Trip to Telegraph Cove

We just returned from a wonderful trip with our daughter, son-in-law 

and grandson to the northern end of Vancouver Island. 

For four nights we stayed in the Ogawa House at Telegraph Cove.

The Ogawa House was built in 1901

Telegraph Cove General Store

Accommodation is available in old buildings around the Cove

which is frequented by fishermen, kayakers and whale watching groups.

Tackling the wobbly, sloped docks was very taxing

for the senior members of our family group!

The Whale Interpretive Centre, at the end of the dock in Telegraph Cove

displays several large whale skeletons.

The purpose of the Centre is to educate and inform the public

about the biology of marine mammals and the threat to their habitat.

We also made a day trip to Sointula (place of harmony) on Malcolm Island

and visited the Museum to learn about the Finnish immigrants

who established a Utopian community on the island in the early 1900's.

Another day trip took us to Alert Bay on Cormorant Island.

Burial grounds at Alert Bay.

The U'Mista Cultural Centre at Alert Bay displays many of the potlatch items

that were taken from the First Nations people in 1922 following

enactment of a law that forbade potlatches.

While many items have been returned to the Cultural Centre,

there is an ongoing search for the remaining lost pieces.

There was a challenge waiting for Papa back in Telegraph Cove!

It was such a treat to share this experience with our family!!