Heather in BC… & Beyond! 'Living the Baby Boomer Life in BC… and Beyond!

We occasionally see a small boat out trolling for salmon. Pop always says to me, “Oh, Larry is out there trying to catch MY Spring Salmon!” After living here for 70 years it IS Pop’s place, his mountains, his ocean and his fish, right? Well, it should be – at 97 years [...]

The Egmont Museum hosted the ‘First Saturday Mural’ July 3 while local mural artist Dave Oram painted this whimsical mural depicting ‘Fishing in Egmont’. So many people had advice to give Dave about how the boat should look, what type of boat it should be, whether it should have trolling poles, a seine drum, [...]

Come to the Egmont Heritage Center Saturday, July 3 to watch my shirttail cousin, Davyd Oram, create an amazing mural right before your eyes.

Davyd is the great grandson of one of Egmont’s pioneer families – the Vaughan’s, who came to Egmont in the early 1900’s.
This museum fundraiser starts at 11 am – [...]

The Egmont Community Club manages the very popular Klein Lake Forestry Campground which has 23 campsites, some of which are day sites. Perhaps half the campsites front onto Klein Lake, and Number 1 is accessible for the handicapped, with an outhouse, picnic table and firepit on the level and an easy trail down to [...]

Pop and his brother Robin were working at the Newcombe logging camp in the early 1940’s, before World War II. The camp was in Salmon Inlet which is an arm of Sechelt Inlet, east of the Skookumchuck Rapids. Pop remembers quite a few of the names of the owner’s family. Tim, Gene [...]

Egmont Saloon Casino Night on November 21 was a huge success as my friend Beverly and I planned, raising approximately $11,000.00. Now I’m not going to tell all our fundraising secrets but I’ll share the basics of our planning and the insights we gained to help do it again next year – even more [...]