This is Trial Island. Trial Island... hmmm, it sounds cool, don't it? Like maybe at one time there was some good old fashioned prosecution of uppity women; angry mobs throwing them down into the icy waves to be dismembered and devoured by slithering wolf eels.
Appealing as that may be, this is Canada, and so, it's required that the explanation of the name be dull. ;-)
And it is.
The island is just off shore and a couple of miles east of various ship building docks (Navy and industrial). It use to be that when the ships were sea worthy enough, they would do a trial run out from the docks to the island and back. That's what I've heard anyways.
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I much prefer your interpretation of the name!! And who said we Canucks had to be borinnggg...I think it is time for a paradym shift! Great post and lovely photo. Have a great weekend:}
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It´s not that bad explanation. I like it. Brilliant puffs behind the island.
ReplyDeleteThose clouds look so fierce yet the seas so calm...great contrast.
ReplyDeleteLove your interpretation of the island's name! Was just the chuckle I needed tonight. Fabulous shot, a really lovely looking place!
ReplyDeleteBrilliant photo of the lighthouse, its perfect.
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Guy
Regina In Pictures
I prefer your explanation - perhaps you could become an alternative tour guide? ;)
ReplyDeleteNice scenery and I think I'll go with your version of history.
ReplyDeleteLoved your Brownie post, I'd forgotten just how awful those uniforms were! I did attend for a while, can't say I hated it, I probably wasn't such a radical thinker as you. However, I was useless at getting badges, never did get the hang of cooking or home-making!
kind of liked your first explanation better than the real one...lol.
ReplyDeletebeautiful capture none the less.
Oh Carolyn, I don't think that Canucks are boring! (Although that sheet of plywood we have as a PM is D.U.L.L.) Just the nation, the governing bits of countrydom, the official machine, the fact that local buskers need to be licenced and approved via auditions sort of thing...
ReplyDeleteI'd say let's start burning some witches but I don't like the heat! ;-)
I like lighthouses.
ReplyDeleteWe have several here in NJ.
Pretty picture.
I'm not having the dull version, I'm sticking with the slithering wolf eels. Mwahahaha.
ReplyDeleteI'm all for tossing bitches..err...witches to hungry seamonsters. But what would you have left in Canada? 15 milj males suddenly turned to gays and two dozen non-bitches. Where's the fun in that? Maybe better settle with the dull after all? :)
ReplyDeleteprkl, are you implying that Canadian women are bitchy? ;-)
ReplyDeleteBite your silver tongue, devil Neil. I just googled 'wolf eels'... "Contrary to their fearsome appearances, wolf-eels are not aggressive, but very shy and docile towards humans"
FFS, I can't even make-up something interesting about local history! I try for blood, guts and gore and end up with friendly sea puppies! Arghhhh!
lol...
'Woman.....You have been tried and found guilty of witchery and witchhood.......you shall be cast into the icy waters and cuddled by the shy and docile sea puppies'
ReplyDeleteJust doesn't have the same ring to it....
Great photo!! It's gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteAm actually refering all woman, it's not only Canadians prob. 8D ;)
ReplyDeleteDull! Hmpphh. There is just no hiding the truth from you. And to think I used to be a proud Canadian! Maybe we should just embellish our history books....just a little. At least we have nice skies...or are they rentals?
ReplyDeleteThe red pops out and gives the impression of majestic isolation. Lighthouses always fascinate me ...
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