Album Canada: Alberta, BC and the Rocky Mountains from Michiel 2005

Canadian images: Wooden steam tug S.S. Master

nobody@ipernity.com (Michiel 2005) — Tue, 07 Nov 2006 18:58:53 +0000

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The Master is a wood-hulled, single-screw steam tug. She was designed and built by Arthur Moscrop in his Beach Avenue Shipyard in 1922. She is the sole surviving wooden hulled steam tug in North America. She is powered by a triple expansion steam engine built in Scotland in 1916.

From the sign near the boat.

Canadian images: View of Vancouver from Elsje Point

nobody@ipernity.com (Michiel 2005) — Tue, 07 Nov 2006 19:01:06 +0000

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Elsje Point was named after Elsje de Ridder Larsen Armstrong (1918–1981) to recognize 35 years of volunteer service in the city of Vancouver.

Canada from the plane from Frankfurt to Portland

nobody@ipernity.com (Michiel 2005) — Sat, 25 Nov 2006 09:50:39 +0000

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My USA-Canada holiday revisited

Canada from the plane from Frankfurt to Portland

nobody@ipernity.com (Michiel 2005) — Sat, 25 Nov 2006 09:48:17 +0000

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My USA-Canada holiday revisited

Canadian car: Beaumont

nobody@ipernity.com (Michiel 2005) — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 18:50:11 +0000

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Last days of my old passport: Two Canadian customs stamps

nobody@ipernity.com (Michiel 2005) — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 23:19:47 +0000

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I didn't know that Chief Mountain customs post stamped my passport, so I couldn't explain it when the customs at Vancouver International Airport asked me about it, mostly because she held her thumb over "Canada". I thought: "Which obscure European country put a stamp in my passport?", but then I remembered and I was let into Canada.

BNSF 2084 on the USA-Canadian border

nobody@ipernity.com (Michiel 2005) — Sun, 26 Nov 2006 13:00:29 +0000

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Behind is the BNSF 2265. See also: www.flickr.com/photos/govert1970/280829046/

In Vancouver a BMW 5-series is a Small Car

nobody@ipernity.com (Michiel 2005) — Wed, 20 Sep 2006 23:56:36 +0000

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Front view of BNSF 2265 on the USA-Canada border

nobody@ipernity.com (Michiel 2005) — Fri, 27 Oct 2006 20:47:35 +0000

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BNSF 2084 & 2265 on the USA-Canada border

nobody@ipernity.com (Michiel 2005) — Fri, 27 Oct 2006 20:46:46 +0000

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Mr. Stick plays basketball

nobody@ipernity.com (Michiel 2005) — Sun, 05 Nov 2006 19:34:14 +0000

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M.V. Sea Lion VI

nobody@ipernity.com (Michiel 2005) — Tue, 07 Nov 2006 19:00:00 +0000

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The Sea Lion was launched on May 25, 1905.

Significance of the Sea Lion:
* First tug in British Columbia to have ship-to-shore radio and a searchlight.
* Played a role in the dramatic story of the immigrant ship Komagata Maru.
* Made the first tow of a 'Davis raft' in British Columbia.
* Struck a rock in the Yaculta Rapids (1930). The rock (Sea Lion Rocks) is named in memory of the event.
* Its whistle had a sliding scale, on which the crew could play songs.
* Still active 100 years after it was built.

From the sign near the boat.

Canadian images: Dead things in the English bay

nobody@ipernity.com (Michiel 2005) — Tue, 07 Nov 2006 18:56:44 +0000

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Another view of Vancouver

nobody@ipernity.com (Michiel 2005) — Wed, 29 Nov 2006 08:24:01 +0000

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Canadian images: View over the English Bay in Vancouver

nobody@ipernity.com (Michiel 2005) — Tue, 07 Nov 2006 20:23:53 +0000

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Canadian images: Bell of the St. Roch

nobody@ipernity.com (Michiel 2005) — Tue, 07 Nov 2006 18:57:46 +0000

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[quote]
Built for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Force to serve as a supply ship for isolated, far-flung Arctic RCMP detachments, St. Roch was also designed to serve when frozen in for the winter, as a floating detachment, with its constables mounting dog sled patrols from the ship. Between 1929 and 1939 St. Roch made three voyages to the Arctic. Between 1940 and 1942 St. Roch navigated the Northwest Passage, arriving in Halifax harbor on October 11, 1942. St. Roch was the second ship to make the passage, and the first to travel the passage from west to east. In 1944, St. Roch returned to Vancouver via the more northerly route of the Northwest Passage, making her run in 86 days. The epic voyages of St. Roch demonstrated Canadian sovereignty in the Arctic during the difficult wartime years, and extended Canadian control over its vast northern territories.

Retired after returning from the Arctic in 1948, St. Roch was sent to Halifax by way of the Panama Canal in 1950. This voyage made St. Roch the first ship to circumnavigate North America. Returned to Vancouver for preservation as a museum ship in 1954, St. Roch was hauled ashore in 1958. Housed over in 1966 and restored to her 1944 appearance by the Canadian Parks Service, the ship is the centerpiece of the maritime museum complex at Kitsilano Point.
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source: www.hnsa.org/ships/stroch.htm

Canadian heritage: Bridge of the St. Roch

nobody@ipernity.com (Michiel 2005) — Wed, 29 Nov 2006 08:21:09 +0000

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For a view of the bell of the St. Roch, click here.

[quote]
Built for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Force to serve as a supply ship for isolated, far-flung Arctic RCMP detachments, St. Roch was also designed to serve when frozen in for the winter, as a floating detachment, with its constables mounting dog sled patrols from the ship. Between 1929 and 1939 St. Roch made three voyages to the Arctic. Between 1940 and 1942 St. Roch navigated the Northwest Passage, arriving in Halifax harbor on October 11, 1942. St. Roch was the second ship to make the passage, and the first to travel the passage from west to east. In 1944, St. Roch returned to Vancouver via the more northerly route of the Northwest Passage, making her run in 86 days. The epic voyages of St. Roch demonstrated Canadian sovereignty in the Arctic during the difficult wartime years, and extended Canadian control over its vast northern territories.

Retired after returning from the Arctic in 1948, St. Roch was sent to Halifax by way of the Panama Canal in 1950. This voyage made St. Roch the first ship to circumnavigate North America. Returned to Vancouver for preservation as a museum ship in 1954, St. Roch was hauled ashore in 1958. Housed over in 1966 and restored to her 1944 appearance by the Canadian Parks Service, the ship is the centerpiece of the maritime museum complex at Kitsilano Point.
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source: www.hnsa.org/ships/stroch.htm

Canadian images: sign of the motel in Merritt where I slept

nobody@ipernity.com (Michiel 2005) — Tue, 07 Nov 2006 18:54:26 +0000

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and where I tried unsuccessfully to connect to the internet. Instead I took pictures of myself and smoked two cigars. I stayed away from the "hot tub pool", but I did have the free breakfast.

Me smoking my first cigar in a Canadian motel room

nobody@ipernity.com (Michiel 2005) — Fri, 27 Oct 2006 06:03:49 +0000

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I'm wearing a shirt which says "Canada" on the front.

View of Trans-Canadian Highway 1

nobody@ipernity.com (Michiel 2005) — Fri, 03 Nov 2006 14:40:45 +0000

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A great drive! When I drove it in September it was quite empty and there were lots of overtaking zones.