In the summer of 1946. Bill and Lois traveled to visit Bill’s father, who worked at the North end of Kootenay Lake, in the tiny settlement of Marblehead, BC. Bill’s father’s position was 2nd in command at the quarry.
Bill’s parents separated when he was young, and he was raised mainly by his grandparents in Vermont. His relationship with his father was distant and emotionally complicated. The trip was, in large part, a reconciliation visit — an effort to reconnect and make peace late in his father’s life.
In short
Bill Wilson visited Kootenay Lake in 1946 because:
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To visit and reconcile with his father.
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To rest after years of intense AA growth and pressure.
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For personal and spiritual renewal, which subtly shaped AA’s later development.Today there are no buildings remaining, and yet the quarry is still accessible, and unfortunately has been vandalized with graffiti.
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