Saturday, July 21, 2007

Introducing 'the Lady Rose'

The Lady Rose (& Francis Barkley) is a passenger/freight ferry that travels down the Alberni Inlet to Bamfield & surrounding smaller communities bringing visitors, mail, food & other items for living out here. In the summer, many, many tourists arrive from all over the world.


She docks at the West government dock first - shown here to the left of the Coast Guard & unloads people & goods to go to the General Store - located on the left in the creamy building along the boardwalk. There is a road running alongside the coast guard that leads to other 'back trails' that people travel on to get to the beach or other houses. Our house is further down the inlet, but only about a 5 minute drive from the dock - driving mostly in 1st or 2nd gear.

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