite Bay in 1911.
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Quathiaski Canning Company seine boat

The crew is hauling in the seine by hand.
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W.E. Anderson’s daughters and others in car on Quadra Island

Mae Anderson is driving.
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Union Steamship, the Cardena

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Group of children at Stuart Island

From left: Mary Dyck, Frances Pritchard, Marilyn Marshall, and Bill Dyck.
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Margaret Tipton of Surge Narrows, Read Island

Margaret Tipton in costume for some Americans who wanted a picture of a "Rustic".
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Laurette Staton with a dog

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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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The fog alarm building at Cape Mudge Lighthouse, Quadra Island

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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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Tug of War at Quadra Island May Day, 1955

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The Falks' Place, August 1913

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Union Steamship Chelohsin at wharf at Surge Narrows

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Tom Brazil and his deer at his home at Blind Bay, Hardy Island

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Trio on Read Island

From left: Keith Eddington, Frank Culbard, and Jack Schibler.
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August and Zaida Schnarr with their two daughters

August is holding Pearl and Pansy is standing. The photograph was taken at Chameleon Harbour, Sonora Island.
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Yeatman family having dinner on Christmas Day at their home

Photograph taken by Rob Yeatman using a "flash light".
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Union Steamship the S.S. Cassiar at wharf at Heriot Bay, Quadra Island

This vessel's nickname was Casey.
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Soccer Team from the Cape Mudge Reserve, Quadra Island

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Likely a view of the cannery at Blind Channel, West Thurlow Island

The Blind Channel cannery was built in 1916 by W.E. Anderson who also owned the cannery at Quathiaski Cove, Quadra Island.
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The second Heriot Bay Hotel, Quadra Island

The second Heriot Bay Hotel, was built by Hosea Bull, This building burned shortly after completion. It opened December 27, 1911 and burned May 11, 1912. A replacement was built shortly thereafter.
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Totem pole in front of big house at Cape Mudge Reserve

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Dent (Yaculta) Rapids, Dent Islands

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Blind Channel Cannery under construction

The Blind Channel cannery was built in 1916 by W.E. Anderson who also owned the cannery at Quathiaski Cove, Quadra Island.
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Fallen chimney at the old Marshall place on Read Island after the 1946 earthquake

This earthquake took place on June 5, 1946 and measured 7.3 on the Richter Scale.
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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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