Vancouver - Yaletown

Our October visit to Kitsilano, included a walk to Granville Island Market. This stroll provided Murray and me an opportunity to snap some urban pictures. Here, from Granville Island, we look over False Creek to Yaletown.

Yaletown from Granville Island 2015/10/23

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• Picture taken here: 49° 16' 19.90" N 123° 8' 4.15" W

Telegraph Cove boardwalk

After spending a few days in Sointula, our drive home took us past the Telegraph Cove turn-off. Why not have a look we thought. It was a good thought. Although it was February and the Cove was all but deserted, the visit was worth it. I hadn't known exactly what to expect, but the boardwalk was very interesting. The history of the place is well documented on numerous signposts.

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• Picture taken here: 50° 32' 42.87" N  126° 50' 2.23" W

After some beach time (why wouldn't we when in the Long Beach area) we looked in on the Tofino Botanical Gardens.

Tofino Botanical Gardens...

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• Picture taken here: 49° 7' 59.18" N 125° 53' 21.16" W

Port Alberni - Get-away on Cheeyah Island

On our October journey with the MV Frances Barkley from Port Alberni to Bamfield, our first stop was Cheeyah Island. This seemed like a pretty posh get-away in the middle of nowhere. At this stop, the skipper pulled alongside the dock to drop a passenger off. 

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  Picture taken here: 48° 59' 30.05" N 124° 59' 31.20" W

Bamfield - Sorry, No Coffee Today

Having stepped off the MV Frances Barkley a few minutes before the monsoon-like rains started, I strolled along Bamfield's seawalk  to this location. A coffee shop in the summer, I reckon.

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  water,
• Picture taken here: 48° 49' 47.24" N 125° 8' 27.06" W

Bamfield - Sorry, No Coffee Today

Gulf Islands - Leaving Pirates Cove

On this day's kayak tour, Peter and I had launched at Cedar-by-the-Sea. After a nice paddle along the west shore of Link Island, we had slipped through the hole-in-the-wall (between Link and DeCourcy Islands) toward Pirates Cove. After a snack at the cove, we headed back. Here we're in the narrow passage exiting Pirates Cove.

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• Picture taken here: 49° 5' 53.05" N 123° 44' 1.14" W

Gulf Islands - Leaving Pirates Cove

Bamfield - Walking the seawalk

We're in Bamfield, walking the seawalk. In the rain. Of course! The MV Frances Barkley had just dropped us off at the dock by the Canadian Coast Guard Station and what should occur? We're in Bamfield. Rain. Actually: monsoon.

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• Picture taken here: 48° 50' 3.36" N 125° 8' 22.68" W

Nanaimo - Oyster Catcher in Departure Bay

Kilroy was here! Black Oyster Catcher in Departure Bay. When kayaking around Nanaimo, you're likely to hear the Oyster Catchers before you ever see them. When you hear them, be sure to look about for their characteristic orange beaks and the red-yellow eyes.

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• Picture taken here: 49° 12' 23.37" N 123° 57' 40.72" W

Nanaimo - Oyster Catcher in Departure Bay

Vancouver - Yaletown (Vancouver) seen from Granville Island

It may be November, but the sun flushes Vancouverites outdoors. An ideal spot to soak up some rays is out on the dock at Granville Island.

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• Picture taken here: 49° 16' 21.97" N 123° 8' 4.81" W

Vancouver - Yaletown (Vancouver) seen from Granville Island...

West Vancouver - A view to Bowen Island

BC Ferries vessel passing Bowen Island; as seen from Klootchman Park...

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• Picture taken here: 49° 20' 30.97" N 123° 16' 7.71" W

BC Ferries vessel passing Bowen Island; as seen from Klootchman Park...

French Creek - Seagulls at herring season

Herring season at French Creek brings out all the looky-loos.

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• Picture taken here: 49° 20' 57.53" N 124° 21' 32.13" W

French Creek - Seagulls at herring season

West Vancouver - Point Atkinson Lighthouse...

Taking a picture of Point Atkinson while kayaking out of Eagle Harbour...

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• Picture taken here: 49° 19' 52.04" N 123° 15' 56.13" W

West Vancouver - Point Atkinson Lighthouse...

Ucluelet - Saint Aidan-on-the-Hill church

Downtown Ucluelet with Saint Aidan-on-the-Hill church in the foreground. The aquarium, just down the hill is truly worth a visit.

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• Picture taken here: 48° 56' 29.56" N 125° 32' 46.78" W

Ucluelet - Saint Aidan-on-the-Hill church

Port Alberni - Heading Into Barkley Sound

Port Alberni - Heading Into Barkley Sound: An overcast day but, if you're a true "Coast Head", this is  "in your blood"...

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• Picture taken here: 49° 0' 4.76" N 125° 0' 39.42" W

Port Alberni - Heading Into Barkley Sound

Cariboo - Hat Creek Ranch

Cariboo - Hat Creek Ranch; roadhouse/inn for stagecoaches travelling to and from the gold fields around Barkerville...

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• Picture taken here: 50° 53' 8.64" N  121° 24' 34.49" W

Cariboo - Hat Creek Ranch

Tofino - Docks

Tofino Harbour; quintessentially WEsT Coast...

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• Picture taken here: 49° 9' 16.45" N  125° 54' 36.98" W

Tofino Harbour; quintessentially WEsT Coast...

Nanaimo - Floatplanes "Grounded" By Fog

Nanaimo - Can we say that the fog has this floatplanes fleet "grounded"?

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• Picture taken here: 49° 10' 7.14" N  123° 56' 6.71" 

Cowichan Valley - Cowichan Bay Government Dock

Cowichan Valley - Cowichan Bay Government Dock

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• Picture taken here: 48° 44' 25.58" N  123° 37' 6.19" W

Cowichan Valley - Cowichan Bay Government Dock

Saanich - Pier At Brentwood Bay

Municipal pier at Brentwood Bay...

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• Picture taken here: 48° 34' 20.62" N  123° 27' 44.68" W

Municipal pier at Brentwood Bay...

Sidney - Sidney Spit...

Artefacts from a bygone era; Sidney Spit...

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• Picture taken here: 48° 38' 47.94" N 123° 20' 11.38" W

Artefacts from a bygone era; Sidney Spit...