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Sunday 16 July 2017

Alberni Valley - Stamp River Falls

This is the first of the posts with a different format. Panoramio, unfortunately, is no more; the pictures are still accessible but most of the data associated with the pictures is gone.

This picture was my farewell to the Panoramio community...

(2016-10-19) Stamp River Falls...

Saturday 13 February 2016

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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Tags: 2016 British Columbia Canada frtzw906 Telegraph Cove Vancouver Island
Picture taken here: 50° 32' 42.87" N 126° 50' 2.23" W

Wednesday 26 August 2015

Tofino - Botanical Gardens...

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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Tags: 2014, Alberni, Bamfield, Barkley Sound, British Columbia, Canada, frtzw906, Vancouver Island, water,
Picture taken here: 49° 7' 59.18" N 125° 53' 21.16" W

Sunday 12 April 2015

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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Tags: 2014, Barkley Sound, British Columbia, Canada, frtzw906, island, Kildonan,
Vancouver Island, water,
Picture taken here: 48° 59' 30.05" N 124° 59' 31.20" W

Saturday 11 April 2015

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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Tags: 2014, Alberni, Bamfield, Barkley Sound, British Columbia, Canada, frtzw906, Vancouver Island,
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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Tags: 2014, British Columbia, Canada, De Courcy Island, frtzw906, island, shore, Vancouver Island, water,
Picture taken here: 49° 5' 53.05" N 123° 44' 1.14" W

Gulf Islands - Leaving Pirates Cove

Friday 10 April 2015

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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Tags: 2014, Alberni, Bamfield, BarkleySound, BritishColumbia, Canada, frtzw906, water, Vancouver Island
Picture taken here: 48° 50' 3.36" N 125° 8' 22.68" W

Thursday 9 April 2015

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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Tags: 2009, bird, British Columbia, Canada, frtzw906, Nanaimo, picnik, Vancouver Island, Departure Bay, water,
Picture taken here: 49° 12' 23.37" N 123° 57' 40.72" W

Nanaimo - Oyster Catcher in Departure Bay

Sunday 5 April 2015

French Creek - Seagulls at herring season

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

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Tags: 2013, >100, >50, boat British Columbia, Canada, French Creek, frtzw906, Parksville, Vancouver Island,
Picture taken here: 49° 20' 57.53" N 124° 21' 32.13" W

French Creek - Seagulls at herring season

Wednesday 1 April 2015

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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Tags: 2015, British Columbia, Canada, church, frtzw906, Long Beach, Ucluelet, Vancouver Island,
Picture taken here: 48° 56' 29.56" N 125° 32' 46.78" W

Ucluelet - Saint Aidan-on-the-Hill church

Tuesday 24 March 2015

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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Tags: 2009, Alberni, Barkley Sound, British Columbia, Broken Islands, Canada, frtzw906, July, Long Beach, Port Alberni, Sechart, ship, Ucluelet, Vancouver Island, water,
Picture taken here: 49° 0' 4.76" N 125° 0' 39.42" W

Port Alberni - Heading Into Barkley Sound

Sunday 22 March 2015

Tofino - Docks

Tofino Harbour; quintessentially WEsT Coast...

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Tags:
2013
>50
boat
British Columbia
Canada
frtzw906
Long Beach
Tofino
Vancouver Island
water
Picture taken here: 49° 9' 16.45" N 125° 54' 36.98" W

Tofino Harbour; quintessentially WEsT Coast...

Saturday 21 March 2015

Nanaimo - Floatplanes "Grounded" By Fog

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

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Tags: 2013 >50 British Columbia Canada Nanaimo Vancouver Island water
Picture taken here: 49° 10' 7.14" N 123° 56' 6.71"

Cowichan Valley - Cowichan Bay Government Dock

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Tags: 2013, >100, boat, British Columbia, Canada, Cowichan Valley, frtzw906, Vancouver Island, water
Picture taken here: 48° 44' 25.58" N 123° 37' 6.19" W