Featured Items
Margaret Ralph with her Bicycle
Margaret Ralph at Narvaez Bay. Accompanying note reads, "13 yrs." ...more
Building School at Saturna
photograph : bw. Full title reads: 'Building school at Saturna (the first one in middle of island) ...more
Ralph's Store in Boot Cove
"This store was built and operated by Joan and Arthur Ralph; the building that has become Grant Dickey's house at 101 Boot Cove Road now. In those days Boot Cove Road came past this store… ...more
Tea & Meeting of early Saturna Island Women's Club
Tea & Meeting of early Saturna Island Women's Club at the Hunt Residence at the corner of Boot Cove Road & Payne Road.
Back row in the middle (shorter): Dorry Edmonson.
Lou Money is… ...more
Saturna School Class Picture
Mary Johnson, Peter Quinney, Ian Quinney, Vern Storey, Barbara Bellamy, Bud Bellamy, Donald Davison, Nan Campbell. ...more
Rock Formation on Saturna
photograph : bw ; 11.5 x 8 cm. Image of gnarled shoreline. Notes in margins reads, "Rock formation on Saturna." ...more
Looking for Percy
Image of a helmeted diver on a ladder descending into the ocean. Notes in margins read, "Diver looking for Percy at Monarch Head." ...more
Loading Firewood
photograph : bw. ...more
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Featured Collection
Payne Family Collection
Collection holds 85 photographs, 29 pages of text, and 5 artworks pertaining to the Payne family and life on Saturna Island. Gerald Payne and his family were some of the first European settlers on Saturna Island, first arriving in 1898. Over time he attracted members of his extended family to the island, so that the Paynes were involved in everything from farming the land to building the first church.
Major themes within the collection include: Payne family photos, various islanders, fishing activities, memoirs, and newspaper clippings.
We are grateful to Sonia Furstenau, Jan Carroll, and Ruth Wiren for contributing these items to the Saturna Heritage Centre from 2011 to 2014.
In 2015, 11 additional items were added to the Payne…
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Saturna Island Heritage Archive
Welcome to the Saturna Island Heritage Archive. Feel free to check out our items, use the search bar to navigate the archive by term, or just jump into our collections and see what you find.
This archive was created by the Saturna Island Heritage Centre, located at the Fog Alarm building on East Point. We are open from May to September during the day. Please check saturnaheritage.ca for up-to-date hours of operation. If you have any questions, please contact us at saturnaheritagecentre@gmail.com
Please note that the Heritage Centre at the FAB no longer has a phone line. The listings in the Saturna phone book are no longer useful. Sorry for any inconvenience. You can still reach us by email or on our Facebook (Saturna Heritage Centre), Instagram (@Saturnaheritage) and other media.