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Filberg Park

  Above looking to the east, and below to the west from the shoreline walkway at Filberg Park.

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Down by the bay – Shakesides

Shakesides – one of the Mack Laing houses as viewed from Comox

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Mack Laing Nature Park – Baybrook

A look at, and in, Baybrook – Mack Laing’s first house in Comox. [fbalbum url=”https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.293659330757785.1073742106.123247217798998&type=3″ size=”187″]

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Mack Laing Park – Baybrook, Shakesides and Brooklyn Creek

The upper section of Brooklyn Creek flows down toward , Mack Laing’s first house after he moved to Comox in 1922. Baybrook The lower section of Brooklyn Creek flowing below Baybrook   Mack Laing’s second house, Shakesides was built in … Continue reading

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The Alberni Project

The Alberni Project is a program of remembrance which pays tribute to the men who served on HMCS Alberni, a Canadian Corvette, between 1941 and 1944. The Alberni was a Flower Class Corvette, all of which were were named after … Continue reading

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Totem Pole – K’omoks First Nation

K’omoks First Nation totem pole outside I-Hos Gallery

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The gate guardian

RCAF McDonnel CF-101 Voodoo at 19 Wing/CFB Comox

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The crash site

I was hiking across the fields at HCMS Quadra when I came across an air plane crash site with the remains of what was once a pretty little Piper Cherokee. This was in March 2014 – a bit of snow … Continue reading

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HMCS Quadra – a winters day

HMCS Quadra on a beautiful winters day A random selection of the 21 images in the full album… [fbalbum url=”https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.284393488351036.1073742081.123247217798998&type=3″ size=”187″ random=1 limit=12]

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Comox harbour– a winters day

The view of Comox Harbour from the beach at Goose Spit, on a beautiful winters day. [fbalbum url=”https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.284380748352310.1073742079.123247217798998&type=3″ size=”187″]

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