Everyone talks about the view from the road but nobody ever talks about the view of the road from the water.
Waterfront
#141
Posted 26 July 2020 - 07:03 PM
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#142
Posted 27 July 2020 - 06:47 AM
..was it not to protect the buildings and whatnot in front of the sea wall a bit more??
The two railing system in oak bay: https://youtu.be/sD-ONlNR12w
Also nobody talks about how it’s less safe for cars? I only bring it up because I know of at least one young person who was impaled and killed while going off the edge in Oak Bay.
#143
Posted 27 July 2020 - 06:51 AM
at least one? you might know more?
#144
Posted 27 July 2020 - 07:02 AM
at least one? you might know more?
Nope knew somebody who heard the scream and saw the aftermath. The railing was just put back to normal.
#145
Posted 27 July 2020 - 07:57 AM
As long as it doesn't rust and corrode, I think it's fine.
Lot of wire ropes have an oil soaked fibre core. Might be galvanized.
Edited by todd, 27 July 2020 - 08:06 AM.
#146
Posted 27 July 2020 - 09:22 AM
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#147
Posted 27 July 2020 - 09:53 AM
Where did that incident happen, todd?
Beach Drive near the marina.
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#148
Posted 27 July 2020 - 10:03 AM
Edited by todd, 27 July 2020 - 10:10 AM.
#149
Posted 27 July 2020 - 10:18 AM
Edited by todd, 27 July 2020 - 10:25 AM.
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#150
Posted 28 July 2020 - 10:14 AM
No shortage of cars driving off the edge of Dallas Road. It's funny how Victorians have never really made a fuss about this re: the safety aspect.
Daily Colonist
August 6, 1957
Motor Manslaughter Count Faces Boy in Death Crash
Young Jackson was one of four boys in a stolen car which, during a chase by police, raced across Dallas Road at the foot of Cook and plunged to the rocky, log-strewn beach below.
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Daily Colonist
October 28, 1959
Divers Find Body, Car in Sea 80 Feet Below Dallas Cliffs
A man reported missing a week ago was found yesterday -- dead in his car, underwater in the sea off the foot of Cook Street at Dallas Road -- the result of a spectacular 100-mile-an-hour plunge over an 80-foot cliff.
From the south curb of Dallas at the foot of Cook tire marks in the grass led to the cliff edge above the beach where there was a hole in the gorse.
Police said the car appeared to have sailed into space, probably lit in the water, somersaulted and skidded on its roof underwater to a point about 75 feet from shore.
When this happened is not know, but nothing was noticed until yesterday morning.
When police arrived, they spotted the car's chrome gleaming faintly in 12 feet of water offshore.
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Daily Colonist
March 6, 1960
Bush Stops Car Inches Short of 100-Foot Fall
Three persons narrowly escaped a 100-foot plunge over a Dallas Road cliff yesterday when their car went out of control and was caught by bush at the cliff edge.
City police, called at 6:50am by a resident at the corner of Dallas and Douglas, tied a rope to the rear bumper of the teetering car before rescuing its occupants.
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Daily Colonist
May 21, 1969
Beach Plunge Injures Four
Four people were taken to hospital early Sunday morning after a car failed to make the turn from Douglas Street onto Dallas Road and dropped 100 feet over a cliff.
The car mounted the sidewalk and took out a guard rail before dropping over the cliff to the rocky beach.
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#151
Posted 28 July 2020 - 10:20 AM
#152
Posted 06 January 2021 - 04:55 PM
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#153
Posted 06 January 2021 - 08:13 PM
/\.......Love that neighborhood. My sister and B-I-L lived for several years in the Gibraltar Bay development which abuts it. Seems to fly under many people's radar but the area is a true gem.
#154
Posted 06 January 2021 - 08:24 PM
I know that place, the owner at the time tried to have you believe that the public access trail was his and would try to discourage you from using it.
#155
Posted 06 January 2021 - 09:42 PM
#156
Posted 07 January 2021 - 01:26 PM
Gibraltar Bay might be a best kept secret, but it's worst kept secret was you couldn't leave your home by car between 3 and 6PM if you expected to return within an hour. The interchange oughta help with that when we're back to normal traffic.
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