Tag Archives: Highway 19

Nanoose Bay – Red Gap

Red Gap was the location of small settlement and a lumber mill on the shore of Nanoose Bay. Rotting pilings and bricks are all that remain.

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Elk Falls mill

The Elk Falls mill – one of many mill that have shut down

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Browns Bay – rail car breakwater

The rail car breakwater at Browns Bay – a series of old tank cars…

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Browns Bay Marina

Browns Bay Marina on Seymour Narrows – pretty…

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Nimpkish River bridge

Nimpkish River bridge The Nimpkish River is the longest river on the Island, originating on the west slope of Mount Alston, flowing northwest into Nimpkish Lake and then north into the Broughton Strait 8 km east of Port McNeill

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Union Bay – Once there was a pier…

The remains of one of the coal loading piers in Union Bay

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Union Bay–another look around

Panoramic images from the former site of the Union Bay coal loading facility You can likely use typical mobile device controls to scroll around the image, as well as zoom in and out. On a computer the mouse can be … Continue reading

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Union Bay – a look around

A Panoramic image from the former site of the Union Bay coal loading facility   You can likely use typical mobile device controls to scroll around the image, as well as zoom in and out. On a computer the mouse … Continue reading

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Union Bay–a window into the past

A look at a cross section of the causeway that was underneath the rail line that ran out to the Union Bay coal washing plant and loading pier. A section of the wire wound wood pipes that ran out to … Continue reading

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Union Bay – a moment in time

Union Bay – walking along where the coal trains once ran

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