Category Archives: ocean

Aqua Force

Posted on March 8, 2016 by Katherine

Aqua Force heading down the Alberni Inlet toward Barkley Sound

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Alberni Inlet – slow and fast

Posted on March 8, 2016 by Katherine

A logging support barge heading up the Alberni Inlet

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Alberni Inlet – a dreary day

Posted on March 8, 2016 by Katherine

Alberni Inlet on a dreary winter day A person can look at a picture that was shot on a foggy, cloudy and wet winter day, and marvel at the beauty of the west coast. It’s an entirely different matter when … Continue reading →

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Birds at the beach

Posted on March 7, 2016 by Katherine

Birds enjoying the waves near Royston

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Baynes Sound–the herring fleet

Posted on March 6, 2016 by Katherine

Ships from the herring fleet at work in Baynes sound More images in a Facebook album…  

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Gulls – Union Bay

Posted on March 5, 2016 by Katherine

Sea gulls flying in the wind as they wait to feed on spawning herring that are washed on the shores of Union Bay, on Baynes Sound.

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BC Ferries Buckley Bay – The herring fleet

Posted on March 5, 2016 by Katherine

The herring fleet drifting downwind in Baynes Sound between Buckley Bay and Denman Island. The vessels caused sailing waits and operational delays to BC Ferries cable ferry operation. The Baynes Sound Connector stopped mid channel, waiting for vessels from the … Continue reading →

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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.

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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 →

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BC Ferries – Buckley Bay

Posted on March 2, 2016 by Katherine

Looking down at the BC Ferries terminal in Buckley Bay, as the Quinitsa heads across Baynes Sound from Denman Island, and the cable ferry Baynes Sound Connector awaits her turn to head out.

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