Flying to Vancouver

UBC from a Floatplane
Watercolour and crayon
©2024 Charlene Brown

It used to be that harbour-to-harbour flights from Victoria to Vancouver were routed directly over the terminal at YVR and across Point Grey about three kilometres east of the University of British Columbia. 

But floatplanes are now required to fly over water as much as possible. This safer route serendipitously results in a much more interesting view of UBC, whereby much of the campus, the downtown core of Vancouver, and Mount Baker can all be lined up in one reference photo. 

Well, three photos, actually, shot in rapid succession, because one of the airplane’s propellors, which was right beside me, cut out a slice of each shot.