A case in point is one of the island's BC Oceanfront has for sale, Shewell Island. We had heard there was an old homestead site on it, but looking at aerial and shore photos that Ed took from a plane, we couldn't see it.
Recently Ed had the opportunity to walk Shewell, and because he knew he was looking for a homestead site, and he knew where it likely had been, he found the evidence he was searching for.
So many stories lay hidden under the moss and ferns and fallen trees on the coast. It is a testament to people's will power that they were here in the first place, with no electricity and no local transportation, but also it is a testament to the wilderness of the coast, that as hard as these people worked and as much as they cleared and chopped and harvested, nature can, at least on the surface, erase the footprints. Both of these things are what make the coast such a special place - the hardworking people and the awesome wilderness.
It's a Coastal Lifestyle ... Pass It On!