Katherine Bickford

Cobourg Lighthouse

Posted on February 8, 2026 by Katherine

Just the lighthouse at the entrance to the harbour in Cobourg, Ontario

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Queen Of Saanich

Posted on February 8, 2026 by Katherine

BC Ferries Queen of Saanich

Builder: Victoria Machinery Depot
Year Built: 1962
Vehicles: 360
Passengers: 1,672
Crew: 36
Overall Length: 129.9 m
Length: 122.22 m
Breadth: 23.20 m
Gross Tons: 9,301.65
Service Speed: 18.5 knots
Horsepower: 8,941

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Hatley Castle

Posted on February 8, 2026 by Katherine

Hatley Castle – Hatley Park National Historic Site (aka Royal Roads)

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Island Sealink

Posted on February 7, 2026 by Katherine

A great idea that turned out to be a not-so-great idea – a high-speed catamaran passenger ferry operating between Victoria and Vancouver.

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C-FHAX

Posted on February 7, 2026 by Katherine

C-FHAX, Harbour Air fleet number 313, a 1960 de Havilland DHC-3 float plane at the Harbour Air base in Nanaimo.

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Pac Adara

Posted on February 7, 2026 by Katherine

The cargo carrier Pac Adara delivering a load of yachts to Victoria

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Ogden Point Breakwater

Posted on February 7, 2026 by Katherine

The Ogden Point breakwater before the railings were installed in February 2013

I enjoyed walking out to the lighthouse at the end of the Ogden Point breakwater – it was a happy place for me to visit during some rather unhappy times.

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Sheringham Point Lighthouse

Posted on February 7, 2026 by Katherine

Sheringham Point Lighthouse is a designated National Heritage Lighthouse, located in Shirley, British Columbia.

I like lighthouses.

Constructed: 1912
Construction: concrete tower
Automated: 1988
Height: 19.5 metres (64 ft)
Shape: hexagonal tower with balcony and lantern
Markings: white tower, red balcony and lantern
Focal height: 22 metres (72 ft)
Lens: Third-order Fresnel lens
Range: 9 nmi (17 km; 10 mi)

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The Blue Bridge – Johnson Street Bridge

Posted on February 7, 2026 by Katherine

They say that you can’t turn back, but you can if you have a camera and save your photographs. Here are two time-lapse images of traffic heading onto the old Johnson Street bridge in Victoria.

This was the third of the four bridges that have spanned the narrows between Victoria’s Inner Harbour and Upper Harbour, connecting Johnson Street on the east shore with Esquimalt Road on the west shore.

Completed in 1924, it was built as two adjacent, independent heel-trunnion bascule bridges. It became known as the “Blue Bridge” or “Old Blue” after it was painted light blue following corrosion repairs in the late 1970s.