25 years ago in the Undercurrent
On Wednesday May 3rd the first three ferries of the morning were overloaded. An overload in 1989 meant cars parked up to the school. The ferry was running late because of a berth collapse in Horseshoe Bay following the departure of the Queen of Cowichan for Langdale.
Bowen resident Gordy Partridge reviewed the Poison/Tesla concert held on April 27 at the Pacific Coliseum. Poison faired a lot better then the foul mouthed, possibly drunk antics of their opening act Tesla according to the reviewer. Losing the glam of their makeup, Poison entertained the audience with a well-choreographed show with pyrotechnics to match their glam.
20 years ago in the Undercurrent
Several children on the April 8 sailing of the Queen of Capilano decided to see how many of them fit into the elevator. Unfortunately the elevator got stuck about four feet above the car deck and some of the younger children panicked.
“I suspect,” said Bowen Transportation committee member Pat McGuire, “That of the twenty children sixteen will never ride that elevator again.” The Committee was working hard to stop the vandalism by students, which in previous years had included setting a fire on the Capilano.
10 years ago in the Undercurrent
Saturday, May 1, 2004 saw the end of an era occur on Bowen with the passing of Bowmart fixture, Helen Holte. The Undercurrent was asking residents to send in their memories of Helen for a special tribute in an upcoming edition of the paper.
5 years ago in the Undercurrent
The Museum and Archives exhibit featured the explosives factory that used to be housed at Tunstall Bay. The factory manufactured dynamite from 1909-1913 churning out 400 kegs of extremely volatile black powder and 400 cases of dynamite a day.
