In Pictures: Moving day, by land and by sea
Ben Ford and his wife Jen watch as their house is moved along a street in Vancouver on July 26. The house was lifted off its foundations so it could be moved, by truck and sea barge, to Vancouver Island.ANDY CLARK/Reuters
Local residents watch as the Fords’ house travels down their Vancouver street. The couple saved the heritage home from demolition.ANDY CLARK/Reuters
The house was headed for Union Bay, near Comox, on Vancouver Island.ANDY CLARK/Reuters
A sea barge with three houses aboard, including the Ford home in the middle, waits at a dock on the Fraser River in Richmond, B.C., Aug. 1.BEN NELMS/Reuters
A tug boat crew waits to tow the barge across the Strait of Georgia in Richmond, B.C.BEN NELMS/Reuters
The tug pulls the barge with the three homes aboard out into the Pacific Ocean waters of the Strait of Georgia.BEN NELMS/Reuters
The barge continues its journey across the Strait.BEN NELMS/Reuters
Members of a yoga class take a break to watch as the tug pulls the barge across the Strait of Georgia on its way to Union Bay.BEN NELMS/Reuters