A barge also arrived to drop off some logging equipment and
a new truck.
While the operators were delivering the equipment they broke
a hydraulic line. So they came aboard
M/V Ocean Explorer I and had breakfast.
All nice people.
Once breakfast was over we left the bay to catch up with Sea
Chalet.
It was a pleasant run down Ursula Channel where we saw a lot
of whales! We caught up with Sea Chalet
where they were fishing at Kingcome Point, which is located where McKay Reach
and Fraser Reach meet up with Ursula Channel.
Continuing south together on the Inside Passage of Princess
Royal Channel, we motored down Frazer Reach and briefly stopped at the old
cannery site in Butedale, on Prince Royal Island, which unfortunately is very
rundown.
We spent time visiting with the caretaker, Lou, and his
sister who was visiting from Kitimat.
Took a tour of the powerhouse which brings electricity to
the house. “Lou connected a 115 amp
12-volt alternator to one of the old turbines.
A V-belt runs from the rotating turbine to a countershaft mounted on
pillow blocks. A second V-belt connects
a large pulley on the countershaft with a small pulley on the alternator, which
turns over at 1200 to 1400 rpm.” The
alternator charges the batteries in the powerhouse and the inverter provides
power to his satellite dish from one of the batteries Lou is charging. Lou carries the fully charged battery down to
the house and connects it there to his TV and Sirus satellite radio. No electric bill!
Lou tells us that a new group of investors purchased the
property last year and were supposed to start work on the place this summer –
but they haven’t shown up yet this year.
We hope they do as it would be a shame for this all to revert back to
nature and all this history to be lost.
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