Category Archives: mountains

Queens in the strait

Posted on April 6, 2016 by Katherine

BC Ferries Queen of Alberni and Queen of Oak Bay off Orlebar Point on Gabriola Island

Posted in Georgia Strait, Gulf Islands, mountains, ocean, ships, spring | Tagged BC Ferries, British Columbia, Gabriola Island, Georgia Strait, Orlebar Point, Queen of Alberni, Queen of Oak Bay | Leave a comment

Barges and Boats

Posted on April 5, 2016 by Katherine

BC Ferries MV Queen of Oak Bay and a tug and tow on Georgia Strait, viewed from Gabriola Sands Provincial Park on Gabriola Island

Posted in Gabriola Island, Georgia Strait, Gulf Islands, lighthouse, mountains, ocean, Provincial Park, ships, tugs | Tagged barge, BC Ferries, British Columbia, Gabriola Island, Gabriola Sands Provincial Park, Georgia Strait, Gulf Islands, Queen of Alberni, tug boats | Leave a comment

Arctic Hooper and Fraser Link

Posted on April 5, 2016 by Katherine

Arctic Hooper and Fraser Link barge passing Entrance Island

Posted in Gabriola Island, Georgia Strait, Gulf Islands, lighthouse, mountains, ocean, ships, tugs | Tagged Arctic Hooper, barge, BC Ferries, British Columbia, Entrance Island Light, Fraser Link, Gabriola Island, Georgia Strait, Gulf Islands, lighthouse, Queen of Alberni, Seaspan, tug boats | Leave a comment

The remains of the Wood Mountain ski park lodge Record snow falls during the 1998/99 La Niña storm cycle broke records across coastal BC. There was so much snow at Forbidden Plateau that the Wood Mountain lodge collapsed, ending the … Continue reading →

Posted in abandoned, forest, history, mountains, nature, spring | Tagged abandoned, Comox Valley, Forbidden Plateau, graffiti, history, mountain, ski hill, Wood Mountain ski park | Leave a comment

Kye Bay – Air Force Beach

Posted on March 22, 2016 by Katherine

Air Force Beach as viewed from Kye Bay

Posted in Beach, Birds, CFB Comox, Georgia Strait, mountains, nature, ocean, winter | Tagged birds, Cape Lazo, CFB Comox, Comox, Georgia Strait, gulls, Kye Bay, sea gulls | Leave a comment

Frances Barkley – through the window

Posted on March 4, 2016 by Katherine

A bit of Photoshop and PSP X6 work to clean up the view of Alberni Inlet shot through the the forward window in the upper lounge on the Frances Barkley.

Posted in mountains, nature, ocean, ships, video, winter | Tagged Alberni Inlet, Bamfield, Frances Barkley, Lady Rose Marine, nature, ocean, ships | Leave a comment

Frances Barkley – rain and rainbows

Posted on March 3, 2016 by Katherine

You have to expect rain in the winter on the west coast of the west coast, so I was wearing a good rain jacket and was using one of my cameras that would not self destruct if a bit of … Continue reading →