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For the YouTube Video www.youtube.com/watch?v=9o2-E7Jf4lc
Advice on the BC Parks web site
The Bella Coola Hill is a 9 km section of up to 18 percent grade; a significant slope for any vehicle to conquer. This emphasizes the need for extra caution when driving this route. The following hints are listed below to ensure a safe and enjoyable passage.
* Use the lowest gear on the steeper sections
* Reduce speed on narrow sections
* Check road conditions before setting out
* Make several stops to allow your brakes to cool
* Ensure your car is in good condition before driving this route
* 4-wheel drive or dual tow vehicles are preferable for towing heavy loads up or down steep hills.
Side view of Coola Mills from the Kilbeggan side, away from the river.
The mills are located in the townland of Coola about a half mile outside Kilbeggan. They were built in 1806 to produce mainly flour but milled also oatmeal, barley and some malting barley for the nearby Lockes Distillery. The mills were powered by water wheel with water brought upstream from the River Brosna by means of a conduit canal or millrace. Most of the mill’s produce was sent to Dublin via Kilbeggan harbour and on to the Grand Canal but later in the 19th and 20th centuries train and road transport took over that role. The Coola Mills remained in production until they closed in the 1970’s and have become derelict.
Since then, some use has been made of the mill property when a small scale hydro-electric 110 kW generating station started operations there in 2007. This is one of only two hydro-electric power stations in Westmeath and uses a Francis Turbine.
Some years back there was talk of converting the mill to a distillery that would complement Lockes Distillery museum nearby. However, the plans never came to fruition and Lockes Distillery now produces its own malt whiskey, albeit on a small scale.
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References:
catalogue.nli.ie/Record/L_ROY_08271 (National Library of Ireland online photographic archives – 19th century view of the mills).
www.askaboutireland.ie/reading-room/environment-geography... (Another 19th century view of the mills – same angle as other photograph).
www.potstill.de/coolamills1.htm (Pics of Coola Mills taken 2004).
www.westcd.ie/Docs/Westmeath_Report.pdf (Westmeath hydro-power station at Cool Mills, Kilbeggan – p19).
www.waterwheelfactory.com/francis.htm (The Francis Turbine).
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The Northern Sea Wolf is BC Ferries’ new direct service from Port Hardy to Bella Coola, set to launch in summer 2018. BC Ferries acquired the vessel from Greece last year. Built in 2000, it will accommodate 35 vehicles and 150 passengers and crew. The name is inspired by First Nations’ legends in which the Sea Wolf is a manifestation of the Orca. The Sea Wolf symbolizes family and loyalty and the protection of those travelling their waters. Amenities include hot food, passenger lounge, and outdoor seating.
The Northern Sea Wolf is BC Ferries’ new direct service from Port Hardy to Bella Coola, set to launch in summer 2018. BC Ferries acquired the vessel from Greece last year. Built in 2000, it will accommodate 35 vehicles and 150 passengers and crew. The name is inspired by First Nations’ legends in which the Sea Wolf is a manifestation of the Orca. The Sea Wolf symbolizes family and loyalty and the protection of those travelling their waters. Amenities include hot food, passenger lounge, and outdoor seating.
The Northern Sea Wolf is BC Ferries’ new direct service from Port Hardy to Bella Coola, set to launch in summer 2018. BC Ferries acquired the vessel from Greece last year. Built in 2000, it will accommodate 35 vehicles and 150 passengers and crew. The name is inspired by First Nations’ legends in which the Sea Wolf is a manifestation of the Orca. The Sea Wolf symbolizes family and loyalty and the protection of those travelling their waters. Amenities include hot food, passenger lounge, and outdoor seating.
The Northern Sea Wolf is BC Ferries’ new direct service from Port Hardy to Bella Coola, set to launch in summer 2018. BC Ferries acquired the vessel from Greece last year. Built in 2000, it will accommodate 35 vehicles and 150 passengers and crew. The name is inspired by First Nations’ legends in which the Sea Wolf is a manifestation of the Orca. The Sea Wolf symbolizes family and loyalty and the protection of those travelling their waters. Amenities include hot food, passenger lounge, and outdoor seating.
The Government of British Columbia and BC Ferries are committing to a seasonal direct ferry service between Port Hardy and Bella Coola to support Aboriginal tourism and the mid-coast economy, Premier Christy Clark announced.
This service will begin by the 2018 summer tourism season. A search is underway for an appropriate used vessel to make that happen.
Learn more: news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2016PREM0095-001609
September 23, 2011 - Flooding occurring along Highway 20 in the Bella Coola valley, particularly in the Hagensburg and Firvale areas, located approx. 25 km east of Bella Coola.
The Northern Sea Wolf is BC Ferries’ new direct service from Port Hardy to Bella Coola, set to launch in summer 2018. BC Ferries acquired the vessel from Greece last year. Built in 2000, it will accommodate 35 vehicles and 150 passengers and crew. The name is inspired by First Nations’ legends in which the Sea Wolf is a manifestation of the Orca. The Sea Wolf symbolizes family and loyalty and the protection of those travelling their waters. Amenities include hot food, passenger lounge, and outdoor seating.
The Northern Sea Wolf is BC Ferries’ new direct service from Port Hardy to Bella Coola, set to launch in summer 2018. BC Ferries acquired the vessel from Greece last year. Built in 2000, it will accommodate 35 vehicles and 150 passengers and crew. The name is inspired by First Nations’ legends in which the Sea Wolf is a manifestation of the Orca. The Sea Wolf symbolizes family and loyalty and the protection of those travelling their waters. Amenities include hot food, passenger lounge, and outdoor seating.
The Northern Sea Wolf is BC Ferries’ new direct service from Port Hardy to Bella Coola, set to launch in summer 2018. BC Ferries acquired the vessel from Greece last year. Built in 2000, it will accommodate 35 vehicles and 150 passengers and crew. The name is inspired by First Nations’ legends in which the Sea Wolf is a manifestation of the Orca. The Sea Wolf symbolizes family and loyalty and the protection of those travelling their waters. Amenities include hot food, passenger lounge, and outdoor seating.
Bella Coola Grizzly
RJB Bella Coola Tour, BC Canada
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On September 24th and 25th, 2010, massive rainfall struck the central coast of B.C., leaving many kilometres of Highway 20, west of Williams Lake, missing or underwater.
It was a once in 200-year event where 200 millimetres of rain fell over a 24-hour period, leaving the communities of Anahim Lake, Hagensborg and Bella Coola cut off from food, fuel and emergency services.
During the response phase, crews worked 24 hours a day to re-connect the highway. Thanks to the hard work of the local crews and the community, the highway was re-opened in just 17 days.
The Northern Sea Wolf is BC Ferries’ new direct service from Port Hardy to Bella Coola, set to launch in summer 2018. BC Ferries acquired the vessel from Greece last year. Built in 2000, it will accommodate 35 vehicles and 150 passengers and crew. The name is inspired by First Nations’ legends in which the Sea Wolf is a manifestation of the Orca. The Sea Wolf symbolizes family and loyalty and the protection of those travelling their waters. Amenities include hot food, passenger lounge, and outdoor seating.
a pink ceramic piggy bank at the entrance to the Bella Coola Marina parking entrance.
in the odd things founds on a road trip (-:
The Northern Sea Wolf is BC Ferries’ new direct service from Port Hardy to Bella Coola, set to launch in summer 2018. BC Ferries acquired the vessel from Greece last year. Built in 2000, it will accommodate 35 vehicles and 150 passengers and crew. The name is inspired by First Nations’ legends in which the Sea Wolf is a manifestation of the Orca. The Sea Wolf symbolizes family and loyalty and the protection of those travelling their waters. Amenities include hot food, passenger lounge, and outdoor seating.
New maintenance contracts have been awarded for service areas 17 and 18 in the southern Interior, providing improved standards and better highway conditions for British Columbians year round. The contract for Service Area 17 (Central Cariboo), which provides maintenance on provincial roadways for several communities including Williams Lake and Bella Coola, has been awarded to Dawson Road Maintenance (formerly Interior Roads Ltd.). Service Area 18 (Northern Cariboo), which includes provincial road maintenance for Quesnel, Nazko and the surrounding communities, was also awarded to the current contractor, Emcon Services Inc.
Learn More: news.gov.bc.ca/20045
Bella Coola_gets me out of Vancouver regularily,!! lots of ice fields near Waddintgon. I have a hundred pictures of the Massif at every angle. We also have a huge amounts of water resources wrapped up in ice north of Vancouver
I fly mainly in a Beech 1900, which seems to be a good mountain flyer. Lots of power, and when there is bad turbulence the pilot just pours on the throttle and we power right through. I have flown in all conditions and there has been many times when the whole trip was in dense cloud with the pilot flying by instrument. The attempt is made to land in bad weather by finding a hole in the clouds or to navigate the plane- positioning it over the Fiord near Bella Coola and then fly over the water, proceeding to fly a couple hundred feet above the trees to land in the narrow valley air strip. If the clouds are down to the valley bottom, the pilot aborts and flies to Anahim, finding an easy landing there. Only a couple times I was concerned with flying and it wasnt to do with the mountains. Once we left Vancouver in winter with pouring rain and the upper atmosphere must have been -40 because we were icing up barely out of Vancouver. I couldnt see a thing out the window but I could hear the chunks of ice spraying the side of the plane. We de-iced for about 45 minutes doing a large spiral around Vancouver until the pilot was confidant and then went on our way.
Another time returning from Bella Coola we hit some wingtip vortices from a 747 that passed miles in front of us and it almost put us upside down twice--once from the vortices and once from the pilot over correcting (My Guess) It was a little unnerving but now feel educated on a different kind of turbulence...
The Beech 1900 was my main ride but did fly once from Bella Coola to Bella Bella in a Cessna amphibious .When I flew out of Port Hardy to Bella Bella it was in a Shorts 360 or one time the Saab 340a. All nice planes and glad for the experiences!
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we saw this guy just next to the road, he was feeding on waterplants and flowers. when we stopped he looked at us and continued feeding...bella coola valley, BC
Ron. my husband, went to Bella Coola fishing and these are a few of his photos he took for me. I am going for sure next year! :-)
I just spent at least 20 minutes typing titles and descriptions and tags, hit some weird button by mistake and just lost all my work. So instead of having an adolescent tantrum, I;m gonna go read my book and forget about it, and finish this up later.
The Government of British Columbia and BC Ferries are committing to a seasonal direct ferry service between Port Hardy and Bella Coola to support Aboriginal tourism and the mid-coast economy, Premier Christy Clark announced.
This service will begin by the 2018 summer tourism season. A search is underway for an appropriate used vessel to make that happen.
Learn more: news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2016PREM0095-001609
The Government of British Columbia and BC Ferries are committing to a seasonal direct ferry service between Port Hardy and Bella Coola to support Aboriginal tourism and the mid-coast economy, Premier Christy Clark announced.
This service will begin by the 2018 summer tourism season. A search is underway for an appropriate used vessel to make that happen.
Learn more: news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2016PREM0095-001609
The Government of British Columbia and BC Ferries are committing to a seasonal direct ferry service between Port Hardy and Bella Coola to support Aboriginal tourism and the mid-coast economy, Premier Christy Clark announced.
This service will begin by the 2018 summer tourism season. A search is underway for an appropriate used vessel to make that happen.
Learn more: news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2016PREM0095-001609
The new bus shelter in Bella Coola is a great addition to the downtown area, making waiting for the bus safer and more comfortable for passengers.
Read more: www.newsroom.gov.bc.ca/2012/12/government-responds-to-coa...