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Float plane base at the Tyee Spit

B.C. Airline's float plane tied up at the dock, located in the Campbell River estuary. Log booming grounds visible in the back ground. September 1965.

Lillie Thulin with Thulin family portrait, September 1970

In portrait, back row: Carl Thulin with mother, Mary Thulin (holding Lillie). Anna and Elin in front with father, Charles Thulin.

Charles Thulin

Portrait of Charles Thulin.

Seymour Narrows the day after the Ripple Rock Explosion

A discussion on education in Campbell River

Left to right: Joe Phillipson, Wanda Lenaour, Donald Brother (Minister of Education), and John Young (Principal at Campbell River Senior Secondary).

Remembrance Day at Senior Secondary School

Students at Campbell River Senior Secondary honour the fallen soldiers for Remembrance Day - Principal John Young conducting service.

A Campbell River flood

The Injanuaty Studio Upholstering in a Campbellton flood, 1948.

Observation bunker for viewing Ripple Rock Explosion

View of Lower Campbell Lake at Forbes Landing

Sam Henderson carving

Campbell River school track and field event

Sports day event at the Campbell River Elementary, Junior Senior High School

Job's Daughters at St. Peter's Anglican Church

Peter and Glen Ford

Peter and Glen Ford (the famous actor) with a catch of Northern Coho, 9-16 lb, on September 17, 1968.

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.

Officials touring the new Ladore Powerhouse, Campbell River

W.A.C. Bennett is second from the left.

L&H block under construction, Campbell River

The L&H block located on the Island Highway in downtown Campbell River. It was situated next to the Vanstone Buildings.

Campbell River Meats

Campbell River RCMP detachment

A farewell gift for Len Gray, an RCMP officer, and his wife Jackie.

Front porch of the third Willows Hotel, Campbell River

Campbell River Senior Secondary School play

Students on stage for a "school operetta", 1956.

The Pidcock house under construction

Construction of the John Hart Dam

View of the Island Highway and St. Ann's Rd.

John Ferry Sr.

Born in Shoal Bay in 1885, John Ferry came from the Kweeha branch of the Lekwiltok whose traditional territories are around Phillips and Frederick Arm on the mainland. John Ferry represented the Kweeha to the McKenna Bride Commission in 1914. This commission was charged with addressing the Indian...