Category Archives: history

The cemetery

Posted on January 9, 2018 by Katherine

Part of the cemetery at St. Peter’s Anglican Church – Duncan

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Farquarson Farm field

Posted on January 1, 2018 by Katherine

The fields at the old Farquarson Farm – a beautiful winter scene in Courtenay

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Ottawa – The Maintenance Building

Posted on December 14, 2017 by Katherine

The Maintenance Building in Major’s Hill Park The Maintenance Building is a modest building with a picturesque roof and walls of rough cut, irregularly coursed limestone. It stands in Major’s Hill Park, in site of Parliament Hill and the Ottawa … Continue reading →

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Cumberland No. 7 Coal Mine

Posted on December 14, 2017 by Katherine

The Cumberland No.7 mine was built on the edge of the Puntledge River, with some of the workings going under the river. The No.7 Mine closed was 1922 as its coal had run out. You can view 360° panoramic images … Continue reading →

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A ghost ship–Royston

Posted on December 14, 2017 by Katherine

  One of the ghost ships of Royston

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Stone Butter Church

Posted on December 4, 2017 by Katherine

The long-abandoned Stone Butter Church high on a hill over the Cowichan River Estuary

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YTL 435

Posted on October 13, 2017 by Katherine

This 422 Class District Harbor Tug, Small was laid down in 1943, at Bellingham Iron Works, Bellingham, WA. She was delivered and placed in service as YT-435 in the 12th Naval District, Navy Yard Mare Island in 1944, Vallejo, California. … Continue reading →

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Stone Butter Church

Posted on October 12, 2017 by Katherine

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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Helijet Nanaimo

Posted on September 26, 2017 by Katherine

C-GHJP, a Helijet Sikorsky S-76A in Nanaimo And some video – first, the real time version. It’s cool if you like such things. Next a short time lapse of the same video And a slow motion segment that shows how … Continue reading →

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Thomson Bros. Lumber CO. LTD sawmill

Posted on September 17, 2017 by Katherine

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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