One day while I was still living in Holberg, my friends and I saw a small boat coming up the Holberg Inlet. When it tied up to the dock we saw six men in the boat. By their clothes we knew they weren't settlers in the area. These strangers got out of the boat and without a word to anyone as to their destination, they went up the trail from Holberg, then suddenly veered off into the bush, where there wasn't even a trail. They just disappeared. I think they must have had a compass.After some time lapsed, the purpose of their visit was that there were signs of work being done in the high mountains - overlooking the Pacific Ocean. Then domes were seen on the mountains. The settlers here weren't in contact with news of the area, so we just kept wondering what was happening, but we soon found out. Men were clearing the forest where the Station is today.
We were told that if we went to Vancouver or some other place, we were to avoid any talk of the happenings in the area. Time went on and the Station was built. After the land was cleared, the PMQ's and a few other buildings were built.
This is an excerpt from an account given by Mr. Jim Cordy , a resident of the Holberg area since 1927. Mr. Cordy was 95 years of age when he related his observations on the establishment and early days of the Station - in 1984. Regretably, Mr. Cordy died in 1984.
-- 30th Anniversary Yearbook
