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Smith Family BC Ferries July 1961
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Left to right: Michael, Jamie, Blake (mother) Arlene Smith with cousins Tana and Glennie Longson. July 1961
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August 1961, mom on way to Long Beach on Blackball Ferries, Horseshoe Bay to Nanaimo then drive to West side of Vancouver Island.
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Arlene Smith (mom) looking north along Long Beach, Vancouver Island, August 1961. The cleared forest in distance is the approach path for Tofino Airport, former RCAF Station WWII. As scanned from slide.
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Long Beach looking north toward Tofino Airport, August 1961. Access by cars to beach was restricted to a few locations where a path had been cut through drift wood as pictured in lower right of photo.
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Long Beach, West Coast of Vancouver Island, B.C. August 1961
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1961-August-Smith family, Long Beach near Tofino, British Columbia, Canada
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Camping on beach, Arlene Smith (mom) @ Long Beach by our 58 Chevy sedan delivery watching Grumman Albatros amphib landing at Tofino, Vancouver Island, B.C., Canada. August 1961
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1965 Long Beach, Vancouver Island. Family camping trip
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mom, michael & blake walking on Long beach, Vancouver Island, B.C. August 1961 Pilings or posts that are driven into the sand were remnant of WWII Coastal defences around RCAF Station Tofino (cleared bluff in background is airfield boundary).
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mom at Long Beach-Summer 1961
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Long Beach 1961, Arlene Smith, pose, Vancouver Island, August 1961
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Arlene Smith (mom) at Long Beach, Vancouver Island, B.C. 1961
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Vintage Long Beach, mom. July 1961
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Michael Smith pushing plank followed by sister Jamie, brother blake, cousins Tana & Glennie, Long Beach Aug 1962
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Perch Fishing from rocks into surf at Long Beach, Vancouver Island, B.C. July 1961
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I'm on the right, next to me is my sister Jamie, brother Michael, with perch caught off the rocks at Long Beach. August 1961
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August 1961 at Long Beach, Vancouver Island with perch caught from surf.
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Arlene Smith & Blake Long Beach perch August 1961… note my mom shadowing me as Long Beach surf can be dangerous around the rock formations.
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Arlene Smith watching son fish for perch @ Long Beach, Aug 1961
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Family shot at Long Beach, on top of car, camping on beach, learning to drive on beach, summer 1965
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My mom (age 32) & sister at Long Beach August 1965
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1965 Long Beach log fort, brother Michael & sister Jamie
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Jamie & mom, Blake & Michael road to Long Beach Aug 1966
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Michael Smith & brother Blake shell collection Long Beach Aug 1966
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Blake Smith building fort @ Long Beach Aug 1966
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Michael, Jamie, Blake, mom-Long Beach Aug 1966
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