Comox Marina – the fishing boats

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Fishing boats at the Comox Marina

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A scallop shell

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Scallop shell from Baynes Sound near Buckley Bay

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Fauxtoart – The way it wasn’t

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Baynes Sound scallops – threatened by global warming and pollution…

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Acapulco

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Acapulco at Comox Marina

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Polar Jo

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Polar Jo at Comox Marina

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Ossian A

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Ossian A in Kelsey Bay

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Ossian A was built for the Canadian Forest Products operation at Englewood, where she was primarily employed towing log booms. She was later sold to Hodder Tugboat, and refitted with a 335 h.p. GM 12V71 engine.

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  • Built: 1943, McKenzie Barge & Derrick Co. Ltd, Vancouver
  • Material: Wood
  • Gross Tonnage (t): 14.70
  • Net Tonnage (t) 10.00
  • Length (m): 12.22
  • Breadth (m): 3.90
  • Depth (m): 1.71
  • Engine: 160 HP Vivian diesel
  • Propulsion: Single Screw
  • Speed (knots): 10.0
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Miss Quadra

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Miss Quadra in Kelsey Bay

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Sayward – Saw blade boot house

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I’m calling this a saw blade boot house as the roof of the house is made out of old saw blades, and it houses boots.

I suppose it’s also a tree house…

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Chrome Island light

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Chrome Island light with Denman Island in the background

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Comox Valley and beyond

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Comox Valley and Georgia Strait viewed from the Strathcona Parkway

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