Crawford and McNeil's Store, beside the Quinsam Hotel. Left to right: Verona Forbes McNeil, Campbell Crawford, William McNeil (Verona's father), Grace Tyson (Devitt), and Ole Olson.
View looking south down the Island Highway, 1912. On the left is the Telegraph Office. At centre is the Thulin's General Store and Post Office. The building behind the store housed the first Bee Hive Cafe and Ice Cream Parlour.
Thulin family in car outside their home Thulin Court (later known as Richmond Court). From left: Mary, Lillie, Elin, Anna, Carl, Charles. This was the family's first car, a Ford.
Colourized postcard of Elk Falls. Printed on the back of the postcard it reads: This is a real photograph. Hand coloured. Published by The Camera Products Co., Vancouver, B.C.
On right is pilot Bob Langdon, standing in front of his BC Airlines SeaBee. At this time BC Airlines picked up passengers on the beach in front of the Willows Hotel.
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...
Portrait of Louis Petersen, an early settler of Campbell River
This photo was taken around the year 1900. Louis was one of three brothers from Denmark who took jobs with the International Timber Company and decided to settle in the district. They bought land in the area that is now known as Petersen Road.
