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Chief Jim King, 1971.

Interior view of the Dining Room, Forbes Landing Lodge

View of downtown Campbell River, 1940s

View of Island Highway through downtown Campbell River. Pioneer Hardware building and view of the Willows Hotel.

Herbert Pidcock with a salmon

Lounge at Painter's Fishing Resort

View of the lounge of the main lodge at Painter's Fishing Resort. The main lodge was opened in 1938.

Campbell River - looking south to Willows

Willows Hotel in background, Thulin's barn on right.

Scout Week church service

Campbell River celebration of Scout Week culminated in a church service at the Community Hall which was attended by scouts, cubs, and girl guides. Feb. 26, 1964

Mr. Howard Strickling of MGM Studios with catch

Mr. Howard Strickling of MGM Studios with his catch - a 31 lb Reg. Tyee on September 3, 1968.

Racing canoe event on Labour Day, Campbell River

Natalie Jameski, an RN at the Lourdes Hospital

Painter's Lodge, Campbell River

View of the main lodge and cabins, taken from the wharf.

Campbell River RCMP detachment

Al Weishlow presents secretary Prue Power with a farewell gift.

The official opening of Willow Point Elementary School

Constructing the Community Hall

Cabins at Painter's Fishing Resort

View of cabins and grounds surrounding Painter's Fishing Resort, c. 1930's.

Unidentified woman with salmon at Tyee Club scale

Surveying plane tied up at dock at Forbes Landing

Early float plane CF-ABB. According to the Canadian civil aircraft register, this aircraft was a Boeing B-1E 1075 and belonged to Western Canada AW. It was registered in 1929 and was taken out of use in 1935.

Mr. Suduth with his catch, September 1939

Mr. Suduth with his catches of a 13 and a 9 1/2 lb Coho which he caught on a 6 1/2 oz fly rod. Mr. Suduth and his wife were the last guests that Darrell Smith guided for in September of 1939.

Peter Smith Memorial Service

Tony Roberts dancing the Cedar Bark Dance.

Dedication of the Foreshore Park Long House

Charlie Peters of Cape Mudge (left) and Sam Henderson of Campbell River (right) at the dedication ceremony for the Longhouse at the Foreshore Park (now Robert V. Ostler Park). Sam is explaining the meanings of the carvings on the longhouse, in his native language.

Brownies celebrate Easter at the Lourdes Hospital, 1950

Richmond Court

The home of Mr. & Mrs. Charles Thulin, which became known as Richmond Court. The man in the photograph is their gardener, David Cox.

Morris and Christine Petersen

Morris and Christine Petersen in the front yard of their home in Campbellton.