sails
veils Diana, Princess of Wales
provide a theme
graceful lady of the harbor
fabric tense, 61% translucent
natural light into rich history
Inuit legends “local lore”
H.M.QE II initiated concrete poured
into a caisson anchoring new pilings
they keep rolling for the U.S. Marines
Vancouver Pile Driving
into the Burrard Formation
*
romantic interludes
under her five sails The Royal Suite
unique detail, enduring reminders five diamond
those heady days dramatic wrecks
head waters
Princess Alice
thriving spirit “some giant crag…
clinging with sea flora”
monument to the bygone
symbol of dignity and the transportation story
evolution of humans from the sea
*
our city is ashes
life boat flares, sodium chlorate, whiskey, airplane
parts, lumber, paper, pickles, sunglasses
explode, rain over our city
fire rippled through heaved her
selected samples presented
the character of Newcastle
coals to
*
trade to silk trains
excited some interest “plumper”
rosary canal
white Florida
officially naming hydrographic
the right to use “Royal” and numbers
friends, associates, and crew of Captain George
coxless team Greek interests
Guinness
Duke of Edinburgh
*
Saturnina
Saturna Island
no one went ashore
there
yet
please do not throw objects over
railing
Deadman’s Island
its stormy past
lurid pestilence
“a flower of flaming beauty”
E. Pauline Johnson
Squamish squeamish putrid
squatters
squad
*
white Empresses of India, of Japan
pinnacle “so delightful a ceremony”
a band played
pampered
just to let it go and be loved
a tick-like licking or sucking
All’s Boom “it’s the flash that counts”
flesh chronometers
no stone or concrete anywhere
Brocton Point Lighthouse Keeper
heard at Mission B.C.
*
Captain Mary Hackett and the Hallalujah Lassies
do not throw objects
“Hallelujah, Hallelujah”
for the enjoyment of all colors
customs
“Back to Mother Earth”
and other talk
appeal
how zat silly mid on
leg before wicket
bowl a maiden over
knocked for a six
*
sea plane landing
STOL
twin otter and beaver float
Boeing
“the Chief’s daughters”
wrapped in sons, seasons
Esso Standard Sisters
each her own ancestral totem
sophisticated
iconography
“When the tide goes out, the table is set”
riches in abundance
oolichans, clams…
supple portions
Salish
super skyride
all season playgrounds
*
Princess Charlotte passing through,
dependable,
Lady Alexandra, means of communication
furs, gold
Columbia-controlled, British
servicing the miners
luxurious princesses
fish, logs
*
it was an event
there were opportunities
like no tomorrow
“remembering”
pushing to the heart
to open up rugged
serviced by pleasant reminder
where we indicate negative space, water
manhandled treat
*
ship shapes
sea train
tanker, container, barge
sea bus
toller
drum seiner
cutter
craft
“ro ro” roll on roll off
roll on Columbia
“e.g. fruits and vegetables”
“e.g., sulphur, potash, grain”
gilnetter
*
Alberta Wheat Pool
Saskatchewan Wheat Pool
I wish to communicate with you
diver down
yes!
tug is required I
am disabled
first substitute
pilot required
watch my signals no
“dress ship” code and answering pendant
man overboard you are running into danger
keep clear of me
engines are going astern on fire!
Blue Peter my vessel is healthy
changing course
*
objects over railing
canola
leisurely and relaxed
Earl Birney
“along the grease back groaning slip
the ferry glides then veers to buck
the gleaming midstream tidal rip
leaving the bobbing cans & ruck
of sawdust butts and flykissed slaughter
to nudge along the lip and wait
leaving red weeds awave in water
& a lost commuter purple, too late
dashed madly”
toll tickets not liable for delays
accidental or otherwise
speed the ships the clock
if necessary
can dive
*
truck-train-ship
containerization
(invented in
vanterm)
Queen Victoria’s
photo adorned, celebrated, golden
festooned garlanded
dried flowers plucked by a little girl from locomotive #374
fragments of ivy, marguerite which drew the first
train
presented fifty years thereafter by
“Annie E. Sanders who was a little girl in holiday attire, etc.
witnessed this incident from a cliff then was presented with
blossoms she preserved by pressing. The engine was decorated
at Yale by Mrs. Larry R. Johnson, wife of Colonial Johnson,
master mechanic. Both ladies survive.”
*
oxen pulling logs
down a clearing
Ellen Lewis
logging skid roads
*
Deighton’s Hotel
commodius, replete
Mrs. Thos. Deighton in daily communication
with invalids or sportsmen
charges will be found
to suit the times
*
an acropolis
“nous sommes prêt”
“pod” observed by lovers
on a clear day
fumaroles
“white shining”
white-robed Carmelite monks
conspicuous
sockeye
giant loaf of white bread
five white sails inflated
fabric roof
jiggle a little
a colorful past
“light picture”
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