July 29, 2014 – Duncanby Lodge
Up early and off to
Duncanby Lodge … beautiful start to the day.
Duncanby Lodge and
Marina is a well-run FISHING CAMP on Goose Bay.
We arrived to very friendly, helpful dock assistants (wearing psychedelic
t-shirts making them EASY to spot) …. Tied up …. Checked out the facility …
made dinner reservations.
Some sage "fishing" advice ....
Talbots
headed off for some fishing (with great success – caught TWO beauties ) and we
dropped our tender and ran up to the end of Goose Bay to the Goose Bay Cannery ….
Fascinating
facility with an interesting story ….
When it was fully operational, there were 600 people employed here !!!
When it was fully operational, there were 600 people employed here !!!
The cannery and surrounding 450 acres, were purchased over 9 years ago by a group of 30 people (from the
Vancouver area) and is being restored (or at least fixed up to being usable) The ultimate plan for the facility is TBD, but at
this point each of the 30 people / families are expected to donate one week a
year to come up and work on the group’s project plan for that year.
To date they have secured the structures, painted most of the buildings, worked on the caretakers suite, repaired the old dam up at the lake in behind the cannery and installed a water line to the cannery which connects with a small Pelton Wheel used to charge the facilities batteries.
They are now starting to work on the kitchen and bathroom facilities
(the fun stuff, as it was told to us).
What may one day again, be beautiful brick arches ....
To date they have secured the structures, painted most of the buildings, worked on the caretakers suite, repaired the old dam up at the lake in behind the cannery and installed a water line to the cannery which connects with a small Pelton Wheel used to charge the facilities batteries.
They are now starting to work on the kitchen and bathroom facilities
(the fun stuff, as it was told to us).
We got a tour of the big, main building ... full of all sorts of interesting old equipment and things ....
A steam donkey engine ....
What may one day again, be beautiful brick arches ....
A diesel engine driving a generator ....
A very fun chandelier hanging over a communal sitting area ....
It’s an industrious
group who are lovingly restoring the cannery … my hope is they will keep it and
use it as a place to enjoy with their families for many years to come.
Truly a labor of love
….
Goose Bay has many
little islands to check out …and we raced around a few of them ....
Dinner at the Lodge
was DELICIOUS ...
and a beautiful sunset to end the evening ....
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