Author Archives: Katherine

Paulson Bridge

Posted on June 25, 2018 by Katherine

If you happen to be 22 km northeast of Christina Lake on Highway 3 you’ll be crossing the Paulson Bridge. The 258-meter long bridge has a 165-meter arch and is 84 meters above McRae Creek and the Columbia & Western … Continue reading →

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Cinnamon Recreation Site

Posted on June 24, 2018 by Katherine

Cinnamon Recreation Site, on Cayoosh Creek off Highway 99 We had not planned to stop at the Cinnamon Recreation Site, as honestly, we did not know that it existed as the guide to BC Parks that we had with us … Continue reading →

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Highway 17

Posted on June 24, 2018 by Katherine

Heading to the Tsawwassen Ferry Terminal from Highway 1 at 176th Street in Surrey – this section of highway makes it so much easier to get to BC Ferries than if you had to go the old way on River … Continue reading →

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Fountain Flat Trading Post and Gas Bar

Posted on June 24, 2018 by Katherine

Fountain Flat Trading Post and Gas Bar – Highway 99, 14km north of Lillooet This was a great stop on the way into Lillooet. A bathroom break, tanked up on diesel, and a coffee for me. I’d stop here again…

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C-FKVG

Posted on June 24, 2018 by Katherine

C-FKVG, a Grumman DH-72 Tracker at the Chilliwack Military Education Centre Renumbered from RCN 1573 to CAF  12173, this tracker operated with VU 33 at Comox, and later with 880 Maritime Reconnaissance Squadron in 1983 and 1985 in Summerside. CAF … Continue reading →

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Quadra Queen II

Posted on June 23, 2018 by Katherine

Not your normal view of Quadra Queen II at Point Hope Shipyard

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A goat on the roof

Posted on June 8, 2018 by Katherine

One of the famous goats on the roof at the Coombs Emporium, in Coombs BC

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YDT 612 and YDT 11

Posted on June 8, 2018 by Katherine

RCN Yard Diving Tenders YDT 612 (CFAV Sooke) and YDT 11 (unnamed) in Nanaimo

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Vanishing Vancouver Island – Seaspan Nanaimo

Posted on June 7, 2018 by Katherine

When Seaspan Ferries moved out of their Wellcox Rail Yard location in May 2017, operations at the ferry dock and the rail and vehicle loading ramp ceased. It’s the end of major cargo traffic in Nanaimo.

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Gallows Point Light

Posted on June 7, 2018 by Katherine

Gallows Point Light – Protection Island Gallows Point (originally Execution Point) takes its name from the fact that two native murderers were hanged there in 1853. Sixty years later, just offshore in the same immediate area, the dynamite carrier S.S. … Continue reading →

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