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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