
8:00 a.m.
A fabulously dark and foggy morning at Ganges Marina on Salt Spring Island.
Salt Spring Photographer John Cameron

8:00 a.m.
A fabulously dark and foggy morning at Ganges Marina on Salt Spring Island.

Some of the SaltSpring Air crew ham it up during a sunny break at the dock Thursday. Despite the apparent shenanigans, wind gusts actually reached a serious 70 kilometers per hour on the dock. Only one umbrella was harmed (but was later revived).
The mascots were comfortably disinterested in the whole thing.

The well used waterfront storehouse of the Mouat’s building seen here on a dark and dreary—but somehow lovely—November afternoon. You can also see the storehouse in this 1928 photo at the Salt Spring Island Archives.

There are divided perceptions on whether this area is a road or a parking lot.
Purvis Lane—I had to look up the name—has parking areas on both sides through the downtown core.
Or, if you prefer, Purvis lane runs through the middle of two parking areas.
Or, perhaps, Purvis lane is both the entrance and the exit to the parking areas downtown!
No matter how you slice it, driving and walking in the area are challenging and no place to be using those handheld electronic devices.
In the photo above we see what is clearly a local, acutely aware that he’s taking both his and a dog’s life in his hands. He’s on foot, travelling from one parking lot, across the road and into another parking lot. Intrepid.

This is a rare sighting of the underwater creature that frequents the Grace Islet area.
A long exposure (32 seconds) gave the waves a soft, creamy look.
Photographs of Salt Spring Island and areas reachable by ferry and road (and sometimes off-road).