Moving House....literally !
This seafront house in our neighbourhood has been removed from its foundations this summer and in my photo has just been loaded onto a barge, ready to be floated to a new location on one of the nearby Gulf Islands of B.C.. In its place a new house, probably even bigger than this one, is already under construction as of December 2020.
The date was chosen by the local house-relocation specialists, Nickel Bros., as there was an extremely high tide enabling an almost flat ramp from shore to barge. Tugs involved in keeping the barge steady were the 'Westco Monarch' and 'Bill L Ledcor'.
Some of the U.S. and Canadian Gulf Islands are visible in the distance on my photo.
Location is Ten Mile Point, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.
Moving House....literally !
This seafront house in our neighbourhood has been removed from its foundations this summer and in my photo has just been loaded onto a barge, ready to be floated to a new location on one of the nearby Gulf Islands of B.C.. In its place a new house, probably even bigger than this one, is already under construction as of December 2020.
The date was chosen by the local house-relocation specialists, Nickel Bros., as there was an extremely high tide enabling an almost flat ramp from shore to barge. Tugs involved in keeping the barge steady were the 'Westco Monarch' and 'Bill L Ledcor'.
Some of the U.S. and Canadian Gulf Islands are visible in the distance on my photo.
Location is Ten Mile Point, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.