BC Ferries – Coastal Renaissance

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Coastal Renaissance at the BC Ferries terminal in Departure Bay

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Oh Canada… maple leaf

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What is more Canadian than the maple leaf? Well, actually a lot if you consider the CBC, roller derby, surfing in cold water, and other such things…

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Oh Canada… maple leaf

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What is more Canadian than the maple leaf? Well, actually a lot if you consider bison, bacon, poutine, and other such things…

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Oh Canada… maple leaf

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What is more Canadian than the maple leaf? Well, actually a lot if you consider the beaver, maple sugar, the toque, and other such things…

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Courtenay at night – VIRL

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The Courtenay branch of the Vancouver Island Regional Library

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Courtenay at night – 5th Street

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5th Street is one of my earliest memories of Courtenay

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Vanishing Campbell River – Houses

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The old making way for the new – just south of Campbell River on Highway 19A

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Birds on a wire

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Seagulls and pigeons waiting for a meal behind Portuguese Joe’s seafood shop

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Vanishing Campbell River – Eagles Nest Lodge

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Eagles Nest Lodge – Campbell River

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I stopped to take look at what is left of a once popular destination for tourists, hunters, and fishermen – it’s sad on many levels, but perhaps inevitable that this and many more small resorts will give way to high density housing developments.

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The lower ocean front section – most was set on fire and then later bulldozed

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Looking toward the walking pier in downtown Campbell River

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Birds on a wire

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Birds on a wire – well, birds on wires…

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