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Captain died doing the job he loved SARAH SIMPSON CITIZEN
Last weekend the BC Forest Discovery Centre in Duncan celebrated the 105th birthday of steam engine Samson, offering free admission to anyone matching Samson’s milestone. To their surprise, Lydia Jabs, 105, and two months older than Samson, came to celebrate with the crew. Here she poses with the FDC’s Carolyn Taylor, Victor Citizen Banner Ad 2015.pdf 1 07-24-15 3:40 PM Gerwin (on the train), and Ron Jeskey. [PHOTO COURTESY OF THE BC FOREST DISCOVERY CENTRE]
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A Duncan man was among the three men who died after their commercial fishing boat capsized and sank in the waters off Estevan Point north of Tofino on Saturday night. Duncan’s Wesley Lief Hegglund, the captain of the 33-metre fishing boat Caledonian, and two of his crew-members were found dead while a fourth crew member, the sole survivor, was rescued from a raft about 1:40 a.m. on Sunday. Hegglund, 55, whose life-long ambition was to be a commercial fisherman, had been living the dream. “Wes graduated with an honours degree in Hard Knocks from Hecate Straight University; an institution reserved for only the toughest commercial fishermen on the West Coast,” read his obituary, written by his sister. “Through hard work and determination he attained his lifelong ambition of becoming a commercial fishing vessel captain — a career he enjoyed immensely.” Coast Guard spokesman Dan Bate said the Joint Rescue Co-ordination Centre was notified something was amiss about 10 p.m. Saturday night after the
Wesley Lief Hegglund shore-based management for the Caledonian had been unable to raise the vessel at their designated call-in time. “There was no distress call from the vessel,” Bate said. “They couldn’t raise the vessel on radio, there was a loss of communication.” Four coast guard boats and the Nootka Inshore Rescue boat were dispatched. The MS Statendam, a Holland America cruise ship also aided in the search along with several other fishing vessels including the Arctic Ocean, Bate said. See LARGE SEARCH, Page 9