Question From Mike F.

Updated 12.27.08 12:00pm

Q. Can you confirm that a kayaker successfully ran sunset falls recently? It was supposed to have happened within the last 2 months. My grandfather Al Faussett did it in 1926.

A. Wow Mike. You caught me off guard on this one. I have not heard of this as of yet so I had to dig into my resources. The answer came from our Town Historian, Dave Cameron, PhD.

• Yup. Rob McKibben, who lives in the building owned by Pete G. around the corner of the alley from us, did it for a magazine article. We are supposed to be receiving a copy for the museum when it comes out. Louise told Guy F. about it, as they keep in touch and Guy was a key source of information for her writing about Al.

So there it is Mike. Thanks for the question. I learned today also!
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THIS JUST IN FROM LOUISE LINDGREN 12.27.08

In case you are interested, here is the link to my biographical article about Al Faussett who went over Sunset Falls in 1926. http://www.historylink.org/index.cfm?DisplayPage=output.cfm&File_Id=8567 and this is a link on the same site, for a shorter article specifically about Al’s Sunset Falls adventure, written by Phil Dougherty: http://www.historylink.org/index.cfm?DisplayPage=output.cfm&File_Id=8348