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Tyee Club Trophy

Reubina Ferry

Elizabeth’s half sister Reubina Ferry attended Queen Margaret’s Private School in Duncan. Prior to 1950 children from the Campbell River Indian Reserve were not permitted to attend the local public school. A Day School on the Tyee Spit provided Grades 1 to 8, but parents who wanted a high school...

Campbell River school track and field race

Sports day event at the Campbell River Elementary, Junior Senior High School

Jimmy King's Grandson and Rose McKay, 1971

Rose McKay was the Campbell River Museum curator at this time.

Wendy Hammond with her catch

Wendy Hammond with her catch - a 44 lb Tyee caught on August 23, 1969. Guide Ted Millbrandt on right.

View of Elk Falls, Campbell River

School District 72 Personnel with new camera equipment, Campbell River

Members of SD 72 with new equipment. Left to right: Edith Gulland, primary supervisor; Brian Johnston, CR Junior Secondary School principal; Geoff Goodship, head of Resource Centre; Ron Leversage, Pinecrest Elementary School principal; and James Logie, District 72 superintendent.

Construction of Strathcona Dam, 1950s

View of dam with spillway in foreground, 1950s.

Unidentified angler with a salmon

Graduation Class of 1953

Campbell River Elementary-High School graduating glass of 1953.

Gathering at Tsawatainuk village of Gwa’yi in Kingcome Inlet

Remembrance Day at the Legion

Members of the Campbell River Legion gather after Remembrance Day ceremonies at the Campbell River cenotaph.

Canoe jousting at Campbell River's Water Festival

The Water Festival later became known as the Salmon Festival.

Mr. Barta with his catch

Mr. Barta with his catch of a 44 lb Tyee.

John Hart dam and spillway, January 1968

The old support for the wooden bridge, which previously spanned the river, is visible at the bottom left.

Campbell River Waterfront, 1949

View of the Campbell River waterfront, 1949.

Campbell River Students

Flood in Campbellton

Campbell River art display

Kelly-Anne Golicz (age 9) admires Thema Stobie's landscape paintings on display at Ray's Paint Store. The store had a display of three Campbell River artists.

Filling in the waterfront to create the Foreshore Park

This area, located on Campbell River's waterfront, was filled in to become the Foreshore Park (now known as the Robert V. Ostler Park), Feb. 7, 1968.

View of Painter's Lodge under construction

View of Painter's Lodge under construction in August 1938. Mr. Remington Bishop can be seen walking down the wharf. The Painter family initially began operating a fish camp on the Tyee Spit, Campbell River and later established Painter's Fishing Resort.

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.

Kids with catch at Tyee Club scales

Island Highway near Campbell River, 1917

M. Murphy with catch

M. Murphy with catch - a 48 1/2 lb Tyee.