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Category Archives: buildings
Stone Butter Church
Stone Butter Church – Comiaken Hill In the 1870 Roman Catholic missionaries were intent bringing the local Cowichan Indian communities into their flock. Father Peter Rondeault, a missionary to the Cowichan Indians, decided to build a church for the Cowichan … Continue reading
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Tagged buildings, church, Comiaken Hill, Cowichan, Duncan, Father Peter Rondeault, first nations, historic places, history, Roman Catholic
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St Ann’s Roman Catholic Church
St Ann’s Roman Catholic Church – Duncan
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Tagged black and white, buildings, church, Cowichan Valley, Duncan, Quamichan, Roman Catholic, St Ann's
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St Peter’s Anglican Church
St. Peter’s, Quamichan, Anglican Church
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Tagged Anglican Church, black and white, buildings, church, Cowichan Valley, Duncan, Quamichan, St Peters
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Alert Bay – an old house
A house that was once full of people with stories to tell…
Posted in buildings, North Island
Tagged Alert Bay, Cormorant Island, North Island, old house, Queen Charlotte Strait
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Thomson Bros. Lumber CO. LTD sawmill
Thomson Bros. Lumber Co. LTD sawmill – still operating In 1966, 19 year old Joe Thomson left a $2.25 an hour union job at Field Sawmills, purchased 2½ acres with a house next to Cumberland Road for $3,500, and built … Continue reading
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Tagged buildings, Comox Valley, forestry, history, logging, lumber, sawmill, Thomson Bros. Lumber Co. LTD sawmill
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Glacier Gardens
Glacier Gardens arena
Nanaimo – Port Authority building
The Nanaimo Port Authority building – also home to Helijet
Posted in buildings, history, Nanaimo, spring
Tagged clouds, cruise ship terminal, Harbour Authority, Helijet, history, Nanaimo, Spring
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Nanaimo – up to town
Looking up town from the Nanaimo Assembly Wharf And a slightly wider view that highlights the industrial heritage that drove Nanaimo…
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Tagged history, Nanaimo, Spring, up town Nanaimo
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Pipers Lagoon – watching the world go by…
Pipers Lagoon is one of my favorite places to watch the world go by. Except for a few brief moments at slack tide, the water in the lagoon flows with great speed through the small opening into Georgia Strait. Birds … Continue reading
Posted in Birds, buildings, fishing boats, history, Nanaimo, nature, tugs, video
Tagged beach, fish boat, Georgia Strait, history, log boom, Nanaimo, nature, ocean, Pipers Lagoon, tug boat
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Shack Island
Shack Island – a proper little island Fisherman started living on Shack Island in the early 1930’s , rowing into Nanaimo to sell their catch. Descendants of the original shack owners use these buildings mostly on summer weekends. Owners can … Continue reading
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Tagged beach, Georgia Strait, history, Nanaimo, nature, ocean, Pipers Lagoon, Shack Island
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