Schnarr, August

SCHNARR, August, coastal pioneer (b 29 Aug 1886, Centralia, WA; d 1981, Heriot Bay). Raised on a Washington homestead, he came to BC in 1909 to work in a LOGGING camp on CRACROFT ISLAND. By 1911 he and brothers Gus and Johnny SCHNARR lived year-round on the coast, logging in summer and trapping furs in winter in BUTE INLET. After serving in the US army during WWI, he returned to the coast, married Zaida Lansell and settled in SHOAL BAY on E THURLOW ISLAND. In 1926 they installed a FLOATHOUSE in...

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