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A visit to the North Pacific Cannery National Historic Site

A visit to the North Pacific Cannery National Historic Site

I was in Prince Rupert and Port Edward, BC on Friday, May 29.  I was able to pay a brief visit to the North Pacific Cannery National Historic Site.  I had always wanted to see the site, but in the past my visits to Prince Rupert were either in the winter, when the site is closed, or I was too busy filing to clients to have the time.

So here are some of the photos I took, converted to black and white, appropriate since the North Pacific Cannery was the longest running cannery on the west coast, operating from 1889 to 1981. It was named a National Historic Site in 1987.

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The west end of the cannery site. The two small buildings are replicas of the houses that were occupied by workers from local First Nations.  The large building to the left is the machine shop and First Nations net loft (Robin Rowland)

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A fishing net hangs from the rafters in the First Nations Net Loft.  The building was built in Port Essington and moved to the cannery site in 1937.  The loft was where First Nations fishers stored, repaired and hung their nets.  (Robin Rowland)

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Another view of the loft. (Robin Rowland)

 

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The main part of the cannery at low tide. (Robin Rowland)

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The cannery’s old fuel dock was separate from the rest of the facility for safety reasons.  (Robin Rowland)

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Another view of the old fuel dock. (Robin Rowland)

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An old rowboat on the cannery grounds. (Robin Rowland)

 

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The west end of Smith Island, Port Edward, BC, captured driving back from the cannery site just as the fog rolled in.  (Robin Rowland)

 

June 2, 2015 Robin Rowland
black and white, History, Inside Passage, National Historic Site, Photography, Port Edward, seascape, SkeenaBlack-and-white , boat , clouds , dock , fishing , history , North Pacific Cannery , ocean , Port Edward , Prince Rupert

That September “Super Moon”

That September “Super Moon”
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Last quarter September supermoon over Whale Channel, BC, Sept. 13, 2014, at 10:09:44 am (Robin Rowland)

There were three “Super moons” in 2014, July, August and September. Most photographers concentrated on the night of the full moon, but the “super moon” was still super as it waned to last quarter and I photographed the moon over British Columbia’s Inside Passage and Douglas Channel while on a fishing and photography trip last weekend. So here is the September moon, shot first in Vancouver at the full moon and then the last quarter a week later.

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The waxing moon, almost full, moon rises over the towers of Vancouver on September 7, 2014. (Robin Rowland)

 

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The moon over Vancouver on September 7,2014. (Robin Rowland)

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A closer shot of the moon over Vancouver, September 7. 2014. (Robin Rowland)

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A while later, the moon over downtown Vancouver, September 7, 2014. (Robin Rowland)

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On September 9, the super moon rises over the tops of Vancouver’s office towers. (Robin Rowland)

 

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The “super moon” over a Vancouver office tower, September 9, 2014. (Robin Rowland)

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The moon edges between the towers of Vancouver a few minutes later on September 9, 2014. (Robin Rowland)

Moon over Kitimat harbour

The moon over Kitimat harbour, at MK Bay, at 6:51 am, September 12, 2014. (Robin Rowland)

Moon over Hawkesbury Island

The moon over Hawkesbury Island, at Fishtrap Bay, off Verney Passage, September 14, 2014. (Robin Rowland)

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The moon about to set over Hawkesbury Island, September 14, 2014. (Robin Rowland)

September 19, 2014 Robin Rowland
BC, Douglas Channel, Inside Passage, Photo gallery, Photography, seascapeBird photography , British Columbia , Davie Street , Douglas Channel , Inside Passage , landscape , Moon , mountain , photoblog , Vancouver , Verney Passage , West End

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