Vanishings – The Missing Lighthouse Keepers
These two tales on Youtube were brought to my attention. Quite the mystery!
Mise Tales Thirty-Four
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 […]
Oh No! Not Another Accident!
This story could be titled Oh no, not another accident or to be more truthful How to give a helicopter a bath! If you keep up with aviation news you may have heard about a Canadian Coast Guard (CCG) helicopter that crashed in the Arctic.
What a Nice Christmas Present
What a nice surprise! Today on Facebook the lighthouse keeper, Colin Toner, who is residing at my old workplace at McInnes Island posted a fantastic video of the lighthouse. Please watch in full screen to get the full effect. Watch as the MBB105 helicopter approaches the island in the rain. You can see the rain […]
Mise Tales Thirty-Three
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 […]
Film Media and the Lighthouse
After my comment in Misc Tales Twenty-Eight about a movie with a lighthouse reference in it, I wondered aloud “How many more media sources have lighthouses in them?” Well, off to Google and I started looking. There are many. I am going to list them by date, and if you know of more, please let […]
More Messages in Bottles!
When I wrote the story Message in a Bottle I was just using what information I had on hand. The last quotation in the story was from a news source on the British Columbia (BC) coast where a Tofino, BC man found a one hundred and seven (107) year old message in a bottle. I […]
Floating Instrument Platform (FLIP)
What do you think a lighthouse keeper would do if he spotted this floating on the ocean in front of his lighthouse? My first reaction would be to run and call for help! This article came from the Military Photography website on Facebook with credit to Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Launched in 1962, the […]
The West Coast Trail
The West Coast Trail is a 75 km (47 mi) long backpacking trail following the southwestern edge of Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada. It was built in 1907 to facilitate the rescue of survivors of shipwrecks along the coast, part of the treacherous Graveyard of the Pacific. It is now part of Pacific […]
Night Photos and the Lighthouse
In August 2012 I published an article Lighthouse Under the Stars. Since then I have been very lucky to find night-time photos with the stars and a lighthouse – not necessarily a Canadian lighthouse, but a lighthouse nonetheless. The first two are from Mike Salway who has given me permission to reprint them here. Please drop […]