Sunrise over Mt Baker, the Bevan Avenue Fishing Pier and boat jetty in Sidney, BC on Vancouver Island - (Published by GETTY IMAGES)

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Photograph taken in the magic of the golden hour around sunrise at  an altitude of Two metres,  at 06:42am on Thursday 5th September 2019 around sunrise  off 1st Street and Bevan Avenue, between the boat jetty and Bevan Avenue Fishing Pier in beautiful Sidney by the sea on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. 

In the distance we see Mt Baker in Washington State, USA, an active glaciated andesitic stratovolcano in the Cascade Volcanic Arc and the North Cascades. Standing 3,286 metres tall, she was first ascended in 1868, her last eruption recorded in 1880.

The four Salishan language speaking First Nation bands nearest to Mount Baker know her by different names.  Known to the Halkomelem as Kwelxá:lxw, Kwelshán (wounded by a shot) to the Lummi,Teqwúbe7 (snow-capped peak) to Lushootseed speakers along the Skagit River, and to the Nooksack language, the ice- and snow-covered top is Kweq’ Smánit (white mountain) while the high meadows around the peak are Kwelshán (shooting place)”. There are also unsubstanciated references to Mt Baker as Komo Kulshan (pronounced kō-ō’mah’ kool-shän’), the name for the Middle Fork which originates from the glaciers such as Deming and Thunder on the western slopes, though Koma or Komo Kulshan is not a native name for the mountain in any of the twenty three collective Salishan languages.

The name Mount Baker first appeared in print in Captain Vancouver’s 1798 narrative of his voyage around Vancouver Island. Legend has it that his third-lieutenant, Joseph Baker, was the first to spot the mountain while they sailed into Dungeness Bay on April 30th, 1792. 

The Bevan Avenue fishing pier is one of the main focal points in Sidney, and Work commenced on the pier in 1993 with Phase one, a 90 metre straight section being completed in 1996. A year later the 110 metre Phase two section was completed. Currently in February 2023, tenders are being invited for major renovations to the pier to include Localized replacement of coating system on pier structures, Installation of a pile wrapping system, Localized steel repairs, and Installation of supplemental sacrificial anodes. 

Work will commence April 15th 2023 and terminated in September 2023.

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Nikon D850    Focal length 24mm    Shutter speed: 1.5s      Aperture: f/16.0       iso64      RAW (14 bit uncompressed) Image size L (8256 x 5504 FX)    Focus mode: AF-C focus 51 point   Area Mode: 3D- tracking    Exposure mode: Aperture priority exposure     Nikon Back button focusing enabled     Metering Mode:Matrix metering     White balance: Natural light auto, 0, 0    Colour space: Adobe RGB     Long Exposure Noise Reduction: On     Nikon Distortion control: On     Picture control: (SD) Standard  Sharpening +3.00    Clarity +1.00     Vignette control: Normal     Active D-lighting:  Auto

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LATITUDE: N 48d 38m 52.70s
LONGITUDE: W  123d 23m 36.67s
ALTITUDE: 2.0m

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Taken in: Canada / British Columbia / Sidney / Port Sidney (show map)

Taken on: September 5, 2019

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