Category Archives: summer

NAFMOC – the last Boeing 720

Posted on November 13, 2016 by Katherine

The last Boeing 720 – viewed from the cockpit of a Lockheed CC-130 Hercules at the National Air Force Museum of Canada, adjacent to 8 Wing/CFB Trenton.

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Comox Lake Dam – the spillway

Posted on November 12, 2016 by Katherine

The Comox Lake impoundment dam spillway Water flows over the spillway when the level of Comox Lake reaches 135.33 meters above sea level. The Comox Lake dam is a 142 m-long concrete gravity structure with a crest elevation of 137.55 … Continue reading →

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Victoria at night – Bay Centre

Posted on November 7, 2016 by Katherine

The fountain at the Bay Centre – quite beautiful at night

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Amy Usen

Posted on October 31, 2016 by Katherine

Amy Usen at her berth by the Johnston Street Bridge Amy Usen’s berth is at the mouth to the Gorge Waterway, a six kilometer long arm of the Upper Victoria Harbour that stretches from the Selkirk Trestle to the head … Continue reading →

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Swell ex Nautilus Swell

Posted on October 31, 2016 by Katherine

Swell, with sail boats, two of the Clippers, and Harbour Air float planes in a very busy Victoria Inner Harbour. Swell was built in 1912, by A. Moscror in Vancouver.