Category Archives: history

E&N Mile 123.0 Coal Creek Bridge

Posted on August 12, 2020 by Katherine

The Esquimalt & Nanaimo bridge over Coal Creek

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E&N Wellcox Spur – Mile 0.63 North South Junction

Posted on August 12, 2020 by Katherine

The Junction of the Esquimalt & Nanaimo Wellcox Spur north and south branches The Junction of the Wellcox Spur north and south branches

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Swissair Flight 111 Memorial

Posted on July 2, 2020 by Katherine

The Swissair Flight 111 Memorial – adjacent to Bayswater Beach

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The Old Bridge

Posted on June 15, 2020 by Katherine

The Old Bridge crossing the Fraser River – looking toward Lillooet The Lillooet Suspension Bridge was constructed in 1913, replacing a truss bridge that was completed in 1889, which itself replaced a reaction-cable ferry that had been operating between 1860 … Continue reading →

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The old warehouse

Posted on April 24, 2020 by Katherine

One of the old warehouses along the former railbed in Wilmot

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Britex

Posted on April 22, 2020 by Katherine

Founded in 1960, as branch of United Elastic Limited based in New York,Britex (BRIdgetown TEXtiles) manufactured elastic textiles used in a large variety of garments produced in other factories. The factory closed in 2004.

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Canadian Aviation and Space Museum

Posted on April 12, 2020 by Katherine

Canadian Aviation and Space Museum More images in a gallery

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Windsor Wear

Posted on March 25, 2020 by Katherine

The remains of the Nova Scotia Textiles Limited building where the Windsor Wear weaving and fabrication operations were located.

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Nova Scotia Textiles Limited – a window into the past

Posted on February 24, 2020 by Katherine

Nova Scotia Textiles Limited, where Windsor Wear was woven… Pretty much all of the windows have been smashed or removed at the old Nova Scotia Textiles Limited factory in Windsor. There are great plans to renovate the building, but I … Continue reading →

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Horton Bluff Lighthouse

Posted on February 19, 2020 by Katherine

Constructed in 1961, the Horton Bluff Lighthouse has an 8.7-meter-high tower rising from the west corner of the flat-roofed building sited sixty-five meters above Avon River. The light  served as the front light of a pair of range lights. The … Continue reading →

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