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c1920s A series of photographs of the Sunshine Coast and Sechelt Inlet

Photographs by Edric Clayton

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1971 -- Thormanby Island Land Subsidence

On Thursday, November 4, 1971, the waterfront land and homes on Thormanby Island subsided into the salt chuck. A theory is that that this event was caused by a man who built a rock groin which changed the currents and resulted in the land being washed out.

Photograph courtesy The Peninsula Times newspaper and the Alsgard family

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c1911 -- Wilson Creek Bridge built around 1911 Wilson Creek was originally known as Simpson Creek after Mr. W. Simpson was crown granted D.L. 1082 on June 18, 1892. Later it became known as Wilson Creek presumably after James Wilson, a blacksmith at the Burns and Jackson logging camp around the turn of the 20th century. The bridge was replaced by a culvert in 1951.

Photographer unknown, photograph courtesy Vancouver City Archives

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1917 -- Home of Captain John Cope at Wilson Creek

Captain Cope, his wife and four children lived here. Some of the children attended Porpoise Bay School in 1917 and in 1919-1920 when they came by horse and wagon. The horse spent the day in a shed behind the school.

Photographer unknown

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1920s -- Wilson Creek School

Photograph courtesy the McNutt family