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Peter Mountain at Bones Bay Cannery

Bones Bay Cannery. In 1927 the Canadian Fish Company closed their cannery operation in Shushartie Bay and transferred the equipment to Bones Bay on W. Cracroft Island in Johnstone Strait. Close to the gillnet and seine fisheries of Johnstone Strait and the mainland inlets, the Bones Bay cannery...

Flood in Campbellton

Home is where you hang your hat

Ken (Butch) Henderson and Tom Quocksister on the Tyee Spit, early 1940’s.

Car with passengers beside Forbes Landing Lodge

John Blackburn of Grantham is the man holding the boy. They were visiting Forbes Landing with friends from Vancouver.

Herbert Pidcock fishing with the King of Siam

Elk Falls, Campbell River

Lions Club Walkathon, Tyee Plaza

Bill Mathews (pointing), Walkathon organizer, giving instructions to walkers at the starting point at Tyee Plaza, 1971.

Charles and Mary Thulin with their family

At the back from left: Carl, Mary & Lillie; at front: Anna, Elin & Charles

An early Campbell River men's baseball team

Campbell River Airport terminal

This was the original municipal office building, built for the Village of Campbell River. It was initially located behind the old fire hall at 10th avenue and Island Highway. In 1959 it was moved to the airport to be used as the administration building; it had already been moved twice before, and...

Bourne and Weir tire shop located in Campbellton

The tire shop was located at the corner of Peterson Road and the Island Highway (1710 Island Hwy). This photograph was taken looking north up the Highway.

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.

First Anglican Church

Possibly the funeral services for Charles Thulin.

Moving the Forbes Landing Lodge, Lower Campbell Lake

The Lodge had to be relocated uphill, as the construction of the Ladore and Strathcona Dams would cause flooding throughout the area. The land that the original Lodge stood upon now lies under the waters of the Lower Campbell Lake.

Moving the former home of Oscar and Agnus Thulin

The Thulin house (located at the corner of 10th avenue and the Island Highway) being moved to its new location in Campbellton, November 1965.

Tour group at John Hart Generating Station

Forestry group in front of BC Hydro's John Hart Generating station, Campbell River.

Opening of Campbell River Elementary, Junior-Senior High School

Students arriving via bus at the new school

Building the Foreshore Park

Later known as the Robert V. Ostler Park fillng in a section of the waterfront area directly in front of the Island Highway.

Mrs. C. Smith with her catch

The 50th Parallel, Campbell River

Margaret Thulin (nee McNeil) and Jim Whyte by the 50th Parallel marker located alongside the Island Hwy near Campbell River.

Matt Evans with catch

Matt Evans of Sacramento, California, U.S.A. with his catch - a 30 ½ lb Tyee caught on August 14, 1966.

Herbert Pidcock with a salmon

The Campbell River Rotary Club

Members of the The Campbell River Rotary Club in front of Scout Hall. Incoming Rotary President Ken Antonelli and Rotary President Sherman Evans check a paint sample for the renovations to the Scout Hall. Apr. 29, 1964

Snow in Campbellton

A group of people pose for a photograph between the Quinsam Hotel and the Pioneer Bakery in Campbellton after a heavy snowfall.

The third Willows Hotel, Campbell River

On the beach in front of the hotel are a number of wooden rowboats that likely would have been used to take guests fishing for salmon.