Tag Archives: Powell River

Spagetti Junction

Spagetti Junction, is a trail intersection,  when I post I never like to explain exactly where anything is, I do this because if you are reading this and want to see it, I want you to research and take the … Continue reading

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Freda Lake

Freda Lake British Columbia, what can I say, a beautiful magnificent place   I remember going up to this lake when I was a kid, it was a rough tumbled, bone cracking, head bumping ride.  These days you can almost … Continue reading

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Haslam Lake Pier – Abandon

Haslam Lake in Powell River has a short history, somewhat man made but still a Glacier dug lake, its not a deep lake but it certainly is narrow and long. Many years of logging have gone on here, many companies … Continue reading

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Steam Donkey No2 Chippawa Bay Powell Lake

Since I went back to the Steam Donkey in Chippawa Bay after so many years, I wanted to go back to the second one, the one a lot say doesn’t exist, and some say does. I saw this one too … Continue reading

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An Old Relic

During my visit with Clive Kent he brought out this lamp, its a headlight actually but a special type. This is an oil headlight, run by whaleoil usually and this style was used originally on many things, boats, horse carriages … Continue reading

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Saltery Bay – Powell River Road Connection

In the early days of Powell River, the town consisted of a mill, no roads anywhere except within the Townsite, only logging trains left it. There were however lots of homesteads north and south of this townsite, the Phillips, the … Continue reading

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Mount Troubridge Winches

A couple of years ago I was on a quick ride with some people of the ATV club and we were heading up the back side of Mount Troubridge with about 30 of us, I was in the middle of … Continue reading

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St Vincent Bay Boiler

Sometimes just getting out into the back country with other groups is a great way to find things other wise you would never ever had located. I am a member of the local Powell River ATV Club and two times a … Continue reading

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Murphy Lake

After travelling up a few branch roads, we headed up towards McVey Lake, we had to cut our way in as we seem to be the first people for this time of year, a few hours into it we came … Continue reading

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Khartoum Lake – Abandon Camp

Khartoum Lake, in Powell River has a long history, named after the famous Khartoum, sits beside another lake that is now called Lois Lake, prior was called Gordon Pasha. Originally there were 3 large lakes, Lois Lake, Gordon Pasha and … Continue reading

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