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Cover photography: The MV Frances Barkley docks at Sechart Lodge in the Broken Group Islands.Photo by Susan Quinn

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in the Broken Group

A weekend trip to Sechart Lodge aboard the MV

Frances Barkley

“I see a whale!”The shout drew 50 or so

passengers to the port side of the former freighter, MV Frances Barkley. Captain Ed McDonald throttled back on the engines as everyone peered in the distance, hoping for a glimpse of the humpback whale’s puff of air—or maybe even a breach, if they got lucky.

Once the vessel drifted past the whale’s location, the engines were pushed to full power and the journey to Sechart Lodge in the Broken Group Islands resumed.

Sechart Lodge was once a bustling whaling station in the early 1900s, at the same time that Kildonan was a thriving cannery. Now it is one of three lodges near the mouth of the Alberni Inlet on the West Coast catering to tourists.

Sechart is considered a launching point to adventure in the Broken Group Islands. Visitors will often stay a night

before and after embarking on a kayaking or camping trip. Others like to come for the laid back relaxation.

Nancy Olson and Gord Abel are the full-time caretakers at Sechart Lodge. They arrived three years ago on an adventure of their own, after living in a sailboat.

Olson and Abel managed

Pioneer Towers apartment in Port Alberni for 10 months, gaining some experience as property managers. “It wasn’t really what we wanted to do but it was experience,” Olson said.

“It was a learning curve. It was a good thing we went there because our boss taught us a lot. It taught us structure.”

That structure has come in handy when it is time to change over visitors to Sechart.

The small staff—two who work inside and two who work outside, with the kayaks, as well as Olson and Abel—move like clockwork, smoothly transitioning between loads of guests.

The outside staff jump to the dock to unload totes full of guests’ luggage and kayak after kayak in the summer season.

Guests coming off the vessel are ushered to a gathering place where they learn about the rules. Those returning aboard the Frances Barkley are then escorted down the gangplank and to the waiting vessel.

The process is reversed when it is time to leave.

Guests are moved from the main lodge to the refurbished day lodge at 10 a.m. The Frances Barkley arrives at 11 a.m. with a fresh load of

Sechart Lodge, at the gateway to the Broken Group of Islands, is the jumping off point for adventurers and weekenders alike.

story and photos by Susan Quinn


visitors. That leaves one hour to change 20 beds, 20 sets of towels and clean and vacuum 20 rooms.

The lodge itself features numerous seating areas indoors, a TV room, dining room where everyone eats at trench tables, a hottub outside, and plenty of lounge chairs around the property. There are kayaks to rent as well, for the day or for a multi-day trip. The Carry ‘Em water taxi takes passengers and their gear to dropoff points.

The bay where Sechart is located is secluded, but close enough to a logging road on the land side that visitors can go for a walk.

The scenery is stunning in the moody mist or a golden sunset.The setup is part hotel, part hostel: the bathrooms are shared,

and people use the common areas. Abel lights a fire each night and brings out his guitar for some singing before the generator is turned off at 10 p.m.

“It seems to create friendships,” Abel said of the atmosphere. “We’ve seen friendships continue on once people leave here.

“It feels like home.”The changes Olson and Abel have made at Sechart in the three

years they have been there have put a permanent smile on Lady Rose Marine Services owner Mike Surrell’s face.

Surrell has owned the business for nine years. Henk and Karey Holtamp were the caretakers for his first five years; a winter caretaker took over when they retired; then Olson and Abel arrived.

“They’ve taken the ball and run with it,” Surrell said of Olson and Abel. “I can’t say enough positive things about those two and what they’ve done. They completely treat it like it’s their place and I’m completely happy with it.”

“Mike’s been fantastic for us,” Abel said. “Very supportive of everything we wanted to do.”

“I wanted it to be a lot busier, a lot more profitable,” Surrell said, and Olson and Abel have achieved that.

As the Frances Barkley glided around Centennial Pier, and everyone prepared to disembark, the wildlife count stood at two whales, four bears and two kingfishers.

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Coffee With... Jason Halttunen by KATYA SLEPIAN

It’s been a good season for Jason Halttunen, who opened the Alberni Valley’s first dedicated stand-up paddleboard rental shop this year.

“I can’t complain for the first one as far as my business being open and my first summer here in the Valley,” said Halttunen, of Three Dogs Snack & Surf.

It’s been just over a year since Halttunen moved to the Alberni Valley from Vancouver—and he couldn’t be happier.

“I love it,” he said.It’s a return to small towns

for Halttunen.“I’m from Missoula,

Montana,” he said.“So I’m from small

town Montana. It was a lumber town and a logging community.”

But it wasn’t the Alberni Valley’s logging-heavy past

that attracted Halttunen.“I went out with my buddy

to surf in Tofino in June of 2012,” he said.

“On the way back I stopped by the house [he now owns on Hwy. 4].”

The people who owned it at the time showed him around and he fell in love.

“I saw the place and thought it’d be a great cafe or bistro—I’ve always had that vision.”

It’s a vision he still has for his paddleboard shop.

“That’s ultimately the goal for Three Dogs—to have a little snack bar down in the main level of the house, with a kitchen off to the end,” said Halttunen.

That will take time however, just like the initial gap between Halttunen seeing Port Alberni in 2012 and moving in 2014.

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“I saw the place and went back to my sales job, went back to Vancouver and kind of forgot about it for a couple of years.

But in the spring of 2014, he got fed up with big city life and made his move. Now that he’s settled here, with Laila, his three-year-old daughter, he’s ready to add some new things next season.

“This is the first wave with the little snack hut with Hawaiian shaved ice and coffee,” he said.

A kitchen might be next.“Or maybe even a wood-

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Rendezvous REVIVAL

Traditional black powder living enjoys resurgenceTo step into the primitive camp at the

West Coast Rangers Black Powder Club is to step back in time.

The dwellings are canvas, the period clothing buckskin or wool, and the campfire cooking implements all traditional—not a Bic lighter or Coleman stove to be seen.

The West Coast Rangers are one of three black powder clubs left on Vancouver Island (Nanaimo and Victoria are the other two locations). Members favour a more traditional way of both camping and shooting, with clothing and firearms dating back to the 1840s.

The club began in 1975 when four men with a common interest in black powder firearms would get together at the shooting range.

“We used to shoot out at the McKenzie range,” said Martin Ullman, one of the founding Rangers.

“There was a conflict about being able to have time to shoot.” Many of the firearms

enthusiasts with more modern equipment didn’t like the smoke that flintlock rifles emit.

“We thought it would be best to find somewhere else to shoot,” he said.

He and a few others approached MacMillan and Bloedel and they offered a few sites out of town. Someone else told Ullman of an old military range east of town and they checked it out.

“We walked in in partial snow on the

road. As soon as I saw it I knew this was home.”

The 600-yard range had been used by the military. It initially started back where the archery range is now, and soldiers would shoot at the fence that is now considered the 100-yard mark.

It took Ullman another three years to have the club certified.

The deal with the landowners—now Island Timberlands—remains the same: no permanent structures are permitted, but temporary facilities are fine. The Rangers have a shooting range, “wikiup” or open dining shelter, outhouses and a warming hut with a woodstove. Earlier this year someone built a few platforms for the canvas tents, to keep them off the wet ground.

Ullman has a full primitive camping setup, and shoots flint lock, percussion cap pistol, shotgun, has a mini-cannon and a primitive bow and arrow.

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story by Susan Quinn / photos courtesy Jack McLeman


Back to the black powder basics to get back to the basics, members who would prefer to camp in a trailer are allowed to park their fifth wheels and campers in “Tin Town”, across the field from the primitive camp.

“Our club is family-oriented,” said Ullman.

The membership has grown as kids have grown up, learned proper firearms procedures, and created their own camps.

The kids typically leave as teens but come back as they get older, says Jack McLeman, who has been a member of the club since about 1995. “We’re starting to get younger members now. Anyone younger than 40 years is younger,” he said, grinning.

The club has about 80 members now, both male and female. Some travel all over the Pacific Northwest participating in large rendezvous, or gatherings, while others stick to Vancouver Island.

McLeman initially bought a primitive camp setup for demonstrations at places like the Alberni District Fall Fair. “My wife liked it,” he said, so now they camp with it.

“To me, black powder is relaxation. There’s no hurry. You don’t shoot 20 rounds in a minute. I enjoy the primitive camps because you’re doing your cooking on a fire,” he said.

Ullman turned to black powder after an acquaintance introduced him. “I used to shoot three-position rifle and trap,” he said. “A guy had a black powder rifle and asked if I wanted to try it. I tried it; it was more fun than shooting

three-position because with three-position and trap you have to be serious.

“This is more of a fun thing. Once you get a sniff of the black powder you never go back.”

Rendezvous used to be places where traders would trade things with companies like Hudson’s Bay. With more modern rendezvous, bringing goods over the border has been a problem so trading between

Canadian and American black powder enthusiasts has gone by the wayside.

Members of the Black Powder club will be at the range for Thanksgiving Weekend. The colder autumn weather means the primitive camp will be smaller than it is during the May long weekend Rendezvous, however visitors will have a chance to see some of the traditional ways club members camp.

Part of the weekend includes Schutzenfest, one of three festivals falling under the Eurofest umbrella this year. From 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 10 families will have the opportunity to try target shooting with a .22-calibre rifle (10 shots for $10).

For more information on the West Coast Rangers Black Powder Club, go online to members.shaw.ca/wcrbp.

PHOTO COURTESY JACK MCLEMAN

Barb (Little Red) Kevis receives the 2015 May Buckskinner Award at the West Coast Rangers’ spring rendezvous.

“To me, black powder is

relaxation. Th ere’s no hurry. You

don’t shoot 20 rounds in a

minute.”

ThanksgivingRendezvous• Eurofest’s ‘Schutzenfest’ takes place Saturday, Oct. 10 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Family shoot: 10 shots for $10. Come up and visit the primitive camp and ‘Tin Town’.

• The black powder range is located on an Island Timberlands logging road to the right off of Highway 4, just past Coombs Country Candy.

• For more information, go online to members.shaw.ca/wcrbp/

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Summer has come to a rather soggy end in Port Alberni and with it so has the sandal

season.With puddles building up

in every dip in the road and grassy fields turning muddy, rainboot season is upon us.

“The rest of Canada buys rubber boots in the spring but we buy them in the fall,” said Walk the Coast owner Sarah Jones.

“We’re a bit of an oddity being here on the west coast, compared to the rest of Canada.”

That’s because it’s much warmer on this coast and our winters consist of rain and slush more than real snow—making waterproof boots necessary.

“Rubber boots are a necessity here on the coast, it’s one of those things that everybody needs.”

But with so many options, what do you look for?

“The quality of a rubber boot comes from a couple of areas,” said Jones.

One of the most notable is the quality of the rubber itself.

“The level of rubber versus plastic is important because at certain temperatures, depending on the types of plastics used, the rubber boots will crack if they have more plastics in them,” said Jones.

“The plastics become less flexible at lower temperatures and they crack while the rubber tends not to,” said Jones.

“The higher quality boot will have a higher component of rubber in it.”

The level of rubber in a pair of rainboots can be difficult for the average person to discern, Jones admits.

“If you don’t know what you’re feeling for then it’s hard to tell,” said Jones.

“But if it’s got a high level of plastic then the tops of the

boots will be very firm. The rubber will be a little softer, a little more maleable to your hand.”

That maleability is especially important if you’ll be moving

around a lot in your boots; if you’re just running

to the car it’s not as important as if you know you’ll be walking long distances or crouching and making the boots bend often.

But it’s not just the boots themselves that are important, it’s what you put underneath.

“When you’re fitting your rubber boot you have to take that into account,” Jones said.

“If you fit your rubber boot to be fairly snug all the way through, you can’t get a warmer sock in there to help keep your feet warmer.”

You have two options in terms of winter socks; either wool or fleece.

“Fleece is cheaper but wool is great if you have odorous feet,”

she said.Wool will give you a more

contoured fit and last longer too, with the downside of being more expensive.

If you want to avoid needing an underlayer, neoprene boots have popped up on the market of late.

“There’s quite a few companies on the market making them now,” said Jones.

“Neoprene is a rubber that’s had nitrogen blown through it in tiny bubbles so it’s basically a foam —it’s what divers use,” said Jones.

“You end up with an insulative layer all the way around your foot as opposed to using a rubber boot and then using an insulative layer inside of that.”

Another new trend is the look of the boots. You’re no longer stuck with standard knee high rainboots like you were in the past; newer options have adjustable calf widths as well as variable heights.

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BOOK

John Kennedy Toole’s ‘A Confederacy of Dunces’ is one of the rst novels that I fell in love with. I have never quite fallen out of love with it, so it stands as my favourite. Told around protagonist Ignatius, the story is tragic and uplift-ing, humourous and dark.

WALKING SPOT

My favourite Port Alberni walk is our family evening stroll down to the Harbour Quay, past the train station, along the boardwalk to the water-side park; ending with a homemade doughnut from the Donut Shop.

MY FAMILY

My family—husband Chris and boys Beck and Angus are my world. As par-ents we try to bring the world to them. Here we are pictured in the Edmonton Airport, enroute to Toronto in Septem-ber. We’ve also adventured with family in New Zealand with the boys.

FAVOURITE CITY

I’ve always been drawn to the romance of Prague, in the Czech Republic. I taught English as a Second Language (ESL) and created subtitles for lms in Prague from 1998–2001. Kolya is my favourite lm from the region, and Kun-dera is one of my favourite writers.

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Cheryl Iwanowsky is a potter and owner of Blue Fish Gallery on Second Avenue, in Port Alberni’s uptown.

Her go-to tool in her pottery studio is a wire clay cutter.

“It’s the simplest thing, you wouldn’t think of it. I have to have something to cut my clay. The wire is the first and the last piece I always use because I use the wire cutter to cut the piece off of the wheel as well,” she says.

Iwanowsky has been a potter for decades; she is known for her Wild Women mug series, and used to be a regular on the craft show circuit. She opened Blue Fish Gallery nearly two years ago, retiring from banking and throwing herself into her passion: this Second Avenue gallery.

Iwanowsky’s wire cutters usually last a few years; she teaches kids in her pottery classes that they can also use fishing line or wire stretched between two handles, like beads or even costume jewelry.

“It’s the one thing you cannot go without.”

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