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Three punt pole shoes in varying states of wear. A setting pole or quant (quant pole) is a pole, handled by a crew member, to move boats, barges (in which case it is also called a barge pole) or punts by pushing the craft in the desired direction. The pole is used to push against the river or sea bed or, in some cases, the bank of the river.
It is usual to carry one or two spare poles in a race, so that one can keep punting if a pole gets stuck or is dropped. A punt pole differs from the Fenland quant in that it does not have a cross piece at the top, and from the more generally used setting pole in that it only has a metal shoe on one end. [5]
Brockton Point Lighthouse. Brockton Point is a headland off the Downtown Peninsula of Vancouver, on the north side of Coal Harbour.Named after Francis Brockton, it is the most easterly part of Stanley Park [1] and is home to a 100-year-old lighthouse and several hand-carved totem poles made in British Columbia.
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The Port of Churchill is a privately-owned port on Hudson Bay in Churchill, Manitoba, Canada.Routes from the port connect to the North Atlantic through the Hudson Strait.As of 2008, the port had four deep-sea berths capable of handling Panamax-size vessels for the loading and unloading of grain, bulk commodities, general cargo, and tanker vessels.
The totem poles, erected between 1840 and 1942, depict the history of the fort. More than 500 photos document their presence from 1899 to the early 1980s. The 1924–1926 restoration project comprised extensive work on both standing and fallen totems. From 1926 to 1942, poles were moved back from the river edge to the centre of the village.
Quant may refer to: Quant (surname) Quant pole, used to propel a barge; A financial jargon term for: Quantitative analyst, someone who applies mathematical techniques to financial investment; Quantitative fund, an investment fund managed by use of numerical methods; Quantitative investing, investing using such techniques
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