![]() ![]() It was so close that I got wet from the splash. It was a gray whale rubbing on the beach, man that just scared the bejeebers out of me. One Sunday I was relaxing against some logs on the beach, reading a book and just enjoying the day, when all of a sudden, not more than 5 meters from me, the ocean exploded and something big came bursting out from the calm waters. We would not log on Sunday and that was my day to just hang out at the beach. Grey Whale, Nootka Island, BC, Photo By The N.O.A.A. If the yarder operator was in a mood, he would sometimes stop half ways across and just dunk you in. If the tide was low we could walk across to where we were logging and if the tide was high, we would grab a log with a choker and the yarder operator would haul us across. ![]() We had a wooden tree and an old Madill yarder. Our shack was pulled up on the beach and was not level, not level at all. We would fly into Plumper Harbor and then take a boat out to our very small 5 man camp. ![]() In the 70s, I worked for Art Mangles out of Plumper Harbor, we were logging further up the island, past friendly cove at the lagoon. There is a lake close to Yuquot name Jewitt lake, named for John R Jewitt. Jewitt and John Thompson, both survivors of the attack, became slaves and were owned by Chief Maquinna. On March 22, 1803, while anchored in Nootka Sound, the trading vessel Boston was attacked by Nootka natives, with 25 of her 27 crewmen being massacred. In March 1778, Captain James Cook of the Royal Navy became the first European to set foot on British Columbian soil when he visited Friendly Cove on Nootka Island. Off the west coast of Vancouver Island is the small community of Yuquot on Nootka Island, Yuquot is also known as Friendly Cove and was the site of the first contact between Europeans and First peoples in British Columbia. Friendly Cove, Nootka Island, BC, Photo By Bud Logan ![]()
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