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Installing the waterline along the Island Hwy at Campbellton

Working to install the waterline at the intersection of Island Highway and Peterson Road. The Terminal Café and Pioneer Bakery are visible.

The dining room in the third Willows Hotel

Campbell River students protest for new gymnasium

Len Franks and Brian Taylor – Tyee Club

A.N. Wolverton with fish

Guests with Catch of Salmon at Painter's Lodge

Roderick Haig-Brown wading in the Campbell River

View of Campbell River Lodge and cabin from the river side

Harold Greystone with his catch, and another man

Donkey Baseball held at Lane Field, Campbell River

Boats tied up on the Tyee Spit

Fish boats owned by members of the C.R. band tied up on the inside of the spit where the seaplane float is today. John Ferry’s seiner ‘Reubina’, named after his daughter and built in the Stirling shipyards, is visible in the centre of the photograph.

Opening of "T" bowling alley, Campbell River

From left: Carl Thulin, Maria Thulin, unknown boy, Carl A.Thulin. The bowling alley opened on September 8, 1950.

Campbell River police officers

Roderick Haig-Brown and John Glass

Campbell River Volunteer Fire Department

Unknown lady angler with fish

Canadian Legion Branch 137

Legion Branch 137, originally formed in 1934.

Float plane base at the Tyee Spit

B.C. Airline's float plane tied up at the dock, located in the Campbell River estuary. Log booming grounds visible in the back ground. September 1965.

S.B. Chandler, Director

S.B. Chandler with a Tyee weighing 54 lb.

Mr. Merle S. Jones with his catch

Premier John Hart speaks on the power development in the Campbell River area

(Mr. John Boyd Sr. can also be seen at the extreme left of the picture.)

Construction of the John Hart Generating Station

Bourne and Weir tire shop located in Campbellton

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.

One of the rooms inside the Campbell River Lodge

Campbell River building boom

A building boom on the newly developed Lilelana Ridge overlooking the entrance to Discovery Passage, 1965. This house was offered for sale by Lily Thulin Real estate.