where we spent last winter (pics)

[thunderheart]

Last winter , the wife and i spent 5 months upcoast in an area called Wells Passage. Home base was Claydon Bay. We were running a small cedar salvage camp where the boys cut shake blocks for shingles and the like . We had killer cragging not far from camp. There were several slides in the area so we were lucky and got ourselves a bit of wood.Beachcombing for logs was a nice way to spend the spare time.
Now that i have the picture thing figured out i can show a few pix

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[pickrel pat]

and you want to move to peace river? nice pics.

[jimbo1]

awesome pics buddy!!:sHa_shakeshout: looking forward to meeting you when i get to the peace area

[flyguyd]

Nice pics

Thanks for posting

[Albertadiver]

Very cool. Would love to explore up that way sometime.

[RobG10]

cool thanks for posting :sHa_shakeshout:

[thunderheart]

Very cool. Would love to explore up that way sometime.
it is gorgeous country... the boat is named kingcomecrow because i worked in this area (kingcome inlet) alot and thats what they used to call me ..lol the kingcome crow because i was always coming back to camp with some treasure lol There is a working barge/ frieght company that does 5 day tours up there on a working barge http://www.marinelinktours.com/

[The Fisherman Guy]

That's incredibly cool. Thanks for posting pics of the best coast :)

I agree with Pat, you want to move to Peace River?

[TBark]

Great stuff.
We'll be on all corners of the Island in Aug for 10 days.
Have always wanted to spend a month or more there.

TBark

[2 Tollers]

Great photolog. Thanks for sharing.

Hugh

[Big Bull]

Great pics, thunderheart. I've helped my buddy do some log salvage when a boom got pulled apart near Stuart Island. Do you know Jody and Bob over at Morgan's Landing?

[TreeGuy]

So apparently, Thunderheart is more of a 'Nick' than a 'Relic'. :lol:

Cool pics man and all the best with the move.

[thunderheart]

thanks .. we have had fun doing this, and i will miss the coast big time ... but its time to move .. anyone want to buy the tug? lol

[bb356]

Thanks for posting ............. great pic's !!! :sHa_shakeshout:

[Got Juice?]

thanks .. we have had fun doing this, and i will miss the coast big time ... but its time to move .. anyone want to buy the tug? lol


Big Cam Cummins in it?:sHa_shakeshout:

[bb356]

Big Cam Cummins in it?:sHa_shakeshout:

6-71 Jimmy is my guess ? :)

[thunderheart]

6-71 Jimmy is my guess ? :)


BANG on the money buddy.. :sHa_shakeshout:

good old 671 detroit ... purrs like a new thing

the boat is a tuff ol girl completely copper sheeted from water line down ..sweet on the water and not bad on fuel unless i hook up to something big and tow hard .. lotsa fun

[thunderheart]

So apparently, Thunderheart is more of a 'Nick' than a 'Relic'. :lol:

Cool pics man and all the best with the move.

lol yep... relics boat is way faster than my ole girl ..but she'd pull 4 of relics jetboats backwards

[thunderheart]

Great pics, thunderheart. I've helped my buddy do some log salvage when a boom got pulled apart near Stuart Island. Do you know Jody and Bob over at Morgan's Landing? thanks .... no i dont but if there was a boat name i might.. there are a few guys up that way that tow .

[Nester]

Nice.

Beachcombers!!!~ :)

[Big Bull]

thanks .... no i dont but if there was a boat name i might.. there are a few guys up that way that tow .
I think his tug is called the Service 12; he kept the original name from it's first life!
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[cranky]

Thunderheart
Maybe a dumb question. How do you get around the logs not hitting that tin boat towed behind when stopping or slowing? Do you just turn it?

[bb356]

Cool Pic ....... Big Bull ........ Thank's for posting !!!

[GoneFishin']

Very cool pictures and awesome scenery too!! Thanks for sharing :)

[Roughneck12]

Beautiful.

[thunderheart]

Thunderheart
Maybe a dumb question. How do you get around the logs not hitting that tin boat towed behind when stopping or slowing? Do you just turn it?
the logs are a tuff pull and move slow when you slow down .. the tinny was simply pulled to the side and then the tow was shortened .. good question tho

[unclebuck]

Relic?

[thunderheart]

I think his tug is called the Service 12; he kept the original name from it's first life!
http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o145/BigBullAdventures/100_3798.jpg

the boat name is real familiar.. and and so is that little float house ..

[thunderheart]

Very cool pictures and awesome scenery too!! Thanks for sharing :)
thanks ... we had a lot of fun ..this is bad seeing this post again ..lol we sold the boat but this makes me boat sick .. lol

i just love those little float camps ..built a few log rafts for small camps

[GoneFishin']

thanks ... we had a lot of fun ..this is bad seeing this post again ..lol we sold the boat but this makes me boat sick .. lol

Aww...no problem...and even though I've never done something like that before, it does look like it'd be interesting and fun :)...but I like being on the water though too...but have never made it far enough west yet..

[Alberta Bigbore]

Nice pics.. wow. Got to get out of the city

[Zip]

Great pics...glad you finally figured it out,looks like a boatload of fun to me! When i lived up in Inuvik we used to have to go looking for drift wood of any kind to use in the stove at the cabin...which was 90 miles up the Mckenzie River from Inuvik...we didn't have the tugs like are pictured,but we managed with what we had somehow...and somehow it always ended up being a fun day when we went looking. Our cabin is well beyond the tree line so we really relied on what was floating up the river for heat...maybe the rye and rums were part of the fun...hard to remember now!
Anyway..if you got other pics don't be afraid to post em up...im sure we would all enjoy some of your adventures in that beautifull country....and your sure you want to move to Peace River??:thinking-006:

[ctd]

Really nice pictures. Thanks for sharing.

[thunderheart]

...and your sure you want to move to Peace River??:thinking-006:

:thinking-006: i dunno now ..lol i loved it momma wasn't so in love with it as me but even she said she missed the boat today when showed her the thread.. see what other pix i have

thanks

[bb356]

This thread need's more pic's !!! :)

[50/50]

We spend the summers cruising and camping the inlets around Prince rupert. We try to visit some different places every year and only made a small dent in the list we have.

I remember a quote by an old timer "Norm" who has spent his life fishing and building boats on the west coast:

" You can start in Vancouver , as a young man, exploring the inlets and bays of our west coast. You will probably never make it to Prince Rupert before age catches up with you; But you will have seen some of the best scenery in the world "

I beleive it.

[thunderheart]

one of the camps i towed in a major move the company undertook

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the other camp float
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not the best view but the propane tanks floating in front of the dock is a float i built last yr .. 32x40
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one of the docks in front of the camps

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i love rock walls

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[jackrabbit000]

Nice pics and story. Thanks for posting.

[thunderheart]

We spend the summers cruising and camping the inlets around Prince rupert. We try to visit some different places every year and only made a small dent in the list we have.

I remember a quote by an old timer "Norm" who has spent his life fishing and building boats on the west coast:

" You can start in Vancouver , as a young man, exploring the inlets and bays of our west coast. You will probably never make it to Prince Rupert before age catches up with you; But you will have seen some of the best scenery in the world "

I beleive it.

i believe it too

they say there is 28000 miles of coast line if you were to go around every island and up every inlet here on the coast ..it is beautiful country

[50/50]

Best Rock walls i've seen were in Peel, Mitchel inlets , Haida Gwaii, West side .

I went to go live there for a month with my oldest son. Cliffs that were 1000+ feet straight down to over 600 feet of water. Amazing . I never knew that coast line there was so rugged until I seen it.

[Sitkaspruce]

So, do you miss us over on the WC???;)

Been a decent spring so far, not as much of the wet stuff and we have actually had some sun.....on the weekends!!!!!!

Cut my lawn 5 times so far and now have to do it twice a week:sign0161:

Was over in that neck of the woods last week and will be back over there this week or the next.

Nice picts!!!!

Cheers

SS

[thunderheart]

So, do you miss us over on the WC???;)

Been a decent spring so far, not as much of the wet stuff and we have actually had some sun.....on the weekends!!!!!!

Cut my lawn 5 times so far and now have to do it twice a week:sign0161:

Was over in that neck of the woods last week and will be back over there this week or the next.

Nice picts!!!!

Cheers

SS

hi ya neighbor .. still on quadra .. just sorting life out ..how goes things up your way
was a great day here too

[bb356]

Thank's thunder ......... great photo's ...you one lucky dude to have the chance to do that ....... you'll make great memmories in the peace country ......... just take up flying on the big skeeter's we got up here !!! :)

[thunderheart]

Thank's thunder ......... great photo's ...you one lucky dude to have the chance to do that ....... you'll make great memmories in the peace country ......... just take up flying on the big skeeter's we got up here !!! :)


man oh man you just mean ... lmao:fighting0074:

but yep was definatley lucky to catch the tale end of some great things this west coast had to offer ..

[avb3]

Relic?

Don't remember "The Beachcombers"?

[thunderheart]

Don't remember "The Beachcombers"?

i used to enjoy that show in the early years ..even had coffee at molly's reach

[Skybuster]

th, I don't know how you can be planning to move to the Peace. That coastal vista is gorgeous. I can never get enough of it. Yes the Praries have their own beauty, but my opinion, the coast beats it hands down.
Where abouts is Wells Passage? I have visited a few spots down south, but I have spent more time up around Rupert and the Douglas channel. My brother and I plan to take a trip one summer from Kitimat to Port Hardy. Actually we might not make that last crossing over to Hardy. Our southern point will depend on fuel availability. Do you know if Duncanby Landing (Goose Bay) sells fuel. I understand Bella Bella and Klemtu are fuel up points, but I haven't any knowledge further south.

When you get up this way, give me a call. I'd love to chat about the coast. I could even be coerced into putting some Elk burgers on the barbie.

[Sitkaspruce]

th, I don't know how you can be planning to move to the Peace. That coastal vista is gorgeous. I can never get enough of it. Yes the Praries have their own beauty, but my opinion, the coast beats it hands down.
Where abouts is Wells Passage? I have visited a few spots down south, but I have spent more time up around Rupert and the Douglas channel. My brother and I plan to take a trip one summer from Kitimat to Port Hardy. Actually we might not make that last crossing over to Hardy. Our southern point will depend on fuel availability. Do you know if Duncanby Landing (Goose Bay) sells fuel. I understand Bella Bella and Klemtu are fuel up points, but I haven't any knowledge further south.

When you get up this way, give me a call. I'd love to chat about the coast. I could even be coerced into putting some Elk burgers on the barbie.

Skybuster

Duncanby sells fuel, so does Dawsons Landing, on the opposite side of Rivers and in a couple miles.

Wells passage is on the Northern tip of the Broughton Archipelago, Dury Inlet run off of it.

If you need any help or info with respect to the area let me know. I live in Port McNeill and work from Klemtu south.

Cheers

SS

[duffy4]

Really nice pics but I was hoping to see some big chinooks and maybe a few black bears.

I love the west coast of canada but could not live there as I need white-tail hunting too much.

[thunderheart]

th, I don't know how you can be planning to move to the Peace. That coastal vista is gorgeous. I can never get enough of it. Yes the Praries have their own beauty, but my opinion, the coast beats it hands down.
Where abouts is Wells Passage? I have visited a few spots down south, but I have spent more time up around Rupert and the Douglas channel. My brother and I plan to take a trip one summer from Kitimat to Port Hardy. Actually we might not make that last crossing over to Hardy. Our southern point will depend on fuel availability. Do you know if Duncanby Landing (Goose Bay) sells fuel. I understand Bella Bella and Klemtu are fuel up points, but I haven't any knowledge further south.

When you get up this way, give me a call. I'd love to chat about the coast. I could even be coerced into putting some Elk burgers on the barbie.

Hey friend ... Sitkaspruce is right on where fuel is available. he is most assuredly the man in the know in that northern area. the trip from kitimat to hardy would be a delightful trip ..i have run from Rupart to Vancouver many many times over the yrs of buying fish .. soo many places to visit and so little time to see it .. Hakai pass is one place you have to check out .. miles and miles of sand and the occasional pleasure boat and few commercial guys.. simply gorgeous .. give that a google lol its just above Calvert Island and north of Rivers Inlet on the west side of Fitzhugh sound . Butedale is another must see.. well see whats left anyway.

When we sold the boat we both said OMG what have we done lol but we shall see .. the way i see it the ocean is not going anywhere and a little adventure might be instore anyway .. lol so i will definatley be getting in touch with you when we get ready to leave .. i look forward to meeting the good people i am getting to know thru the great website .

[thunderheart]

I love the west coast of canada but could not live there as I need white-tail hunting too much. LOL great reason not to move to the coast Duffy ... i look forward to white-tailing myself

[Dog_River]

sometimes a man just needs a change !

Dog_River

[Skybuster]

Thanks Sitka, and Thunder. The info is appreciated. Preparedness is critical for a succesful ocean journey. I won't be making that trip this summer, but I am really hoping it is on for next summer.

Sitka, if you are stilll around next year I would love to touch base with you then for some finer details. On a side note I know Port McNeil fairly well, and Port Hardy. Spent many summers camping at Cluxewe. Mom was born and raised in Winter Harbor. I was born in Tahsis. But other than flyfishing for pinks at Cluxewe, I've never fished those waters. Well except for one guided trip out of Tahsis a number ofyears ago. Coastal vistas definately tug my heart.

Tight Lines.
sb

[Okotokian]

BRUNO GERUSSI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
(from the Hat ya know)

[BGSH]

The good life, living on a boat crabbing and fishing

[Sitkaspruce]

Thanks Sitka, and Thunder. The info is appreciated. Preparedness is critical for a succesful ocean journey. I won't be making that trip this summer, but I am really hoping it is on for next summer.

Sitka, if you are stilll around next year I would love to touch base with you then for some finer details. On a side note I know Port McNeil fairly well, and Port Hardy. Spent many summers camping at Cluxewe. Mom was born and raised in Winter Harbor. I was born in Tahsis. But other than flyfishing for pinks at Cluxewe, I've never fished those waters. Well except for one guided trip out of Tahsis a number ofyears ago. Coastal vistas definately tug my heart.

Tight Lines.
sb

SB

Give me a shout anytime and I will help all I can.

Cheers

SS

[thunderheart]

The good life, living on a boat crabbing and fishing

it defiantly is

[Dog_River]

I have always dreamed of that life you have lived (among others). Wooden boats tug at my heart and would love to have one someday before I kick the bucket, but a guy can't do everything........ I guess ! :snapoutofit:

Dog_River