Jun 26, 2023 | Settler Families
Port Albion travel to and life there 1944 – 1946 We started our trip to Ucluelet, Vancouver Island at the train station in Calgary carrying Mervin in arms, with many friends there to see us off. Mom had six kids in tow as dad had gone ahead and found work at a fish...
Mar 23, 2023 | Military History and WW2
1946 and too young to enlist Hazel Simmell’s haunted memory of a close brush with death in Ucluelet Inlet. During World War II many Canadians too young to enlist wanted to do their part in the war effort, including many girls. Ontario girl Hazel Simmell’s...
Jan 13, 2023 | European Settlement
Skeletons; sawmills; gold; hydro-electricity and conservation? The brilliant, colourful life of a once-famous Ucluelet Pioneer Will Sutton: Timberman, Geologist, Mineralogist, Lecturer, Conservationist; and Promoter of Vancouver Island; he also robbed graves and...
Mar 22, 2022 | Transportation
Stranraer Flying Boat, Ucluelet inlet near Seaplane Base There are many beautiful views over our Ucluelet inlet. My all-time favourite view has to be one that includes our little Cessna float plane taking off. I will stop and look – it’s a compulsion. I love that...
