Canadian Coast Guard Auxiliary Unit 20

The man looked up and saw the low dark clouds scudding across a leaden sky.  He scanned out over Browning Harbour, and saw the wind driven rain pelting into the grey waves of the bay.  As he took all this in, one thought entered his head like a lightening bolt, what was he doing here?  His brother had challenged him to take part in the Lions sponsored Polar Bear swim on Pender Island on New Years Day and he had agreed without thinking what was involved.  ...
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Canadian Coast Guard Auxiliary Unit 20

The man was cold and hungry and he had been waving his flashlight in the dark at any vessel that came anywhere near the steep hillside on which he was standing.  Several ships slipped by quietly but unseeing far out in the passage, likely too far away to notice his small light.  Suddenly off in the distance he saw the navigation lights of some sort of vessel that seemed to be approaching.  He thought it was perhaps a good sign that it had a blue flashing ...
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September 2009 Pender Post article:

Canadian Coast Guard Auxiliary Unit 20

What better way for a teen aged boy to spend a summer holiday than camping on an island in the Salish Sea.  The campground was situated on a thickly wooded bluff about 200 feet above the sparkling waters of the cove.  The boy was part of a group of 11 children who were planning to spend a week on this wilderness paradise.  The day started well and after lunch the boy along with a small group of other campers decided to s...
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