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  Ocean Falls, British Columbia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ocean Falls is a small community on the Central Coast of British Columbia, Canada.
At its largest, Ocean Falls was the home to around 3900 people, a K-12 school system, its own hospital, one of the province's largest hotels, and a swimming pool where several swimming champions trained.
Due to underinvestment in its facilities, the Ocean Falls pulp and paper mill was rendered inefficient and obsolete by the early 1970s.
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 MEDIA BACKGROUNDER: The Heiltsuk First Nation and Ocean Falls
Ocean Falls is located at the head of Cousins Inlet on British Columbia's mid-coast, a fairly remote area about two hours by plane north of Vancouver.
Omega plans to develop a fish hatchery facility at Ocean Falls that is expected to produce at least 10 million Atlantic salmon smolts annually.
The bases for the challenge include the alleged failure of the British Columbia Minister of Sustainable Resource Management and Land and Water British Columbia Inc. to properly consult with the Heiltsuk Nation prior to granting the licenses to Omega.
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 Ocean Falls, British Columbia, Canada
Location: Ocean Falls is located approximately 300 miles (480 km) north of Vancouver and 55 miles (88 km) west of Bella Coola.
Ocean Falls is a very popular stop with boaters who travel the Discovery Coast Passage and Inside Passage, offering a good-sized government dock, fresh water, and plenty of interesting places ashore to explore on foot.
South of Ocean Falls are the First Nations villages of Bella Bella, located on Campbell Island, and Shearwater on Denny Island.
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 OCEAN FALLS HISTORY - COMMUNITIES IN B.C. - BC ARCHIVES TIME MACHINE
Also in 1918, the effects of the world-wide flu epidemic were minimized in Oceans Falls in part due to the isolation of the community, but also due to the Emergency Fund that was established to care for those individuals on the sick list.
Ocean Falls also had one of the finest swimming pools in British Columbia, and the town sent many champion swimmers to compete for Canada in the British Empire Games, the Pan-American Games, and the Olympics.
By the 1970s, the mill facilities at Ocean Falls were old, and the isolation of the site added to the costs of running the mill.
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 Upstream battle | csmonitor.com
British Columbia, with its tradition of commercial fishing, tribal fishing rights, and environmental activism, sits at the center of the controversy.
So far in British Columbia, 85 salmon farms are in operation, only three of which operate on the remote central coast, the territory of tribes such as the Heiltsuk.
The jagged coastline stretching from Alaska to central British Columbia is one of the few places on earth where economies and local cultures still revolve around wild salmon.
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OCEAN FALLS, British Columbia — The flat disk of abalone shell that adorns Heiltsuk Chief Councillor Pamela Reid’s headdress glares angry green beneath an ambivalent gray sky.
After migrating out to the ocean as babies, they make their way by scent back to the river where they were born, returning home to spawn another generation.
In part, that’s because the nine fish farms in Washington are peanuts compared to British Columbia, and Gorman doesn’t expect the industry to expand along his state’s highly populated waterfronts when the British Columbia coastline is still relatively empty.
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There is a good-sized government dock, fresh water, and numerous trails and roads for hikers and mountain bikers as well as fresh water fishing in close by Link Lake and saltwater fishing for salmon and halibut.
Isolated by steep terrain and rugged coastal mountains, the community of Ocean Falls is accessible only by sea or air.
Ocean Falls is located approximately 300 miles (480 km) north of Vancouver and 55 miles (88 km) west of Bella Coola.
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 Accommodations in British Columbia - Find all British Columbia Accommodations at Hotels-BritishColumbia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
The home and cottage are situated on the ocean on 6 private acres of forested land with trails through the woods for you to walk.
Ocean Wilderness Inn & Spa is a romantic sea-side bed and breakfast on five acres of old growth rain forest.
Ocean Village Beach Resort is on the northern edge of Pacific Rim National Park.
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 Wings Over Canada | Canadian Ghost Towns
Ocean Falls was once the center of commerce on the north coast.
The boomtown of Ocean Falls flourished for fifty years with hotels, indoor swimming pools, bars, cabs, and all the other amenities of a successful town.
The Ocean Falls library is a study in small town hospitality.
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 OCEAN FALLS PROTEST BY HEILTSUK and Supporters protest at Ocean Falls
The protest proceeded through the Ocean Falls town site and entered the old mill site, where the Omega Salmon Group's development is occurring.
The Heiltsuk are in the process of filing a case against the government of British Columbia for failing to consult the Heiltsuk on this large instillation in Heiltsuk territory.
The direct action that occurred during the protest at Ocean Falls was not endorsed by the Heiltsuk Tribal Council or the Heiltsuk Hereditary Chiefs.
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 Journeys & Transformations: British Columbia Landscapes
The timber they needed was all around them, but water for papermaking and as a source of power drew them to the site of Oceans Falls.
Linked to the outside world by the weekly boats, lashed by heavy rains, with the ocean in front and Link Lake above, it is hardly surprising that fishing, boating and swimming were among the leading recreational activities in the community.
The company built an indoor swimming pool, and it is perhaps for its swimmers that Ocean Falls is most famous.
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 The Christian Science Monitor: Upstream battle; Wild salmon underpins British Columbia's coastal culture and economy. ...
The Christian Science Monitor: Upstream battle; Wild salmon underpins British Columbia's coastal culture and economy.
Upstream battle; Wild salmon underpins British Columbia's coastal culture and economy.
OCEAN FALLS, BRITISH COLUMBIA -- Only 100 residents keep this former pulp-mill town from being swallowed by rain forests that hug Canada's rugged Pacific coast.
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British Columbia Farm Machinery and Agricultural Museum - The British Columbia Farm Machinery and Agricultural Museum features a working Red Stone Sawmill and the first crop duster in the province, a vintage Tiger Moth airplane.
The exterior of the Fernie Court House is idyllic, with materials obtained from British Columbia and Alberta.
The east gate of the park is at the British Columbia-Alberta border on the Continental Divide.
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 Ocean Falls Gospel Fellowship (Ocean Falls, BC)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
The Ocean Fall Gospel Fellowship in British Columbia formally organized in 1961.
The congregation originated through colonization of northern B.C. and outreach by the West Coast Children's Mission.
It had been affiliated with the British Columbia Conference of the Mennonite Brethren Churches (1961-1974?), Canadian Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches (1961-1974?) and General Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches (1961-1974?).
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 Northern British Columbia : Regions in Brief : The Discovery Coast Passage | Frommers.com
Northern British Columbia : Regions in Brief : The Discovery Coast Passage
The most popular part of this run is the summer-only service to Bella Coola, which links to Highway 20, a paved and gravel road that's a day's drive from Williams Lake, in central British Columbia's Fraser Valley.
Pets are allowed onboard, but must remain in vehicles on the car deck; owners can descend to those decks to tend to their pets' needs.
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 List of communities in British Columbia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This is a list of communities in British Columbia.
A community, for the purposes of this list, is defined as an incorporated municipality (this includes indian reserves) or an unincorporated settlement outside a municpality.
List of regional district electoral areas in British Columbia
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 The British Columbia Salmon Farmers Association: The trade association for the British Columbia salmon farming industry.
The British Columbia Salmon Farmers Association: The trade association for the British Columbia salmon farming industry.
The BCSFA is based in Campbell River, British Columbia – a coastal community on the northern half of Vancouver Island.
Our salmon is raised in a manner which respects and protects the natural environment and the result is a tasty and nutritious product enjoyed by people around the world.
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 A FOREST INDUSTRY TOWN - OCEAN FALLS - COMMUNITIES IN BC - BC ARCHIVES TIME MACHINE
Ocean Falls is situated at the head of Cousins Inlet, near Bella Bella, B.C. Base digital map courtesy of the
The saw mill was operating as early as 1909 and the pulp and paper mill went into production in 1917.
People moved to Ocean Falls because they could get jobs logging trees in the forest, and turning the fallen trees into lumber in the saw mill and into paper at the pulp mill.
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 Swot's Corner
To fall between two stools, however painful, is grammatically acceptable; to fall between the cracks is to challenge the laws of physics.
One query: 'The term "British subject" is obsolete', the article says, but I seem to recall differently.
Once a week, as a rule, usually on Sunday, a warship's crew was ordered to fall in at quarters -- that is, each group of men into which the crew was divided would line up in formation in a given area of the deck.
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 Bridal Falls Resort, Rosedale, British Columbia, Canada - Camping and RV Park   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Nestled at the foot of Mt. Cheam, Bridal Falls Camperland in south British Columbia is conveniently located near several nearby family attractions.
Just next door is a waterslide where day passes can be used for a day's use of water recreation.
Bridal Falls Camperland is open May 15 - October 15.
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 AllRefer.com - Ocean Falls, British Columbia, Canada - (town) - Facts and Information
Ocean Falls, town, W B.C., W Canada, on inlet of the Pacific Ocean, 300 mi/483 km NW of Vancouver; 52°22'N 127°41'W. Paper-milling and -shipping center; hydroelectric power.
Capital city or county seat is shown by the symbol
Columbia Gazetteer of North America Copyright © 2000, Columbia University Press.
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