May 15, 2016

May 15, 2016  Eucott Bay to Ocean Falls

A cooler day today that started with sprinkles in the morning - cooler and rain by evening.  We had another beautiful scenery day as we cruised down to Ocean Falls - the Ghost town.  It once had up to 5000 people as it was a Crown Zellerback Mill town and also has the Link Lake Dam which provides power to Shearwater and Bella Bella.  Several Olympic Swimmers came  from this town.  Crown Zellerback closed in 1973 - rather than lose all the jobs the Canadian government tried to operate the mill but gave up in 1980 and much of the town was bulldozed and abandoned.  Today there are 25 residents and it swells to 100 during summer.  So strange to see all the deserted buildings - hospitals, hotels, homes, etc. Pictures to follow - the internet here is so slow that I will wait to add the pictures until we get to a faster internet service.