Category Archives: ships

Barges and Boats

Posted on April 5, 2016 by Katherine

BC Ferries MV Queen of Oak Bay and a tug and tow on Georgia Strait, viewed from Gabriola Sands Provincial Park on Gabriola Island

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Arctic Hooper and Fraser Link

Posted on April 5, 2016 by Katherine

Arctic Hooper and Fraser Link barge passing Entrance Island

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Queen of Alberni

Posted on April 5, 2016 by Katherine

BC Ferries Queen of Alberni passing Entrance Island Light

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Coastal Renaissance

Posted on April 5, 2016 by Katherine

BC Ferries Coastal Renaissance transiting Georgia Strait

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Percy Anchorage – a fishing boat

Posted on April 5, 2016 by Katherine

A fishing boat in Percy Anchorage, at the end of Northumberland Channel between Gabriola Island and Mudge Island

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Gabriola – birds in the bay

Posted on April 4, 2016 by Katherine

Birds courting in Percy Anchorage, at the end of Northumberland Channel between Gabriola Island and Mudge Island

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Entrance Island

Posted on April 4, 2016 by Katherine

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

Posted on March 29, 2016 by Katherine

Sea Imp IX in Nanaimo

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Fanny Bay – riding the storm

Posted on March 25, 2016 by Katherine

Oyster boats riding out a spring storm in Fanny Bay

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Fanny Bay – Trimaran on the rocks

Posted on March 25, 2016 by Katherine

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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