1901 - the settlement launched the "Cape Scott" built by
Rasmus Hansen with the help of other settlers. The boat
carried supplies and passengers from Sea Otter Cove,
San Josef Bay and Strandby-places not served by the Steamer.
1903 - one of Professor Christensen’s boys died of blood poisoning.
1905 - the second dyke was completed - at high tide a wagon could
be drive over across the top. All the settlers worked building the
dykes, N.P. Jensen was the driving force and was there almost
every day working with whoever else had time.
1905 - Harry Shuttleworth (later settler of Strandby) did placer
mining on Gold Beach at Nahwitti with Jeptha Skinner.
Shuttleworth apparently did take aprox. $1200. in gold from the
east side of Gold Beach a previous year.
1907 - The first wedding of the settlement took place - Theodore
Frederiksen married Johanne, the daughter of N.P Jensen and his
wife, Maren. The photo of the happy couple show them standing
in front of three flags stretched out - the Union Jack, the American
stars and stripes and the Danish flag.
1907 - the steamer stopped calling at Fisherman's Bay. The
colony slowly dribbled away.
1908 - Dec. - a hurricane levelled patches of timber all over the
North Island. Eight years later, a government surveyor said that
there were windfalls criss-crossed to depths of 25 ft in many
places.
1909 - The store was closed and Nels C. Nelson moved some store
belongings to the West Arm Store with the shareholder's approval
and helped set up the store in what was to become Holberg. The
shareholders were given their share of cash. Many of the Cape
Scott settlers had moved to the West Arm and some of the others
to Sea Otter Cove and San Josef Bay.
1910 - The Cape Scott sank due to an unexpected storm coming
up during a trip to Quatsino. N. P. Jensen's son, Lars and his
adopted crippled son, Miles died.
1910 - The first post office opened in Shushartie Bay with Mr.
Skinner as the postmaster. Over the years there were several other
postmasters, it closed finally on Sept. 2, 1952. There was a
steamboat landing at the Bay. James Wallace ran the General
Store.
| A look at Shushartie Bay in 1944 showing the buildings and the old dock.
Photo Courtesy of BC Provincial Archives |
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1911 - Strandby opened their post office on March 1, 1911, David
Patterson was the postmaster. This post office closed in 1917
when John Lockwood resigned his position as postmaster.
1911 - The "Cape Scott 11" was built in Vancouver with financial
help from many of the settlers. Capt. HenrY Petersen skippered
this boat till he died in 1924 except for a short period in 1913
when Walter Petersen took over, Walter drowned in Quatsino
during Dec. of the same year.
More people settled in the Cape Scott area. Charles Wadey, a
professional gardener arrived in 1912. He organized an exhibition
of vegetables and fruits at the Cape Scott Community Hall/school
building in 1914. Two hundred people attended.
1913 - Nahwitti opened a post office, Frank Bragg was the
postmaster. The post office closed on August 25, 1918 - Clarice
Hole was the postmaster at this time.
