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Two male anglers with three fish

Tyee Club Trophy

Tyee Club record holders for 1969

From right: Doug Piggott, Hugh Evans, and R.D. Berger. All three were Tyee Club Trophy winners for 1969.

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.

A young newspaper delivery girl holds front page of local newspaper

Front page of the Campbell River Courier newspaper announcing the 1967 Centennial project for a new Museum and Library complex.

Forbes Landing

View of Campbell Lake at Forbes Landing.

Farewell to the Sisters of St. Ann, Lourdes Hospital

Farewell party for the Nunns from the order of the Sisters of St. Ann who operated the Lourdes Hospital in Campbell River from 1929-1957. Back row second from left (with black hat) is Ann Haig-Brown.

Herbert Pidcock with unknown man and salmon

Herbert Pidcock on left. Photo taken August 5, 1929.

Campbell River boys band

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.

Dave McDonald with two fish

Unknown angler

First Willows Hotel, later called the Annex

View of the area that was to become the Foreshore Park

Looking south down the Island Highway. The Bee Hive Café and Laver's Store visible on the left.

Jim English behind the bar at the Quinsam Hotel

This view of the bar of the Quinsam Hotel was likely taken after the addition was added to the Hotel in 1963. Jim English was a one time owner of the Hotel and was commonly referred to by his nick name the Bishop.