Building a road in Quatsino - 1909

For thousands of years the predominant method of transportation around the North Island was by water. When the first European settlers arrived they wanted to transport goods and materials by road, by cart or wagon and eventually by automobile around and between settlements. This photo shows a number of settlers from the Quatsino area building a wagon road in 1909. Pictured are: Alex Farmer, Miss Evanson, Mr. Barnett, Mr. Gill, Mr. Browning and Mr. Nordstrom.

Quatsino 1909