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Swim class

Members of the Campbell River Indian Band dancing

Members of the Campbell River Indian band dancing in the parking lot of the Tyee Plaza. Photo ran with story in the May 13, 1964 issue of the C.R. Courier newspaper.

Klondike Night event, Campbell River

Klondike Day's event held in Campbell River. This event was annually held by the Rotary Club of Campbell River.

Mrs. Boffy in front of Campbell River Telephone Office

Mrs. Boffy worked as a telephone operator in the office.

Interior of Allan's General Store in Campbellton

Allan's General store located at 1621 Island Hwy. Prior to 1956 store was known as Allan's Cash Grocery.

Brownies

John Hart Dam, Campbell River

Campbell River Airport control tower

A view inside the control tower at the Campbell River Airport.

Campbell River Salmon Derby

Salmon derby event sponsored by the Courier newspaper, July 23, 1964.

Campbell River graduating class of 1956

Tyee Club Trophy

For the Angler taking the largest Tyee of the season.

Campbell River Recreation Association presents football jackets

Members of CR Raiders football team in their new jackets provided by the CRRA.

Snowball Dance, 1956

Construction of the John Hart Dam

Constructing the Community Hall

Group of loggers behind the first Willows Hotel

First Annex (the Loggers Annex, not a prior hotel) in the background.

Herbert Pidcock with fishing lure

Well known Campbell River fishing guide, Herbert Pidcock, with a lure.

Tony Biron with his catch

Tony Biron caught a 47 lb spawning Tyee from the end of the Argonaut Wharf. Featured in the Aug. 12, 1964 issue of the newspaper.

Campbell River Fire Department with new Iron Lung

Buidling the runway at the Campbell River Airport

May and Sam Henderson

Sam was the son of Kenneth Henderson, a Scottish engineer who came to Canada in 1880 and married Lucy Johnson, a high ranking Nakwaktok woman. Although the family had a homestead on Denman Island, the children spent much of their childhood with their mother’s relatives, living in Kwakwaka’wakw...

View of Campbell River looking north

Margaret Thulin (nee McNeil), likely with the Crawford children. Photograph taken on the north side of the third Willows Hotel. On the left behind the hotel is the water tower.

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.

Tyee Club officers

Mrs. Randall, Tyee Man, with her catch

Mrs. T.B. Randall of Vancouver, B.C. being presented with diamond button by Wallace H. McMillan, president of the Tyee Club of B.C. Mrs. Randall was Tyee Man and new record holder in 1941. Her Tyee salmon was 66½ lbs and she caught it on August 7, 1941.