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Marine Fuel Docks

Mayne Island Fuel Dock (Photo from the John MacFarlane collection. )

Fuel docks are becoming increasingly rare on the British Columbia coast. Its a major consideration for boaters and mariners who need to consider fuel sources as part of their operational plans. Increasing diligence in environmental protection and the costs of installing and maintaining infrastructure has resulted in many facilities being closed. Since this image was originally posted in 2011 the fuel dock at Miner’s Bay on Mayne Island has been completely removed. The closest fuel source is at Montague Harbour on Galiano Island.

Since these images were taken some of these stations have been closed and removed.

Chevron Fuel Dock at Steveston BC. (Photo from the John MacFarlane collection. )

Refuge Cove Fuel Dock (Photo from the John MacFarlane collection. )

Powell River Marine Fuels (Photo from the John MacFarlane collection. )

Ganges Harbour Fuel Dock (Photo from the John MacFarlane collection. )

Fuel Dock at Heriot Bay on Quadra Island (Photo from the John MacFarlane collection. )

False Creek Fuel Dock (Photo from the John MacFarlane collection. )

ESSO Fuel Dock at Victoria Harbour (Photo from the John MacFarlane collection. )

Earlier version of Victoria Harbour ESSO (Photo from the John MacFarlane collection. )

Discovery Harbour Fuel Dock at Campbell River BC. (Photo from the John MacFarlane collection. )

Gibsons Fuel Dock (Photo from the John MacFarlane collection. )

Gas N Go Fuel Dock at Comox BC (Photo from the John MacFarlane collection. )

Site News: April 21, 2024

The vessel database has been updated and is now holding 92,266 vessel histories (with 15,629 images and 13,259 records of ship wrecks and marine disasters). The mariner and naval biography database has also been updated and now contains 58,616 entries (with 4,013 images).

In 2023 the Nauticapedia celebrated the 50th Anniversary of it’s original inception in 1973 (initially it was on 3" x 5" file cards). It has developed, expanded, digitized and enlarged in those ensuing years to what it is now online. If it was printed out it would fill more than 300,000 pages!

My special thanks to our volunteer IT adviser, John Eyre, who (since 2021) has modernized, simplified and improved the update process for the databases into a semi–automated processes. His participation has been vital to keeping the Nauticapedia available to our netizens.

Also my special thanks to my volunteer content accuracy checker, John Spivey of Irvine CA USA, who has proofread thousands of Nauticapedia vessel histories and provided input to improve more than 11,000 entries. His attention to detail has been a huge unexpected bonus in improving and updating the vessel detail content.

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