History

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History Mapsof the Sunshine Coast1423-2009
Gary Little, Royal LePage Sunshine
Coastwww.GaryLittle.ca
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Redrooffs Resort 1909-2009

• Resort formed by Kitchin, Wolfe-Merton, Milner in
  area near Coopers Green
• Redrooffs named for colour of cabin rooftops
• Store, recreation hall, wharf, several cabins
• Jim Cooper bought the resort in 1945
• Cooper family sold it to SCRD in 1985 for 260,000

1912 chart
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Redrooffs Resort 1909-2009
Store
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Redrooffs Resort 1909-2009
Cabins on Lagoon
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Redrooffs Resort 1909-2009
Canoeing on Lagoon
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Redrooffs Resort 1909-2009
Wharf to the Rock
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Redrooffs Resort 1909-2009
S.S. Selma
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Redrooffs Resort 1909-2009
Recreation Hall
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Redrooffs Resort 1909-2009
James Martin Cooper1895-1977
Khona Louise Cooper1903-2000
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Black Ball Ferries

• Howe Sound service beganon August 11,
  1951(Horseshoe Bay - Gibsons)
• Jervis Inlet service beganon August 21,
  1954(Earls Cove - Saltery Bay)
• Langdale terminal openedon June 19, 1957
• Acquired by BC Ferries in 1961

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Black Ball Ferries
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Black Ball Ferries
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Black Ball Ferries
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Black Ball Ferries
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Black Ball Ferries
Quillayute in service August 11,
1951Transferred to Earls Cove - Saltery Bay
route August 21, 1954
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Black Ball Ferries
Bainbridge in service June 30, 1952
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Black Ball Ferries
Smokwa in service on May 2, 1956
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Black Ball Ferries 1952
Gibsons route open. Jervis Inlet route Fall
1952.
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Black Ball Ferries 1953
Nanaimo route open. Jervis Inlet route Fall
1953.
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Black Ball Ferries 1956
Jervis Inlet route open. Upper Levels Hwy under
construction.
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Black Ball Ferries 1958
Langdale open. Upper Levels Hwy open. Sea-to-Sky
Hwy Fall 1958.
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Langdale Ferry Terminal 1957

• High ferry use at Gibsons terminal since 1951
• Ferries became bigger, more runs added
• New terminal needed to remove congestion from
  Gibsons Landing
• Langdale terminal opened June 19, 1957
• Ribbon cut by descendant of pioneering Langdale
  family

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B.C. Ferries

• Acquired Black Ball assets in late 1961 for
  6.69M
• 5 ferries, 5 terminals
• Fates of ferries
• Quillayute sold in 1965
• Bainbridge (Jervis Queen) sold in 1966
• Smokwa sold in 1966
• Chinook II (Sechelt Queen) transferred toDept.
  of Highways in 1976
• Kahloke (Langdale Queen) sold in 1977

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B.C. Ferries

• Langdale Queen (Kahloke) finally retired in 1976
• Steam ship launched in 1903 in Philadelphia,
  called the Asbury Park
• Was called the City of Sacramento 1925-53 when it
  was a San Francisco Bay ferry
• Parts of her survived until 2005!

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Princess Louisa Inlet 1932
Malibu ClubOpened in 1945
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Thormanby Islands 1930s
Vaucroft Beach
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Pender Harbour 1932
Williams Island
Charles Island
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Sechelt 1930s
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Sechelt 1968
Cowrie Trail
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Roberts Creek 1930s
Log flume
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Gibsons 1936
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Granthams Landing 1929
Old post office building
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Pender Tablecloth Map 1957
For Harold Phyllis Agnew, of Albany, Ore.
by G. P. Trappitt
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Pender Business Birds Eye 1991
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SCRD Water Supply Map 2008
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DoS Beach Access Map 2009
44 beach access locations noted
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Merry Island Lighthouse 1903
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Salvage Chief 1925

• Wrecked on reefs off Merry Island on February 7,
  1925
• Was attempting to rescue two Davis rafts lost by
  tug Cape Scott
• Crew was rescued by Cape Scott
• Timbers of tug were used to construct a small
  cabin on Merry Island still there

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S.S. Cowichan 1925

• Collided in fog with Lady Cynthia off Roberts
  Creek on December 27, 1925
• Cowichan sank in 11 minutes, Cynthia was OK
• All passengers, crew safely transferred to Lady
  Cynthia no serious injuries
• Exact location still unknown despite 1997
  discovery!

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Special Guest
Mike Clement, Undersea Explorer SAVI Marine
Services
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Further Reading

• Union Steamship Company 1889-1959 Opening Up the
  Sunshine Coast
• www.GaryLittle.ca/history/union/
• Langdale Ferry Terminal 50th Anniversary
• www.GaryLittle.ca/history/langdale/

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Gary Little Contact Info

• Gary_at_GaryLittle.ca
• 604-741-5347
• www.GaryLittle.ca