Aug 12 & 13 - Ocean Falls

Curious Otters

Oldest Building in Ocean Falls circa 1920's

View of Dam from Above

Spillway with broken bridge

Tennis anyone?

Debris in Gunboat Standing Straight Up

Martin Valley Fishing Rules

Check your oil Sir?

Bit of Color in Ocean Falls

Ocean Belles Store

Still one of our favorite stops. And this particular time in Ocean Falls is special as its hot and Sunny! Out of the 1/2 dozen or so times that we have been here, we have been lucky with weather. The bridge is collapsed (in May 2008), making it difficult for the residents to get fuel for their vehicles and dispose of their garbage. Being this far away from any amenities, the residents have made a new burning dump and are able to get fuel by going over via boat and filling jerry cans with gasoline (for their vehicles).

Mike and Dave & Penny went biking to the other side of Town to see if they could get to Martin Valley Lake. 8 miles into the bush, Mike's bike quit.....turns out one of his favorite things not to do, check the oil, bit him in the backside. There was no oil in his bike, so ingeniously he drained some out of his crank case and refilled the oil (albeit old) enough to get him started up and the 20 some odd miles back to the boats.

We have met great folks here from Vancouver, Heriot Bay and Powell River.

The crabbing has been awesome, prawning not so good.