Tag Archives: Denman Island

BC Ferries – Buckley Bay

Posted on May 18, 2015 by Katherine

MV Quinitsa approaching the BC Ferries terminal in Buckley Bay The cable ferry facility – more than a dock as it also houses the cable mechanisms Departing Buckley Bay on the trip across Baynes Sound to Denman Island

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The cables go in

Posted on April 29, 2015 by Katherine

Installation of the drive and guide cables for the BC Ferries cable ferry that will operate between Buckley Bay and Denman Island.

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Buckley Bay – the cable ferry terminal

Posted on April 24, 2015 by Katherine

BC Ferries cable ferry terminal at Buckley Bay Across Baynes Sound, the cable ferry terminal on Denman Island can be seen to the right of the existing conventional ferry terminal.

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A bit of Denman

Posted on April 24, 2015 by Katherine

Looking across Baynes Sound to Denman Island

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A foggy day – Gravelly Bay

Posted on March 25, 2015 by Katherine

A foggy day and we’re aboard MV Tachek as we head back from Hornby Island to the BC Ferries east Denman Island terminal in Gravelly Bay.

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Birds – Gravelly Bay

Posted on March 25, 2015 by Katherine

A very foggy morning at the BC Ferries terminal in Gravelly Bay, on Denman Island. The birds proving that they are the masters of the air and will do as they please… [fbalbum url=”https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.297164260407292.1073742118.123247217798998&type=3″ size=”187″]

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Oyster Boats

Posted on March 24, 2015 by Katherine

Oyster boats in Baynes Sound, across from Denman Island near Union Bay

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Denman – A crab or two

Posted on March 11, 2015 by Katherine

A crab, and then a pair of crabs on the beach at Fillongley Provincial Park on Denman Island nature,Denman  Island,Fillongley Provincial Park,beach,marine life,crab,Gulf Islands

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BC Ferries – Denman Island West

Posted on February 19, 2015 by Katherine

Ongoing construction of the new BC Ferries cable ferry terminal at the Denman Island West terminal. [fbalbum url=”https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.292284980895220.1073742099.123247217798998&type=3″ size=”187″]

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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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