Headless Valley on the Nahanni nostalgia & nuggets

[Red Bullets]

I noticed that the provincial archives have posted a few vintage films.
This was an interesting watch. A little long at 1.5 hrs. but still good. The narrator/maker of the film sounds old. Heck of an adventure for a man and his wife to undertake in 1958. Not too many of today's females that would undertake such a rustic adventure alone with her man. Even more of an adventure because they did the trip with no firearms.

Headless Valley. by Mel and Ethel Ross, 1958

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zr1v5N6ovp4

There is an interesting part where the couple go upstream on the river and he sees and picks nuggets right from the surface at a creek. At 1:16:29 it starts. Sort of a sad ending for the sack of nuggets though. I guess easy come, easy go.

Thought some people might like watching a real adventure self filmed six decades ago.

[David Henry]

Didn't grudge the time at all. Thoroughly enjoyable. D.H.

[artie]

That was very good thanks for sharing. They were one tough couple. I like how often they say they bought equipment from Simpson Sears. Back in the day Sears used to supply a lot of outdoor equipment.

[Bigwoodsman]

Am I glad I watched this. Very interesting and well told story. Thanks for sharing this great find!

BW

[GeoTrekr]

Thank you for posting, I enjoyed watching this as well.

Ethel's obituary:

http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/cal...?pid=176225494

They lived full lives!

[owlhoot]

I've got this saved to watch later, Thanks
I had a friend working in Tungsten just outside the park in the early 80's, He had a plane up there and often described that country

[densa44]

My son and I spent 5 days near Wrigley creek eating ants, lost 25 lbs! We lost the canoe in a rapid. I felt bad about it until the rangers told me they lost their 35 foot jet boat in a rapid at about the same time.

The water that year was the highest it has been in 100 years.

BTW we found gold too, just like Albert Faillie says.