Tag Archives: log boom

Nanaimo Bay

Posted on December 26, 2020 by Katherine

The carrier Nanaimo Bay loading logs at the Nanaimo Assembly Wharf

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Rocky Defender – Port of Nanaimo

Posted on June 25, 2019 by Katherine

Rocky Defender positioning log booms for longshoreman that are assembling logs into packets that will be hoisted and stacked on a cargo ship.

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Log booming – Port of Nanaimo

Posted on June 25, 2019 by Katherine

Nanaimo longshoreman assembling logs into packets that will be hoisted and stacked on a cargo ship. Inlet Royal and Rocky Defender positioning log booms

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BC Logs – Global Discovery

Posted on January 17, 2019 by Katherine

Global Discovery loading logs at the Nanaimo Assembly Wharf

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BC Logs – Timaru Star

Posted on December 27, 2018 by Katherine

Stevedores loading the Timaru Star at the Nanaimo Assembly Wharf Hearing that Japan was going to recommence commercial whaling saddened and angered me. When the whales are all gone they can eat BC logs – until they are all gone…

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Nanaimo Logs

Posted on December 19, 2018 by Katherine

Stevedores loading logs at the Nanaimo Assembly Wharf

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A busy dozer boat

Posted on May 16, 2018 by Katherine

A busy dozer boat moving BC logs at the Nanaimo Assembly Wharf

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Angelic Zephyr

Posted on May 16, 2018 by Katherine

Angelic Zephyr loading BC logs at the Nanaimo Assembly Wharf

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Dozer boat

Posted on April 13, 2018 by Katherine

A dozer boat moving boom logs during the loading of BC logs onto a bulk carrier

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Pipers Lagoon – watching the world go by…

Posted on August 30, 2017 by Katherine

Pipers Lagoon is one of my favorite places to watch the world go by. Except for a few brief moments at slack tide, the water in the lagoon flows with great speed through the small opening into Georgia Strait. Birds … Continue reading →

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