A devastating fire ripped through Telegraph Cove on Tuesday morning, destroying several buildings, including a whale museum and a historic pier.
An early morning fire in Telegraph Cove on Tuesday has destroyed a whale museum, pub, cafe, whale watching office and much of the historic pier . Brent Borg, Port Hardy Fire Rescue chief, had just gotten into bed around 5:30 a.m. after responding to another fire when a call came in from Port McNeill Fire Rescue requesting help with a blaze in Telegraph Cove . It took about 20 minutes for the first crews from Port McNeill to arrive, he said. “So it was going really good when we got here.
There’s nobody here. The whole place is shut down. So I don’t know how long it took before somebody noticed it to call it in,” Borg said. When he arrived with crews from Port Hardy, he saw several buildings fully engulfed in 30-metre flames. Crews had to pull fire hoses about 150 metres from a parking lot to the pier, while firefighters on a boat from Alert Bay fought flames at the end of the pier, Borg said. Firefighters had knocked down the flames by late morning, but the area continued to smoke, he said. There is nothing left of several buildings on the pier, including the Whale Interpretive Centre, which housed the largest public collection of marine mammal skeletons in the province, according to its website, the Old Saltery Pub, Killer Whale Cafe, Wastell Manor heritage house and the Prince of Whales office and staff housing. About a third of the pier is gone as well, Borg said, calling it a “tragic day” for the North Island. “This is a huge hub for the North Island that brings a lot of people from around the world up here. So it’s a big loss for the North Island, not just for Telegraph Cove and Port McNeill, but all of us,” said Borg, who grew up camping and fishing in Telegraph Cove. Brandon Wettig, who was visiting Telegraph Cove with his girlfriend’s family, was woken up to the sound of a car honking around 5:45 a.m
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