Powell River in Photos

Tuesday, February 27, 2018

A pair of male Barrow's Goldeneye ducks on the local waterfront. With not getting out much recently I haven't

taken my usual many winter duck photos, and these are the first of the year.

Yesterday morning, while cool, was still a very nice day for some fly fishing on Cranberry Lake.

Though unfortunately it didn't appear that the trout were rising to the fly.

A de Havilland Twin Otter, the 400 Series built by Viking Air at their facility near the Victoria Airport.

This is #100, built in 2016 - they have long passed that with around 125 of these planes now built.

They flew into the local airport yesterday, did 4 "touch and go" loops, landing for a brief 15 minutes before

taking a very scenic indirect route to Campbell River.

(A note: this is my first post in quite some time, as I've been dealing with some health issues, tendonitis

in the thumb being one, which means very, very little computer time. Unfortunately not done yet, so don't

expect a continuation in the short term. Apologies to those who have tried to contact me, with no reply.)

The smell of gingerbread is wafting through the lobby of the Town Center Hotel as they once again host the

Gingerbread Village. Drop in to the hotel, make a donation and vote for the best creation. All proceeds go to

the local Fire Fighter's Burn Fund. And enjoy that great smell while you're there!

Sunday afternoon saw the annual Santa Claus Parade on Marine Ave. From choristers ...

... to the Assumption School float.

From the young ones on the Evangel Kids float ...

... to the perpetual kid, Nicholas Simons, our local MLA, on his bike.

We saw the lads representing Minor Hockey ...

... right down to I-don't-what-but-it's-Christmasy.

And of course, The Man himself, in the back of the firetruck.

Flipping through my many tugboat photos for a project I'm considering I came across this shot of the West Rascal,

dating back to late 2011. For any Powell Riverite who watches the water she will be a familiar sight, as for a

good number of years she was a fixture on our waterfront, one of the 2 tugs run by Westview Navigation. As

tugs go, she's small, and with no winch it's a bollard pull only. She was already 30 years old when she arrived in

Powell River, and today she's pushing 50. She was sold to the Ledcor company in the spring of 2012; they moved

her to Victoria, with a new name, Storm Rider, and for those who like to keep track, re-named her again last

year as the Lionel D Ledcor. I watched her many times to-ing and fro-ing in front of Powell River,

she was a pretty sight on our waters.

The trestle at Inland Lake, 2 weeks ago, part of the 13k trail around the lake.