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Annual boat regatta held in Campbell River

The Glyn Fitzgerald Memorial Award presentation, Campbell River Senior Secondary School

The trophy for the newly conceived Glyn Fitzgerald Memorial Award is presented to Campbell River Senior Secondary School. This was awarded annually to the student showing the best qualities as leader, scholar, citizen, and sportsman. Left to right: Walter Fogg, Vice Principal; Helen Fitzgerald, the...

Herbert Pidcock(?) with catch of salmon

Possibly Herbert Pidcock with catch of salmon.

Campbell River Fire Department with new Iron Lung

Firemen checking out the new Iron Lung. The fireman trying the lung out may be Fire Chief Oscar Thulin.

Protest at Carihi after Principal John Young's suspension

Mother of a Carihi student, Mary Hay, is escorted by RCMP and charged with abstruction for refusing to leave the school gym. This protest was held after the suspension of former Principal John Young.

S.B. Chandler, Director

S.B. Chandler with a Tyee weighing 54 lb.

Seaplane base at the mouth of the Campbell River

Photo taken June, 1964.

Regional meeting at C.R. District General Hospital

Construction of Strathcona Dam, 1950s

Cofferdams at Strathcona dam.

Construction of the John Hart Generating Station

Quentin Dodd with his catch

Quentin Dodd of the Tyee Club with a catch of 32 ½ lb. Guide Stan Goodrich (not in photograph).

Installing the waterline along the Island Hwy at Campbellton

Working to install the waterline at the intersection of Island Highway and Peterson Road. The Terminal Café and Pioneer Bakery are visible.

View of the third Willows Hotel

Peter Smith Memorial Service

Terry Lynn Henderson, a dancer at the service.

Construction of the Campbell River Plaza

View of St. Ann's Road looking east towards Quadra Island. Government Liquor store is visible on the left.

Warren Deal of Lake Oswego, Oregon, U.S.A. with catch

Warren Deal of Lake Oswego, Oregon, U.S.A. with his catch - a 47 lb Tyee caught on on August 29, 1963. Guide Lew Woolman.

Brownie group with their mothers, Campbell River

Group of Brownies, May 15, 1948. The woman in the back row on the right is Ann Haig-Brown. The girl in the second row, sixth from left (with braids) is Mary Haig-Brown.

View of downtown Campbell River

Looking south along the Island Highway. From left, the buildings are the Willows Hotel, the L&H Block, and the Vanstone Block (which at that time housed the BC Government Liquor Store).

Snowball Queen, 1957

Members of the Campbell River Garage Bowling Team

Photo taken January, 1951.

Girl Guides Christmas

E.P. (Ned) Painter

E.P. (Ned) Painter was a boat builder who established a business on the Tyee Spit, Campbell River in 1924. He specialized in building wooden clinker-built rowboats which where used by local sportfishing guides to fish local waters.

Campbell River Meats

Katie Ferguson and her "Diamond Button Tyee"

Katie Ferguson with her catch - a 63½ lb Tyee caught on August 17, 1963. Guide Nick Gilbert on right. This catch earned her a Tyee Club "Diamond Button".

Vice Admiral Steir with his catch

Vice Admiral Steir with his catch of 66 lb Tyee in 1960. Guide Bruce Anderson.