Log chute over the Island Highway

Log chute over the Island Highway at about where 6th Avenue is today. Charles Thulin was logging some land.
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Opening of Campbell River Elementary, Junior-Senior High School

Students arriving at the school in Campbell River.
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Campbell River Baseball Team " Braves"

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First Nations float in July 1st parade, Campbell River

1st prize winning float entry at the July 1st parade at Lane Field. Float was entered by members of the We Wai Kum band. Woman standing at front may be Katie Ferry with her husband John Ferry standing beside. Man (standing) third from left is Sam Henderson.
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Construction of Strathcona Dam, 1950s

Finished view of the Strathcona dam looking upstream.
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Construction of Community Hall

Constructing the Community Hall in downtown Campbell River. The hall took a number of years to build but was opened in 1954.
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Girl Guides

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Students of Campbell River School

Back Row: Gilbert Wickstrom, Fred Peterson, Lloyd Rollers, Unknown, Unknown, Godfrey Rogers, John Vanstone. Middle Row: Dorothy Perkins, Peggy Masters, Alec Ungarian, Unknown, Unknown, Bert Masters, Unknown, Edward, Haster, Alvira Lwingstone, Betty Foster, Unknown, Rose Ungarian, Ione Crawford,...
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Allan's General Store

A view inside Allan's General store sometime during the mid-1950s. The store was located on the Island Highway in Campbellton.
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Raising the cenotaph flagpole

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The Village Commissioners

Left to right: Robbie Robinson (clerk), Carl Thulin, Jack Baikie, and Richard Murphy. Missing is Oscar Thulin.
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Agnes Twidle with catch of salmon

Miss Hope (on left) and Agnes Twidle (on right) holding a catch of salmon at Granite Bay, Quadra Island.
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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.
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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...
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Flood in Campbellton, 1951

View of flooded area in Campbellton - this may be the Rainbow Court which was located off 19th ave near the intersection with the Island Hwy, November 27, 1951.
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Construction of Strathcona Dam, 1950s

Excavating the river below one of the cofferdams.
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Youngquist and Ferguson with catch

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Ken Forde poses with many portraits of himself

The portraits were done in a competition run by Dagmar's Store.
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T'sonoqua feast dish at the Pidcock house, Campbell River

A woman sitting in T'sonoqua Feast Dish when it was beside the tennis court at Herbert and Dolly Pidcock's home on the banks of the Campbell River (2250 Campbell River Rd.). This feast dish is currently on display in the Museum at Campbell River Gallery.
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Herbert Pidcock with fishing lure

Well known Campbell River fishing guide, Herbert Pidcock, with a lure.
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Roderick Haig-Brown with Catch of 39lb Salmon

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Members of the Forbes Family who established the lodge

Left to right: James Forbes, Bill Sutherland, and Mrs. Elizabeth Forbes. The boy in front is Gordon Forbes.
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First aid post set up on school grounds

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Campbell River Waterfront after a storm

View of the original war memorial cenotaph, located on the Island Highway (in forefront). The larger building on the left is the Van Isle Theatre. This photograph was taken before the Tyee Plaza development.
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Mr. and Mrs. E. Janko of Vienna, Austria with catch

Guide Dan Lynch (on left), and Mr. and Mrs. E. Janko (from Vienna, Austria) with their catch of a pair of 42 lb Tyees caught on August 26, 1967.
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