Reading room · finding aid

Occurrences not otherwise classified

Field reports filed on Form 11-B, deposits from the Marrow Lake Historical Society, and correspondence received from out of province. Files open to the reading room on their accession date. Some text is withheld.

Index generated 6 October 2026. 2 files open, 16 pending.

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COThe CoastRain on tin, ferry horns, boom logs knocking. Kessock Inlet, Mercer Rock, Tilley Sound.0 open · 1 pending INThe InteriorWind machines on frost nights, sage and smoke. Coldbench, Sawyer's Gap, and Marrow Lake.2 open · 9 pending RKThe RockiesAvalanche guns at first light, freight in the trench. Alder's Fork, Talus Ridge, Ashby.0 open · 1 pending NOThe NorthGenerators, ice fog, eighteen-hour nights. Quill River, Camp Kinnick, Halvard Ridge.0 open · 1 pending XPOut of provinceCorrespondence from a long way south, read on CKDN 1190's Halloween mailbag.0 open · 4 pending

Recent acquisitions

PFRO ML/0002 The Bell Has Not Cracked Since opened 6 October 2026
PFRO ML/0001 The Family That Thanked the Lake Wrong opened 4 October 2026

Expected

PFRO XP/0002 One Body Too Many at the Body Farm due 8 October 2026
PFRO XP/0003 The Room That Isn't on the Floor Plan due 10 October 2026
PFRO ML/0003 Eleven Seconds of Dead Air due 11 October 2026

Case files

CKDN 1190 · transmission log

“The Long Haul with Wes Tolland”, midnight to five. Off-air recordings deposited with the office.

TX-0017Night of 27-28 October, 04:05
Track notice, call-in
“Selkirk and Pacific notice. Hi-rail inspection on the Corrie Subdivision tonight, mile one-oh-eight to one-sixteen. Caller out of Alder's Fork. You're on the air. You...”
TX-0016Night of 25-26 October, 03:00
Northern stations
“Northern stations, automated, three a.m. Machine's having a night. And Mags Ostrander asks me to pass on: she lands at Halvard before dark, or not at all.”
TX-0015Night of 23-24 October, 02:15
Road report
“Road report. The pass above Sawyer's Gap is open. Compact snow, chains on the big rigs. Got a driver on the east descent. Go ahead. Don't stop. Call the crew yard from...”
TX-0014Night of 21-22 October, 01:30
Tides for the Coast
“Tides for the Coast. Tilley Sound: high water eleven fifty, low at six-oh-five. Slack around two-twenty. And a note from the Seafarms office, for the barge crews. The...”
TX-0013Night of 19-20 October, 00:41
Lost and found
“Lost and found, from the Two Pines at Marrow Lake. Reeves has a school composition book, blue cover, found when they pulled up the old booths. Dated nineteen ninety-one....”
TX-0012Night of 17-18 October, 03:33
Under the signal
“Folks, if you're hearing numbers under me tonight, that isn't us. The engineer says it's skip, a signal bouncing in from somewhere. Sounds to me like somebody's...”
TX-0011Night of 15-16 October, 02:05
Mailbag
“Another letter from a long way south. A hotel night auditor. Quote. The fourth floor has four-ten, four-twelve and four-fourteen. I've checked the plans, Wes. Twice. So...”
TX-0010Night of 13-14 October, 04:20
Deep-cold warning
“Four-twenty. Deep-cold warning for the plateau. Minus thirty-four by five a.m. at Marrow Lake. Check on your neighbours. Bring the dogs in. The clinic at Marrow Lake...”
TX-0009Night of 11-12 October, 03:10
Weather off the board
“Three-ten, and the weather off the board. Marrow Lake, minus eight, calm, clear to the tree line, And we're back. Sorry, friends. Lost you for a few seconds there. Board...”
TX-0008Night of 9-10 October, 01:58
Call-in, line two
“Line two, you're on the Long Haul. And you haven't answered. Your gran was right. Stay on the line with me as long as you like.”
TX-0007Night of 7-8 October, 01:12
Mailbag
“Mailbag. This one came a long way, from somewhere south of anywhere I've driven. A night gate guard writes, quote. Every night I walk the field with the list. Forty-one...”
TX-0006Night of 5-6 October, 02:47
Community board
“Two forty-seven on CKDN, eleven-ninety. Community board. The Marrow Lake Grange Hall asks me to remind folks: the bell test is on the solstice, same as every year. And...”
TX-0005Night of 4-5 October, 02:40
Road report, the pass above Sawyer's Gap
“Crews are raking the runaway lanes tonight. If you see a light up there, it's theirs. Probably.”
Recording not yet digitised.
TX-0004Night of 3-4 October, 03:15
Tide table, Tilley Sound
“Slack water at two-fourteen. You know what the boom men say. Off the logs before then.”
Recording not yet digitised.
TX-0003Night of 2-3 October, 01:05
Mailbag: a letter from a long way south
“We don't usually read mail from that far off. This one asked to be read at night, so here it is.”
Recording not yet digitised.
TX-0002Night of 1-2 October, 04:20
Call-in: a box with a line coming out of it
“A listener on the Interior benches found a mark cut over his cabin door. He wants to know if anyone else has one. Lines are open.”
Recording not yet digitised.
TX-0001Night of 30 September-1 October, 00:00
Sign-on
“Midnight to five, the whole province. Keep your lights on and your log honest.”
Recording not yet digitised.