…Ogden Point

This will be a short post today – it’s mid-way through the A to Z Challenge, and I’m feeling a bit baked right now. I encourage you to visit the websites linked below to find out more about my topic of the day.

Ogden Point is where the cruise ships dock. There aren’t any cruise ships yet, but they are coming starting next week until the first week of November. Tourist season…sigh.

Anyway, in addition to the dock, there is a breakwater (built in 1916) that stretches out protecting the dock from, well, I guess waves. You can walk the length of the breakwater to where the lighthouse is. It’s a really nice walk, and now has railings. It didn’t use to have railings, but, to the protests of many, they put up railings a year or two ago so that people who didn’t feel safe walking on the breakwater now can enjoy it too. If you want to read more about the controversy of the railings, I’ve included a couple of links to articles below. And if you want to see what it looked like before the railings, go to Ogden Point at Explore Vancouver Island (http://www.explorevancouverisland.com/Ogden_Point_Victoria_BC.htm.)

A view from Dallas Road

The Sundial

The Breakwater restaurant

Plaques

You can walk below if you’re feeling adventurous

Looking towards the docks

Soon, this is what we will be seeing

The murals on the side

Walking out

And walking out at night (just because it’s cool)

Walking back

Websites of Interest

• Ogden Point at the Harbour Authority: http://gvha.ca/f_ogdenpoint.php
• Ogden Point: http://www.ogdenpoint.org/things-to-do/breakwater-walk/
• Ogden Point at Explore Vancouver Island: http://www.explorevancouverisland.com/Ogden_Point_Victoria_BC.htm
• Ogden Point Breakwater at Walking in Victoria: http://walkinginvictoria.com/ogden-point-breakwater/
• Handrails to be installed on Ogden Point breakwater: http://www.timescolonist.com/news/local/handrails-to-be-installed-on-ogden-point-breakwater-1.26650
• Ogden Point breakwater reopens with railings installed and good reviews: http://www.timescolonist.com/news/local/ogden-point-breakwater-reopens-with-railings-installed-and-good-reviews-1.142993

Part of the April A to Z Challenge.