Shushartie Bay

SHUSHARTIE BAY opens onto Goletas Channel at the north end of VANCOUVER ISLAND, 30 km west of PORT HARDY. It was a busy little port at the turn of the 20th century, offering a convenient stopover for coastal steamers and fishers. The Skinner family ran a hotel and store from 1906 to WWII and a SALMON cannery operated briefly during WWI. It was a regular port of call for UNION STEAMSHIP CO vessels into the 1940s. During the 1960s the area was logged extensively and is now largely deserted. The...

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