Category Archives: ocean

Smokey evening – Active Pass

Posted on August 18, 2017 by Katherine

I spent some time at Georgina Point on Maybe Island while watching BC Ferries ships heading through Active Pass Island. The sky was hazy and gray, filled with smoke from forest fires burning in the British Columbia interior.

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Mayne Island – Active Pass

Posted on August 17, 2017 by Katherine

A pair of videos of BC Ferries heading into Active Pass after transiting Georgia Strait en route to Swartz Bay on Vancouver Island

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Salish eagle

Posted on August 17, 2017 by Katherine

BC Ferries’ Salish Eagle heading into Active Pass

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Red and Green

Posted on August 17, 2017 by Katherine

Port and starboard (red and green) channel markers at Swartz Bay Birds are extra…

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Bowen Queen

Posted on August 17, 2017 by Katherine

Bowen Queen heading out from the BC Ferries terminal at Village Bay on Mayne Island

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Bowen Queen and Salish Eagle

Posted on August 17, 2017 by Katherine

Two of the BC Ferries fleet heading to Swartz Bay – Bowen Queen and Salish Eagle

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Skeena Queen

Posted on August 17, 2017 by Katherine

Skeena Queen heading into the BC Ferries terminal at BC Swartz Bay

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Skeena Queen

Posted on August 17, 2017 by Katherine

Skeena Queen heading into the BC Ferries terminal at BC Swartz Bay

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Seaspan Reliant

Posted on August 17, 2017 by Katherine

Seaspan Reliant heading into Active Pass as she heads from Swartz Bay to Vancouver

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YE 218

Posted on August 15, 2017 by Katherine

Built as a workboat in Esquimalt by Yarrows in 1957, YE 218 is now registered as a pleasure craft. YE 218 in Sooke Harbour Gross Tonnage: 96.78 Net Tonnage: 29.03 Construction Material: Steel Vessel Length (m): 49.68 Vessel Breadth (m): … Continue reading →

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