Bamfield – CCGS Cape McKay

Posted on July 17, 2015 by Katherine

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CCGS Cape McKay, a 14.6 m Cape class motor life boat stationed in West Bamfield

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Bamfield painted fish

Posted on July 17, 2015 by Katherine

Fish – Bamfield is known for fish and fishing, and the painted fish that you will see on many pilings around East and West Bamfield.

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The fish were created and installed as a community art project, and as an indicator of where high tide is projected to be as the ocean level rises due to global warming.

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Waves – slow motion

Posted on July 16, 2015 by Katherine

A pair of slow motion videos shot near Little River.

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CC-138 Twin Otter

Posted on July 16, 2015 by Katherine

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CC-138 Twin Otter at the Comox Air Show

A Royal Canadian Air Force de Havilland Canada DHC-6/CC-138 Twin Otter

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AgustaWestland CH-149 Cormorant

Posted on July 16, 2015 by Katherine

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CH-149 Cormorant at the Comox Air Show

A Royal Canadian Air Force AgustaWestland CH-149 Cormorant from 442 Transport and Rescue Squadron, based at 19 Wing CFB Comox. The Cormorant is employed in a search and rescue role.

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AgustaWestland CH-149 Cormorant

Posted on July 16, 2015 by Katherine

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A Royal Canadian Air Force AgustaWestland CH-149 Cormorant from 442 Transport and Rescue Squadron, based at 19 Wing CFB Comox. The Cormorant is employed in a search and rescue role.

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de Havilland DHC-5/CC-115 Buffalo

Posted on July 16, 2015 by Katherine

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A Royal Canadian Air Force de Havilland DHC-5/CC-115 Buffalo from 442 Transport and Rescue Squadron, based at 19 Wing CFB Comox. The Buffalo is employed in a search and rescue role.

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The bench – Comox

Posted on July 15, 2015 by Katherine

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I shot this image of the mountains, the marina, and the empty bench, thinking that it pretty much summed up what life is like for deployed members of the military, and the loved ones that the must leave when they deploy.

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MV Coho

Posted on July 14, 2015 by Katherine

Black Ball Line’s MV Coho is a vehicle and passenger ferry operating between Victoria and Port Angeles.

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MV Coho entering James Bay – Victoria

The design of the Coho was the basis for BC Ferries’ first two ships, the Sidney class Queen of Sidney and Queen of Tsawwassen. Coho was originally powered by two Cooper-Bessemer’s diesel engines rated at 2,080 BHP each. The Cooper-Bessemer’s were replaced in 2004 with two General Motors Electro-Motive Division Main Propulsion Engines rated at 2,550 BHP each.

  • Built: 1959, Puget Sound Bridge & Dry Dock, Seattle, Washington
  • Deadweight Gross Tonnage: 5366
  • Net Tonnage: 3897
  • Gross Tonnage5841
  • Length: 341.5 ft (104.1 m)
  • Beam: 72 ft (21.95 m)
  • Draught: 12.6 ft (3.84 m)
  • Propulsion: 2× EMD12-645F7B Diesels, 2,550 hp (1,900 kW) each
  • Propellers: 2× 8-foot (2.44 m) stainless propellers with twin rudders
  • Speed: 15 kn (17 mph; 28 km/h)
  • Vehicle clearance: 14 feet (4.27 m)
  • Capacity: 110 vehicles + 1,000 passengers

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Englewood Railway

Posted on July 13, 2015 by Katherine

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Englewood Railway EMD SW1200

If you happen to be around Woss and you happen to like railways and logging, well, you really ought to take the time to visit the last operating logging railroad in North America – Western Forest Products Englewood Railway.

The Englewood Railway runs 90 km from Vernon Lake, through Woss, past Nimpkish Lake Provincial Park to Beaver Cove.

The railway operates EMD SW1200 locomotives, rebuilt with 1,500 hp (1,100 kW) Caterpillar engines, larger fuel tanks, and with triple headlights (middle, left, right) at both ends. They were delivered from EMD with dynamic brakes in order to cope with the long descent from Woss to tidewater at Beaver Cove.

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