May Day celebrations at St. Michael’s Indian Residential school in Alert Bay. Elizabeth (Glendale) Quocksister captured this image of the school’s May Day celebrations while a student at St. Michael’s, sometime between 1936 and 1939. A keen observer, she later introduced Maypole dancing to...
Early float plane CF-ABB. According to the Canadian civil aircraft register, this aircraft was a Boeing B-1E 1075 and belonged to Western Canada AW. It was registered in 1929 and was taken out of use in 1935.
Opening of Okanagan Helicopter operations at Tyee Spit.
From Left: Glenn McPherson (President of Okanagan Helicopters), Mrs. Fitzgerald, Jack Lee (Campbell River Mayor), Don Poole (Operations Manager), Grant Soutar (Base Manager in Campbell River). May, 1966.
Tire shop was located at the corner of Peterson Road and the Island Highway (1710 Island Hwy). This photograph was taken looking south down the Highway. The building on the right of the tire shop is the Crystal Grill.
The Campbell River Wharf, built in 1906, with the CP Steamship Princess Beatrice tied up at the wharf. Photograph was taken approximately from the front of the third Willows Hotel. The wooden boardwalk that ran along the beach side of the Island Hwy, visible in the photograph.
