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Fishing guide Thor Erickssen with catch of fish

Campbell River Fire Chiefs

Oscar Thulin, the retiring Fire Chief, stands beside the new Fire Chief, Bill McIntosh.

George E. Mitchell with his catch

George E. Mitchell with his catch - a 53½ lb Tyee Salmon caught on August 24, 1934.

View of Moose Falls, Campbell River

Remnants of a Bloedel Stewart & Welch Ltd. logging trestle, pre 1938.

Campbell River ladies group the Lighthouse Circle celebrates their 25th Anniversary

The Lighthouse Circle 25th Anniversary Left to right: The first President of the circle, Mrs. H.W. Allen; the 1964 Vice-President, Mrs. B. Arnason; Mrs. E. Christenson; the 1964 President, Mrs. A. Wiggins; a past President, Mrs. K.M. Anderson; and the secretary, Mrs. L. Mancrief. Apr. 1, 1964

The Naknakin family

Everything about this photo says 1950’s – the matching outfits worn by the two young girls, the embroidered name hats and (most telling of all) the young woman dressed in pants. Of the more than 400 photographs in this collection (most with women in them), only 4 show women wearing pants. The...

St. Peter's Anglican Church 25th Anniversary

Rev. Canon Alan Greene, first incumbent; Mrs. Greene, and Canon T.D. Proctor.

Roderick Haig-Brown and John Glass

Row boats

Joyce Gladstone and Reubina Ferry

Marching drills at St. Michael's

Marching drills at Saint Michael’s Indian Residential School in Alert Bay. During the war such exercises were a common feature of school routines throughout the country. Residential school students supported the war effort by knitting socks and mitts for the troops.

Girl guides at camp on Hudson's Farm

Annual General Meeting of Tyee Club

Mr. and Mrs. Joe Breeze

Mr. and Mrs. Joe Breeze of Ogden, Utah, U.S.A. with two fish weighing 31 lb and 34 lb, caught in August 1969. Guide Mike Rippingale (not in photograph).

Girl Guides Christmas

Styer with catch

Styer with catch - a 39 lb Tyee.

Bathtub races at the McIvor Lake Water Festival

In the lead is the Mayor of Duncan, Jim Quaife, followed closely by Campbell River's Mayor Skip McDonald, with Frank Ney, Mayor of Nanaimo, in the rear. August, 1968.

Snowball Dance, 1956

Youngster walk around town with posters for new arena

Construction of the penstocks at John Hart Dam

View of BC Hydro's John Hart dam under construction.

Dick de Kay with guide Dr. Duke

Car with passengers beside Forbes Landing Lodge

John Blackburn on left with a group of friends visiting from Vancouver, June 1918.

Campbell River Fire Department personnel and equipment

Campbell River's first fire hall Located at 10th Avenue and the Island Highway. Fire Chief Oscar Thulin second from left with wife Agnes beside him.

Coach Punch Imlach

Lynn Nash with his catch

Lynn Nash with his catch of 37 lb Reg. Tyee on September 2, 1981. Guide Reid Herkes (not in photograph).