Category Archives: museum

North Bay – echoes of the past

Posted on December 20, 2018 by Katherine

AN/FPS-508 Search Radar Antenna and a CF-101 Voodoo at 22 Wing, CFB North Bay in North Bay. The Voodoo was marked with tail number 101067 in 1995, but is actually Voodoo 10154 22 Wing North Bay has two unique properties … Continue reading →

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AN/FPS-6 Height Finder Radar

Posted on December 20, 2018 by Katherine

AN/FPS-6 Height Finder Radar antenna at 22 Wing, CFB North Bay in North Bay

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AN/FPS-508 Search Radar Antenna

Posted on December 20, 2018 by Katherine

AN/FPS-508 Search Radar Antenna at 22 Wing, CFB North Bay in North Bay

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Cowichan Valley Railway No. 25

Posted on December 12, 2018 by Katherine

Cowichan Valley Railway No. 25 at the BC Forest Discovery Centre No.25 was used during the construction of the Great Northern Railway (now CNR) grade through the Fraser Canyon, and later to transport fill for the construction of North Vancouver … Continue reading →

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BC Forest Discovery Centre

Posted on December 12, 2018 by Katherine

Cowichan Valley Railway #25 on the trestle over the Somenos Marsh

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Britannia Mine Museum

Posted on June 26, 2018 by Katherine

I’d always wanted to visit the Britannia Mine, but had never had the time to stop. I did, I looked around at the outside, and then left. As a person who worked underground in a nickel mine, I am acutely … Continue reading →

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Generations – Comox Valley Airport

Posted on April 11, 2018 by Katherine

A Westjet Boeing 737-700 and a CP-107 Canadair Argus

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CP-121 Tracker

Posted on April 6, 2018 by Katherine

Gruman CP-121 Tracker at the Comox Air Force Museum

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RCAF C-47

Posted on April 6, 2018 by Katherine

RCAF C-47 (Douglas DC-3 Dakota) at the Comox Air Force Museum

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CP 5500

Posted on January 29, 2018 by Katherine

CP 5500 at the Revelstoke Railway Museum CP 5550 is a EMD SD40 6-axle diesel-electric locomotive built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division. Built: GMD, 1966 Serial Number : A 2133 Class : DRF-30a2 (SD-40) Engine: Turbocharged diesel EMD 16-645-E3, 3000 … Continue reading →

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