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[Scaper]

I just found out that in Victoria's history, Jamesbay was the place for the oil industry.

Here is an old photo of an Oil rig drilling for oil of Jamesbay....man and they complained that the Reef was too tall?

[Baro]

Oil drilling?? Or just some storage tanks and such?

Also.. what pic?

[VicHockeyFan]

[Holden West]

Here's[/url:f06b0] a beautiful oil painting by a Victoria artist in James Bay.

Close enough?

EDIT:

Found it:



Offshore drilling rig built in Victoria in 1966, then the world’s largest. The rig was used to drill 14 offshore wells, all of which were dry.



Photo from Victoria Daily Times in 1966 showing offshore oil and gas drilling rig construction in Victoria's Esquimailt Harbour.

It was only built here, not used for drilling in Victoria. However, it may have had a Taco Bell on board.

The closest oil well to Victoria was an old one at Muir Creek near Sooke.

[url="http://www.em.gov.bc.ca/mining/Geolsurv/Publications/OpenFiles/OF1992-19/Hydrocarbon.html"]http://www.em.gov.bc.ca/mining/Geolsurv ... arbon.html

[VicHockeyFan]

0 for 14. That rig was a real loser.

[Scaper]

oooops I forgot my photo!!!

Good work holden on the finds!!

[aastra]

Exactly what am I seeing in this picture? Is that James Bay or is that North Vancouver?

Anyway, bring on the 30-story windmill. It would be towering industrial monstrosity #3 at Ogden Point, so it has a good pedigree.

Anything to keep those attractive highrise buildings out!

[aastra]

[VicHockeyFan]

Anyone old enough to remember the big fire at Ogden Point? Lit up the whole city, and was vieweed from Port Angeles.

[aastra]

Every Victorian was obliged to go down there and view the remains. It was practically a tourist attraction unto itself. And people in Port Angeles thought "the whole city was on fire".

What I'd like to know is, which building was it? It wasn't the tower beside those silos, was it? I think it was one of those really long buildings on one of the piers. I can't remember.

[Holden West]

Apparently, the 1977 fire destroyed a $3 million warehouse. I remember the reaction Port Angeles had. It must have looked spectacular.

[VicHockeyFan]

http://collections.i... ... point.html

[D.L.]

that rig is actually docked at where the coast guard dock would be now, and that image is not reversed.

[aastra]

You are correct.

[aastra]

Does anybody really think the JBNEA or the Vic West folks would want to go back to the way things were?

[Holden West]

^Back when Victoria was the world's largest exporter of giant biscotti.

[Number Six]

And I can't imagine they would be too thrilled with having the old Victoria Chemical Company on their doorstep either. I'm not exactly sure which pier it was located on ... perhaps the one with the silos in the photo above? My understanding is they manufactured explosives which led to a spectacular fire in 1898.

[aastra]

I cropped it because the spine of the book ran right through the middle of the picture. There was a lot more giant biscotti stacked up beyond the right edge.

Seems the biscotti ovens were located over in the Gorge/Selkirk area.

[Holden West]

Look at the plywood mills on the Gorge going full tilt. I remember those. What a stinky wasteland. That's where the Selkirk development is now. Ah, the good ol' days.


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[Scaper]

^ no faith no faith!!! hahahhaa