Commercial fishing boats tied up at the Campbell River wharf

Commercial fishing boats at the government wharf including the Keitha M.

The Island Highway through downtown

View of the Island Highway through downtown Campbell River.

Priest with group of girls being confirmed

Girls and priest on the front steps of the Lourdes Hospital. At this time Catholic Church services were held at the chapel in the hospital which was run by the Sister's of St. Ann's.

Fisherman with Catch of Salmon at Willows Hotel Scales

Miss Campbell River 1965 - Annie Giasson

July 21, 1965

View of BC Hydro's John Hart Generating Station

View of the generating station site including a view of the three surge tanks behind the powerhouse. Photo taken July 6, 1965.

'Our Place' - Centre for the Mentally Handicapped

From left: Tom Alexander (a volunteer instructor at the centre), Walter Dion, Dale Eldrin, and Danny Dion with a woodworking project.

R.D. Berger with catch

R.D. Berger (on left) holding his catch of a 43 lb Tyee which he caught on August 5, 1975. Guide Graham Nielson on right.

Canadian Bank of Commerce Campbell River

The Canadian Bank of Commerce was located at the intersection of St. Ann's and the Island Hwy. Also in the photograph is Shores Credit Jewelers.

Graduating class, Campbell River High School.

Front Row (L-R): Marianne Hayes, Marion Joslin, Dorothy Moen, Peggy Adams, Pat Hopton. Second Row (L-R): Donald Law, Kenneth Durrand, Bod Groulx, Barrie Large. Third Row (L-R): Scott Hardy, Tim Howison, Laurence Davidson, Allan Britton.

Mary Murphy and Jasper Sutherland

Hilda Parker Kuett, Tyee Man, with guide Carl Erickssen

Hilda Parker Kuett, Tyee Man 1946, with her catch a 66 lb Tyee that she caught on August 23, 1946. Guide Carl Erickssen on right.

Sportfishing

'The Dance Hall'

A favourite swimming hole located on the inside of the Tyee Spit near where the campground is today. Local children used to call this area ‘The Dance Hall’ because one of the early big houses on the spit had an extension, raised on piles, that jutted out over this stretch of shoreline.

Brownies

Katie Ferry with a young girl

Katie Ferry and an unidentified young girl pose on the bumper of a car, very much ‘of the era’. The licence plate says 1950, as does the poodle skirt that Katie is wearing. A mystery guest hides behind the left bumper.

Harold Greystone with his catch, and another man

Roderick Haig-Brown with daughters

Roderick Haig-Brown with his two daughters, Valerie and Mary, in the study at the Haig-Brown House.

Elizabeth Glendale

Elizabeth Glendale poses in front of a carved house post on Gilford Island. A later set of these house posts, carved by Chief Herbert (Copper) Johnson, is on display in the Museum’s galleries.

Group sitting on Rock garden in Petersen family's front yard, Campbellton

From Left: Morris Petersen, Christine Petersen, Mrs. Sorensen (from Luna), Mrs. Signa Andersen, and Mr. John Andersen.

Lighthouse Circle

Afternoon tea for the women's group, Lighthouse Cirlcle. Back Row (left to right): Mrs. Smith (far left), unknown, unknown, Letitia Allen, unknown, unknown. Front row: unknown, Lottie Simms, Selina Glenny

Elk Falls, Campbell River

View of the lobby at Forbes Landing Lodge, Campbell River

Participants in Campbell River Junior Secondary School Talent Show

Students, Susan Meyer, Janice Williams, and Linda Woodworth entertain at the Friday afternoon Talent Show. May, 1968.

Flood in Campbellton