Buildings at Squirrel Cove, Cortes Island

This reserve belongs to the Klahoose Indian Band.
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Herbert Pidcock with dog and dead cougar

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Stapleton's place at Stuart Island

Stapleton alongside his boom of logs.
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Wood, Armitage, and Toby the dog at Refuge Cove, West Redonda Island

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Portrait of Heriot Bay teacher, Katie Walker

Katie Walker Clarke was the first teacher of the Heriot Bay school on Quadra Island.
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Horse and cart at Mansons Landing, Cortes Island

Flo McKay driving, Jean Manson beside her. Back from left: Dorothy Manson, Dorcas Essen, Anne McDevitt, Lottie McDevitt, Manson's Landing school building in background.
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Children at the Mother Goose Day event held at Walker's place, Quadra Island

R.J. Walker's home was located at Gowlland Harbour, Quadra Island.
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Chief Billy Assu with a missionary on the beach at Cape Mudge Village, Quadra Island

Chief Assu wearing his regalia alongside missionary Mr. Pettingell.
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View of the Quathiaski Canning Co. seine boats tied up along side cannery

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Possibly a member of the Joyce family with her bicycle, Quadra Island

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Portrait of Alfred Joyce Aylsham

This photograph was taken on March 5, 1880.
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August Schnar and Ed Atkins with dead wolf

Schnarr is on the left and Atkins is on the right. Photograph taken somewhere in the Bute Inlet area.
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View of glacier at the head of Bute Inlet

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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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Group of children at Cortes Island

Rose Manson (McKay) is second from left.
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Portrait of Edgar Wilmer Wylie

Mr. Wylie lived on Read Island. He was born in 1848 and died in 1910.
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Either the Homathko or the Southgate River, head of Bute Inlet

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Visitors on the boardwalk at Cape Mudge Lighthouse, Quadra Island

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Damage as a result of the 1946 earthquake at Read Island

The Marshall property after the June 5, 1946 earthquake which registered 7.3 on the Richter scale.
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Mrs. Hatch of Frederick Arm and daughter with Amy Barrow

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Mr. John Manson, early settler on Cortes Island

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Floathouses tied up a wharf at Shoal Bay

Floathouse tied up a wharf at Shoal Bay August and Zaida Schnarr's float house tied up at Shoal Bay. They lived at Shoal Bay after they were married in 1922.
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August Schnarr’s rabbit and marten cages, Bute Inlet homestead

August Schnarr's three children Pansy, Pear and Marion looking into the cages.
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The August Schnarr place, Bute Inlet

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

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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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