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Post by on Dec 16, 2005 8:37:30 GMT -8
Great updates Ray. I just noticed the section on Butedale. I have heard of this place before as a ghost towns. Did you go ashore? And was this place abandoned?
thanks.
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Post by R. Morgan on Feb 3, 2006 0:10:13 GMT -8
Butedale is pretty much abandoned and falling down. There is a fellow living there (2005) who has fixed up a float and provides moorage to passing boats. I don't know what the status of the property is. The Butedale Founders group from Oregon who were there around 2000 with plans to 'fix the place up' seem to have moved on.
Oddly enough, about the only thing for sale in Butedale in 2005 was Ice Cream......
regards,
Ray
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Post by on May 30, 2006 13:18:59 GMT -8
I first visited Butedale in 1983. It had been shutdown and was being attended by a caretaker. The docks were in reasonable shape, the buildings all mostly in good shape and the lights all burning (to keep a load on the generator). There were plans to turn it into a resort... Over the years I visited or flew over the site numerous times (I was posted in Pr Rupert with the Coast Guard) as the buildings began to deteriorate and other similar coastal communities (Namu, etc) began to meet a similar fate. A number of investors with dreams of reviving these spots have come and gone; but the wharves, buildings and history slowly crumble into the sea or are overtaken by the forests.  |
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Post by mystreaper on Jan 9, 2007 23:58:01 GMT -8
I'm very surprised that noone ever turned Butedale into a water bottling factory. they had the wharehouse, housing, power, and the water. Its been known by many fishermen that butedale had the best water. and cleanest ice on the BC coast.
I first visited butedale in 1968, my father delivered fish there in the 40's.
fred
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Post by oldsalt on Jan 19, 2007 15:50:51 GMT -8
mystreaper:
How do you take on water from a waterfall, Fred? I single-hand a bit and I've never had much luck bellying up to the bar to get a funnel, hose and filter doing the job for me. I usually go ashore in the dink and put the creek water into 4 liter jugs (and have avioided Beaver Fever ... so far) and filter in the cockpit before dumping into the tanks. Is there a better way?
OS
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Post by R. Morgan on Jan 22, 2007 19:17:49 GMT -8
A long piece of inch and quarter PVC pipe with a garden hose fitting on the bottom end. It weighs little and stows lashed to the upper deck railings. Leaning it up into the flow provides the head to fill the tanks. We have backed in, anchored and stern tied adjacent to a falls using our 100 foot hose or in some places one can simply drive up to the base of a small falls and lean the pipe up into it. Large falls generally have too much current and turbulence to maintain close station keeping. Whatever you do don't get any part of the boat under a large falls.
regards
Ray Morgan
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Post by mystreaper on Jan 25, 2007 9:09:03 GMT -8
Butedale used to have a hose coming off the starboard side of the main dock. where the old store was situated. i wouldnt be surprised if there are still fittings and lines that you could connect to.
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Post by on Sept 26, 2009 22:03:53 GMT -8
I was the caretaker for Butedale during the winter of 1980 and 1981. (I was 26 years old.) My traveling companion at the time was supposed to care take with me but he had to go home to Minnesota because his dad was sick. I lived there alone for 4 months and loved it. It's now 30 years later and the guy I was supposed to care take with and I are back together and getting married. I'd like to honey moon there. Does anyone know how to contact the current caretaker?
Linda
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Post by on Sept 26, 2009 22:08:19 GMT -8
This is Linda again, the 1980 caretaker. Please email me if you know how to contact the current caretaker on Butedale. It would be so great if we could fill in for him for awhile! Thanks, llambdin@santacruz.k12.ca.us
Linda
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Post by R. Morgan on Oct 17, 2009 18:40:11 GMT -8
Hi Linda, I did a bit of poking around and found that Butedale is listed for sale. www.landquest.com/detailmain3.asp?prop=08001&curpage=8&search=oceanfrontlistYou may be able to find out who the owner is and what is going on at Butedale by contacting the listing agent. Alternatively you can find out who holds the title from the BC Land titles office: www.ltsa.ca/land-title/frequently-asked-questions#a2When I was last there in 2006 there was a nice older gentleman watching the place. I suspect he may still be there. He would likely be getting his supplies from Kitimat so a call to the marina offices there might get a message to him. You will likely be dismayed at how the place has deteriorated since you where there last. Nice romantic story. Best of luck in your pursuits. Regards, Ray Morgan Canadian Scientific Submersible Facility Sidney BC, Canada 250-363-6332 mailto:morgan(at)ropos.com ropos.comneptunecanada.cabcmarina.com |
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Post by on Nov 2, 2009 12:59:48 GMT -8
I know the current owners of Butedale and will point them at this thread.
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Post by butedale on Nov 2, 2009 17:03:06 GMT -8
bob burdett @ 530-533-5002 is the president of Butedale Pacific Holdings....currently residing in California,USA, Butedale is for sale or lease ...rfoburdett@sbcglobal.net. I am the owner!...
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Post by butedale on Jul 14, 2011 6:51:12 GMT -8
SUMMER 2011 RE; BUTEDALE IS OFF LIMITS TO VISITORS AT THIS TIME HOWEVER WATER AND OVER NITE MOORING AT YOUR RISK..THIS SUMMER A ONGOING FORESHORE CLEAN-UP IS UNDERWAY.PLEASE DO NOT TRESSPASE BEYOND THE DOCKS .ROBERT FO BURDETT .[OWNER]
RFOBURDETT@SBCGLOBAL.NET.....530-533-5002.
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Post by jspring on Jan 11, 2015 23:04:18 GMT -8
This thread looks inactive but I'll chime in anyway. My father and I were the caretakers in Butedale from Nov '86 to May '87. Dad took a bad fall on a ramp and broke his neck so our time was cut short. For the first time I decided to google my old stomping grounds and this has been quite a trip down memory lane. Bob Burdette, I here you sold Butedale. Perhaps you remember my father Bob Spring. I last saw you in '87 when you visited my dad at Shaughnessay Hospital in Vancouver. He died that October indirectly from his injuries.
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Post by on May 27, 2015 15:36:49 GMT -8
Hi! I've been the "new" caretaker of Butedale since November 2013. Butedale has a new owner. (As of 2012) Major works begin this year! Anyone interested in learning about the future of Butedale, you may contact me directly at coryjlindsay@gmail.com or you can go to the website dedicated to the official plans. www.insidepassagemarine.com |
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