Whytes Bay on Comox Lake
The community of Whyte’s Bay was situated at the northeast corner of Comox Lake, near Cumberland, close to the long-running and productive Number Four Mine. There were many families living there till the mid-1930s, when rising lake levels forced people to leave.
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Corn, sunflowers and pumpkins at Siefferts Farm Market in Comox
The E&N Wellcox spur bridge over Highway 1 in Cedar
The E&N Wellcox Spur bridge over Highway 1 in Cedar
The E&N bridge over the Koksilah River overflow channel
Vowels Road – near the Nanaimo Airport
The pictures in this series speak for themselves – no further comment is necessary when viewing where the Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway once operated the Dayliner passenger service between Courtenay and Victoria.
The E&N crossing at Vowels Road
Gambler at Union Bay in Baynes Sound
I’m not an expert but it sure don’t look active – I suppose though, that this is a formality, a matter of liability, and maintaining control over the right of way. The right of way is largely used as a recreational corridor in many areas, it’s riddled with pedestrian crossings both sanctioned and not, and even road traffic mostly ignore the stop signs at level crossings.
It will take quite the effort to reeducate the public should they ever get trains running again on Vancouver Island.
Nanaimo Harbour – looking toward Newcastle and Protection Islands
