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The Water Festival sign on Island Highway

The Salmon Festival was then called the Water Festival, and took place at McIvor Lake.

Erecting the Foreshore Park Long House

A pole carved by Bob Neel and Dora Cook goes up at the Foreshore Park Longhouse. The man with the pipe in his mouth is Mike Cole and behind the pole on the left is Thor Peterson.

Raising the cenotaph flagpole

Dr. Bryan Williams with catch

Protesting Viet Cong movie in the Van Isle Theatre

Members of the Campbell River Voice of Women protest a movie which they say glorifies the war in Vietnam. Dale Young on far left (with her son David), Morgan McGregor (later Morgan Ostler), Shawna Meade (centre), and Judy Price Welch (later Judy Sturgis) on right in striped dress. The children on...

Mr. and Mrs. Ross Cunningham with their catch

Guide Mike Rippingale on left.

A hiking party going to the Falls

Anna Thulin, Mr. Bradley, Elin Thulin, Mr. Walter Spencer, Miss Ethel Barwise (Hetty), and Mr. Keating having a picnic at the Falls. Hetty writes, "Notice where we should have landed had we slipped - one can scarcely hear one's own voice for the roaring water."

The Union Steamship S.S. Chilcotin

Construction of the John Hart Generating Station

The home of the Isaacs

This house was built and owned by Mr. and Mrs. Isaac. It was later used as the first village hall and was located approximately where the Safeway shopping centre was later built.

The Willow Point Store

Bud and Peggy Adams outside the Willow Point store.

Ray E. Slocum with catch of salmon

Fisherman Ray E. Slocum, Tyee Man 1947, with his 70 1/2lb Tyee Salmon caught July 29th. This is a record holding catch under the Tyee Club of British Columbia's 3/6 tackle regulations. Mr. Slocum's guide was D.L. Les McDonald (not in photograph).

Dick Fitzpatrick, Tyee Man, with catch

Dick Fitzpatrick with his catch of 51½ lb Tyee on August 14, 1964. Guide Van Egan.

Sisters of St. Ann's receive gift to the hospital

Two of the nuns look over a new stretcher that was gifted to the Lourdes Hospital.

Dave McDonald with two fish

Brownies celebrate Easter at the Lourdes Hospital, 1950

Campbell River Recreation Association Circus Gym

Gymnastic event hosted by CRRA in Campbell River's community hall.

Municipal Council

Left to right: Chuck Saults, Herb Osing, Sandra Baikie, Skip McDonald (seated), Jack Lee, Ken Forde, and Wallace Baikie.

Miss Campbell River, Karen Imamura boards the plane

Photo to accompany article in C.R. Courier newspaper, July 16, 1964.

Catch of salmon on Tyee Spit

View of the beach at McIvor Lake

Sportfishing camp near the mouth of the Campbell River

Mr. F.J. Barrow of Oaklands, Haywards Heath, Sussex, who supplies us with this photo from which this picture was taken, writes: "It was taken two years ago at our camp at the mouth of the Campbell River on the east coast of Vancouver Island."

Campbell River's Municipal Council meeting

Left to right: Jack Lee; Chuck Saults; Wallace Baikie; Magistrate Roderick Haig-Brown; clerk Shelley Knowles; unknown; Mayor Ken Forde (sitting at desk at front of the room); unknown; Blair McLean. June, 1971.

Village of Campbell River commissioners

From left: Oscar Thulin, John Baikie, Robbie Robinson (village clerk- standing) and Carl Thulin.

View of the penstocks leading to the John Hart Generating Station

View looking down BC Hydro penstocks from the John Hart dam to the surge towers above the generating station.