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BC Ferries – Skeena Queen

A fully loaded Skeena Queen departing the BC Ferries Swartz Bay terminal

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Muir Creek – the birds

Located off Highway 14 between Sooke and Jordan River, Muir Creek opens onto Orveas Bay on Juan de Fuca Strait. It’s a great place to watch birds and to search for fossils that are exposed at low tide.

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Jordan River waves

Waves at Jordan River on a foggy coastal day Jordan River is a popular recreation area, located on Highway 14 between Sooke and Port Renfrew. and a time lapse segment…

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China Beach waves

Waves at China Beach Provincial Park

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China Beach waves

  A slow motion video of a wave hitting the beach at China Beach Provincial Park

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Port San Juan

Birds and boats and fog in Port San Juan Adjacent to Port Renfrew and Carmanah Walbran Provincial Park, Port San Juan provides shelter from the Strait of Juan de Fuca. It was an important logging area, and now a popular … Continue reading

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Smokey evening – Active Pass

I spent some time at Georgina Point on Maybe Island while watching BC Ferries ships heading through Active Pass Island. The sky was hazy and gray, filled with smoke from forest fires burning in the British Columbia interior.

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Mayne Island – Active Pass

A pair of videos of BC Ferries heading into Active Pass after transiting Georgia Strait en route to Swartz Bay on Vancouver Island

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Mayne Island – Georgina Point life boat

An old lifeboat at Georgina Point light station on Mayne Island

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Seaspan Reliant

Seaspan Reliant heading into Active Pass as she heads from Swartz Bay to Vancouver

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