tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-47399799255037555652024-03-23T03:14:03.807-07:00Northern Vancouver Island ~ The Undiscovered CoastShort history pieces relating to Northern Vancouver Island. Many items were previously published in the North Island Gazette or the North Island Eagle newspapers and all the copyright on all content is held by the author, Brenda McCorquodale. Not to be quoted or used without permission storeysbeach@gmail.com.
Check out the "Index by Area and Subject" in the header-bar below to see a complete list of all the articles! Enjoy ~Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger124125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4739979925503755565.post-22671529839853504412020-10-11T08:10:00.002-07:002020-10-11T08:12:29.814-07:00Ruth Botel's Cape Scott Map<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiku-bmYEU_nxFWN6BeGts5v05hlDXQiPZKN-imoNrzJDl1_YCjXXYCzdGmGmfn2eeuIGDmjuQ8ZlXWve7miFCnFDrgv4ZO75h2UkGomXGz6LV-_WL2rsrLzHcbqQF5dJQjXXECyAr040U/s2048/Cape+Scott+and+Area+Map+-+Northern+tip+Vancouver+Island.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1481" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiku-bmYEU_nxFWN6BeGts5v05hlDXQiPZKN-imoNrzJDl1_YCjXXYCzdGmGmfn2eeuIGDmjuQ8ZlXWve7miFCnFDrgv4ZO75h2UkGomXGz6LV-_WL2rsrLzHcbqQF5dJQjXXECyAr040U/s16000/Cape+Scott+and+Area+Map+-+Northern+tip+Vancouver+Island.jpg" /></a></div><br /> Map of settlement in the Cape Scott area by Ruth Botel. Ruth was a North Island historian who passed away in 2018. Reproduced with permission of her daughter Sandra Botel. <br /><p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4739979925503755565.post-22436997543084732512020-05-30T21:25:00.001-07:002020-05-30T21:25:10.126-07:00The mysterious marble shrine at Nimpkish CampIn the bush, in the area around Nimpkish Lake, there is a marble monument, which seems quite out of place in the middle of the dense forest, with no indication that a hiker were to come upon it.<br />
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I have been told it was a labour of love, built by a man who emigrated
from Italy and worked in the logging industry. Apparently his plan was
to bring over his childhood sweetheart when <span class="text_exposed_show">he had earned enough money, but she died before she was able to come to Canada. Her name was Maria Rei.</span><br />
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The monument was built in the late 60s and early 70s, and at one time
included a statue of the Virgin Mary. Either the statue that was a part
of this monument, or perhaps a separate one, was donated to St.
Bonaventure Catholic Church in Port Hardy. </span><br />
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<span class="text_exposed_show"></span><br /><span class="text_exposed_show"></span><span class="text_exposed_show"> The artist was Rufino
(Manny) Mancinelli, who was a "welder, barber, and sculptor" who worked
in a local logging camp. When the camp closed the area was overtaken by
the North Island rainforest.</span><br />
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<span class="text_exposed_show"> If you do visit the monument, please be respectful and take care not to damage it, so that it can be enjoyed by future generations.</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4739979925503755565.post-21706761432704925582020-04-19T07:49:00.005-07:002021-08-11T10:28:14.505-07:00Varney Bay - Quatsino Sound<br />
Ethel (1869-1957) and (Thomas) Henry (1869-1952) Varney took up a pre-emption in
Varney Bay in 1897 and had nine children. They lived on their homestead
for about 50 years. <br />
Varney, who was rumoured to come from a titled
English family, was well known in the community and sometimes referred
to as "Lord Varney." He held various government jobs and led some
projects such as a road-building crew in the community.<br />
A number of their children
died tragic deaths. Philip and James died in a boating accident at the
mouth of Quatsino Sound, and Fred passed away in a plane crash in Port
Hardy.<div>Ethel and Henry are buried in the Royal Oak Burial Park Cemetery in Victoria BC. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsTlHlxG91rhgXURZYWd7O46FGLm_lcV3bsqBBs9__1eZAUgZbO84wLaV5-WH1r2nr-D7mx75xVT1_46X5TYF7WHIh76Q9ZZJykVBIrxzTJ-GS67bWa3PPZrP9dn0sEhIze6oqMpUiCGU/s2048/144589194_1428197709.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsTlHlxG91rhgXURZYWd7O46FGLm_lcV3bsqBBs9__1eZAUgZbO84wLaV5-WH1r2nr-D7mx75xVT1_46X5TYF7WHIh76Q9ZZJykVBIrxzTJ-GS67bWa3PPZrP9dn0sEhIze6oqMpUiCGU/s320/144589194_1428197709.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div>Their daughter, Dinah Varney, born on the North Island in 1907, never married. She helped care for the homestead
and even into her old age was still taking care of a large garden. A
strong and self-reliant pioneer woman, when she was 57 she was still
running a 12 mile trap line, and was known for bringing down 19 cougars.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nootka Island Cannery 1938<br />BC Archives E-07910</td></tr>
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It closed around 1950 when fishermen were no longer able to catch pilchard off the coast at their previous levels of abundance.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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In the 1960s visitors to the canneries were able to find many of the old original labels from the cannery still in the buildings.</div>
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Today a fishing lodge operates at the location of the old cannery.<br /><br /></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4739979925503755565.post-89922089515825634812019-02-15T07:03:00.001-08:002019-02-15T07:04:04.886-08:00Kla-anch River<br />
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In the late 1800s Southern Vancouver Island was becoming more inhabited, and people began to explore the North Island in earnest. Some came to scout out good farming areas, and many were prospecting. In the late 1800s and early 1900s some adventurous explorers came to the Nimpkish watershed to try out the fishing. At this time Nimpkish Lake, and the Upper Nimpkish River were known as Karmutsen or Kla-anch.<br />
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Perhaps most famously, Roderick Haig-Brown wrote in A River Never Sleeps: "...In 1928 I caught a real January steelhead in the Kla-anch River on Vancouver Island. The Kla-anch, which is sometimes called the Upper Nimpkish, is the largest stream flowing into Nimpkish Lake, and is a hard river to know for several reasons. It is a very long river, scattered with pools that are not often easy to approach; it comes into heavy freshet rather quickly and easily,and it is an isolated river in a totally unsettled area; so that few people have fished it,and anyone who goes there to fish must gather his own local knowledge as he goes along... One day the road will reach there, and then the fishermen will learn the river and name the pools."<br />
Kla-anch River - 1914 <br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4739979925503755565.post-49546308912288369752019-01-19T13:28:00.002-08:002021-02-14T09:12:33.488-08:00Canneries in Quatsino SoundJobe Leeson opened the Winter Harbour Canning Company in 1904, hiring mostly Chinese workers, across the inlet from the community at Winter Harbour. He canned clams and crab.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">VPL Accession Number: 14134 - The Leeson cannery in Winter Harbour</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">VPL Accession Number: 14145 - Women preparing clams</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">VPL Accession Number: 13959 - Winter Harbour Canning Co.</span></div>
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In 1911 he sold to Wallace Fisheries who moved the cannery to Mahatta. The cannery struggled as Quatsino salmon stocks supported limited populations and really only produced economically viable numbers of fish every second year. Its focus was on salmon and pilchard. </div><div><br /></div>
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<br />After closing briefly in 19917 the plant re-opened. The Mahatta plant changed ownership twice before being sold to BC Packers in 1928. In addition to canning, a reduction plant operated at the site up to 1930. In 1934 the plan was closed and the buildings were torn down. </div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibWkipxXOkNC-WQ2TRWBiEb7-JhUIgacOaJLxdiDQ6p3M_xyz17SwtvMLOf4mORJnbw3VJpXzUOO98rhMB9ZyFKhdrF1Rga5P3EdUxfG56j8obxHE-IwTBHCCtTXnLOTAcFRiUZ_ZLkBs/s1600/Koprino.CFC-0021928_web.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="725" data-original-width="1600" height="181" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibWkipxXOkNC-WQ2TRWBiEb7-JhUIgacOaJLxdiDQ6p3M_xyz17SwtvMLOf4mORJnbw3VJpXzUOO98rhMB9ZyFKhdrF1Rga5P3EdUxfG56j8obxHE-IwTBHCCtTXnLOTAcFRiUZ_ZLkBs/w400-h181/Koprino.CFC-0021928_web.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Koprino Cannery - Used with permission of the Canadian Fishing Company Archives.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><div>The Koprino Cannery also operated in Quatsino Sound in this period. It was built in 1927 by Canfisco - the Canadian Fishing Company. Like the Mahatta plant it offered both canning of fish and a reduction plant. The plan closed in 1930 when pilchard disappeared from the coast. </div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4739979925503755565.post-20629372468655307962019-01-13T22:33:00.000-08:002019-01-13T22:33:45.116-08:00Port NevilleThis incredible historical photo of the week shows a forest fire threatening the town of Port Neville on June 25, 1925. Port Neville is located across Johnstone Strait just North of Kelsey Bay/ Sayward and is within the traditional territory of the Tlowitsis Tribe. Hans Hansen was the first non-Indigenous settler to locate to Port Neville in 1891, and a settlement which served as a stop for coastal steamships was established in 1892. The post office operated until 1910.<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4739979925503755565.post-62552842694063614092018-12-26T18:17:00.001-08:002018-12-26T21:37:02.022-08:00The Early History of Alert BayCormerant Island was initially a part of the territory of the 'Namgis First Nation, who lived in the village of <i>Whulk</i> (<i>Xulku</i>) on the banks of the Nimpkish River. The Island, which was known as <i>Yalis</i>, had been used as a canoe pullout, and an important berry harvesting location by First Nations for thousands of years before non-Indigenous settlers arrived.<br />
In 1862 a fish saltery was built in Alert Bay by Mack and Neill. The operation targeted Nimpkish River fish, specifically sockeye. Seasonal processing would employ many local Indigenous people. At about the same time, a Christian mission and school which had briefly been established at Fort Rupert moved to Alert Bay to minister to the Indigenous population which was moving to the island to work in the cannery.<br />
At the time S.A. (Steven Allen) Spencer also owned a photography studio in Victoria, however in 1885 he moved to Alert Bay and developed a cannery, known as the (S.A.) Spencer & (Thomas) Earle cannery. It was the first cannery built between the Skeena River and the Fraser River along the British Columbia coast.<br />
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A plant to construct boxes for fish processing plant was constructed in Telegraph Cove.<br />
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In 1902 the cannery was sold to the British Columbia Packers Association.<br />
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Earle sold his share of the cannery in 1894 and the cannery was renamed The Alert Bay Canning Company. Spencer also reportedly served as the Alert Bay postmaster before retiring to Victoria.<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4739979925503755565.post-82253276427158117082018-12-11T20:37:00.000-08:002018-12-11T20:38:11.932-08:00Vicks' Store, Fisherman Bay, Cape ScottIn the late 1800s, Danish settlers at Cape Scott set up an initial Co-operative Store at Fisherman Bay, at Nissan Bight. By 1907 the coastal steamships were no longer stopping at Fisherman Bay, and the store closed in 1909 as many of the original settlers left the community. A few years later, with an influx of new settlers living on pre-emption's dotted along the North Island's coastline, the store re-opened and was run by Archie Darlington and then the Vicks family. It again closed in about 1916.<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4739979925503755565.post-80284314418937926062018-12-07T14:57:00.003-08:002018-12-07T14:57:50.911-08:00Steam Donkey in Quatsino Sound<br />This week's North Island historical photo shows a logging crew, three uniformed members of the Armed Forces, and an unidentified woman posing with a steam donkey. The photo was taken in Quatsino Sound by Ben Leeson in the early 1900s.<br />From the mid-1880s, when they were invented, until about 1920, most steam donkeys were powered by a fire which created the steam. One person's job was just to manage the firewood to keep the boiler running. For a short period after that some donkeys ran on oil powered engines. Steam donkeys were an essential piece of coastal forestry equipment until about the 1930s, enabling loggers to pull logs through the woods, therefore leading to logging moving from steep coastal areas to more inland locations. <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4739979925503755565.post-72227478147602698712018-12-06T20:28:00.000-08:002018-12-14T16:19:49.778-08:00Kains Island Light StationThe first light station was established at Kains Island, at the mouth of Quatsino Sound in 1905. At the time the Inlet was becoming a bustling centre of industry and the site of numerous homesteads, pre-emptions, and settlements. At times the mouth of the Sound was easy to pass by, as was evidenced by Captain Vancouver's early charts which missed identifying Quatsino Sound completely. The initial light station was unmanned.<br />
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A more permanent light was established in 1910, and Quatsino Sound resident Nels C. Nelson and his wife moved in as the first resident light keepers.<br />
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An excellent account of the history of the Kains Island Light Station is provided on the Lighthouse Friends website: <a href="http://lighthousefriends.com/light.asp?ID=1195">http://lighthousefriends.com/light.asp?ID=1195</a> .<br />
<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4739979925503755565.post-46018777812371171052018-12-02T15:13:00.001-08:002018-12-02T15:15:03.895-08:00Sealing Schooner Diana in Quatsino SoundThis photo of the sealing schooner Diana, was taken in Quatsino Sound in about 1896 by Ben Leeson of Winter Harbour/Quatsino. Until the start of the first world war there was a thriving sealing industry in the Bering Strait, and about 50 vessels engaged in the fishery had their home port in BC. Many of the crews were Japanese Canadians. Indigenous people from the North Island were also recruited as crew on the sealing ships because they were good hunters with excellent ocean experience. West Coast Indigenous peoples generally were also experienced whalers. <br /><br /> Sealers would sometimes be away for months at a time, and could travel as far as to Japan on a seasonal trip. There are stories about some of the first people of European heritage to attend a potlatch in Quatsino Sound who were quite surprised to find Indigenous women dressed in kimonos, which had been obtained by men working in the sealing industry.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0ErGZXdyqCEpnzNeyFHsVXXtr0_NTWLQ7cAZXliuSGucfACr3N_u-ezYcy7i_ZmtcCi7Y919ogza_JiwNCsblo-odvjdwjOUSFatZPw73ZAPaMFIS6pfAKzZH1KBLnwRMxDBlA6E3MK0/s1600/h-04069_141-2.jpg"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0ErGZXdyqCEpnzNeyFHsVXXtr0_NTWLQ7cAZXliuSGucfACr3N_u-ezYcy7i_ZmtcCi7Y919ogza_JiwNCsblo-odvjdwjOUSFatZPw73ZAPaMFIS6pfAKzZH1KBLnwRMxDBlA6E3MK0/s320/h-04069_141-2.jpg" /></a> <br /><br />BC Archives H-04069 <br /><br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4739979925503755565.post-20410682708171699692018-10-19T21:55:00.001-07:002018-10-19T21:55:25.023-07:00Kwakwaka'wakw Dancers of Fort RupertThis week's North Island historical photo is called "Indian Dancers of Fort Rupert," taken about 1896. Within the big house, large elaborate dances and productions were an important part of the Kwakwaka'wakw culture. Some of the stories portrayed killings and even cannibalism, at times this would include the resurrection of a murdered person or supernatural being. Special effects, such as tubes running under the ground, special material thrown into the fire to make smoke or explosions, and other special effects were used to create an amazing experiences for audiences. Some of the first people to record seeing these events in English expressed their shock and horror at events that were both very scary and seemingly magic. <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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When World War II broke out, Canada perceived a threat on its Pacific Coast from the Japanese. In 1940 the government authorized the establishment of a Royal Canadian Air Force Station at Coal Harbour. The station supported both initially radio operators, and eventually the No. 120 Bomber Reconnaissance Squadron.<br />
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Although the 'Jokerville' in Port Hardy is better known, the Air Force employees in Coal Harbour also constructed makeshift cabins just off the base so that their wives could join them during their posting. At its height during the war, the population of Coal Harbour reportedly reached about 1500 people. This was a big change for the small outpost, which spent the previous 50 years mainly as a terminus of the Port Hardy - Coal Harbour trail/road and home to the Hole's hotel & store. In 1927 the Port Hardy - Coal Harbour road became passable by motorized vehicles, it wasn't until the Island Copper Mine opened that the road was paved.<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4739979925503755565.post-83719620021062299232018-10-01T19:25:00.000-07:002018-10-01T19:33:50.152-07:00The Steamship BeaverAn icon of the BC Coast, the <i>Steamship Beaver</i> was originally built in England in 1835. Able to proceed under either sail or steam power (via a side paddle wheel), she heralded a new era of coal powered vessels on the Pacific Coast. <br />
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The <i>SS Beaver</i> arrived in British waters in the Pacific Northwest in 1836, and in 1837 William Henry McNeill took over as her Captain. As steam power began to replace sail as the preferred mode of transport, the economy and trade on Vancouver Island shifted from the fur trade to the search for reliable sources of clean coal. This resulted in the establishment of Fort Rupert at Beaver Harbour (today Port Hardy), and Fort Nanaimo. <br />
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The <i>SS Beaver </i>played a prominent role in early coastal history, serving the needs of the Hudson's Bay Company, transporting trade goods, and shuttling dignitaries around the South Coast until it foundered on the rocks off Prospect Point in Stanley Park in 1888. <br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4739979925503755565.post-48538204823603287982018-09-15T08:46:00.001-07:002018-09-15T09:26:28.102-07:00US Air Force Drops Bomb off BC CoastOn February 13/14, 1950, during a mock nuclear bomb drop training exercise, two US Air Force planes departed from Alaska en route to Texas. Their flight plan was to keep them out of Canadian air space until they would come toward land to conduct manoeuvres over California. It was bitterly cold in Alaska, and from take-off the planes began to suffer a number of malfunctions.<br />
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As the planes approached Haida Gwaii it became apparent that a B 36 Bomber, carrying a Mark IV atomic bomb, was going down. The plane had multiple engine failure. The US Air Force was under strict orders not to let their bomb technology fall into enemy (Russian) hands, and the crew jettisoned the bomb over the Pacific Ocean (reportedly without the fuse device that would ignite a nuclear explosion) before parachuting down over the Inside Passage. There were 17 crew members on board, and 12 were rescued after they were found on Princess Royal Island.<br />
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The plane, originally thought lost in the ocean, was eventually located near Smithers, BC. For more information about the crash check out the book Lost Nuke: The Last Flight of Bomber 075 by Dirk Septer.<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4739979925503755565.post-73342876166024673402018-09-07T14:11:00.000-07:002018-09-07T14:11:24.653-07:00Seaweed harvesting in Smith InletThis historical photo of the week shows an Indigenous woman drying seaweed. She is not identified in the photo. This picture is credited to Clifford R. Kopas, believed to be taken while he was travelling on the CPR steamship <i>Cassiar </i>in the 1920s or 1930s in Smith Inlet. Local First Nations have harvested many resources from the ocean and land for thousands of years, often travelling around their territory seasonally to harvest various items at preferred traditional locations.<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4739979925503755565.post-10944991982717870672018-09-05T08:28:00.000-07:002018-09-05T08:28:58.333-07:00Construction of the first dock at Port AliceOver 100 years ago the Quatsino Power and Pulp Co. began development of a mill in Port Alice in order to process the vast timber resources in the Quatsino Sound area. The company changed hands a couple of times during the war years, but Whalen Pulp and Paper Mills did complete the construction of the mill and a townsite by 1918. This historical photo of the week shows the construction of the original Port Alice dock, circa 1916. Photo by Ben Leeson.<div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4739979925503755565.post-3793185721335053102018-08-17T10:42:00.005-07:002018-08-17T11:01:45.951-07:00Captain Edward Gillam and the Princess Norah<br />
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"Princess Norah with her dead master" 1929 photo by Ben Leeson<br />
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This historical North Island photograph, taken by Ben Leeson in 1929, is entitled "Princess Norah with her dead master." Her dead master was Captain Edward Gillam, who spent most of his career piloting CPR steamships along the West Coast of Vancouver Island route. Gillam worked on the <i>Princess Maquinna</i> and the steamship <i>Tees</i> before taking charge of the <i>Princess Norah</i>. He died while on the bridge of the ship, and is buried in the Ross Bay Cemetery in Victoria. While a Captain on the West Coast Gillam often came to the need of those in distress and provided a much needed lifeline to the outside world. Notably he made a heroic rescue attempt when the <i>Carelmapu</i> ran aground near Long Beach in a horrible storm, but only 5 of the crew of 24 survived. Gillam Channel in Esperanza and the Gillam Islands in Quatsino Sound are both named after him.<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4739979925503755565.post-47086005229325758352018-08-10T06:55:00.004-07:002018-08-10T06:56:45.490-07:00Quatsino First Nations practice head binding tradition<br />
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Indigenous people living in Quatsino Sound in the 1800s undertook a unique practice of head binding female infants. This created an elongated shape in the skull, and was of much interest to ethnographers when they began studying the First Nations on the Northern Vancouver Island. This photo shows local women with bound heads undertaking the practice on a baby. By the early 1900s the practice seemed to be dying out. Lucy Moon, who married Quatsino character Ned Frigon, was said to have been known locally as the 'last of the long heads' in the early 1900s.<br />
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<i>Frederick Dally, a visiting photographer, gave the following commentary on the practice in the late 1800s: "The Quatseeno Indian Village in Quatseeno Sound on the north west coast of Vancouver Island at which place the mode of flattening the skull is carried out to perfection one girl had her head so flattened that it appeared conical and half as high again as it ought to have done; as far as I know the mothers only flatten the skulls of their daughters as it is the fashion, commencing soon after the child is born, it is placed in a basket, or bark cradle and a splint of wood is held down with thongs over the head of the infant having a pad of pulled soft cedar bark which is placed on the forehead of the child and held there for the first year or eighteen months, or as long as the child remains in the cradle, it does not appear to imp[air] the mental faculties of the adult in the least ... The mode of building the lodges is different to that of the southern or eastern tribes of indians living on the island, their food consists principally of fish whic[h] they have in abundance, but deer, elk, grouse, ducks, berries and roots are also plentiful, the indians are stout, healthy and strong of a dark tan color. F. Dally."</i></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4739979925503755565.post-77480904642732962832018-08-06T11:14:00.001-07:002018-08-06T11:15:51.723-07:00Nimpkish Second Growth<br />
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This photograph, from Forest Service Records, is undated. It is from a file in which the Forest Service was recording the growth of natural second growth regeneration in previously logged clearcut areas through photographs. The stump in the photo shows an old growth tree which features springboard notches. In order to elevate themselves to a position where the tree narrowed and was growing in a consistent manner, loggers would notch a wedge out of the bottom of the tree and slip in a narrow plank which they could stand on while they were cutting down a tree, a 'springboard.' You can still find these notches on most old growth stumps on the North Island.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4739979925503755565.post-87616430207850922032018-07-31T16:33:00.003-07:002018-07-31T16:33:44.377-07:00Chief Webber (Kyodi) of Kingcome First Nation<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<br />This photograph reportedly came to the BC Archives as a part of a collection of logging photos, presumably collected by someone working in the Forest Industry. Notes from the archives tell that this is a photo of Kyodi (Chief Webber) in 1959, seated in front of his house in Kingcome Village with three men wearing traditional regalia. During this period the number of Indigenous people in BC actively practicing their traditional culture had been greatly reduced due to sickness, residential schools, and Indian Act laws which prohibited gatherings related to potlatching.<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4739979925503755565.post-9955080204780055042018-07-31T16:31:00.002-07:002018-09-08T13:59:18.325-07:00Air photos of early logging in the Nimpkish ValleyThe North Island historical photograph of the week shows a Fairchild FC2W aircraft in flight over Camp No. 8 in the south end of the Nimpkish Lake area in 1934. The photo shows a radial style of logging radiating out along the valley. The FC2W was a single engine airplane designed for aerial surveys.<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4739979925503755565.post-44708029262113089142018-07-31T16:29:00.000-07:002018-07-31T16:29:03.804-07:00Hansen LagoonIn the late 1800s and early 1900s settlers at Cape Scott tried to tame the wild landscape to cultivate crops and graze cattle. Rather than clearing the dense old growth forest, some settlers build massive dykes along the Fisherman River and Hansen Lagoon (1905). These dykes stopped the sea from inundating a swampy area and took advantage of rich organic soils. Unfortunately a promised railway to Cape Scott never materialized, and farmers found it difficult to sell their crops, beef and milk due to transportation challenges. The dykes also required constant upkeep to hold back the sea, and although the road and dyke system can still be seen at Cape Scott, it has largely reverted back to a grassy wilderness.<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4739979925503755565.post-89554112952569441842018-06-15T08:24:00.001-07:002018-06-15T08:24:32.085-07:00Building a road in Quatsino - 1909For 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.<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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