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In this episode, Argonaut and Tally Ho continue northbound through the Inside Passage and visit Namu, where an abandoned cannery remains an eerie presence of a past bustle of the fishing operations along the BC coastline. After hiking around the ruins, we made it to Bella Bella, where Argonaut served as a medical mission boat from 1937 - 1966.
We go deeper into the history of Argonaut, the United Church of Canada mission, and its connection with Bella Bella and the Heiltsuk First Nation and surrounding settlements, canneries, lighthouses, logging operations, and remote villages from Rivers Inlet to Ocean Falls and Lowe Inlet. Mixed in is some historical footage of Argonaut from the 1940's and 1950's, which is a wonderful visual on how Argonaut served these communities in so many ways--from bringing mail, performing church ceremonies, and providing emergency medical services and transport.
In Bella Bella and the surrounding communities, I was personally rewarded with meeting so many people who had a connection to Argonaut, which was then Thomas Crosby IV. It was special to listen to the stories they had to tell and the memories this experience elicited. The community organized dock space for me to tie up, and many community members were able to hop aboard for a tour and a walk down memory lane.
This video is part of a series that I am working to record Argonaut's adventures up the remote coastline of British Columbia, tracing the routes and stopovers it once made as a hospital boat serving with the United Methodist Church from 1937 to 1966. This summer, I am working to document the people, places, and the experience of cruising the beautiful Pacific Northwest waters. These are part adventure/liveaboard/cruising videos, part history, and part repairs and work that goes into restoring and maintaining a 100 year old wooden boat.
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11 сен 2024