Nanaimo Perspectives II

[Flugel Horn]

Photos taken on Oktober 10th, a lovely autumn Saturday on the waterfront.

A couple of stitched panoramas:





A view of the old hospital, from the boat basin.

[Flugel Horn]

Float-plane activity on the harbour today:

- a Harbour-Air deHavilland Otter takes-off (eh) over the mighty ferry Quinsam (the Quinsam will soon be leaving for her 6-month refit...get ready to see the Bowen Queen in her absence)



West Coast Air (nee Baxter) has a fleet of planes with 2 (or 3?) different liveries (paint-schemes). Here's 2 different liveries with 2 deHavilland Beavers, both of West Coast Air



Touchdown by a West Coast Air beaver. (they later tried for the 2-point convert, but missed)

[Smokey©]

I thought the DHC-2 was getting ready to land on the Quinsam
Awesome photos

[Flugel Horn]

Photos of Nanaimo waterfront, on an overcast & rainy November 7, 2009 (some photos lightened).

A silhouette of towers:



Lovely view from the bridge at Swy-a-Lana:



3-photo stitch of the waterfront & tower-alley, taken from the Queen Elizabeth II Promenade.

[Flugel Horn]

Some ship-visitors to Nanaimo: The ex BC Ferries Queen of Saanich and Queen of Vancouver.

The Saanich spent her career on the Swartz Bay - Tsawwassen route. She may have occasionally filled in on other major routes during refit season.

The Vancouver's main career assignment was also on the Swartz Bay - Tsawwassen route. However she was a sometimes replacement on the Duke Point route during autumn-winter refit season (remember those modified schedules and 2 hour 20 minute sailings?).

Both ships are awaiting sale to someone and are being moored here because there was no room for them at Deas dock in Richmond.

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Frank is not aware that these 2 ships are visiting:



Ex BC ferries, with temporary-visiting-worker Bowen Queen:



Ex BC ferries, with Seaspan's Carrier Princess blending-in:

[queen of the waterfront]

I love your Photos!

Thankyou!

[Flugel Horn]

I love your Photos!

Thankyou!

Thanks! It was a friendly waterfront today, with lots of "hello's" exchanged between walkers. Lots of folks were wearing poppies; that's great to see.

The rain wasn't too bad, and it was a good game to dodge the puddles on the waterfront walkway.

I also discovered something that I'd never noticed before: There is a pond at the base of the Beacon condo tower. For the bottom-floor suites on the ocean-side, they have a pond right at their patio door.

[Novus]

[Flugel Horn]

Re the rainbow picture from Departure Bay beach:

Novus: that's one tall photo. Is that a vertical-stitch of 2 or 3 photos in a vertical panorama?

[calendar]

Bravo Flugel Horn - your pictures

create in me a feeling to come back again