We’re heading up Trevor Channel toward Bamfield, when the Frances Barkley stops at the southeast end of Tzartus Island– not for pirates or a calamity of some sort, but because we are being approached by a small boat. The crew … Continue reading →

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Fanny Bay – a pile of oysters

Posted on October 8, 2015 by Katherine

Oyster shells – Fanny Bay It’s not just oyster shells on the beach, in some places it’s decades of accumulated oyster shells that form the land that we walk on.

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Fanny Bay – the boat house

Posted on October 7, 2015 by Katherine

A well loved boat house – Fanny Bay I had driven past this boat house many times without stopping as I figured it would probably be very difficult to get close enough to it to get a good picture. Wrong … Continue reading →

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Fanny Bay

Posted on August 18, 2015 by Katherine

A quick stop at Fanny Bay, where one of the oyster boats was unloading

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Baynes Sound – Oyster Boats

Posted on March 24, 2015 by Katherine

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On the beach

Posted on March 24, 2015 by Katherine

Oysters and scallops – the east coast of Vancouver Island is home to many shellfish harvesting areas.

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Fanny Bay Sea Lions

Posted on October 23, 2014 by Katherine

A quick stop at Fanny Bay to check out the boisterous and noisy Sea Lions – the ship in the back ground is the M/V Rhododendron, a retired Washington State ferry that is now used as an oyster processing factory. … Continue reading →

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