If you have ever been to downtown Vancouver or spent any time on or around the Stanley Park Seawall, you’ve likely seen the Chevron barge floating off in the distance at Coal Harbour. And if you’re anything like me, that thing is captivating. I was a kid in Vancouver from 1972 through 1978 and that gas dock (or variations of it and others) has been in “gasoline alley” there in the harbor for a long time. Every time I go to Vancouver I look at it and just say wow, what a complete throwback. For more on it, read the excellent article on this gas dock and the history behind it.
I’m not entirely sure why that gas dock intrigues me so much but I love that thing. In fact I love Vancouver. Here are a few more images from walks I took the past few days.
