EP8 - Argonaut Retraces History in Bella Bella, 102 Years on the BC Coast

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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

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@JamieWebb-RuxtonIsland-xo4bp 23 дня назад

Thank you for for being inclusive and respectful of the indigenous people in your travels

@blackm0rejay 13 дней назад

Fantastic video Nick, I really appreciate the respect you show for the communities and history of the central coast. Well done

@BKinWhiteRock 25 дней назад

Thomas Crosby (bob Burroughs captain) used to visit our gypo logging camp in smiths and Boswell inlet in the 1960s. We used to be able to borrow books from their little on board library. Bob went onto a distinguished career running a united church in downtown east side Vancouver.

@moebeddah2288 25 дней назад

Argonaut II has quite the legacy. Thanks for sharing her history, and the present day beauty of the BC coast. And the food. Yes, the food. The salmon looked incredible. I'm enjoying your presentations, and look forward to more. Safe travels.

@MV_Argonaut 25 дней назад

Thank you so much! That's a kind comment to share, and yes--we are almost salmoned-out at this point. I'm so amazed at how easy the fishing is up here (though not the case in all areas)

@drp551 25 дней назад

Nick, you did an awesome job producing this very interesting and informative video! I can't wait for the next episode. Thank you for the "effort" and Argonaut II is a beautiful vessel. You should be very proud for having restored her.

@MV_Argonaut 25 дней назад

Thank you so much for the kind comment, I appreciate the support!

@gardenrailroading 25 дней назад

Beautiful passages Nick! In one of my past lives I was a mate for Foss and Vessel Engineering and made many trips passed Bella Bella, I had no idea of the history there as well as many of the other places you are able to visit. One of the best riding tugs I was ever on was the Polar Merchant. She was originally built in 1927 as a USCG rum runner chaser. I found a book in my old travel case that you might get a kick out of inspecting, it is called "Bernard's Distance Book, Panama to Arctic Sea". If you would like it, you can message me an address to ship it to. At 72 my Masters license is only kept for continuity and I have looked at it long enough! Keep those wonderful videos coming. I for one, love them.

@MV_Argonaut 25 дней назад

Hi, thanks for the support! It's been a fun learning experience figuring out how to edit videos...I continue to be inspired by the online support and there are certainly more to come.

@gardenrailroading 25 дней назад

@@MV_Argonaut It is fun doing the editing, I am just sitting down to edit my next video.

@paullaviolette2610 25 дней назад

This makes me think back to a time when my parents grew up on the float camps around Gilford Island in the 20s, 30s and 40s. The Columbia was the hospital ship in that area. I too remember the Columbia living on the float camp till I was 6 in 1956 then we moved to Campbell River. The thing I remember the most was my sister and I got our vacation onboard - I was so embarrassed because I cried and my sister didn’t.

@jonmurraymurray5512 25 дней назад

So humid and cold up there......clouds and fog love it.

@theos6848 22 дня назад

I visited Namu on a cruise with family in the late eighties... Might've even been 1990 or 91. Anyway seeing how it looks today with my memory is wild. Thank you for sharing! Very cool trip and boat

@joncarter3817 25 дней назад

Very interesting video. I was blown away by what Namu looks like these days. In 1973 I was taking a Tollycraft I purchased in Olympia Washington to Juneau Ak. In route I had a major engine issue in Alert Bay and used up all the cash I had brought along and only had a credit card to purchase fuel etc. In Namu there was an old guy (I remember he had an eagle feather attached to his hat). Anyway he ended up selling me fuel and allowed me to used a check. He literally saved my bacon so I've always had fond memories of Namu. Really too bad but that has happened to a number of canary communities . Keep up the videos because they help us all take a glimpse backwards.

@januszcan-pol6067 14 дней назад

So beautiful video and story. Thank You❤

@troytreeguy 25 дней назад

That still water shot was fantastic

@camillelegge1591 25 дней назад

Great video! Loved the abandoned cannery and seeing the historical footage. Such interesting history! I’d love to help support this boat and will definitely contribute on Patreon!

@L-36 25 дней назад

I came to this channel through Tally Ho. My boat is a 1956 wood sailing boat. I like that your boat is a boat, and not a piano. I look forward to your repair season videos as well as your adventures. My channel has had an interesting "success". Most of the sailing videos I posted got 300 views. My most successful is a how-to and has over 400,000 views. I have several in the tens of thousands but also how-to in nature. I am no expert on RU-vid but thought I would share that as one RU-vidr to another. Best of luck to you.

@Fr99763 25 дней назад

Thank you for sharing and showing us the beauty and history of this part of the world

@edwardmacintosh9476 25 дней назад

Oh, what stories that place could tell you . Most interesting place with lots of forgotten history. I love old spots like that. Good video. Thankyou .

@DougBeech-c9u 11 дней назад

Enjoying your videos very much. I knew your boat in the 60s when it was the Thomas Crosby IV. My father was United Church minister in Ocean Falls. He often travelled on the “Crosby” and we knew several of it’s captains - Bob Burroughs, Bob Scales & Jack Gosse I believe was engineer before becoming captain. Also remember the Thomas Crosby V which replaced the Crosby IV when it was retired.

@mattinsley1721 24 дня назад

It's such a wonderful thing for you to be able to honor the history of the boat's career and to touch the hearts of the people who had these experiences with her. Time moves so fast and soon those personal experiences will be lost with that generation. You are really doing a great honor to those people buy asking them to share their personal histories. I think Argonaut will out live us all, but those stories now need to be kept alive as well. Well done, Nick.

@craigdouglasmartens7037 22 дня назад

Thank you for keeping this beautiful vessel and historical icon alive. Bravo!

@KennyP88 25 дней назад

What a great trip you must be having. Retouching the lives of so many that know the boat. Pretty special I’m sure.👍

@thomasmackey6760 25 дней назад

You did a top notch job of being sensitive to the spiritual mission of the boat and the social harm it may have caused. Well Done. As someone who would claim Christ and believe in the Gospel, I recodnise it was often done in a way which Im sure made Jesus sad. Love your footage and your sharing. Carry On!

@danoyes1 20 дней назад

Got to wonder why bringing mail and medical supplies would make Jesus cry? If the religious folks on the boat were really such terrible people why would locals who interacted with the boat remember it fondly 🤔 🤷‍♂️

@bopetersson4095 25 дней назад

Nick, thank you for sharing. The boat and its history is fascinating.

@georgeattig8088 24 дня назад

Fascinating vlog. Your channel definitely should be shared more by your subscribers and the YT algorithm. Keep up the very interesting content.

@gobic1319 25 дней назад

What a beautiful boat! You’re a lucky guy.

@LNM0000 22 дня назад

Fffffuuuckinell.what a coastline ❤❤❤❤❤❤

@andyfry2299 25 дней назад

Wow. More awesomeness, Nick. Thanks so much.

@peterriess8256 23 дня назад

Great to see you and your friends in Echo Bay today. Hope you guys enjoyed your tour of MV Deerleap. See you at the Victoria show!

@MV_Argonaut 23 дня назад

Thanks, Peter! It was fun to say hello - survived the rain and caught quite a few crab this evening for a wonderful dinner aboard. Thanks for the tour and see you again down in Victoria!

@stevethomas5145 25 дней назад

Wonderful! Appreciate the history of the vessel and the beautiful scenery. Thank you!

@jayarnold4149 25 дней назад

Beautiful footage of the history love your boat all the patina that goes with it. I have 1928 Herreshoff S - Boat that I’ve restored and race with the one class design, fleet, inNewport RI . keep up the great Journey very envious.

@briangately8104 25 дней назад

Excellent job with the history, footage, narration, camera work, and entertainment! Keep up the extraordinary work!

@patrickgelinas5241 25 дней назад

Great video, Nick! I remember doing this route in 1973, working on the Marabell, when it was a charter fishing boat! Your video brought back fond memories…..

@deeeeeds 24 дня назад

I could seriously watch hours of that drone footage at the end. Such a beautiful ship in such beautiful scenery. You knocked it out of the park with those shots. I think I can safely speak for nearly everyone too when I say we’d all love to learn more of Argonaut’s history. Looking forward to that video!

@philterzian9162 25 дней назад

Great video Nick. Loved the historical footage.

@josealemany4525 23 дня назад

Very cool, thanks. That brings back a lot of memories. I delivered a load of troll pinks to Namu back in 79 or 80 and traveled through that area many times, on my way to Rupert. One year in the mid 80s my wife and I did the census in Ocean Falls and Bella Bella.

@fritzdinkelmann4105 25 дней назад

Thank you for the nice camarashots and the view on the history.

@joesutherland225 24 дня назад

My grandfather mentioned this boat to me a couple times .he was a salvation army major so liked the whole back ground to

@Shinglemillstudio 24 дня назад

So magic Nick, this is what it’s all about. I’m so glad you’re revisiting this history, the good and the bad. Kudos. ❤

@TL-rl9xk 23 дня назад

Nick, you do a great job with your videos! Thanks for sharing!

@trialspro 23 дня назад

Those drone shots of the clouds were super cool. Also love the shorter video format (quick and easy to watch on coffee break). Nice to hear the history of all these coastal areas. Hopefully you’ll film the boat maintenance too once the trip is over.

@jjlpinct 25 дней назад

Love it! Thank you!

@brianwestmoreland9852 25 дней назад

Nice journey, following after (still) following Leo for years..fastenated by the mechanical workings of the Argonaut..though a sailer at heart. Side note-as cool as old things are, the Canadian gov has some serious clean up todo, that abandon cannery represents decades of pollution for the waters-lead paint, asbestos, and just debris..Love the videos. What are the next steps in work on the Argo restoration-big time or just give on the water and pick on items as they arise..Great story, so nice to have the history.

@MV_Argonaut 25 дней назад

Hi Brian, thanks! yes - walking through the cannery that was top of mind about the environmental mess. I heard (but am not sure) that some of the worst materials were cleaned up about 10 years ago, but it's clear that there's still quite a bit more to do. I am not familiar with any plans or who is accountable for managing.

@tasmanianriviera7985 25 дней назад

Excellent mate. Great video.

@carterstack2605 25 дней назад

Thanks!

@MV_Argonaut 25 дней назад

Hi Carter, thank you so much for your contribution--it means a lot and is motivating to keep these coming!

@virtualburton 25 дней назад

Hey, great video. I really enjoyed this one. One suggestion-I’d love to see more detail on your cooking, like make it a bit like a cooking show and explain what you’re doing, put up a list of the ingredients and quantities. Some of the food you make looks amazing! I live on Vancouver Island and hope to run into you someday. Thanks for sharing.

@T-Gobros 18 дней назад

beautiful boat and great videos, hope to see you on the water one day!

@graemeoliver744 23 дня назад

your best video yet! really fascinating history. If you haven't already, you'd enjoy reading Spilsbury's Coast.

@Sailor_Greg 24 дня назад

Another great video Nick! Your production quality and story telling (and the content of that story) are absolutely first rate!!!

@ashentmariner 25 дней назад

The three sixty mirror shot get's you the IMAX lead four 2024 ❤ Nice work Mate 😊 Charles had the spot with his cape rounding. Exotic Art Sir ☮️

@harrishbucklin401 24 дня назад

So fascinating and interesting! Thank you

@Psychobilly 25 дней назад

Beautiful shots bud abd a heck of a story!

@Lynxswild 25 дней назад

Leo should buy that cannery for $1.

@MyWoodenTugboatRefit-qf8dp 18 дней назад

Nice Video, Great that you are playing homage to her history here on our coast, well done. I did meet you at the Victoria wooden Boat festival, and look forward to seeing you out there in a few years, when my 100yr old boat is done, you can have a look at my 8L3..., Cheers!

@jasonmitchell432 21 день назад

Just discovered your channel today. Live what you’re doing BUT you really need to give us a deep dive tour of Argonaut ll from now to stern. 😊

@MV_Argonaut 21 день назад

Working on it!

@homevampire6455 23 дня назад

So cool this. Well done mate.

@dennisdownes9319 22 дня назад

Great footage and story! DD

@ClaudeLacerte 21 день назад

merveilleux

@marcellebaudry5786 20 дней назад

bravo merci

@KHKH-os6kt 21 день назад

I just remembered that alot of things had a slime and smelt of mold in that town in 1990.

@thomasmackey6760 25 дней назад

PS my dad a native of Northen Ireland came to Canada in 1951 and worked in the mines of northen Quebec as a Chaplin for the United Church.

@fine_woodworking 24 дня назад

Briggs inlet and Emily Bay 😊

@efiorentino1024 22 дня назад

Great quality videos man. I hope an audience shows up to support this.

@brittfuss1 24 дня назад

It’s sad that visitors before you trashed the place. 😢 3:57

@joeldelamirande5792 25 дней назад

Wonder how you find such a boat that touches many people

@Dannny_Mac 16 дней назад

Hi Nick, I’ve watched a few of your episodes. Very interesting! What do you do for a living to bring you to this point of your life. In a bit she’ll I guess. I’ll can fill in the blanks with the rest of your videos as I follow along . I hope😃

@MV_Argonaut 16 дней назад

I took the summer off work for this trip, but am looking for ways to put effort into the boat full time (RU-vid being something I am exploring)

@dennisrodd4425 25 дней назад

the Powell river mill was in PR not Campbell river. CR was a newsprint mill by crown zellerback circa 1952!

@joesutherland225 24 дня назад

Wow i was in namu for a day when i was about 14 or 15 so about 1970 maybe 69

@robertcarkeek8391 24 дня назад

❤❤❤❤❤❤

@ashentmariner 25 дней назад

Oh, sad was the religo comment, Philo only talk's ab'oat a slave In'na ditch ❤

@gillybean3308 22 дня назад

please show us the inside of your boat please ? Tks

@lenwhatever4187 25 дней назад

Great video. I guess the science of the days when the boat originally operated tended to segregate people into types that should be treated differently. The government used these ideas whole heartedly to drive their own programs of control. while it is too bad some of the churches went along with some of these views, they still showed much more acceptance of people who were different on the outside than the average people of the time. Yeah, controversial for sure but a whole lot better than the medical profession in Germany at the time, who were considered to be forefront in the medical field. It is always a mistake to try and judge people in a historical context by "today's" standards which are changing rapidly. One might say that today's medical practice (and the government's control of it) is headed down roads that 100 years from now will make people shake their heads too.

@MV_Argonaut 25 дней назад

Hi Len, Thanks for the comment! I appreciate the support.

@Sailor_Greg 15 дней назад

Hey Nick, a couple videos ago you said that Tally Ho was heading offshore, but that Argonaut II couldn't go offshore - is that because of the design or the age of the boat?

@MV_Argonaut 15 дней назад

Age of the boat - there is a lot of rotten 100-year-old planks that I dont want to risk in an offshore sea state. Looking to hopefully find a way to replace the rot on a big haul out in the coming year or two.

@joesutherland225 24 дня назад

Kinda weird looking at this footage of it now.

@saltydawg1793 18 дней назад

What do you carry to protect you in the event of a bear encounter when hiking in that country?

@bobbates7343 25 дней назад

The United Church of Canada is just as it sounds united . Made up of different denominations that formed the United Church. Anyway by the time it was formed most of what you mentioned about the Church doing to get the native ways out of the natives had pretty much stopped and the United Church has said sorry about it but it was not around at the time the Roman Catholics and the Anglican Church did get into that which you mentioned and more. So I suspect that doctor was really a pretty good guy

@MV_Argonaut 18 дней назад

1:30 test

@johnsaint1444 25 дней назад

United Church of Canada, I think.

@Trebuchet48 25 дней назад

Beautiful video, but I've got a nitpick: "United Methodist Church" should, I think, be just "United Church" or "United Church of Canada". en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Church_of_Canada It's a body formed out of four denominations back in 1925 out of not just Methodists, but also Congregationalists and Presbyterians. It's the largest Protestant denomination in Canada.

@MV_Argonaut 25 дней назад

Yes, thanks for the correction, you are right and I had a brain freeze during the recording.

@Trebuchet48 25 дней назад

@@MV_Argonaut Wow, that was quick! Love your videos.

@jpsuperstar 25 дней назад

BC industrial extraction in action, as soon as you're done abandon everything not of value instead of remediating the site. Close your shell cpmpany at the slightest whiff of possible accountability

@user-sd8ky4zm3l 25 дней назад

Get rid of the bloody loud music!

@DougBeech-c9u 11 дней назад

@MV_Argonaut 11 дней назад

Hi Doug - would you send me a message directly? I would love to learn more about your father’s time with the boat. I met Bob Burrows this past week up in Vancouver, and then the nephew of Bob Scales earlier today. It’s been so interesting to meet and learn from all of those connected with the boat in that time.

@DougBeech-c9u 4 дня назад

⁠@@MV_Argonaut. Not sure how to contact you directly. Would be please to share me recollections.