This week on Coast Reporter Radio: A break from politics and hard news as we look at efforts to re-claim some of the Sunshine Coast’s nautical history – real and fictional. And, in the lead up to Remembrance Day, a Sunshine Coast woman tells us about the effort to ensure her father-in-law and his comrades are not forgotten. See below for the show notes.
Show Notes:
Our story on the arrival of the Lady Rose in Sechelt:
https://www.coastreporter.net/news/local-news/lady-rose-arrives-in-sechelt-1.23999949
John Gleeson’s editorial on the purchase of the Lady Rose:
https://www.coastreporter.net/opinion/editorial/editorial-a-future-for-lady-rose-1.23965702
The video for Dave Baker’s song “Old Lady Rose” created for Island Visions, a project that features five of Baker’s songs about Vancouver Island.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKRCpQ0AI4U
Our story on the efforts to preserve the Persephone and Relic’s jet boat:
Our story on one man’s offer to repaint the Persephone, “the Nanaimo bar of boats”:
Our story about one Ontario Beachcombers fan’s pilgrimage to see the Persephone (and what he heard about the fate of the Relic’s jet boat):
Some links on marine heritage from the Sunshine Coast Museum and Archives:
Hubert Evans handliner: http://www.sunshinecoastmuseum.ca/fishing-for-a-living.html
Union Steamships, Blackball, and BC Ferries:
http://www.sunshinecoastmuseum.ca/marine-transportation.html
Relic's Jetboat performing their theme song:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9boCnGu4pTw
Sophie Woodrooffe's story about efforts to get a proper memorial for the 21 RCAF members who died in a 1946 crash (live as of Nov. 9)
https://www.coastreporter.net/news/local-news/1.24002317
Details on the Vancouver Podcast Festival event Sophie Woodrooffe is moderating on Nov. 10:
https://www.vanpodfest.ca/event/panel-inside-vancouver-telling-stories-city
