170 replies to this topic

[dasmo]

Driftwood art should be considered ephemeral art. If the artist doesn’t embrace that that’s their problem. It would be like a bubble guy yelling at the kids not to burst his bubbles….

[aastra]

I feel like I'm always yelling at you people not to burst my bubbles.

[Sparky]

[lanforod]

Anyone ever told Treebeard that the missing Ent wives were beheaded and lieing on a beach on Turtle Island?

[dasmo]

See, that deserves to exist for a few weeks max. It’s no Andy Goldsworthy.

[aastra]

There are some overhead views of View Royal waterfront in this video that reminded me once again of how unfamiliar I am with that area. In my entire life I've never been down to the shoreline areas there. For example, at the end of Stewart Avenue.

 

Or the gazebo...

Edited by aastra, 04 February 2026 - 01:19 PM.

[Victoria Watcher]

Vancouver Island’s Long Beach named one of the world’s top long beaches

 

https://cheknews.ca/...eaches-1313565/

 

 

To be fair, how many others were nominated?

 

 

 

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 25 March 2026 - 05:43 AM.

[Victoria Watcher]

A beach located on northern Vancouver Island has been named one of the top 50 in the continent, according to travel website The World’s 50 Best Beaches.

The pristine San Josef Bay, located west of Port Hardy, was named the 43rd best beach in North America, and was the only Canadian destination to make the cut.

San Josef Bay is known for its rugged sea stacks and soft, white sand. It’s part of the larger provincial Cape Scott Park, which spans a whopping 115 kilometres of the North Island’s coast, including roughly 30 kilometres of beaches.

https://cheknews.ca/...merica-1321314/

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 28 April 2026 - 10:33 AM.

[Mike K.]

I dunno, it’s not that big of a deal. If you get there at the wrong time it’s full of people, and it’s a bit of a trek through the bush on a path that can get muddy, from what has always (when I’ve been there) been a jam packed parking lot.

[Matt R.]

We spent a couple of days there last June. Yes, very nice beach, very much like the rest of the west coast of the island.

We saw only a few folks while we were there, but the road had yet to be graded which I’m sure kept normal people away. The Dodge Caravan remains undefeated, but we probably should not have been on the last stretch of that road or in the ‘heritage’ campground- which was the worst campsite I’ve seen in my life. We ended up a different site.

[Victoria Watcher]

Island shoreline mapping shows high levels of modification

 

“Human-made structures like seawalls and excessive log buildup can disrupt natural coastal processes, degrade habitat quality, and impact species that rely on nearshore environments, including Pacific salmon,” she added.

Shoreline modification was found to vary significantly by community:

• City of Campbell River – 69 per cent
• Town of Port McNeill – 60 per cent
• Comox Valley Regional District – 47 per cent
• Victoria & Esquimalt urban waterfront area – 46 per cent
• Regional District of Nanaimo – 30 per cent

PSF’s map measuring log accumulation along the coast found logs that escape from log booms can scour beaches and smother vegetation, damaging coastal ecosystems and salmon habitat.

 

https://cheknews.ca/...cation-1321527/

 

 

 

This is exactly the kind of thing we should not even pay attention to.  99% of BC shoreline is absolutely untouched, as is 90 or 95% of the land mass.