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Your Hosts! The Wayward Navigator
Innkeepers
Our treasure chests feature exceptional "White Star Line" reproductions,
high quality nautical collectibles and souvenirs.
"You might want to leave a little room in your suitcase!"
Just in case you missed them, we are proud to present a taste of time travel.
I think you'll enjoy the choice extracts from the following:
White Star Lines Magazine - 1925
Collector's Canteen
Our home is full of antiques collected over many years. One of our recent
purchases is a (very ornate and heavy) brass lighting sconce from the Formal
Dining Room of the Royal Alexandra Hotel, circa 1902. This hotel was
built in Winnipeg, Manitoba, as part of a chain of grand hotels built by Canadian
Pacific across the country.
The old lighting fixture now graces our entry way foyer, where it's welcoming
light reflects off marble tiles, a glass table and a beveled mirror. We would
like to thank Ernie Streit at Streit Bros Trading Ltd. - Whipple
Tree Junction for providing us with this lovely Edwardian piece.
As part of our effort to promote our B&B, we enlisted the help of two
exceptionally talented individuals in Victoria to produce a beautiful brochure.
Vince Klassen at Vince Klassen
Photographic was the professional photographer for the project. You'll
find much of this work is also featured on these web pages. Award winning
graphics designer Jaki Jefferson of Jaki
Graphics was responsible for the brochure design and creation. We
said "Just make it beautiful" and did they ever!!
If you would be interested in having a copy of our brochure, please provide
Nancy with your name and address by email and she will be happy to send it
to you.
Hi!... My name is Barry. I'm proud to be Nancy's partner in "Life"
as well as in "The Wayward Navigator". Please let
us know what you think of our site, we appreciate any feedback on how we can
make it better. Email us at nancy@wayward.com.
When not ashore, I'm at work as a Marine Engineer with the Canadian Coast
Guard. My latest ships have been the buoytender/lighthouse supply vessel,
CCGS Bartlett, the icebreaker/buoytender
Sir Wilfrid Laurier
and the Offshore Science Research Vessel John
P. Tully
During a recent Arctic Voyage on CCGS Laurier, we were fortunate to have the company of Pamela Coulston for five weeks while the ship transited from the central Arctic, through the Beaufort, Chuckchi and Bering Seas around Alaska, the Aleutian Islands and south to the ship's home port in Victoria, a voyage of more than 6,000 nautical miles. Pamela is an extremely talented freelance writer, jewellery designer, and international development consultant. Her article “of Ice and Men” is by far the best I’ve ever read on the role of the Canadian Coast Guard in the Canadian Artic.
Speaking of Icebreakers - check out some great Icebreaker and Ice/Science related photos and info on Captain David A. Snider's web page - Martech Polar.
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