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Mise Tales Forty-One

May 11, 2014for sale, lighthouse, litehouse, night, photosArt, British Columbia, Canada, Coast Guard, England, Environment, Europe, Foreign, Information, Lighthouses, Night Time, North America, Photographs, Real Estate, Ships & Shipping, Space, Tenders, Travel, United KingdomretlkprLeave 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 bits of information, when it is removed from the front page, will also be included again later in the next Misc Tales. That way you can keep track of […]

Mise Tales Thirty-Eight

March 29, 2014Canada, lighthouse, litehouse, night, ocean, photo, photos, song, videoAdult Memories, Audio, Canada, Lighthouses, Ontario, Photographs, Photos, 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 […]

Once Upon a Foggy Night . . .

March 21, 2014fishboat, fog, lighthouse, litehouse, nightAdult Memories, Audio, Boats, British Columbia, Canada, Equipment, Fishboats, Fishing, Foghorns, History, Information, Lighthouses, North America, On The Job, VideosretlkprLeave a Comment

Imagine you are a lighthouse keeper on the graveyard shift on a foggy night. All you hear are the diesel engines running, the foghorn blowing at intervals. As you stare out into the gloomy mist you hear this sound. It is a boat, but what kind of boat? What kind of motor? Many old-timers will recognize […]

Mise Tales Thirty-Six

March 13, 2014book review, CCGS, CG, children, Haida Gwaii, lighthouse, litehouse, night, photos, Snowy, videoAdult Memories, Books, Books, Books, British Columbia, Childhood Memories, Children, Coast Guard, Construction, Hobbies, Humour, Icebreakers, Incidents, Information, Lighthouses, Models, Photos, Photos, Ships, Toys, Videos, VideosretlkprLeave a Comment

For an update on what a Mise Tale is then please see Mise Tales One. ***************************** [youtube url=”http://youtu.be/b3e7CDg8a3g”] Here is a great video taken on board the Coast Guard ship CCGS Sir Wilfred Laurier as it services the mountain-top radio sites using the onboard helicopter. Great shots of the Queen Charlotte Islands (Haida Gwai) and the old lighthouse […]

Night Photos and the Lighthouse

September 1, 2013Arctic, aurora, Australia, lighthouse, litehouse, Mike | Salway, night, Ole | Salamonsen, photos, phtographyAdult Memories, Art, Australia, Lighthouses, Norway, Photos, Photos, Travel, VideosretlkprLeave a Comment

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 […]

Northern Lights at the Lighthouse

October 13, 2012aurora, Canada, Green, lighthouse, litehouse, night, north, northern lights, red, sun, visibleLighthousesretlkprLeave a Comment

In my twenty-five (25) years on McInnes Island one of the most spectacular sights in the winter was the Northern Lights display (aurora borealis1) in the northern night time sky. Absolutely beautiful! This was brought to mind the other day when I saw this October 10, 2012 article online Image: Aurora Dips South Across Canada […]

A Lighthouse at Night

August 29, 2012comets, lighthouse, litehouse, McInnes, night, northern lights, starsAdult Memories, British Columbia, Environment, Lighthouses, Photos, RecreationretlkprLeave a Comment

One of the nicest things about night shift on McInnes Island lighthouse was observing the sky on a clear night. It was always the same, and always different. The same stars were always there, but the moon waxed and waned, comets streaked across at intervals, sometimes an airplane’s navigation lights blinked in the south, […]

What Plane Is That?

November 25, 2011aircraft, airplanes, BC, British Columbia, day, lighthouse, litehouse, night, overhead, trackingAdvertisement, Communication, Equipment, Information, Lighthouses, Maps, On The Job, PlanesretlkprLeave a Comment

Back on November 21st of this year I wrote What Ship Is That? to show people how to find out the location of their favourite ship as seen from a lighthouse, a home overlooking the water, or a sightseer on a hilltop. I would have loved to have had something like that on the lighthouses when I […]

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