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Quitting Smoking – Not on a Lighthouse!

July 11, 2012cigarettes, lighthouse, litehouse, McInnes, pulteney, smoking, tobaccoAdult Memories, Boats, British Columbia, Groceries & Mail, Helicopters, Keepers, Lighthouses, On The Job, WeatherretlkprLeave a Comment

I was a smoker when I arrived on my first lighthouse at Pulteney Point in December 1969. I was twenty-two (22) years old, married, with no children when I arrived. My wife, Karen, and I had never had to order supplies for a month. Our first order was loaded with chocolate bars and stuff we […]

The Vanlene and I

February 18, 2012Camsell, CCGS Camsell, Kains, lighthouse, litehouse, moving, pulteney, Quatsino, ships, sunken ships, Vanlene, wrecksAdult Memories, Coast Guard, History, Incidents, Lighthouses, Maps, News, Ships, Ships & Shipping, Shipwrecks, Storms, Videos, WeatherretlkprLeave a Comment

I received the following email the other day promoting an article on a friend’s website: The freighter Vanlene ran up on the rocks on Austin Island in the Broken Group islands on March 14, 1972. She was carrying 300 Dodge Colt automobiles while enroute to Vancouver BC from Japan. The crew was rescued and taken […]

Not Beachcombing

January 9, 2012beachcombing, Finnish, glass bottles, homesteads, lighthouse, litehouse, Malcolm Island, not beachcombing, pulteney, Pulteney Point, searching, settlers, SointulaAdult Memories, Beachcombing, Equipment, Hobbies, Keepers, Lighthouses, Recreation, VisitorsretlkprLeave a Comment

No, the title does not mean I have gone a wee bit balmy. This article is about finding things but not on the beach. It is also not really about lighthouses, but does take place on, or near a lighthouse where my wife Karen and I were first stationed. When I saw the photo below […]