The Stone's  who own Fall River Trading .. exclusive U.S. distributor for Langford Canoes . have bought my building.  The name of the new store will be Stone Harbor Wilderness Supply. The new store will sell Langford Canoes as well as kayaks and accessories plus camping gear etc etc..  I'm excited to see the changes and will try to keep updated on progress of renovations which will increase the square footage of retail space substancially... watch for updates. 

We will begin to highlight renovations at the top of this pages center column and continue tadding to the bottom for a look back at the building's earlier story.

The sign was installed toward the end of the 03 season.  The first 2 summer seasons were without a sign.   After the electrician and plumber roughed things in .. I insulated the entire building at the end of the 03 season.. Just in time for winter.

The boiler was first fired up at that point and work continued hanging and taping sheetrock .. This I hired out.. as I stayed ahead of the sheetrockers.. framing the curved shapes down in the store.  After living in the construction project and store during those first 2 summers.. and staying in a room at the old East Bay Hotel winters.. I was finally spending my first winter in the building.

The Building has officially been sold !  The name of the store going in to the building is Stone Harbor Wilderness Supply  I have a few days to move all my things out.  Fairly extensive renovations will then take place and I shall use this page to document some of these changes.  The retail display footage will be increased substantially.  The new store will be opening this coming spring. 
 
I will use this page to seek work relating to construction which was my occupation prior to starting a kayak business in 1992.  For now I will begin with some photos and comments on the earlier progress up to this point of selling the building.   2002 was the first summer with the new space and new name.  We managed to get open for business in the portion of the building we referred to as... 'The Box'

Most of the new 3 story building was framed up during the winter of 02-03.  I was open for just summers as progress continued and finally things were completed to the extent they were at the time of selling in early 2007 when finally I opened Neptune's CyberCafe open.

I lived in the building as soon as it was 'the box' with winters spent living in a room at the former East Bay Hotel's old section. I did this 2 years ..summers in the building winters in the hotel room. 

These were the winters of 01 - 02 and 02 - 03.  Finally the heating system was complete and  after the season ended,  I frantically insulated the entire building as winter approached.  Sheet rock contractors followed and I began framing the curved shapes in the lower level as they were finishing the middle apartment.