EP8 - Argonaut Retraces History in Bella Bella, 102 Years on the BC Coast

[@motorv8N]

Great discussion of the boat’s past and good on ya for acknowledging that remembering those days might not bring fond memories for everyone, Argonaut’s incredible beauty aside.

[@georgepauls4159]

Nick, a thought, you are very personable, a wonderful cook and love to travel through the Pacific Northwest, you also need to fund your restoration aboard Argonaut II. My “other” mother and father lived in Victoria, they had never sailed and found Maple Leaf a restored schooner berthed in Victoria, they first did a cruise around the Queen Charlotte’s, they had an amazing time and continued to take voyages on the Maple Leaf (and with the skipper to other boats around the world). I’m sure you could easily find many likeminded folks who would love to go on voyages with you. Another idea is interlacing cooking episodes, using local ingredients. Good luck on your adventures and thanks for the channel

[@DougBeech-c9u]

Enjoying your videos very much. I knew your boat in the 60s when it was the Thomas Crosby IV. My father was United Church minister in Ocean Falls. He often travelled on the “Crosby” and we knew several of it’s captains - Bob Burroughs, Bob Scales & Jack Gosse I believe was engineer before becoming captain. Also remember the Thomas Crosby V which replaced the Crosby IV when it was retired.

[@BKinWhiteRock]

Thomas Crosby (bob Burroughs captain) used to visit our gypo logging camp in smiths and Boswell inlet in the 1960s. We used to be able to borrow books from their little on board library. Bob went onto a distinguished career running a united church in downtown east side Vancouver.

[@moebeddah2288]

Argonaut II has quite the legacy. Thanks for sharing her history, and the present day beauty of the BC coast. And the food. Yes, the food. The salmon looked incredible. I'm enjoying your presentations, and look forward to more. Safe travels.

[@MV_Argonaut]

Thank you so much! That's a kind comment to share, and yes--we are almost salmoned-out at this point. I'm so amazed at how easy the fishing is up here (though not the case in all areas)

[@theos6848]

I visited Namu on a cruise with family in the late eighties... Might've even been 1990 or 91. Anyway seeing how it looks today with my memory is wild. Thank you for sharing! Very cool trip and boat

[@jonmurraymurray5512]

So humid and cold up there......clouds and fog love it.

[@JamieWebb-RuxtonIsland-xo4bp]

Thank you for for being inclusive and respectful of the indigenous people in your travels

[@camillelegge1591]

Great video! Loved the abandoned cannery and seeing the historical footage. Such interesting history! I’d love to help support this boat and will definitely contribute on Patreon!

[@josealemany4525]

Very cool, thanks. That brings back a lot of memories. I delivered a load of troll pinks to Namu back in 79 or 80 and traveled through that area many times, on my way to Rupert. One year in the mid 80s my wife and I did the census in Ocean Falls and Bella Bella.

[@paullaviolette2610]

This makes me think back to a time when my parents grew up on the float camps around Gilford Island in the 20s, 30s and 40s. The Columbia was the hospital ship in that area. I too remember the Columbia living on the float camp till I was 6 in 1956 then we moved to Campbell River. The thing I remember the most was my sister and I got our vacation onboard - I was so embarrassed because I cried and my sister didn’t.

[@gardenrailroading]

Beautiful passages Nick! In one of my past lives I was a mate for Foss and Vessel Engineering and made many trips passed Bella Bella, I had no idea of the history there as well as many of the other places you are able to visit. One of the best riding tugs I was ever on was the Polar Merchant. She was originally built in 1927 as a USCG rum runner chaser. I found a book in my old travel case that you might get a kick out of inspecting, it is called "Bernard's Distance Book, Panama to Arctic Sea". If you would like it, you can message me an address to ship it to. At 72 my Masters license is only kept for continuity and I have looked at it long enough! Keep those wonderful videos coming. I for one, love them.

[@MV_Argonaut]

Hi, thanks for the support! It's been a fun learning experience figuring out how to edit videos...I continue to be inspired by the online support and there are certainly more to come.

[@gardenrailroading]

@@MV_Argonaut It is fun doing the editing, I am just sitting down to edit my next video.

[@graemeoliver744]

your best video yet! really fascinating history. If you haven't already, you'd enjoy reading Spilsbury's Coast.

[@blackm0rejay]

Fantastic video Nick, I really appreciate the respect you show for the communities and history of the central coast. Well done

[@drp551]

Nick, you did an awesome job producing this very interesting and informative video! I can't wait for the next episode. Thank you for the "effort" and Argonaut II is a beautiful vessel. You should be very proud for having restored her.

[@MV_Argonaut]

Thank you so much for the kind comment, I appreciate the support!

[@joncarter3817]

Very interesting video. I was blown away by what Namu looks like these days. In 1973 I was taking a Tollycraft I purchased in Olympia Washington to Juneau Ak. In route I had a major engine issue in Alert Bay and used up all the cash I had brought along and only had a credit card to purchase fuel etc. In Namu there was an old guy (I remember he had an eagle feather attached to his hat). Anyway he ended up selling me fuel and allowed me to used a check. He literally saved my bacon so I've always had fond memories of Namu. Really too bad but that has happened to a number of canary communities . Keep up the videos because they help us all take a glimpse backwards.

[@deeeeeds]

I could seriously watch hours of that drone footage at the end. Such a beautiful ship in such beautiful scenery. You knocked it out of the park with those shots. I think I can safely speak for nearly everyone too when I say we’d all love to learn more of Argonaut’s history. Looking forward to that video!

[@thomasmackey6760]

You did a top notch job of being sensitive to the spiritual mission of the boat and the social harm it may have caused. Well Done. As someone who would claim Christ and believe in the Gospel, I recodnise it was often done in a way which Im sure made Jesus sad. Love your footage and your sharing. Carry On!

[@danoyes1]

Got to wonder why bringing mail and medical supplies would make Jesus cry? If the religious folks on the boat were really such terrible people why would locals who interacted with the boat remember it fondly 🤔 🤷‍♂️

[@Fr99763]

Thank you for sharing and showing us the beauty and history of this part of the world

[@L-36]

I came to this channel through Tally Ho. My boat is a 1956 wood sailing boat. I like that your boat is a boat, and not a piano. I look forward to your repair season videos as well as your adventures. My channel has had an interesting "success". Most of the sailing videos I posted got 300 views. My most successful is a how-to and has over 400,000 views. I have several in the tens of thousands but also how-to in nature. I am no expert on KZbin but thought I would share that as one KZbinr to another. Best of luck to you.

[@januszcan-pol6067]

So beautiful video and story. Thank You❤

[@troytreeguy]

That still water shot was fantastic

[@Shinglemillstudio]

So magic Nick, this is what it’s all about. I’m so glad you’re revisiting this history, the good and the bad. Kudos. ❤

[@jayarnold4149]

Beautiful footage of the history love your boat all the patina that goes with it. I have 1928 Herreshoff S - Boat that I’ve restored and race with the one class design, fleet, inNewport RI . keep up the great Journey very envious.

[@edwardmacintosh9476]

Oh, what stories that place could tell you . Most interesting place with lots of forgotten history. I love old spots like that. Good video. Thankyou .

[@mattinsley1721]

It's such a wonderful thing for you to be able to honor the history of the boat's career and to touch the hearts of the people who had these experiences with her. Time moves so fast and soon those personal experiences will be lost with that generation. You are really doing a great honor to those people buy asking them to share their personal histories. I think Argonaut will out live us all, but those stories now need to be kept alive as well. Well done, Nick.

[@craigdouglasmartens7037]

Thank you for keeping this beautiful vessel and historical icon alive. Bravo!

[@georgeattig8088]

Fascinating vlog. Your channel definitely should be shared more by your subscribers and the YT algorithm. Keep up the very interesting content.

[@KennyP88]

What a great trip you must be having. Retouching the lives of so many that know the boat. Pretty special I’m sure.👍

[@stevethomas5145]

Wonderful! Appreciate the history of the vessel and the beautiful scenery. Thank you!

[@patrickgelinas5241]

Great video, Nick! I remember doing this route in 1973, working on the Marabell, when it was a charter fishing boat! Your video brought back fond memories…..

[@andyfry2299]

Wow. More awesomeness, Nick. Thanks so much.

[@briangately8104]

Excellent job with the history, footage, narration, camera work, and entertainment! Keep up the extraordinary work!

[@gobic1319]

What a beautiful boat! You’re a lucky guy.

[@bopetersson4095]

Nick, thank you for sharing. The boat and its history is fascinating.

[@Sailor_Greg]

Another great video Nick! Your production quality and story telling (and the content of that story) are absolutely first rate!!!

[@tasmanianriviera7985]

Excellent mate. Great video.

[@philterzian9162]

Great video Nick. Loved the historical footage.

[@MyWoodenTugboatRefit-qf8dp]

Nice Video, Great that you are playing homage to her history here on our coast, well done. I did meet you at the Victoria wooden Boat festival, and look forward to seeing you out there in a few years, when my 100yr old boat is done, you can have a look at my 8L3..., Cheers!

[@fritzdinkelmann4105]

Thank you for the nice camarashots and the view on the history.

[@trialspro]

Those drone shots of the clouds were super cool. Also love the shorter video format (quick and easy to watch on coffee break). Nice to hear the history of all these coastal areas. Hopefully you’ll film the boat maintenance too once the trip is over.

[@LNM0000]

Fffffuuuckinell.what a coastline ❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@homevampire6455]

So cool this. Well done mate.

[@dennisdownes9319]

Great footage and story! DD

[@peterriess8256]

Great to see you and your friends in Echo Bay today. Hope you guys enjoyed your tour of MV Deerleap. See you at the Victoria show!

[@MV_Argonaut]

Thanks, Peter! It was fun to say hello - survived the rain and caught quite a few crab this evening for a wonderful dinner aboard. Thanks for the tour and see you again down in Victoria!

[@ashentmariner]

The three sixty mirror shot get's you the IMAX lead four 2024 ❤ Nice work Mate 😊 Charles had the spot with his cape rounding. Exotic Art Sir ☮️

[@virtualburton]

Hey, great video. I really enjoyed this one. One suggestion-I’d love to see more detail on your cooking, like make it a bit like a cooking show and explain what you’re doing, put up a list of the ingredients and quantities. Some of the food you make looks amazing! I live on Vancouver Island and hope to run into you someday. Thanks for sharing.

[@Psychobilly]

Beautiful shots bud abd a heck of a story!

[@TL-rl9xk]

Nick, you do a great job with your videos! Thanks for sharing!

[@carterstack2605]

Thanks!

[@MV_Argonaut]

Hi Carter, thank you so much for your contribution--it means a lot and is motivating to keep these coming!

[@jasonmitchell432]

Just discovered your channel today. Live what you’re doing BUT you really need to give us a deep dive tour of Argonaut ll from now to stern. 😊

[@MV_Argonaut]

Working on it!

[@joesutherland225]

My grandfather mentioned this boat to me a couple times .he was a salvation army major so liked the whole back ground to

[@jjlpinct]

Love it! Thank you!

[@harrishbucklin401]

So fascinating and interesting! Thank you

[@brianwestmoreland9852]

Nice journey, following after (still) following Leo for years..fastenated by the mechanical workings of the Argonaut..though a sailer at heart. Side note-as cool as old things are, the Canadian gov has some serious clean up todo, that abandon cannery represents decades of pollution for the waters-lead paint, asbestos, and just debris..Love the videos. What are the next steps in work on the Argo restoration-big time or just give on the water and pick on items as they arise..Great story, so nice to have the history.

[@MV_Argonaut]

Hi Brian, thanks! yes - walking through the cannery that was top of mind about the environmental mess. I heard (but am not sure) that some of the worst materials were cleaned up about 10 years ago, but it's clear that there's still quite a bit more to do. I am not familiar with any plans or who is accountable for managing.

[@ClaudeLacerte]

merveilleux

[@marcellebaudry5786]

bravo merci

[@KHKH-os6kt]

I just remembered that alot of things had a slime and smelt of mold in that town in 1990.

[@Lynxswild]

Leo should buy that cannery for $1.

[@brittfuss1]

It’s sad that visitors before you trashed the place. 😢 3:57

[@Dannny_Mac]

Hi Nick, I’ve watched a few of your episodes. Very interesting! What do you do for a living to bring you to this point of your life. In a bit she’ll I guess. I’ll can fill in the blanks with the rest of your videos as I follow along . I hope😃

[@MV_Argonaut]

I took the summer off work for this trip, but am looking for ways to put effort into the boat full time (KZbin being something I am exploring)

[@efiorentino1024]

Great quality videos man. I hope an audience shows up to support this.

[@fine_woodworking]

Briggs inlet and Emily Bay 😊

[@joeldelamirande5792]

Wonder how you find such a boat that touches many people

[@thomasmackey6760]

PS my dad a native of Northen Ireland came to Canada in 1951 and worked in the mines of northen Quebec as a Chaplin for the United Church.

[@robertcarkeek8391]

❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@gillybean3308]

please show us the inside of your boat please ? Tks

[@dennisrodd4425]

the Powell river mill was in PR not Campbell river. CR was a newsprint mill by crown zellerback circa 1952!

[@joesutherland225]

Wow i was in namu for a day when i was about 14 or 15 so about 1970 maybe 69

[@saltydawg1793]

What do you carry to protect you in the event of a bear encounter when hiking in that country?

[@Sailor_Greg]

Hey Nick, a couple videos ago you said that Tally Ho was heading offshore, but that Argonaut II couldn't go offshore - is that because of the design or the age of the boat?

[@MV_Argonaut]

Age of the boat - there is a lot of rotten 100-year-old planks that I dont want to risk in an offshore sea state. Looking to hopefully find a way to replace the rot on a big haul out in the coming year or two.

[@ashentmariner]

Oh, sad was the religo comment, Philo only talk's ab'oat a slave In'na ditch ❤

[@joesutherland225]

Kinda weird looking at this footage of it now.

[@lenwhatever4187]

Great video. I guess the science of the days when the boat originally operated tended to segregate people into types that should be treated differently. The government used these ideas whole heartedly to drive their own programs of control. while it is too bad some of the churches went along with some of these views, they still showed much more acceptance of people who were different on the outside than the average people of the time. Yeah, controversial for sure but a whole lot better than the medical profession in Germany at the time, who were considered to be forefront in the medical field. It is always a mistake to try and judge people in a historical context by "today's" standards which are changing rapidly. One might say that today's medical practice (and the government's control of it) is headed down roads that 100 years from now will make people shake their heads too.

[@MV_Argonaut]

Hi Len, Thanks for the comment! I appreciate the support.

[@bobbates7343]

The United Church of Canada is just as it sounds united . Made up of different denominations that formed the United Church. Anyway by the time it was formed most of what you mentioned about the Church doing to get the native ways out of the natives had pretty much stopped and the United Church has said sorry about it but it was not around at the time the Roman Catholics and the Anglican Church did get into that which you mentioned and more. So I suspect that doctor was really a pretty good guy

[@MV_Argonaut]

1:30 test

[@Trebuchet48]

Beautiful video, but I've got a nitpick: "United Methodist Church" should, I think, be just "United Church" or "United Church of Canada". en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Church_of_Canada It's a body formed out of four denominations back in 1925 out of not just Methodists, but also Congregationalists and Presbyterians. It's the largest Protestant denomination in Canada.

[@MV_Argonaut]

Yes, thanks for the correction, you are right and I had a brain freeze during the recording.

[@Trebuchet48]

@@MV_Argonaut Wow, that was quick! Love your videos.

[@johnsaint1444]

United Church of Canada, I think.

[@jpsuperstar]

BC industrial extraction in action, as soon as you're done abandon everything not of value instead of remediating the site. Close your shell cpmpany at the slightest whiff of possible accountability

[@HartPfortmueller]

Get rid of the bloody loud music!

[@DougBeech-c9u]

Enjoying your videos very much. I knew your boat in the 60s when it was the Thomas Crosby IV. My father was United Church minister in Ocean Falls. He often travelled on the “Crosby” and we knew several of it’s captains - Bob Burroughs, Bob Scales & Jack Gosse I believe was engineer before becoming captain. Also remember the Thomas Crosby V which replaced the Crosby IV when it was retired.

[@MV_Argonaut]

Hi Doug - would you send me a message directly? I would love to learn more about your father’s time with the boat. I met Bob Burrows this past week up in Vancouver, and then the nephew of Bob Scales earlier today. It’s been so interesting to meet and learn from all of those connected with the boat in that time.

[@DougBeech-c9u]

⁠@@MV_Argonaut. Not sure how to contact you directly. Would be please to share me recollections.

[@marclattoni1959]

Thanks!

[@MV_Argonaut]

Hi Marc! Thank you so much!