These two old–style navigation buoys can be found near the Canadian Coast Guard Bas in Victoria BC.
Port Hand Buoy (1896) (construction detail) in Victoria BC. (Photo from the John MacFarlane collection. )
Starboard Hand Buoy in Victoria BC. (Photo from the John MacFarlane collection. )
Port Hand Buoy in Port Alberni BC. (Photo from the John MacFarlane collection. )
Port Hand Buoy (construction detail) in Port Alberni BC. (Photo from the John MacFarlane collection. )
Port Hand Buoy (construction detail) in Port Alberni BC. (Photo from the John MacFarlane collection. )
I wonder if there are other old buoys on display in British Columbia? We’d like to hear about them.
Author’s Note:
After publication we received further information and pictures.
Starboard Hand and Port Hand Buoys at Prince Rupert. (Photo from the Mike Wright collection.)
To quote from this article please cite:
John MacFarlane (2016) Early Navigation Buoys on the British Columbia Coast. Nauticapedia.ca 2016. https://nauticapedia.ca/Gallery/Buoy_Old.php
