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1966 -- Porpoise Bay Provincial Park beach The B. C. Government Parks Branch purchased 150 acres from Crowston Holdings at east Porpoise Bay with some 2,600 feet of flat beach.

Photograph courtesy The Sechelt Peninsula Times newspaper and the Alsgard family

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1968 -- Sand dredging operation on Porpoise Bay

A-frame for office and living accommodation had been approved in 1966 by Sechelt Council for logging operator and developer Ted Osborne's dredging operation near the government wharf in Porpoise Bay. Sand from this site was used to establish a sandy beach in Porpoise Bay Provincial Park. Visiting the operation are left to right Mick McKay, Sechelt Chamber of Commerce Parks and Recreation Committee Chairman, Hon. Ken Kiernan MLA, Social Credit Minister of Recreation and Conservation, Ted Osborne, logger and developer and past-President Sechelt Chamber of Commerce, Eric Hensch, President Sechelt Chamber of Commerce and Manager for B.C. Hydro, Hon. Isabel Dawson, MLA, Minister without Portfolio.

Photograph courtesy The Peninsula Times newspaper and the Alsgard family

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c1960s -- Small boat on Porpoise Bay

Photograph courtesy The Peninsula Times newspaper and the Alsgard family

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1975 -- View to the east from proposed west Porpoise Bay Sunshine Heights development.

Photograph courtesy The Peninsula Times newspaper and the Alsgard family

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1975 -- View from government wharf west to logging operator and developer Ted Osborne's float.

Section of west side of Porpoise Bay proposed for a marina. Boats visible are Werner Richter's "Tejos" and Dr. Walter Burtnick's "Shaman 11."

Photograph courtesy The Peninsula Times newspaper and the Alsgard family