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Royal Roads – just part of the story…

The history of the Royal Canadian Navy goes back further than 1969 at Royal Roads – sometimes an image is just part of the story…

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Birds – Hatley Castle

These birds were determined to get into the images I shot at at Royal Roads…

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Royal Roads – Hatley Castle

In 1906 James Dunsmuir commissioned Canadian architect Samuel Maclure to build a 40-room mansion on their estate “Hatley Park”. The building is 200 feet long and 86 feet wide; the turret is 82 feet high. Local stone, and sandstone from … Continue reading

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