The Union Steamship Company served communities along the West Coast up until they were supplanted by airplanes and small motor boats in 1956. Few would have guessed that as little as a generation earlier, when they were still the main way of transporting people and supplies. In the conclusion of her segment about the Union Steamship company, Lynne Jordan talks about the company’s twilight years.
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By Greg Osoba, CKTZ News, through an LJI grant from Canada-info.ca
Summer is the busiest time of year for recreational boaters, and docks on Cortes Island are popular.
Harbour Authority of Cortes Island Manager Jenny Hartwick anticipates one of the busiest seasons on record. She advises vessel owners to secure valuable items on board in a locked area and encourages them to call the RCMP if anything goes missing and to advise the Harbour Authority as well.
Continue reading Cortes Island docks, local harbor authority recommend some easy steps to ensure security
Heather Reimer took over as General Manager of Gorge Harbour Marina in February.
Her day usually starts at 6:30 AM with coffee as she looks through the emails that came in throughout the night. Two hours, and several cups of coffee later, Reimer will usually be in the office.
Continue reading Looking forward to High Season at Gorge Harbour MarinaHow our local government works
The Strathcona Regional District is seeking legal advice about expanding the access road and parking lot at Hoskyn Landing, on the north east corner of Quadra Island.
Hoskyn Landing is used by foot traffic crossing from Quadra to Read and Maurelle Islands, as well as hikers on the Surge Rapids Trail and kayakers within Surge Narrows Provincial Park.
The SRD’s current tenure is for public moorage and a boat launch.
The access road and parking lot are on crown land within the woodlot license of Cape Mudge Forestry Ltd.
Continue reading SRD seeking legal advice about Hoskyn Landing access
Campbell River is a hub for Vancouver Island tugboat companies, but Reuben Buerge lives in Heriot Bay on Quadra Island.
“When I first started, I was the deck hand. At that time we were towing log booms up and down the coast. I worked locally here on a really cool boat called the Utah for a winter too. Then, I had a job up in Prince Rupert and it was all rock barges, they were building breakwaters and stuff like that,” he explained.
Now Buerge is a tugboat captain, working for a company in Vancouver.
Continue reading A tugboat captain from Heriot Bay
