Vancouver Island - December 1978

I came out to Vancouver for the first time in December 1978.  I flew here that time and the plan was to fly back but I refunded the return ticket and opted to take the train back to Toronto and home from there.  The above photo was scanned from one of the many colour slides taken on that trip on Agfachrome slide film.  This image shows a view of Vancouver Island from the plane as we were approaching the airport.  The plane came north from the BC lower mainland, then over Georgia Strait before heading south to the airport for the final approach.  I returned home to Ontario by train in January 1979.  There will be some more photos later after they've been scanned.  Meantime, enjoy this one! - V

More on things that float

I've been walking the seawall at Vancouver's Stanley Park several times this year and on a bright, warm Saturday afternoon several weeks ago I saw three cruiseships leave Vancouver's harbour via the first narrows at Burrard Inlet. Then it was on into English Bay and into the Georgia Strait. You can see all three ships together in the last photo: the Statendam, the Sapphire Princess and the Serenade of the Seas. The following day there was another ship that left the harbour on a cruise. Perhaps there were others but I didn't see them. And of course, there are always freighters entering or leaving the harbour as well. There is always something to draw one's interest. - Volker