Category Archives: ocean

Air Force Beach – Wind Surfing

Posted on October 8, 2015 by Katherine

Wind surfing at Air Force Beach

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Fanny Bay – a pile of oysters

Posted on October 8, 2015 by Katherine

Oyster shells – Fanny Bay It’s not just oyster shells on the beach, in some places it’s decades of accumulated oyster shells that form the land that we walk on.

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Fanny Bay – looking north

Posted on October 7, 2015 by Katherine

Looking north toward the government wharf in Fanny Bay

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Fanny Bay – the boat house

Posted on October 7, 2015 by Katherine

A well loved boat house – Fanny Bay I had driven past this boat house many times without stopping as I figured it would probably be very difficult to get close enough to it to get a good picture. Wrong … Continue reading →

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By the sea

Posted on September 30, 2015 by Katherine

By the sea, by the sea, by the beautiful sea…

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Piping in the tide

Posted on September 30, 2015 by Katherine

Piping in the tide at Pipers Lagoon – Nanaimo

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Gulls – and lots of them

Posted on September 27, 2015 by Katherine

Gulls at along the shore of Georgia Strait at Kitty Coleman Provincial Park

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Alert Bay 360

Posted on September 24, 2015 by Katherine

Held every B.C. Day long weekend, the Alert Bay 360 is an eco-tourism based event which encourages a healthy lifestyle. In a nutshell, paddlers (or rowers) circumnavigate Cormorant Island, starting and finishing at Alert Bay.

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Union Bay – Pieces of history

Posted on September 24, 2015 by Katherine

Pieces of history from a morning walk along the old coal loading facilities at Union Bay. I left these behind and only took photographs…

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Work Point – C Battery

Posted on September 20, 2015 by Katherine

There is an amazing and ever changing view of Ogden Point and Camel Point across from Work Point, a former home of the Canadian Army, and now part of CFB Esquimalt. In 1888 the Dominion Government formed C Battery, Canadian … Continue reading →

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