IFT, you remind me of a very pleasant couple of hours wife and I spent in Victoria. Were sightseeing on a wharf admiring the houseboats, a multi story erected on a concrete floating bathtub arrangement. A chap was working on one and invited us in to have a look. Took us to the third story (top deck) where we sat on the balcony and watched the float plane proceedings not much more than 100 yards distant - Beavers, Otters, Twin Otters. The Twin Otters are now being built in Sidney, just to the north.