The road to the Cove was a lot narrower before 1978. That year I was working for the Department of Highways when we took on widening the dirt road. An Airtrack, one of the noisiest machines invented. In the mid-sixties I worked with one of them at the WAC Bennett dam. This was before anyone … Continue reading Ford Cove Hill
Hornby road foreman George Cowie at his retirement party/1979
Backhoe Life I took the job that George Cowie offered and soon learned to operate all kinds of equipment; dumptruck, grader, backhoe, shovel. That’s Henry Yaeger looking on. In the early years I was laid off in the winters and ran Henry’s Backhoe occasionally (the one he bought from Larry Smith-Larry gave me my first … Continue reading Chained
We scoured the beaches for long straight logs. (Whaling Station Bay was the best, you could drag them right off the beach with the truck-there were few houses out there). George Cowie, road foreman, stopped us once as we dragged it along his gravel road. (leaving a fairly impressive groove) He was very angry. A … Continue reading Floor Beams