Tag Archives: North Island

Pacific logging truck

In 1947, three ex-Hayes Truck employees founded Pacific Truck & Trailer in Vancouver. Pacific built highway and off-road trucks, including this one that was and still is, used in the the logging industry in Gold River. In 1970 the business … Continue reading

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C-GIUR and C-CJFL

A pair of Air Nootka float planes in Gold River: C-GIUR, a 1977 Cessna A185F, and C-CJFL, a 1956 De Havilland DHC-2 MK. I

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Gold River – Sandpoint Chief

Western Forest Products tug Sandpoint Chief at the Gold River log sort

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BC Ferries Alert Bay

The BC Ferries terminal at Alert Bay, Cormorant Island

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Alert Bay – along the boardwalk

One of the buildings on pilings along the boardwalk in Alert Bay

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Alert Bay – under the wharves

Under the fishing wharves at low tide – Alert Bay, Cormorant Island

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Highway 29 Bridge – Upper Campbell Lake

Highway 29 bridge over Upper Campbell Lake, near the Westmin Road junction

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Elk Falls mill

The Elk Falls mill – one of many mill that have shut down

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Browns Bay – rail car breakwater

The rail car breakwater at Browns Bay – a series of old tank cars…

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Browns Bay Marina

Browns Bay Marina on Seymour Narrows – pretty…

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