The Hulks

Hulk # 10 - YOGN 82 - no longer on site

In yesterday's post I noted that one of the mill breakwater ships - YOGN 82 - was no longer on site. Here

I'm showing what a few of these 10 - now 9 -  "hulks" look like in archive photos from the last time I took

snaps of these old ships from the water side, June 2014.

Hulk # 4 - SS John Smeaton

Hulk # 3 - SS Thaddeus Merriman

High Tide ...

... at the Mill breakwater. This view looks empty since the Mill moved YOGN 82, the old ship

that extended the breakwater at the mouth of the harbour.

Ramsey's Yellow Fish

Powell River artist/muralist Luke Ramsey has been in the news recently, having been named

Victoria's Artist in Residence for 2017. He has also just completed a local workshop for budding teen muralists,

some of whose designs he will paint in the Teen Room of our new Public Library, and he is commissioned to do

murals for the new BC Children's Hospital surgical floor. I caught his one-man show at the Madrona Gallery in

Victoria a few years ago, and sought out his most recent large Victoria mural (on Cormorant St)

 this past spring. While his art is admittedly not for everyone, it is interesting. The small work pictured here can

be found on a fence on Cranberry St (across from Magpie's).

There is always a comic around - note some wit has stapled a fishing lure in front of the mouth!

The Man Himself

Making an appearance in Sunday's parade.

Now, And Then

The Wildwood switchback trail last month, and, below, 8 years ago to the month.

Since the 2008 photo was taken the wood railing has slowly

disintegrated, and there isn't much of it left complete.
Which is a shame.

Aboard The Queen of Burnaby

This is an archive photo - Feb.'11 - as I'm hoping the next time I take a photo on the ferry to Comox,

that it will be on board the new Salish Orca. She left her build site in Gdansk,

Poland on Nov. 22, and the journey should take "between 45 and 55 days".

After more crew training, she should be in service here in "early 2017".

No Trespassing

When one looks at the Google Earth map of Powell River there are a

lot of trails to be seen that look inviting. When I checked out this one, even aside
from the locked gate and the sign, it wasn't that inviting after all.

Back to the map.