Ross Churchley

A ferry appears to emerge from a completely white void, i.e. the overexposed white half of the photo.

Photo of the day for 2026-09-26

Canada • BC • Salish Sea

Several posts, daybeacons, light towers, and other aids to marine navigation mark the channel between Sturgeon Bank and Roberts Bank. Marsh vegetation is visible in the foreground.

Photo of the day for 2026-09-25

Canada • BC • Richmond • West Dyke Trail

A red buoy on choppy waters, with a thin strip of green marshy land on the other side of the channel.

Photo of the day for 2026-09-24

Canada • BC • Richmond • Garry Point

The orange silhouette of a lighthouse building and tower while waves crash onto the beach in the foreground.

Photo of the day for 2026-09-23

Canada • BC • Tofino

A structure shaped like two flat slatted circles intersecting at an angle stands in a (visually) thin band of water between yellow and green marsh plants in the foreground and tall blue mountains in the distant background.

Photo of the day for 2026-09-22

Canada • BC • Richmond • West Dyke Trail

A starboard-hand daybeacon marks a rocky outcropping on the sea at sunset. The wake of a small boat traces a straight line across the still water. Purple mountains and a hazy, pink-orange sunset are in the background.

Photo of the day for 2026-09-21

Canada • BC • Salish Sea

Driftwood is piled up on a marshy shore in front of a port hand daybeacon. The port at Roberts Bank is visible in the far distance.

Photo of the day for 2026-09-20

Canada • BC • Richmond • Garry Point

A scene on the Fraser River on a cloudy day. A log bundle floats on the river to the left of frame, while a tugboat facing away from camera makes its way up the river on the right.

Photo of the day for 2025-03-08

Canada • BC • Vancouver

Two people row a canoe through a lilypad-covered lake. The background consists of a thicket of reeds in front of a cluster of deciduous bushes, which in turn is in front of a coniferous forest. The entire photo is green aside from the blue and red shirts of the canoers.

Photo of the day for 2025-03-07

Canada • BC • Burnaby • Burnaby Lake

An empty red cargo ship is moored at sea. The clear sky has the pastel colours of sunset, transitioning from red at the horizon to greenish-blue at the top of the frame. The cranes on the cargo ship are reflected on the calm waters.

Photo of the day for 2025-03-06

Canada • BC • Salish Sea

A fishing boat covered with spherical orange buoys passes through the entrance to a cove marked by a beacon on a breakwater.

Photo of the day for 2025-03-05

Canada • BC • Richmond • Steveston

A black-and-white photo showing the silhouette of a ferry in the glare of the sun on the water.

Photo of the day for 2025-03-04

Canada • BC • Salish Sea

A yellow sign reading 'Void #14' labels the top edge of a stomach-high metal wall. Through the void can be seen concrete pillars and metal structures making up the dock infrastructure of a ferry terminal.

Photo of the day for 2025-03-03

Canada • BC • Vancouver Island • Swartz Bay Ferry Terminal

A blue and white tugboat sails leftwards up the Fraser River. Several log bundles are floating on the river on either side of the boat. The opposite bank of the river is lined by a thin forest of tall deciduous trees.

Photo of the day for 2025-03-02

Canada • BC • Vancouver

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The general particulars chart of the vessel Queen of Surrey

General particulars

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