Posts Tagged ‘Victoria’

POTW: Fisgard Lighthouse

Tweet A foggy day yielded this photo of Fisgard Lighthouse on Vancouver Island last year.  As the fog began to burn off, you could see a few boats gliding silently around the harbor in the lighthouse’s shelter. Photo details:  f/11 at 1/100 sec, 22 mm, ISO 100   Tweet


POTW – April 9, 2012: Anchors Away

Fisgard Lighthouse Anchors

Tweet Today’s Photo of The Week comes from outside Fisgard Lighthouse in Victoria, British Columbia.  The sign post at the center of the anchors points out the distance to Victoria, London, Yokohama, Japan and Seattle. Tweet


Esquimalt Harbor

Sail boat in Foggy Equimalt Harbor - Victoria, BC

Tweet Fog and mist were the key hallmarks during my vacation to Victoria last July.  Locals assured me it was an unusually chilly summer and that their normal July weather was governed by the Pineapple Express.  They swore to me that July on Vancouver Island felt a lot like being in Hawaii.  We never saw […]


Back To Sooke

Path at Wiffen Spit Park

Tweet Another view of Wiffen Spit Park in Sooke, British Columbia.  The fog and mist that had dogged us all day finally began to clear off when we arrived out at Wiffen Spit.  If you look closely in the distance, you can see plumes of fog rising off the hills in the distance across the […]


POTW – April 1 – Race Rock Lighthouse

Race Rock Lighthouse, British Columbia

Tweet I took this shot while out on a Orca whale watching during my vacation on Vancouver Island last summer.  It was the only pretty day I got on the trip. We were lucky to watch a playful transient pool of Orcas that day.  After watching the juvenile porpoise in and out of the water […]


POTW – Week of Aug. 1: Fisherman’s Wharf

Tweet Fisherman’s Wharf – Victoria, Canada Fisherman’s Wharf in Victoria is filled with houseboats, small restaurant stands selling fresh, cook-to-order seafood, barbecue and ice cream (and other treats).  After a long day of site-seeing, we sat on the pier to eat our dinner.  While we were finishing, the sky was struggling to clear away the […]


Parliament At Night

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