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Wednesday, February 22, 2017
Royal Roads
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If you were looking at yesterday's scene and turned 180 degrees you would see the scene pictured above. This is the Royal Roads anchorage, so called because it lies between Albert Head and Victoria, both named after members of the British royal family. I believe those large ships lying offshore are waiting for a chance to visit the Esquimalt graving docks that are capable of servicing such enormous craft. The cairn and plaque pictured below give a little history of Royal Roads.
All Photos and text on this blog by Benjamin Madison are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 Unported License. For Permission to use write: madison at almudo dot fastmail dot us
Situated on the far west coast of Canada, on the southern tip of Vancouver Island, Victoria is the capital city of the Province of British Columbia. Its benign climate (the warmest winters in Canada) and placid lifestyle make it a favorite retirement location as well as a popular tourist destination. About 400,000 people live in Victoria and adjacent communities.
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4 comments:
Hi: Vessels are coal ships and waiting berths in North Vancouver or Roberts Bank.
I would love to beachcomb there.
An incident like that one would be worthy of commemorating. The sea can be unforgiving.
@SPI: Thanks for that information - I just assumed that since the graving docks are so close they were waiting for that. It seems an odd place to wait for docking at Roberts Bank or North Van - not exactly close.
@JoJo: maybe in the summer but that wind that was blowing was cold - brrrr!
@William - almost every stretch of coast here has some wreck story attached to it. It's a hard coast.
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