Category Archives: THE GERALDTON NORTHBOUND

FROM GOLDFIELD TO JACKFISH (Conclusion)

Posted on November 22, 2011 by

  Gazing west across Tunnel Bay, I saw a white CPR truck emerge from the mountain.  That was the west entrance, I thought, of the Jackfish Tunnel.  Well over a half kilometre across the bay.  About a kilometre and a … Continue reading →

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FROM GOLDFIELD TO JACKFISH 2 (3 Chapters)

Posted on November 20, 2011 by

Jackfish is a ghost community.  It used to be a depot on the Canadian Pacific Railway where locomotives refueled, the coal being brought in by lake freighters.  I had phoned friend Duncan in Terrace, a man with local knowledge.  Sure, … Continue reading →

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FROM GOLDFIELD TO JACKFISH 1 (3 Chapters)

Posted on November 18, 2011 by

  Isn’t that a marvelous title?  I have waited half a lifetime for an excuse to invent that title.  Ever since I saw the documentary film The Best Damn Fiddler from Calabogie to Kaladar.  The latest incarnation of that title … Continue reading →

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THE GERALDTON NORTHBOUND

Posted on October 10, 2011 by

Yes, I have begun the next Kennet Forbes mystery. Between the conception and the birth is the gestation.  I planted the seed several months ago, and it has been developing . . . very . . . very . . … Continue reading →

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