December 22, 1931 - December 24, 2014
Pete left this world on Christmas Eve to find new adventures and new places to explore.
Missing him deeply are his “queen” of 57 years, Sylvia (Daoust), and children Scott (Debbie), Barbara, Beverly (Trevor) and David, as well as grandchildren Carly, Jason, Jeffrey, Adam, Rowan and Alex, and great-grandson Rhyder. He is remembered by many nieces, nephews, neighbours and friends; and he will be missed by Nimba, his faithful four-legged companion of recent years.
Pete was born “under a stump” on Gambier Island in 1931 and remained a man of the B.C. coast all his life. The son of a prominent Sechelt logging family (Al and Charlotte Jackson), Pete continued the family company Burns and Jackson, later Jackson Brothers, at Wilson Creek and in various logging camps around the Sunshine Coast. From Deserted Bay in Jervis Inlet to Grey Creek and Mt. Richardson in Sechelt Inlet, up Toba Inlet, around Vancouver Island and up and down the central coast of B.C., Pete perpetuated his father’s practice of safe timber harvest and sustainable employment for men and women of the coast for many decades. He contributed to many logging innovations, including  research tree farms and dry-land log sorting. 
When he wasn’t logging, Pete was fishing, and when he wasn’t fishing, he was jerry-rigging something with Floyd and Sonny in the garage or the garden. In recent years, Pete and Sylvia enjoyed visiting and travelling with friends and family and welcoming grandchildren, neighbours and their many friends for one of Sylvia’s amazing dinners and a rum and Rosie’s with Pete. 
Pete Jackson was a prince of the forests, a lover of the ocean, a teacher of the land, a loyal friend, a man of passion and compassion and a husband to only one lifetime love.
A heartfelt thank you to Pete’s angels at Totem Lodge for their kindness, respect and friendship.
A celebration of Pete’s truly extraordinary life will be held at a later date.