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South Surrey, BC Canada

The great blue heron is the largest heron native to North America. Among all extant herons, it is surpassed in size only by the goliath heron (Ardea goliath) and the white-bellied heron (Ardea insignis). It exhibits a minor degree of sexual dimorphism; males are slightly larger than females, but otherwise the sexes are not easily outwardly distinguishable.

Notable features of great blue herons include slaty (gray with a slight azure blue) flight feathers, red-brown thighs, and a paired red-brown and black stripe up the flanks; the neck is rusty-gray, with black and white streaking down the front; the head is paler, with a nearly white face, and a pair of black or slate plumes runs from just above the eye to the back of the head. The feathers on the lower neck are long and plume-like; it also has plumes on the lower back at the start of the breeding season.
Wikipedia


Thank you for your visit and any faves or comments are always greatly appreciated!

~Sonja

South Surrey, BC Canada

The great blue heron is the largest heron native to North America. Among all extant herons, it is surpassed in size only by the goliath heron (Ardea goliath) and the white-bellied heron (Ardea insignis). It exhibits a minor degree of sexual dimorphism; males are slightly larger than females, but otherwise the sexes are not easily outwardly distinguishable.

Notable features of great blue herons include slaty (gray with a slight azure blue) flight feathers, red-brown thighs, and a paired red-brown and black stripe up the flanks; the neck is rusty-gray, with black and white streaking down the front; the head is paler, with a nearly white face, and a pair of black or slate plumes runs from just above the eye to the back of the head. The feathers on the lower neck are long and plume-like; it also has plumes on the lower back at the start of the breeding season.
Wikipedia


Thank you for your visit and any faves or comments are always greatly appreciated!

~Sonja

South Surrey, BC Canada

WARD'S PUBLIC MARINA - is a small civic marina a few miles up the Nicomekl River from Crescent Beach in Surrey, British Columbia, Canada. It started as a farm, and became a marina after WWII when the Ward family added a couple of sections of float to their dock so friends could tie up there also, and gradually expanded from there.

In 1985 the City of Surrey purchased Ward's Marina and the adjacent Canadian Museum of Flight and Transportation for a riverside park, now called ELGIN HERITAGE PARK, and Wards Marina became Ward's Public Marina, a civic marina operated by the City of Surrey.

LOW TIDE:
On really low tides there is about 30 inches of water on the west half of the floats, diminishing to a few inches at the east end. Keelboats use the west half of the float, and shallow draft outboard motorboats and multihulls which can sit on the mud without tipping over use the east half.

References: cruisingundersail.com/wp/?p=1


Thank you for your visit and any faves or comments are always greatly appreciated!

~Sonja

South Surrey, BC Canada

The great blue heron is the largest heron native to North America. Among all extant herons, it is surpassed in size only by the goliath heron (Ardea goliath) and the white-bellied heron (Ardea insignis). It exhibits a minor degree of sexual dimorphism; males are slightly larger than females, but otherwise the sexes are not easily outwardly distinguishable.

Notable features of great blue herons include slaty (gray with a slight azure blue) flight feathers, red-brown thighs, and a paired red-brown and black stripe up the flanks; the neck is rusty-gray, with black and white streaking down the front; the head is paler, with a nearly white face, and a pair of black or slate plumes runs from just above the eye to the back of the head. The feathers on the lower neck are long and plume-like; it also has plumes on the lower back at the start of the breeding season.
Wikipedia


Thank you for your visit and any faves or comments are always greatly appreciated!

~Sonja

South Surrey, BC Canada

WARD'S PUBLIC MARINA - is a small civic marina a few miles up the Nicomekl River from Crescent Beach in Surrey, British Columbia, Canada. It started as a farm, and became a marina after WWII when the Ward family added a couple of sections of float to their dock so friends could tie up there also, and gradually expanded from there.

In 1985 the City of Surrey purchased Ward's Marina and the adjacent Canadian Museum of Flight and Transportation for a riverside park, now called ELGIN HERITAGE PARK, and Wards Marina became Ward's Public Marina, a civic marina operated by the City of Surrey.

LOW TIDE:
On really low tides there is about 30 inches of water on the west half of the floats, diminishing to a few inches at the east end. Keelboats use the west half of the float, and shallow draft outboard motorboats and multihulls which can sit on the mud without tipping over use the east half.

References: cruisingundersail.com/wp/?p=1


Thank you for your visit and any faves or comments are always greatly appreciated!

~Sonja

South Surrey, BC Canada

The Stewart Farm is valued as one of Surrey's only remaining intact farm complexes from the late nineteenth century.

The Pole Barn is one of the oldest and largest barns of its type in the region. It is framed with minimally worked peeled logs and features plank walls, floor boards and hand-split cedar shake roof. The raised mid-storey allows a fully loaded hay wagon to enter.


Thank you for your visit and any faves or comments are always greatly appreciated!

~Sonja

South Surrey, BC Canada

WARD'S PUBLIC MARINA - is a small civic marina a few miles up the Nicomekl River from Crescent Beach in Surrey, British Columbia, Canada. It started as a farm, and became a marina after WWII when the Ward family added a couple of sections of float to their dock so friends could tie up there also, and gradually expanded from there.

In 1985 the City of Surrey purchased Ward's Marina and the adjacent Canadian Museum of Flight and Transportation for a riverside park, now called ELGIN HERITAGE PARK, and Wards Marina became Ward's Public Marina, a civic marina operated by the City of Surrey.

LOW TIDE:
On really low tides there is about 30 inches of water on the west half of the floats, diminishing to a few inches at the east end. Keelboats use the west half of the float, and shallow draft outboard motorboats and multihulls which can sit on the mud without tipping over use the east half.

References: cruisingundersail.com/wp/?p=1


Thank you for your visit and any faves or comments are always greatly appreciated!

~Sonja

South Surrey, BC Canada

WARD'S PUBLIC MARINA - is a small civic marina a few miles up the Nicomekl River from Crescent Beach in Surrey, British Columbia, Canada. It started as a farm, and became a marina after WWII when the Ward family added a couple of sections of float to their dock so friends could tie up there also, and gradually expanded from there.

In 1985 the City of Surrey purchased Ward's Marina and the adjacent Canadian Museum of Flight and Transportation for a riverside park, now called ELGIN HERITAGE PARK, and Wards Marina became Ward's Public Marina, a civic marina operated by the City of Surrey.

LOW TIDE:
On really low tides there is about 30 inches of water on the west half of the floats, diminishing to a few inches at the east end. Keelboats use the west half of the float, and shallow draft outboard motorboats and multihulls which can sit on the mud without tipping over use the east half.

References: cruisingundersail.com/wp/?p=1


Thank you for your visit and any faves or comments are always greatly appreciated!

~Sonja

South Surrey, BC Canada

WARD'S PUBLIC MARINA - is a small civic marina a few miles up the Nicomekl River from Crescent Beach in Surrey, British Columbia, Canada. It started as a farm, and became a marina after WWII when the Ward family added a couple of sections of float to their dock so friends could tie up there also, and gradually expanded from there.

In 1985 the City of Surrey purchased Ward's Marina and the adjacent Canadian Museum of Flight and Transportation for a riverside park, now called ELGIN HERITAGE PARK, and Wards Marina became Ward's Public Marina, a civic marina operated by the City of Surrey.

LOW TIDE:
On really low tides there is about 30 inches of water on the west half of the floats, diminishing to a few inches at the east end. Keelboats use the west half of the float, and shallow draft outboard motorboats and multihulls which can sit on the mud without tipping over use the east half.

References: cruisingundersail.com/wp/?p=1


Thank you for your visit and any faves or comments are always greatly appreciated!

~Sonja

South Surrey, BC Canada

The Stewart Farm is valued as one of Surrey's only remaining intact farm complexes from the late nineteenth century.

The Pole Barn is one of the oldest and largest barns of its type in the region. It is framed with minimally worked peeled logs and features plank walls, floor boards and hand-split cedar shake roof. The raised mid-storey allows a fully loaded hay wagon to enter.


Thank you for your visit and any faves or comments are always greatly appreciated!

~Sonja

13723 Crescent Road,
South Surrey, BC Canada

WARD'S PUBLIC MARINA - is a small civic marina a few miles up the Nicomekl River from Crescent Beach in Surrey, British Columbia, Canada. It started as a farm, and became a marina after WWII when the Ward family added a couple of sections of float to their dock so friends could tie up there also, and gradually expanded from there. In 1985 the City of Surrey purchased Ward's Marina and the adjacent Canadian Museum of Flight and Transportation for a riverside park, now called ELGIN HERITAGE PARK, and Wards Marina became Ward's Public Marina, a civic marina operated by the City of Surrey.


Thank you for your visit and any faves or comments are always greatly appreciated!

~Sonja

13723 Crescent Road,
South Surrey, BC Canada

WARD'S PUBLIC MARINA - is a small civic marina a few miles up the Nicomekl River from Crescent Beach in Surrey, British Columbia, Canada. It started as a farm, and became a marina after WWII when the Ward family added a couple of sections of float to their dock so friends could tie up there also, and gradually expanded from there. In 1985 the City of Surrey purchased Ward's Marina and the adjacent Canadian Museum of Flight and Transportation for a riverside park, now called ELGIN HERITAGE PARK, and Wards Marina became Ward's Public Marina, a civic marina operated by the City of Surrey.


Thank you for your visit and any faves or comments are always greatly appreciated!

~Sonja

South Surrey, BC Canada

This heritage barn was built ca. 1900 and is one of the last surviving barns of its kind.

Constructed from unmilled lumber, the Pole Barn features a midstrey canopy that allowed a fully loaded hay wagon to be driven through.

The barn stored hay, machinery and originally houses 6 draught horses, 1 bull, 1 sow and 4 to 6 dairy cows.

The barn is now home to a revamped display of antique agricultural tools, and its newest acquisition, a 1929 Advance-Rumely threshing machine. These machines were the work horse of many farms in Surrey. A thresher was used to sperate grain stalks and husks and simplified previously time-consuming labour executed by hand.

Threshers were first powered by horse and later by portable engines. It is one of the most significant artifacts in Surrey's collection.


Thank you for your visit and any faves or comments are always greatly appreciated!



~Sonja

South Surrey, BC Canada

This heritage barn was built ca. 1900 and is one of the last surviving barns of its kind.

Constructed from unmilled lumber, the Pole Barn features a midstrey canopy that allowed a fully loaded hay wagon to be driven through.

The barn stored hay, machinery and originally houses 6 draught horses, 1 bull, 1 sow and 4 to 6 dairy cows.

The barn is now home to a revamped display of antique agricultural tools, and its newest acquisition, a 1929 Advance-Rumely threshing machine. These machines were the work horse of many farms in Surrey. A thresher was used to sperate grain stalks and husks and simplified previously time-consuming labour executed by hand.

Threshers were first powered by horse and later by portable engines. It is one of the most significant artifacts in Surrey's collection.


Thank you for your visit and any faves or comments are always greatly appreciated!



~Sonja

13723 Crescent Road,
South Surrey, BC Canada

WARD'S PUBLIC MARINA - is a small civic marina a few miles up the Nicomekl River from Crescent Beach in Surrey, British Columbia, Canada. It started as a farm, and became a marina after WWII when the Ward family added a couple of sections of float to their dock so friends could tie up there also, and gradually expanded from there. In 1985 the City of Surrey purchased Ward's Marina and the adjacent Canadian Museum of Flight and Transportation for a riverside park, now called ELGIN HERITAGE PARK, and Wards Marina became Ward's Public Marina, a civic marina operated by the City of Surrey.


Thank you for your visit and any faves or comments are always greatly appreciated!

~Sonja

13723 Crescent Road,
South Surrey, BC Canada

WARD'S PUBLIC MARINA - is a small civic marina a few miles up the Nicomekl River from Crescent Beach in Surrey, British Columbia, Canada. It started as a farm, and became a marina after WWII when the Ward family added a couple of sections of float to their dock so friends could tie up there also, and gradually expanded from there. In 1985 the City of Surrey purchased Ward's Marina and the adjacent Canadian Museum of Flight and Transportation for a riverside park, now called ELGIN HERITAGE PARK, and Wards Marina became Ward's Public Marina, a civic marina operated by the City of Surrey.


Thank you for your visit and any faves or comments are always greatly appreciated!

~Sonja

13723 Crescent Road,
South Surrey, BC Canada

WARD'S PUBLIC MARINA - is a small civic marina a few miles up the Nicomekl River from Crescent Beach in Surrey, British Columbia, Canada. It started as a farm, and became a marina after WWII when the Ward family added a couple of sections of float to their dock so friends could tie up there also, and gradually expanded from there. In 1985 the City of Surrey purchased Ward's Marina and the adjacent Canadian Museum of Flight and Transportation for a riverside park, now called ELGIN HERITAGE PARK, and Wards Marina became Ward's Public Marina, a civic marina operated by the City of Surrey.


Thank you for your visit and any faves or comments are always greatly appreciated!

~Sonja

A Great Blue Heron hunting for it's prey among the oyster shells in the shallow waters of the Nicomekl River at Ward's Public Marina in South Surrey, BC Canada

The Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) is the largest heron native to North America.

These herons have a distinctive blue-gray plumage, long legs, and a sinuous neck. They have a black stripe over their eye and a long, orangish-yellow bill.

They can reach a height of 45-54 inches (115-138 cm) with a wingspan of 66-79 inches (167-201 cm) 1. Males are slightly larger than females.

Great Blue Herons are commonly found near shores of open water and wetlands across North and Central America. They also inhabit the Caribbean and the Galápagos Islands.

They primarily feed on fish, but also eat amphibians, reptiles, small mammals, and insects. They hunt by wading slowly or standing still in shallow water, using their dagger-like bill to spear or seize prey.

In flight, they curl their neck into a tight "S" shape and have slow wingbeats. They often nest in colonies, building large stick nests high in trees.

Great Blue Herons are a fascinating sight in wetlands and coastal areas.

Ward's Public Marina is located at 13723 Crescent Rd, Surrey, BC V4P 1J4 1. It's a great spot for launching canoes and kayaks

The marina offers a concrete boat ramp and a floating dock for easy launching, even at low tide. There are also spots for unloading car-top boats.

Free public parking is available a short walk away from the dock. The parking next to the dock is reserved for the Nicomekl Rowing Club, but there are a few spots for temporary unloading.

The marina is part of the Elgin Heritage Park, which includes wetlands, tidal Nicomekl River, salmon-bearing creeks, and various ponds and marshes. It's important to stay on trails and keep dogs on leash to protect the wildlife.

Ward's Marina is surrounded by beautiful natural landscapes, making it a perfect spot for paddling and enjoying the outdoors.


Thank you for your visit and any faves or comments are always greatly appreciated!

~Sonja

Ward's Public Marina is located at 13723 Crescent Rd, Surrey, BC V4P 1J4 1. It's a great spot for launching canoes and kayaks

The marina offers a concrete boat ramp and a floating dock for easy launching, even at low tide. There are also spots for unloading car-top boats.

Free public parking is available a short walk away from the dock. The parking next to the dock is reserved for the Nicomekl Rowing Club, but there are a few spots for temporary unloading.

The marina is part of the Elgin Heritage Park, which includes wetlands, tidal Nicomekl River, salmon-bearing creeks, and various ponds and marshes. It's important to stay on trails and keep dogs on leash to protect the wildlife.

Ward's Marina is surrounded by beautiful natural landscapes, making it a perfect spot for paddling and enjoying the outdoors.


Thank you for your visit and any faves or comments are always greatly appreciated!

~Sonja