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Tom's 37th Book Launch Video 

Sunday I drove the Benz 91km to Nanaimo, BC

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Tom Paterson was hosting the launch of his 37th published book: Unknown Nanaimo

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The Wellington firehall was a fitting venue as the book leans heavy in the diretion of Nanaimo's former coal mining days.

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I highjacked his 37th book launch with my own 8th book launch.

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After giving a copy of my book: Flogging My Blogging to Tom I gave one to Belinda Wright.

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Belinda is Tom's IT person

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P.S. Tom and I are friends since 2009

 N.B. TWP is British Columbia's most prolific writer and publisher of this province's history.

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Labels: book, nanaimo, twp

 

https://cowichanchronicles.com/ 

From TWP's Cowichan Chronicles “Oops! A wreck on the CNR (Trans Canada Trail) about Mile 60. This was a fatal head-on collision; I have two coupling pins—one from each train as they’re different sizes.” 

 A Story to Be Told is a book written by Robert I. Dougan and is the definitive record of the September 15, 1900, accident involving a headon collision between two trains on the E&N tracks near Ladysmith, BC. Nathan Paul Dougan, was the telegrapher/station agent at the new town of Ladysmith in September, 1900 at the time of the train wreck on the E&N two miles north of town which killed 4 people. Nathan Dougan (father of Robert I. Dougan) was blamed for the accident and charged with manslaughter for which he was sentenced to nine (9) months imprisonment. These photos are from a hike guided by T.W. Paterson and his associate, Doug McLeod, to find where and what remains from that accident.

 Ladysmith Wreck Trailhead GPS Coordinates: 49°0' 41.55"N 123°50' 50.78"W

 N.B. Other than using the GPS coordinates, finding this sawed-of windfall (left in frame) is the only indicator to find where the access to the wreck is located in the thick underbrush.

 From March 17 2021 photos From Flickr March 18 2021 YouTube VIDEO Link 

A Story to Be Told is a book written by Robert I. Dougan and is the definitive record of the September 15, 1900, accident involving a headon collision between two trains on the E&N tracks near Ladysmith, BC. Nathan Paul Dougan, was the telegrapher/station agent at the new town of Ladysmith, BC in September, 1900 at the time of the train wreck on the E&N two miles north of town which killed 4 people. Nathan Dougan (father of Robert I. Dougan) was blamed for the accident and charged with manslaughter for which he was sentenced to nine (9) months imprisonment. These photos are from a hike guided by T.W. Paterson and his associate, Doug McLeod, to find where and what remains from that accident.

 Ladysmith Wreck Trailhead GPS Coordinates: 49°0' 41.55"N 123°50' 50.78"W 

N.B. Other than using the GPS coordinates, finding this sawed-of windfall (left in frame) is the only indicator to find where the access to the wreck is located in the thick underbrush. Ladysmith Train Wreck Site GPS: N49°00.719', W123°50.841'

Labels: hike, trains, twp, wreck