Photos by Harold Monks Sr. of Tofino, BC, Canada.
Harold arrived at Clayoquot, near Tofino in 1914 at the age of twenty one. While working in the fishing industry he took many wonderful photos of the ships, the town and the people.
These photos tell the story of the fishing industry, and life as it was in this once remote village on the West Coast of British Columbia.
#001
Brewster’s Cannery and the Annie H seine fishing boat
circa 1920
#003
Brewster’s Cannery and the Anne H seine fishing boat
circa 1920
#008
ss Maquinna
At the government wharf, Tofino, BC
circa 1950
#013
Brewster’s Cannery, at Cannery Bay
Tofino Inlet, circa 1920
#014
Brewster’s Cannery, at Cannery Bay
Seiners, Margaret F. & Anne H.
Tofino Inlet, circa 1920
#015
Brewster’s Cannery, at Cannery Bay
Note water barrels on the roof, to be used should the roof catch fire.
Tofino Inlet, circa 1920
#023
The Anne H.
With seine nets stacked on the aft deck.
Tofino Inlet, circa 1920
#028
The East Point, loading the last of the Salmon catch.
Tofino Inlet, circa 1920
#032
An old and battered seine boat, the BC Kid, with seine net set.
Tofino Inlet, circa 1920
#034
A cold wet day for the crew of the BC Kid seine boat.
Tofino Inlet, circa 1920
#042
A well equipped seine boat with navigation lights on the mast to warn other vessels at night, that fishing is underway and that nets are laid in the water. Brewster’s Cannery,
Tofino Inlet, circa 1921
