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Lori Bertram with catch

Lori Bertram with her catch - a 40 lb Tyee caught on August 10, 1971.

Joyce Sarvis, Miss Campbell River

The Ripple Rock Explosion

Campbell River Hospital

View of the Campbell River Hospital. Photograph was likely taken shortly after it was built in 1914. This hospital was later operated by the Sisters of St. Ann and was called the Lourdes Hospital. It was located off St. Ann's in the approximate location of the current (2011) City Hall in...

Ferndale Auto Court

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.

A swimmer who went from Campbell River to Quadra Island

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).

BC Hydro's John Hart Generating station

Building in the foreground was the office.

S. Murphy with catch

S. Murphy with catch - a 43 1/2 lb Tyee.

Henderson twins in the Parade, 1958

Henderson twins in a parade at Lane Field Park, June 30, 1958.

Construction of the penstocks at John Hart Dam

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

View of the filled area on Campbell River's waterfront

This filled area on Campbell River's waterfront later became the Foreshore Park (now Robert V. Ostler Park). The Rotary Club, as a practical joke, put their sign on this reclaimed land. Use of the land at the time was undecided. It was proposed that it be either black topped to use as a...

Office interior at John Hart Generating Station, Campbell River

The waiting room at BC Hydro's John Hart generating station. Visitors waited here for a tour of the station. Photo taken July 6, 1965.

Fire Prevention Week meeting at Campbell River

From left: Robbie Robinson (clerk Village of Campbell River Commission), Carl Thulin, ?, Oscar Thulin (Fire Chief).

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.

Christmas party, Campbell River

Christmas party looks like it may have been held in the Community Hall at Campbellton.

May Henderson

Jan Thompson of Community Arts Council

Jan Thompson with art work (fabric graphic) done by Jim Leishman. Artwork to be raffled as a fundraiser for the Campbell River Community Arts Council.

Farewell to the Sisters of St. Ann, Lourdes Hospital

Farewell party for the Nunns from the order of the Sisters of St. Ann who operated the Lourdes Hospital in Campbell River from 1929-1957.

Ticket selling booth at the Community Hall

Campbell River Fire Department announces Fire Prevention Week

Captain Doug Robinson in charge of promotion goes over the details with Fire Chief Bill McIntosh Oct. 6, 1965.

Founding members of the Tyee Club of British Columbia

The first elected Directors of the Tyee Club of British Columbia. From Left: Melville Haigh, Campbell River; Walter P. Miller, Seattle, WA; A.N. Wolverton, Vancouver, B.C.; Dr. J. A. Wiborn, Avalon, California; and Sir John Asser, Governor of Bermuda.

John Henderson

July 1st parade, Campbell River

Campbell River Recreation Assocation's float in the July 1st parade.