Tag Archives: Buckley Bay

Baynes Sound – the nets

Posted on April 24, 2015 by Katherine

Buckley Bay – Baynes Sound I often wondered what these nets were about, and other than that they had something to do with shellfish had no idea. I recently discovered that they “predator nets” and are used to prevent predation … Continue reading →

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A scallop shell

Posted on April 10, 2015 by Katherine

Scallop shell from Baynes Sound near Buckley Bay

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BC Ferries – MV Quinitsa

Posted on February 19, 2015 by Katherine

BC Ferries MV Quinitsa on the Buckley Bay to Denman Island West route [fbalbum url=”https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.292287017561683.1073742100.123247217798998&type=3″ size=”187″]

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BC Ferries – Buckley Bay

Posted on February 19, 2015 by Katherine

Heading out from the BC Ferries terminal at Buckley Bay

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BC Ferries – Buckley Bay

Posted on February 18, 2015 by Katherine

M/V Quinitsa at the BC Ferries Terminal in Buckley Bay

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Across the Sound

Posted on February 18, 2015 by Katherine

Looking across Baynes Sound from Denam Island toward Buckley Bay The Buckley Bay terminal as it is – and at some point as it was, as construction is underway for the new cable ferry terminal facilities. And some wake from … Continue reading →

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Buckley Bay – the way it was

Posted on October 17, 2014 by Katherine

The BC Ferries terminal at Buckley Bay during the early construction of the cable ferry berth.

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A pair of shells

Posted on October 16, 2014 by Katherine

A pair of Bittium eschrichtii shells from the beach near Buckley Bay Also known as Threaded bittium, Eschricht’s bittium, Screw snail, Giant Pacific coast bittium, and Threaded horn shell, these are homes prized by small hermit crabs. I don’t always … Continue reading →

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No Coal

Posted on October 7, 2014 by Katherine

No Coal signs referring to the Compliance Coal proposal to develop the Raven Coal Mine – an underground coal mine project located five kilometres west of the Buckley Bay ferry terminal. In the early 1940s Canadian Collieries (Dunsmuir) Limited, applied … Continue reading →

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The mystery ramps

Posted on October 6, 2014 by Katherine

I was had a bit of time on my hands while waiting for the ferry to Denman Island, so I walked around the Buckley Bay ferry terminal and shot a few images – including one of this old concrete ramp … Continue reading →

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