Campbell River beachfront in front of downtown Campbell River
View of the beachfront looking towards the Discovery Inn. This area was later filled to become the Foreshore Park (later known as Robert V. Ostler Park).
Bee Hive Café staff celebrating annual Pow Wow days
Skip MacDonald (kneeling), owner/operator of the Bee Hive Café with his staff dressed up in readiness for the annual Pow Wow days celebration. This event was coordinated by the Campbell River business community of the day.
Canadian Bank of Commerce and Campbell River Drug Store
Campbell River Drug Store. Mr. Turk, Manager at the Bank of Commerce; Miss Lillie Thulin; and Mr. Sullivan, the first reporter for 'Argus', stand on the front porch.
The 'Loggers Annex' to the first Willows Hotel, located approximately where the Campbell River Laundry later stood. After the second Willows Hotel was built (in 1908) the original Willows Hotel (not pictured here) adopted the label of the Annex.
View looking south on the Island Highway through downtown Campbell River, 1950. On right is Alex MacLean's Men's Wear. The large building across the street is Laver's Department Store.
A favourite swimming hole located on the inside of the Tyee Spit near where the campground is today. Local children used to call this area ‘The Dance Hall’ because one of the early big houses on the spit had an extension, raised on piles, that jutted out over this stretch of shoreline.
Left to right: Bill Henderson, John Charlie, Jimmy King, Jack Peters, Tommy Hunt, Billy Sandy Willie (?), and Sam Henderson. Picture taken at the Campbell River Community Hall.
