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[Mike K.]

It’s much more of a hands-on experience, I think.

[Sparky]

Geezus!

[todd]

Gyro Park has one but exclusive access. 

[Matt R.]

^

You need to get up to jumping speed by sliding down the concrete octopus there, but I’m sure you are already aware.

Matt.

[todd]

^

You need to get up to jumping speed by sliding down the concrete octopus there, but I’m sure you are already aware.

Matt.

yes my Montessori class was regular there.

[Sparky]

https://www.google.c...!7i13312!8i6656

 

There is no boat ramp at the end of Telegraph Bay Road.

 

[Victoria Watcher]

it could still be a seadoo launch.

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 21 June 2021 - 07:43 AM.

[Mike K.]

Sparky, you gotta talk some sense into your leadership. Forever and ever you could drop a boat down into the water from Telegraph Cove, now they've plunked bollards down?

[Sparky]

You can’t drive up Mount Doug anymore either. It’s like Seb says, they just keep taking away our old pleasures.

[Nparker]

You can’t drive up Mount Doug anymore either....

Since when?

[Victoria Watcher]

You can’t drive up Mount Doug anymore either. It’s like Seb says, they just keep taking away our old pleasures.

That is just mornings.

Reasonable balance.

[Sparky]

I guess I must have given up after trying unsuccessfully.

[todd]

Sparky, you gotta talk some sense into your leadership. Forever and ever you could drop a boat down into the water from Telegraph Cove, now they've plunked bollards down?

Never used that ramp for obvious reasons but always appreciate lots of ramps around if you need to get back in a jiffy (emergency, weather, etc)

I think it was a dynamite factory forever ago.

Edited by todd, 21 June 2021 - 04:04 PM.

[Mike K.]

Was it really? That I've never heard before.

[todd]

Was it really? That I've never heard before.

“..1895 The Giant Powder Company established an explosives plant at Telegraph Bay. The plant operated at this location until 1920 when it was relocated to James Island. Now all that remains is the house at 3565 Telegraph Bay Road, built in 1911 as the home for the works manager...“: https://www.saanich....2018 8.5x11.pdf


“Book chronicles B.C.’s history with alcohol and the law”
“.. One of the most prominent exporters in Victoria was Johnny Schnarr, who used the proceeds of his work to build a two-storey oceanfront home on Telegraph Bay…”: https://www.timescol...he-law-1.642606

Edited by todd, 21 June 2021 - 05:07 PM.

[Mike K.]

Well I’ll be. That’s fascinating, thank you.

[Matt R.]

You can’t drive up Mount Doug anymore either. It’s like Seb says, they just keep taking away our old pleasures.

You can’t what now?

Matt.

[Sparky]

Apparently I was wrong. I thought it was 24/7 but I’m being told that it’s only mornings that the road up Mount Doug is closed.

[Victoria Watcher]

it’s been that way for at least a decade.

[Mike K.]

Sparky, have you checked out the Bear Mountain lookout yet?: https://www.facebook...59507962444362/