Welcome
Blogroll
Legal Matters
All text, photographic and drawn material is the original work of the indicated authors, material is used by permission. Material is copyrighted by their respective authors, all rights reserved.
If you believe that any material here infringes, please contact the webmaster to address the issue.
Please keep comments respectful and avoid profanity or personal attacks. We reserve the right to delete any comments we feel are inappropriate.
Feel free to link to NordicQuest.com. We are selective in our outgoing links. Requests for commercial links or link exchanges are usually ignored.
Category Archives: BC History
Ocean Falls
In 1906 a group of businessmen chose the site for a new mill along the timber rich coastline of British Columbia. At the head of Cousins Inlet a large waterfall allowed the construction of a hydroelectric dam that would eventually … Continue reading
Posted in BC History, BC Places
Tagged British Columbia, Cousins Inlet, hydroelectric, mill, Ocean Falls, ruin, town, waterfall
Leave a comment
Inside Passage – Echoes of the Past
SE Alaska and the coast of British Columbia are a place where the past does not get wiped away. Ruins, wrecks, and abandoned places are often left for nature to reclaim rather than scrapped or redeveloped. When traveling the waterways … Continue reading
Posted in Alaskan History, BC History, Photography
Tagged Alaska, history, past, ruins
Leave a comment
Blunden Harbor
It is always nice to know a few safe harbors one can use to wait out bad weather. Before making the passage across Queen Charlotte Sound on a northbound journey there are a few such places to mark on your … Continue reading
Posted in Anchorages, BC History
Tagged anchorage, Blunden, British Columbia, harbor
Leave a comment
Photo of the Week – Generator Shed
Posted in BC History, BC Places, Photo of the Week
Tagged artillery, generator, shed, Yorke Island
Leave a comment
Photo of the Week – Mamalilaculla
Posted in BC History, BC Places, Photo of the Week
Tagged Mamalilaculla, ruins, village
Leave a comment
The Wreck of the SS Ohio
In 1909 the Alaskan Steamship Company steamer SS Ohio struck an uncharted rock in Finlayson Channel. Traveling north, the steamer was serving the Seattle to Nome route as she had for the past eleven seasons. Originally constructed in 1872 for … Continue reading
Posted in Alaskan History, BC History
Tagged British Columbia, Finlayson, Ohio, wreck
Leave a comment