Your favourite beach comber, exposing marine pollution along the Fraser River. Just taking life, one find at a time. All ages appropriate.πΈπ¦π¦ π¦π¦¦πππ³ππ¦
Japanese Coast Guard departing #NorthVan today with members of the Canadian Coast Guard on board as they head out to sea. π―π΅π¨π¦
Part of a maritime exchange program between the two countries. βοΈ
#TimeLapse quick pics
A new vessel launched on the water! π’π
We were in Halifax, #NovaScotia, today to celebrate the launch of the CCGS Donjek, the first of two Arctic and Offshore Patrol Ships being built at @IrvingShipbuild.
Here is the other 1950βs Kelloggs βcereal toyβ hockey player that I found treasure hunting along the Fraser River.
Vintage is as vintage does.
Plastic is foreverβ¦
Plastic toys in βbreakfast cerealβ boxes definitely used to be a thing.
This little hockey player is from Kelloggs circa mid-1950βs. Not sure how many there were in the set but this guy is #8.
Fraser River, Richmond, BC
π¨π¦
Plastic toys in βbreakfast cerealβ boxes definitely used to be a thing.
This little hockey player is from Kelloggs circa mid-1950βs. Not sure how many there were in the set but this guy is #8.
Fraser River, Richmond, BC
π¨π¦
If you've missed rooting around in a cereal box for a toy, you're in luck.
WK Kellogg Co. announced it's including toys with some of its breakfast cereals for the first time in more than a decade. abcnews.link/WyuMPY1
To all #KillerWhales out there:
Happy #DolphinDay! π
The killer whale is the largest dolphin in the dolphin family!
Remember to follow the Marine Mammal Regulations when travelling BCβs coastal waterways. ow.ly/2uxQ50YImJE
A frozen lake, a clear mission. βοΈ
CCGS Martha L. Black on Lake Saint-FranΓ§ois, helping keep waterways safe and accessible by breaking through the ice. π’π
Photo π·: Gabriel Leroux
Even readable newsprint from 1962 can be found exploring alongside the Fraser River.
Trans-Canada Air Lines $324 return to Montreal, a news story about catching a mail thief with βdummyβ letters, jumbo sized California cantaloupe only 2 for 29 cents, 5 digit phone numbersβ¦
Not sure what these are actually called but they are thing-a-ma-things that cover/frame key-holes.
All found alongside the Fraser River in Richmond, British Columbiaπ¨π¦
Beach Combing
Mudlarking
Not the prettiest image in the world but beautiful is as beautiful doesβ¦
Vintage pre-1965 plastic TCA (Trans Canada Airlines). TCA became Air Canada in 1965.
Fraser River Junkyard, Richmond, BCπ¨π¦
Nope, not the Fraser River Junkyard. Found this old dumping site on Vancouver Island. Itβs also withinβ an erosion zone and at the mercy of every high-tide.
Unfortunately, plastic like this doesnβt stay buoyant for long and will create deadzones when they sink.
Pollutionππ