Category Archives: history

No 8 Mine

Posted on October 4, 2015 by Katherine

October is a great month for walking about outdoors with a camera – clear skies, cool air, not so many people, and an amazing pallet of fall colours. A perfect day to take a visit to the remains of the … Continue reading →

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Fort Rodd Hill – Coastal defense site

Posted on September 26, 2015 by Katherine

Coastal dense site – Fort Rodd Hill National Historic Site of Canada

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Fort Rodd Hill

Posted on September 26, 2015 by Katherine

Fort Rodd Hill National Historic Site of Canada

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Fort Rodd Hill – the kitchen

Posted on September 26, 2015 by Katherine

Battery kitchen – Fort Rodd Hill National Historic Site of Canada

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Work Point – C Battery

Posted on September 20, 2015 by Katherine

There is an amazing and ever changing view of Ogden Point and Camel Point across from Work Point, a former home of the Canadian Army, and now part of CFB Esquimalt. In 1888 the Dominion Government formed C Battery, Canadian … Continue reading →

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Union Bay

Posted on August 22, 2015 by Katherine

Union Bay was first established by the Union Coal Co. as “Union Wharf” in 1887 as a port for the thriving coal mines at Union to the north (now Cumberland).  A wharf nearly 200 m long and 18.5 m high … Continue reading →

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Comox Air Force Museum

Posted on August 19, 2015 by Katherine

A look into the past at the Comox Air Force Museum air park – adjacent to CFB Comox

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Baybrook – a fading memory

Posted on August 18, 2015 by Katherine

Baybrook – Mack Laing’s first house in Comox, as it was and as it is. Sometimes buildings are truly beyond reasonable repair and there is little choice but to remove them. In this case a lasting legacy was transformed into … Continue reading →

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Comox Air Force Museum – the airpark

Posted on August 13, 2015 by Katherine

A panoramic look around the airpark at the Comox Air Force Museum – all images are linked to larger sized versions…

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Alert Bay Namgis Burial Grounds

Posted on August 12, 2015 by Katherine

The Namgis (or Nimpkish) Burial Grounds is an old native cemetery, one of the few places in coastal British Columbia where memorial totem poles remain in their original location. The burial grounds are located at Alert Bay on Cormorant Island, … Continue reading →

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