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Coal Harbour (Vancouver Island, B.C.) World War, 1939-1945--British Columbia
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Frank Hole interview

RECORDED: [location unknown], [196-] SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Frank Hole describes his father, Albert Hole, who came to Canada in the early 1900s, and to Nahwitti in 1912. Then he discusses various Danish, Finnish and Swedish communities in the area. He describes his family's move to Coal Harbour in 1918; the telephone line being built in 1913; how WWII brought the armed forces to Coal Harbour; how the town became a whaling station after WWII; and building roads in the 1930s. TRACK 2: Mr. Hole describes the pulp mill at Port Alice in 1917, and the road between Port Hardy and Coal Harbour in 1916.