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Graduating Class of 1969

Quinsam Fish Hatchery, September 1976

May Henderson with her children

Although the picture of motherliness in this photo, May came in second in the ladies' bucking contest at the Logger Sports Competitions of 1950.

Driftwood Trailer Park, Campbell River.

View of the waterfront and recreational vehicles at the trailer park. This trailer park was located on the Island Highway, south of Campbell River at the base of the hill just before going downtown.

MP Tom Barnett campaigning in Campbell River

Local commercial fishermen meet the NDP candidate Tom Barnett. After serving for several years as the MP for the region Tom Barnett went on to serve as a Campbell River Mayor, Oct. 20, 1965.

Lawyers of Campbell River

Left to right: Roderick Haig-Brown, author and Magistrate; Jack Caldwell, lawyer; Ray Sharpe, lawyer; Christie Smith, lawyer; Joe Cvetkovick, lawyer; Tony Sarich, lawyer; and Magistrate Lewis (seated).

Building the Campbell River Community Hall

Campbell River boys band

BC Forestry Service Station

The BC Forestry Service building on the Island Highway.

Coach Punch Imlach

Construction of the Ladore Dam project, Campbell River

Group of loggers behind the first Willows Hotel

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

Charles Thulin with teamster on Island Highway

Charles Thulin on right. Photograph taken just south of the third Willows Hotel, Campbell River.

Herbert Pidcock with unidentified woman and fish

Construction of Strathcona Dam, 1950s

Finished view of the Strathcona dam looking upstream.

Emma Dick with her children

The day's laundry on the line behind her and Quadra Island in the background, Emma Dick stands with her son Peter beside her and his younger brother in her arms. The beach visible in the background is now a four lane highway. Emma Roberts/Quocksistala, born in 1911, married Fred Dick of Cape...

Aerial view of new Campbell River Junior Senior High School

Miss Campbell River 1965 - Annie Giasson

July 21, 1965

Sign at entrance to Lane Field, Campbell River Park

Lane Field was located in Campbellton at the intersection of the ERT road and the Island Hwy. It was named for Charlie Lane, an ERT employee as a memorial.

The first Campbell River Boy Scout troop

Top row: Scouts Tim Peligren and Rodney Buchko proudly hold the Scout flag. Middle row (left to right): Scoutmaster Carl Mandseth, Dennis Buchko, Kevin Cahill, Douglas Carter, and David Ritchie. Bottom row (left to right): Assistant Scoutmaster Pete Pearce, Dwayne Attfield, Stephen Mandseth,...

Royal Canadian Air Force Ground Observer Corps

Ladies from the RCAF Ground Observer Corps pose for a photograph while petitioning for new recruits.

Shoo-shoo the clown at Museum Day event

Sharon Rondquist (nee Turner) aka Shoo-Shoo the clown at Museum Day event held at Foreshore Pavilion, Sept. 3, 1982.

Queen Margaret's field hockey team

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...

Roderick Haig-Brown with daughters

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

Forbes Landing Lodge on lower Campbell Lake

Forbes Landing at its original site on Lower Campbell Lake. This photograph was taken just before the 1938 forest fire which occurred later that year and destroyed the lodge buildings.