11:12 A.M. Frank Holm, a volunteer with the Alberni Pacific Railway, measures the area where he wants to install a grab bar on a 1909 CN Caboose at the APR’s Roundhouse behind Smitty’s on Third Avenue. Holm has put hundreds of hours into restoring the caboose, which used to sit outside a McDonald’s Restaurant in Nanaimo. This photo was the winner of our Day in Your Life competition. (RICHARD SPENCER PHOTO)

11:12 A.M. Frank Holm, a volunteer with the Alberni Pacific Railway, measures the area where he wants to install a grab bar on a 1909 CN Caboose at the APR’s Roundhouse behind Smitty’s on Third Avenue. Holm has put hundreds of hours into restoring the caboose, which used to sit outside a McDonald’s Restaurant in Nanaimo. This photo was the winner of our Day in Your Life competition. (RICHARD SPENCER PHOTO)

A Day in the Life of Port Alberni 2020

See photos taken across the Alberni Valley on July 23, 2020

The annual Day in the Life of Port Alberni souvenir section was published with the print edition of the Alberni Valley News this week (Aug. 26, 2020).

Five photographers travelled around town on July 23, 2020 to capture the life of the Alberni Valley from dawn to dusk. We also asked you, our readers, to submit your own photos taken that day.

Enjoy this slideshow of some of the images that were taken in Port Alberni.

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12:17 P.M. Sunshine Auffray went on a therapy walk with her camera and discovered this beauty of a daisy. This photo was the runner-up of our Day in Your Life competition.(SUNSHINE AUFFRAY PHOTO)

12:17 P.M. Sunshine Auffray went on a therapy walk with her camera and discovered this beauty of a daisy. This photo was the runner-up of our Day in Your Life competition.(SUNSHINE AUFFRAY PHOTO)

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