First Nations fishing guide and guest

Original inscription on back of photograph: "Starting out salmon fishing, August 1904, Campbell River, Vancouver Island." Local First Nations guide and early angler in a canoe in preparation for a day's fishing.

Downtown Campbell River, 1955

Street scene of downtown Campbell River with the Bee Hive Café and Laver's store on the left.

Mrs. Bob Hammond with catch

Mrs. Bob Hammond with her catch - a 43½ lb Tyee caught on August 17, 1970.

Protest at Carihi after Principal John Young's suspension

Acting Principal Walter Fogg and four RCMP members walking to Campbell River Senior Secondary School where 1000 students and parents were protesting former Principal John Young's suspension.

Observation bunker for viewing Ripple Rock Explosion

Construction of the penstocks at John Hart Dam

View of BC Hydro's John Hart dam under construction.

New bridge over the Campbell River

View Looking South Towards the Willows Hotel

A group of students from Shurley Durham's dance school, Campbell River

Pow-wow Days' at the Bee Hive Café

A tourist promotion at the Bee Hive Café in which all the store clerks dressed up. The store manager, Skip McDonald (one-time Mayor of Campbell River), is at the bottom centre holding the talking stick.

The Village Commissioners

Left to right: Robbie Robinson (clerk), Carl Thulin, Jack Baikie, and Richard Murphy. Missing is Oscar Thulin.

Campbell River building boom

A building boom on the newly developed Lilelana Ridge overlooking the entrance to Discovery Passage, 1965. This house was offered for sale by Lily Thulin Real estate.

Campbell River Municipal Hall

The Campbell River Municipal Hall, formerly the Lourdes Hospital, which was later demolished in 1981 and rebuilt in the same spot.

Sam Henderson with Pole

Sam Henderson carving a pole for the Heritage Pavilion, 1971.

Fishing boat unloading at Campbell River wharf

First herring boat to come in to the government wharf after the herring season was the Bripak, from Vancouver.

Roderick Haig-Brown and John Glass

The Thulin Family

Front: Carl and Charles Thulin; Back: Lillie, Mary, Elin, and Anna Thulin

Chief Jim King, 1971.

Moving the former home of Oscar and Agnus Thulin

The Thulin house (located at the corner of 10th avenue and the Island Highway) being moved to its new location in Campbellton, November 1965.

The first commercial landing at Campbell River Airport

Pacific Western Airlines (PWA) lands a DC-3 on Campbell River's new runway, flown by Captain Jack Crosby on August 22, 1959. This was the first commercial landing at the Campbell River Airport, and it also served as a test run for PWA, which began flying twice daily commercial flights from...

Regional meeting at C.R. District General Hospital

Opening of Okanagan Helicopter operations at Tyee Spit.

From Left: Glenn McPherson (President of Okanagan Helicopters), Mrs. Fitzgerald, Jack Lee (Campbell River Mayor), Don Poole (Operations Manager), Grant Soutar (Base Manager in Campbell River). May, 1966.

The new public boat ramp in use, Campbell River

View of the new public boat ramp at Tyee Spit being used.

View of Campbell River waterfront

View of the beachfront in front of the Van Isle Theatre. Photograph taken before the Tyee Plaza development.

Lillie Thulin with Thulin family portrait, September 1970

In portrait, back row: Carl Thulin with mother, Mary Thulin (holding Lillie). Anna and Elin in front with father, Charles Thulin.