Hi Bridget, I tried to reply to your message but received an error. Sorry to send via the list, but have no other way of letting you know. Jim Bundy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bridget Watson" <gardens6@shaw.ca> To: "Jim Bundy" <jbundy48@comcast.net> Sent: Monday, December 04, 2006 6:22 PM Subject: Re: [CAN-BC] Ocean Falls Dean Channel picture > Hi Jim, > I used to live in Ocean Falls from 1979-1984. We moved there from the > logging camp we had been living in for 7 years, the year before the mill > closed down, perfect timing eh? So we were there when the big red > trailers came to move everybody out. Week after week they were filled, > sent out on ferry or barge, I can't remember, more brought in and they > left as well. The brand new Fire truck arrived months after most had left, > as did the company to install the satellite dish on the hotel roof and > every house and apt. empty or occupied was wired for Satellite TV. But I > suppose the reasoning was it was already paid for so go for it. We stayed > there for a few years after the mill shut down, my husband was a > hand-logger, then it got too depressing and not a good environment for my > pre teens, so we left and came back to Vancouver Island. > > I would like to have a look at this photo if you would like to e-mail it > to me. I have fond memories of my time there. > > All the best, > > Bridget on Vancouver Island > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jim Bundy" <jbundy48@comcast.net> > To: "BC Rootsweb" <CAN-BRITISH-COLUMBIA@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, December 04, 2006 4:28 PM > Subject: [CAN-BC] Ocean Falls Dean Channel picture > > >> Hi, >> That';s what the picture I just scanned looks like to me, and it may have >> been taken from the small cemetery there. A good family friend of ours at >> Ocean Falls, Ked Pack, who, with her husband Harry, introduced my parents >> to each other over bridge games, once said that if she stood in the >> cemetery and looked down Dean Channel, she could see the only 2 ways out >> of Ocean Falls. :) Its sure a beautiful place when its not raining >> (which isn't very often, 200 inches per year) >> Jim Bundy >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> CAN-BRITISH-COLUMBIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' >> without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > >