Image Number: APN110822
Title: Kalk Bay from Boyes Drive
Path:
african.pictures /
Shuter & Shooter Publishers /
Izak de Vries
Description: Kalk Bay started its life as Kalk Oven Baai (Chalk Oven Bay), as the Dutch East Indian Company, better known as the VOC (Verenigde Oos-Indische Compagnie), needed chalk to paint the walls of their houses. Seashells were burnt here in huge oven to release the chalk. Kalk Bay became a haven for runaway slaves and sailors who jumped ship. The natural harbour provided safety to a growing fishing community. Fresh fish from Kalk Bay was driven to Cape Town per horse and buggy on a daily basis. The railway line (clearly seen in the picture) meant that the fish could be "exported" to Cape Town a lot quicker, but it also brought holiday makers to this little enclave. Soon prices in Kalk Bay shot through the roof and the fisher folk found themselves squeezed out of their own community by rich people. During the apartheid era the fisher community was forced to live in a small part of town close to the harbour. The Fishermen Flats that were erected to help with the housing shortages can
Collections: Shuter and Shooter
Subcollections:
Izak de Vries
Country: South Africa
Orientation: landscape
Pixel Size: 2560 x 1920
Media Id: 87_243
Credit: Izak de Vries / Shuter and Shooter / Africa Media Online
Keywords:
coastal,
Kalk Bay,
South Africa,
Western Cape,
Cape Peninsula,
seas,
coasts,
waves,
water,
oceans,
sunlight,
sky,
weather,
rock pools,
rocks ,
seaside,
surf,
,
Model Release: No
Property Release: No
