Category Archives: ships

Entrance Island

Entrance Island Light The first Entrance Island lighthouse was a square white wood tower rising sixty-five feet about high water -the lighthouse’s six lamps were first lit on June 8, 1876. In 1891, a fifth-order dioptric apparatus, visible for fourteen … Continue reading

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Sea Imp IX

Sea Imp IX in Nanaimo

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Fanny Bay – riding the storm

Oyster boats riding out a spring storm in Fanny Bay

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Fanny Bay – Trimaran on the rocks

A trimaran on the rocks at Fanny Bay. I’m not sure what the story is behind this but will find out – I always do…

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French Creek twilight docking

Just seconds after some seals left, a fishing boat docks at French Creek – north of Parksville

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Fanny Bay – Oyster Boat

An oyster boat crossing Baynes Sound at Fanny Bay

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Larkin

Larkin moored in Fanny Bay

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Inlet Challenger

Inlet Challenger in Campbell River

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Westco Pioneer – ex Jacques Cartier B.C.

Westco Pioneer ( ex Jacques Cartier B.C.) in Campbell River

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Glengary

Glengary in Campbell River

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