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Author Archives: OldFart
Olson Valley Mobile Spar Tree – Abandon
You all know how the adventure starts, first you hear or read a story, the story itself sometimes is not much, but the imagination takes over, sooner or later you sometimes go on that adventure. The story I was … Continue reading
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Tagged abandon equipement, logging, logging equipment, olson valley british columbia, spar tree
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Theodosia Inlet Trip – May 6 2012
Well we finally made it back into Theodosia Inlet, on the way to Olson Valley, this time we went looking for the 3 Steam Shovels apparently off the turn at 2 km heading down, we didnt exactly find that, … Continue reading
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Tagged abandon car, gears, Olson Valley, theodosia inlet
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The Original – The Cut Highway 101
I remember when I was a kid, my memory says that I was 5 maybe 6 years of age, my dad took me down along the original The Cut Highway to watch the company building the new section put in … Continue reading
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Tagged abandon highway, highway 101, old highway, Powell River BC, Powell River British Columbia
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Toba Inlet
Sometimes when you just surf the net you can come across some interesting pictures, for example I was looking through ads on a Powell River Facebook selling site, when someone who knew me mailed me that I should check out … Continue reading
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Squamish Road – GateWay Report
The Gateway to Central And North Island A Report on diversification of Transportation and Economic needs of the Sunshine Coast, Central and Northern Vancouver Island February 28, 2005 Prepared for General Public Knowledge By: Rob J Tremblay Diversification of Transportation … Continue reading
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Dorsington BC
Although Ive neither been nor heard of it, Mike from http://www.adventuresinmikeslife.blogspot.ca/ has been, showed me some of the pictures he took, and was nice enough to allow me to also post on here, but check his site out as well.
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Sterloff Property Sunshine Coast
It always nice to get emails from other people who enjoy my posts, its even nicer when they share the same interests. Recently I received an email from Mike Pearsons, who shared pictures, and links to his blog. Mikes blog … Continue reading
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Theodosia Inlet – Old Farm Homesteads
In September I went by quad to Theodosia Inlet, a 1.5 hour quad ride from Wilde Rd north of Powell River, up some rather steep, hairy embankments and along old abandon logging roads and past a few rather large de-activations. … Continue reading
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Tagged Abandon places, logging equipment, old farms, Powell River British Columbia, quad rides, theodosia inlet
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Plane Crash – 1945 Vancouver Island
Recently someone contacted me after reading through my site here at Vanishing History, and as it turns out, we share some of the same interests which is looking for old, lost, or vanishing history. He mentioned going to a crash … Continue reading
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Tagged 1945 airplane crash, chris halliday, lost airplanes, plane crash, port alice plane crash, vancouver island plane crash
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Abandon Car
A little while ago my cousin Tim was walking in the backcountry on Vancouver Island and came across this car. Now although its not in Powell River the subject of things lost are always interesting to me. Years ago when … Continue reading
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Tagged abandon car, antique car, fairlane, old car, tim wilson, vancouver island, vanishing history, vintage car
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