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csziggy

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2. That's beautiful! Someday I want to visit that part of Canada

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Sun Jun 30, 2013, 03:25 PM

Jun 2013

Do you ever get to Vancouver Island? In the 1890s my great-great-grandfather owned a sawmill there on what is now called Genoa Bay. The sawmill was still standing in the mid 1930s when my great grandparents visited, but it burned down in the 40s.

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Small look at Deep Cove... [View all] Locut0s Jun 2013 OP

Pretty! - eom fleur-de-lisa Jun 2013 #1

That's beautiful! Someday I want to visit that part of Canada csziggy Jun 2013 #2

I rarely get to Vancouver Island... Locut0s Jun 2013 #5

I can imagine it's not a place to casually stop by csziggy Jun 2013 #6

that distorted picture is pretty cool. n/t Tuesday Afternoon Jun 2013 #3

Thanks. My phone has a nice panorama feature... Locut0s Jun 2013 #4

The video feature on your phone is really nice. In_The_Wind Jun 2013 #7