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Stillwater Logging Camp
Stillwater was a logging camp, in its heyday was one of the largest settlements north of Vancouver, its only rival was VanAnda which eventually surpassed it. Logging in the Stillwater area has been going on since 1890, and even to … Continue reading
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Tagged Abandon places, old logging equipment, Powell River, Powell River BC, Powell River British Columbia, stillwater bc, stillwater logging camp, stillwater railroad
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Suicide Creek Nov 11 2012
On this day I revisited the Suicide Creek RailBed, this is a trail that is well travelled by hikers, and bikers and has a few branches off but the original railbed travels for 4 km towards Lang Creek and … Continue reading
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Hovercraft
On a recent trip to Vancouver Island we travelled 170km of old roads between Rock Bay and Browns Bay, and one of the last things I ever expected to find on this trip was a Hovercraft. There is a small … Continue reading
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Tagged abandon hovercraft, homemade hovercraft, hovercraft, old hovercraft 1960 hovercraft, vancouver island
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Elk Bay – Stella Lake – Rock Bay Vancouver Island
Recently I took a quick small trip to Elk Bay and Stella Lake on Vancouver Island, this area was a well known area back in the late 1800’s for its logging with trains and donkeys, however we did not find … Continue reading
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Heather Main – Theodosia Inlet – The Shovels
In May of 2012 we ventered up Heather Main in Theodosia Inlet, its a logging spur, we rode looking for some old abandoned Shovels, we didnt get far then, we hit snow at about 1600. In August 2012 we returned, … Continue reading
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Blue Trail – Logging Grade
Near Duck Lake sits an old logging railway grade, still extremely well used these days but by people walking, horses, some mountain bikes and a odd quad. This logging grade was the main grade for years out of Duck Lake … Continue reading
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Chippawa Bay – Powell Lake 1978
Ive always gone into the backcountry, years ago I ventured into Chippawa Bay on Powell Lake, I had my camera, my trustie Kodak 110 with a whole 12 picture capacity and went for a walk. Well first I had to … Continue reading
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Tagged Chippawa Bay Powell Lake, logging equipment, logging railcar, logging wheels, Powell River BC, Powell River British Columbia, steam donkey railcar
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Romantic Gorge
Ive no idea where the name Romantic Gorge came from, the view from the bridge is more fearful in height and lack of width that its definately a gorge, romantic? well I dont know. What I do know is … Continue reading
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Tagged dump, Eagle River, Gordon Pasha River, gorge, Lois River, Lost Railroads, railway
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Olson Valley Homestead – Layout Picture
In the previous post, if you read it and saw the pictures you were looking at a homestead, so far un-named. In this post there is but 1 (one) picture and that picture is the layout of the homestead, … Continue reading
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Olson Valley Homestead
The last time I was at Olson Valley was about 1979 – 1980. It took me a while to remember some things and apparently not much of my memory is accurate, comes with age I guess. However we did find … Continue reading
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