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A snowy winter day at one of the barns of Ontario
Salt Spring – Derelict ships
One of the derelict ships in Ganges Harbour -Salt Spring Island
Posted in abandoned, Gulf Islands, Salt Spring, ships, tugs
Tagged derelict ships, Ganges Harbour, Gulf Islands, marina, ocean, Salt Spring Island, ships
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BC Logs – Global Discovery
Global Discovery loading logs at the Nanaimo Assembly Wharf
Posted in British Columbia, logging, Nanaimo, ships, Vancouver Island
Tagged bulk carrier, log boom, logs, Nanaimo, Nanaimo Assembly Wharf, ships, stevedores
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Nova Scotia fish boat – Julie Anne Joan
The fishing boat Julie Ann Joan in Digby
Posted in Atlantic Canada, Bay of Fundy, fisheries, fishing boats, Nova Scotia, ocean, ships
Tagged Atlantic Canada, Bay of Fundy, Canada, dock, fish boats, Nova Scotia, ocean, pier, wharf
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Annapolis Tidal Power Plant
Annapolis Tidal Power Plant
Located on the Annapolis River immediately upstream from the town of Annapolis Royal at the Annapolis River Causeway, the Annapolis Tidal Power Plant can generate as much as 20 megawatts of electricity. Depending on tides, the plant has a daily output of roughly 80-100 megawatt hours.
The plant was constructed by the Nova Scotia Power Corporation in 1984 and remains the only saltwater generating station in North America
Halifax Harbour Ferries
Halifax Harbour ferries Viola Desmond and Craig Blake were built by A.F. Theriault & Son Limited in Meteghan River. Viola Desmond in 2016, and Craig Blake in 2015.
Craig Blake in Dartmouth
On May 3, 2010, 37-year-old Petty Officer Second Class Craig Blake was killed by an improvised explosive device a few weeks after arriving in Kandahar. The member of Fleet Diving Unit Atlantic and expert in neutralizing bombs was the first Canadian sailor to die in action in Afghanistan.
Viola Desmond in Dartmouth
In 1946, Viola Desmond’s stand at a segregated Nova Scotia movie theatre in 1946 made her into a civil-rights icon for black Canadians. Canada’s new $10 banknotes commemorate her, the first time a Canadian woman has been celebrated on the face of her Canadian currency.
Posted in Dartmouth, Halifax, history, ocean, ships, time lapse, video
Tagged Alderney Landing, Dartmouth, Halifax, Halifax harbour, history, Nova Scotia, ocean, ships, Viola Desmond
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Eastern Passage – Lobster traps
A stack of lobster traps stored at a fishing shack – Eastern Passage
Posted in buildings, fisheries, fishing boats, Halifax, Highway 322 - Nova Scotia, Nova Scotia
Tagged Eastern Passage, fishing, Halifax, lobster, Nova Scotia
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C-GFUR
C-GFUR, an Air Canada 2000 Airbus A330-343 taxiing at Halifax Stanfield International Airport.
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Tagged Air Canada, air craft, Airbus, airplanes, airports, Halifax, Nova Scotia
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Canadian Forces Base Cornwallis – The Coach House
The Coach House – one of the buildings at the former Canadian Forces Base Cornwallis
The Coach House is a garage for the former mansion at Canadian Forces Base (CFB) Cornwallis. It was taken over by HMCS Cornwallis in 1942 and served as a fire station until it became a married officer’s quarters in the early 1960s.
The Coach House was recognized Federal Heritage Building on 10 May 1990.
Posted in Bay of Fundy, history, RCA, RCAF, RCN
Tagged Bay of Fundy, buildings, CAF, CFB Cornwallis, Digby, history, RCN
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