Point Hope Shipyard Open House

Lars attended the Point Hope Shipyard Open House on June 10th. Here’s his take on the big event:

Our main objective was to see the Uchuck and take in the street vendor’s, feast on food truck eats and listen to live music that had taken over Harbour Rd. but it was much more than that! Learning that Point Hope Maritime‘s shipyard was Canada’s Pacific Coast’s oldest operating shipyard and taking the tour of the Uchuck was interesting. The Uchuck was a U.S. minesweeper built in 1942 and also has a few famous sister ships including Jacques Cousteau’s famed Calypso and the John Wayne-owned Wild Goose.

We were also made aware that they are in for a big $50 million expansion to be able to bring in larger boats and this will benefit the local economy.