Category Archives: nature

Rosewell Creek – the bridge

Posted on August 13, 2016 by Katherine

Low August water flows provided an opportunity to take a look under the bridge leading to the Roswell Creek hatchery. Despite looking totally dry, there was water flowing about 100 metres upstream of the bridge.

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Fanny Bay sea lions

Posted on August 12, 2016 by Katherine

Sea  lions resting beside a barge in Fanny Bay

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Eagle and crow

Posted on August 10, 2016 by Katherine

Eagle and crow on the shore of Georgia Strait near Qualicum Bay

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Fanny Bay

Posted on August 8, 2016 by Katherine

Besides being the harvesting grounds for some very tasty Baynes Sound oysters, Fanny Bay is also a beautiful area that has a lengthy history that involves forestry and fisheries, and mining.

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Something fishy

Posted on August 2, 2016 by Katherine

A dried fish skeleton

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A bit of Baynes Sound

Posted on August 2, 2016 by Katherine

A section of beach in Baynes Sound, off Highway 19 A between Fanny Bay and Mud Bay

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Comox Lake

Posted on July 27, 2016 by Katherine

Clouds over Comox Lake as viewed from Comox Lake Logging Road

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Fallen Leaves

Posted on July 25, 2016 by Katherine

Fallen leaves on the beach, above the high tide mark between the shoreline and coastal vegetation and trees.

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CFAD Rocky Point – the old gate

Posted on July 25, 2016 by Katherine

The old main gate to CFAD Rocky Point (ammo depot for the Navy)

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Pedder Bay

Posted on July 25, 2016 by Katherine

Helgesen Point on Pedder Bay,near Rocky Point – sort of stuck between Metchosin and Sooke, and between the prison at William Head and the Navy ammunition depot at Rocky Point. Pretty much the southernmost point of British Columbia.

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