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Mise Tales Thirty-Nine

April 9, 2014Boston Harbour, Enduring Lights, for sale, history, lighthouse, litehouse, SOLD, Split Rock, tsunami, USA, video, wave simulationAdvertisement, Art, Automation, Bed & Breakfast, Construction, Earthquake, History, Information, Lighthouses, News, Real Estate, Tsunami, USA, Videos, VideosretlkprLeave a Comment

For an update on what a Mise Tale is then please see Mise Tales One. As mentioned earlier on the front page of my website, any photos or cartoons, or short information will also be included again later in the next Misc Tales when it is removed from the front page. That way you can keep track of […]

Mise Tales Thirty-Four

January 8, 2014Aniva Rock, automated, Cambridge in Colour, Costa Concordia, graphic, lighthouse, litehouse, nuclear, overfishing, photos, Russia, The SArt of assassin's Creed IV:Black Flag, unmanned, video, websiteAdvertisement, Anti-Automation, Art, England, Environment, Equipment, History, Information, Italy, Light, Lighthouses, News, On The Job, Operators, Photos, Stories, Tourism, Travel, Videos, VisitorsretlkprLeave a Comment

For an update on what a Mise Tale is then please see Mise Tales One. Jaw-dropping animated video on overfishing… It’s time for change! **************************** The Costa Concordia rests on its side on the morning of January 14, 2012 (click for larger photo) Yes, it is a photo of the Costa Concordia, aground on the rocks, but […]

Mise Tales Thirty-Three

December 11, 2013BC, CBC TV, CG HQ, Chris Mills, documentary, film, Fresnel lens, hovercraft, life-cycle, lighthouse, Lighthouses, litehouse, mural, salmon, Salmon Confidential, Sockeye, UK, Vancouver, VictoriaArt, British Columbia, Canada, Construction, Environment, Equipment, Foreign, History, Information, Light, Lighthouses, Movies, News, Photos, Reprint, United Kingdom, VideosretlkprLeave a Comment

For an update on what a Mise Tale is then please see Mise Tales One. Tell Tale Productions Inc’s. documentary “Lighthouses” – the film has been completed and has had its world broadcast premiere on CBC Television’s Land and Sea Sunday, November 24, 2013. If you missed it you can see it online on CBC Land […]

Mise Tales Thirty-Two

December 3, 2013BC, Bishop Rock, British Columbia, Cornwall, Georgetown Lighthouse, Guyana, helicopter, infographic, lighthouse, litehouse, Marriott hotel, NGS, Portugal, storm wave, tour, UK, underwater, water levelsConstruction, England, Europe, Foreign, History, Information, Light, Lighthouses, News, Portugal, Reprint, Tourism, Travel, United Kingdom, VisitorsretlkprLeave a Comment

For an update on what a Mise Tale is then please see Mise Tales One. Click the image or use this link to see the National Geographic article If All the Ice Melted. **************************** Navigational Light to be Fixed Atop Marriott HotelMay 16, 2013 by KNEWS filed under news Port Georgetown Lighthouse, GuyanaThe Marriott Hotel […]

Bravo! Coastal Rainforest in British Columbia Now Protected!

November 6, 2013Great Bear Rainforest, lighthouse, litehouse, McInnes, oil, oil tankers, spirit bearAdult Memories, Anti-Automation, Beachcombing, Environment, First Nations, Fishing, Game, Government, History, Information, Lighthouses, News, Oil Spills, Recreation, Ships & Shipping, Shipwrecks, Tourism, TravelretlkprLeave a Comment

This photo above from Pacific Wild shows only a part of what is being protected The title for this article comes from a news release by the Treehugger website on July 27, 2006. Their article from 2006 said: “The government of British Columbia has agreed to protect more than 5 million acres of the […]

Hijack!

October 26, 2013hijack, lighthouse, litehouse, marine, piracy, safety, shipping, shipsCoast Guard, Environment, Equipment, Foreign, Government, Incidents, Information, Lighthouses, Military, News, Ships & Shipping, TransportationretlkprLeave a Comment

The hijack of a ship on the British Columbia (BC) coast is a rare possibility, but with all the controversy over oil spills and destruction of coastal rain forests, the possibility is still there for terrorists or others to hijack a ship on the BC coast and hold the government for ransom. In the rest […]

Reprint – Machias Island Subject of Dispute Between Canada and US

December 28, 2012Canada, dispute, lighthouse, lightkeepers, litehouse, Machias Island, territorial dispute, USAAdult Memories, Automation, Canada, Coast Guard, Environment, Foreign, Government, History, Keepers, Maine, New Brunswick, News, On The Job, Passport, Travel, USA, VisitorsretlkprLeave a Comment

As I stated in my post The Lighthouse as a Sovereignty Symbol, put a lighthouse on your disputed territory and it is yours, or something to that effect. Now here is another ongoing dispute coming to light again – Canada vs USA. According to my theory above, Canada wins! – retlkpr *************************** Machias Seal Island […]

Reprint – “Stand” – An Adventure Documentary

November 14, 2012against, demonstration, documentary, Enbridge, fight, lighthouse, litehouse, oil spill, Pacific Northwest, Pacific NW, tankers, videoBritish Columbia, Canada, Construction, Earthquake, Environment, First Nations, Fishing, Fog, Foreign, Government, History, In Memorium, Incidents, Information, Lighthouses, Maps, News, Newspapers, North America, Oil Spills, Recreation, Reprint, Ships & Shipping, Shipwrecks, Storms, Travel, Tsunami, Videos, Water Samples, Weather, WildliferetlkprLeave a Comment

Stand – Power Teaser [media url=”http://vimeo.com/52119128″ width=”400″ height=”350″] [private]https://ccanadaht3.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Vimeo-.mp4[/private] from b4apres media PLUS STAND, presented by Quiksilver Waterman, will take viewers on a journey through the waters of B.C.’s west coast. Through the stories of an aboriginal high school class building their own stand-up paddleboards as a form of protest, the efforts of expedition stand-up […]

DOTC Opens Bidding for P246-M Lighthouse Repair Project

August 23, 2012lighthouse, litehouse, Philippines, refurbishing, SOTCAnti-Automation, Asia, Automation, Coast Guard, Foreign, Government, History, Information, Lighthouses, News, Philippines, Reprint, Travel, VisitorsretlkprLeave a Comment

This article appeared in the Business Mirror (Philippines). Take a look at why they are refurbishing old lighthouses: Lighthouses serve as aids to navigation, working as visual guides to ports and harbors especially for fishermen and even for larger types of vessels already equipped with global positioning system. Any more questions why Canada’s lighthouses cannot […]

Government Contracts to Paint Lighthouses

July 2, 2012automation, bidding, contracts, government, lighthouse, litehouse, painting, Peggy's Cove, reprintAnti-Automation, Automation, Canada, Coast Guard, Environment, Equipment, Fisheries and Oceans, Government, History, Information, Lighthouses, News, Real Estate, Reprint, WeatherretlkprLeave a Comment

The title is a tiny bit misleading. The government is not contracting to paint the lighthouse (is not doing the job themselves using government personnel as in the olden days) but is contracting out to private persons to do the work previously done by government workers. An interesting article on the Peggys1 Cove lighthouse in […]

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