Katherine Bickford

C-FPGN

Posted on June 27, 2014 by Katherine

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C-FPGN, a 1964 six seat Cessna C180G with a C185 tail.

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Victoria – Ogden Point

Posted on June 27, 2014 by Katherine

A dive course preparing for an open water lesson at the Ogden Point breakwater.

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Victoria – City Hall

Posted on June 27, 2014 by Katherine

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The Victoria City Hall was recognized as National Historic Site of Canada in 2007. The building was built in three stages between 1878 and 1890.

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Victoria – Chinatown

Posted on June 27, 2014 by Katherine

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The Victoria Chinatown district was designated a National Historic Site of Canada in 1995

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Constructed in 1900, the Porter Block is a two storey, brick and stone building located at the northwest corner of Douglas and Johnson Streets. With rusticated stonework, decorative multicoloured brickwork, and cornice balustrades, the building is valued as one of the finest reflections of the change in architectural stylistic expression which occurred in Victoria at the turn of the twentieth century.

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The Porter Block was recognized as an historic place in 1995.

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Victoria – Cross’ market

Posted on June 27, 2014 by Katherine

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The former Cross’ Market at 1308 Douglas Street is now loft apartments.

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Forbidden Plateau Road

Posted on June 26, 2014 by Katherine

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A view of the Comox Valley from Forbidden Plateau Road heading up to the Wood Mountain Ski Area ski lodge on Mount Becher.

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The road is largely packed gravel with some moderate washboard sections – passable by car but take it easy…

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And the view – not quite at the end of the road but the best view unless you hike up the mountain past the old lodge. A nice view of the Comox Valley, Georgia Strait, Powell River and Texada

The image above is linked to a larger 2000×550 pixel version.

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Mount Becher – Forbidden Plateau ski lodge

Posted on June 26, 2014 by Katherine

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All that’s left after a fire destroyed the Wood Mountain Ski Area ski lodge in the Forbidden Plateau area on Mount Becher – graffiti covered ruins of a beautiful building.

In 1982 the original lodge burned to the ground , and in 1999 a fire destroyed the day lodge after a huge snow load collapsed the roof. Since 1999, the lifts have not turned and what remains now are a few burned out buildings, the abandoned lift towers and some of the orange chairs of the main lift.

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