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Sidney,
The site looks great. Brings back memories. I spent several years on Prince of Wales back in the late 70's and early 80's. I cut the timber on a lot of the road right of ways that access the norther half of the island. We use to drive (2 hours) to Thorne Bay every other weekend or so to phone home. It was are only contact with the outside world other than the mail plane that came around a couple of times a week.
Great hunting and the fishing really spoiled me.
Dave
 
This is the description I got along with three pictures of the bear:

"The following (first two) pictures are of a guy who works for the US Forest Service in Alaska and his trophy bear. He was out deer hunting last week when a large grizzly bear charged him from about 50 yards away. The guy unloaded his 7mm Mag Semi-automatic rifle into the bear and it dropped a few feet from him. The big bear was still alive so he reloaded and shot it several times in the head. The bear was just over one thousand six hundred pounds. It stood 12' 6" high at the shoulder, 14' to the top of his head. It's the largest grizzly bear ever recorded in the world. Of course, the Alaska Fish and Wildlife Commission did not let him keep it as a trophy, but the bear will be stuffed and mounted, and placed on display at the Anchorage airport (to remind tourist's of the risks involved when in the wild). Based on the contents of the bears stomach, the Fish and Wildlife Commission established the bear had killed at least two humans in the past 72 hours. His last meal was the unlucky nature buff in the third picture. The US Forest Service, backtracking from where the bear had originated, found the hiker's 38-calibre pistol emptied. Not far from the pistol was the remains of the hiker. The other body has not been found. Although the hiker fired six shots and managed to hit the grizzly with four shots they ultimately found four 38 calibre slugs along with twelve 7mm slugs inside the bear's dead body) it only wounded the bear and probably angered it. The bear killed the hiker an estimated two days prior to the bear's own death by the gun of the Forest Service worker. Think about this - If you are an average size man; You would be level with the bear's belly button when he stood upright, the bear would look you in the eye when it walked on all fours! To give additional perspective, consider that this particular bear, standing on its hind legs, could walk up to an average single story house and look over the roof, or walk up to a two story house and look in the bedroom windows. "
I don't know how to post the other picture here, but I don't think it would be appropriate, it is VERY nasty.
 
Thanks Dave! I am looking forward to my trip up there this year. My dad works at the lodge now from April 15 to October 15. I think he plays a lot more then works :lol: But the work is awesome, he takes people out hunting and guided fishing, and they are going to build some private cabins this year. Some people have all the luck. If I could get a job like that I would be in heaven! :lol:
 
Sidney,
I was there from '76 to '81. It would be a great place to visit but I don't think I would want to live there again. It may not be as isolated as it was back then. Back then all there was on the island was just isolated logging camps that weren't even connected by road. The only way to get anywhere was to fly or take a boat. And it is a long ways between anything. That said it is one of the places I want to go back and visit someday.
Dave
 

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