All posts by Roy L Hales

Roy L Hales - is the President of Cortes Currents and also the Cortes Radio Society, where he has had a radio program since 2014. He has had over 2,000 articles published, in print or web publications, since 1982. Close to 450 of these have been republished onClean Technica. Roy Lives on Cortes Island. You can access his articles and podcasts on this website here.
Lifestyle

The Misty Isles New Owners

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Amy Bockner – All images courtesy https://mistyislesadventures.com/

By Roy L Hales

Many of you are probably aware that Cortes Island’s best known schooner has changed hands. After twenty-one years of showing tourists around our area, Mike Moore and Samantha Statton are retiring. I recently met with the Misty Isles new owners, Amy Bockner and Jonas Fineman, outside the Co-op in Mansons Landing. 

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Regional History

Discovery Islands, Bute Inlet & Nootka Sound

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Little girls in the tub, Schnarrs from Bute Inlet. courtesy Campbell River Museum

 In this morning’s Cortes Currents, we continue with the audio from Jeanette Taylor’s recent talk at Manson’s Hall. In the previous episode she talked about Old Quadra Island. Now we explore the rest of the Discovery Islands, Bute Inlet & Nootka Sound.

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