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Construction of the Foreshore Park, 1965

Construction of the Foreshore Park, 1965. Businesses visible in the distance include Pioneer Hardware, the Masonic building (which housed Vanstone's butcher shop), the post office, and assorted small businesses.

Wei Wai Kum float in Parade, 1958

The Campbell River Indian Band float in the June 30 parade, 1958.

Alfred Moss with catch, Tyee Man

Alfred C. Moss, Tyee Man 1952, with is 67 lb Tyee that he caught on August 30, 1952.

Sam Henderson

This picture appeared in the 'River Portrait Gallery' in the Courier Islander Newspaper.

Love and Marriage Forum at Senior Secondary School, Campbell River

Forum on the topic of Love and Marriage held at Campbell River Senior Secondary School. Sitting at table (left to right): Roderick Haig-Brown, Raymond Sibley, John Young, John Gibson, and A.L. Cartier.

View of the Tyee Spit, 1968.

View overlooking the Tyee Spit, showing the floatplane base and the Argonaut Wharf, February 1968.

Crawford and McNeil's store in Campbellton

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.

Stan Douglas and Roderick Haig-Brown scuba diving

Fish and Wildlife boat ramp on Tyee Spit is paved

Bill Davis watches the workman paving the boat ramp.

Aerial view of Campbell River

Seen in this photograph: McDonald Road in the foreground, on beach in front is the Tyee Camp - originally built by Vanstone Sr. - boat shed at the curve in the road, McDonald house on the beach above McDonald Road, above which is Painter's Lodge with wharf, and Ed Painter's old boat...

Annual General Meeting of Tyee Club

July 1st Parade, Campbell River

C.R. Woodworker's entry in the July 1st parade.

May Day celebrations at St. Michael's

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...