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Squamish, BC Canada
The Stawamus Chief, officially Stawamus Chief Mountain (often referred to as simply The Chief, or less commonly Squamish Chief), is a granitic dome located adjacent to the town of Squamish, British Columbia, Canada. It towers over 2,297 ft above the waters of nearby Howe Sound. It is one of the largest granite monoliths in the world.
The Squamish, indigenous people from this area, consider the Chief to be a place of spiritual significance…
The Chief is part of a medium-sized pluton of a granitic rock (granodiorite) that was initially formed in the early Cretaceous (approximately 100 million years ago) by the slow cooling and solidification of molten magma deep below the surface of the Earth.
Mamquam Blind Channel
The dictionary states that a blind channel occurs when a body of water is closed at one end. This occurred in 1921 when the Mamquam River changed course to the west and into the Squamish River at the present site. There is no flow down the original course; hence a blind channel.
The property is on the shared floodplain of the Squamish and Mamquam rivers and is surrounded by a tidal slough and drainage channels. These water sources are key rearing and overwintering habitat for young salmon, and areas for adult salmon to migrate and spawn. Besides the waterways, the upland area of the property includes a marsh meadow but is mostly forested with Sitka Spruce, Red Alder, Western Red Cedar and Black Cottonwood.
The variety of habitats on the site provides refuge for many species, including various species-at-risk and nesting songbirds. The species-at-risk include the endangered Pacific Water Shrew and the threatened Red-Legged Frog.
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Thank you Chief Johnson! Chanhassen is a city in Carver and Hennepin counties in the state of Minnesota, United States. It is southwest of Minneapolis. The population was 22,952 at the 2010 census.
Foe Killer Creek is a stream located in Fulton County, Georgia. The name Foe Killer Creek is most likely a derivation of Four Killer Creek. Four Killer was a Cherokee Native American who lived at the head of the creek, who had killed four enemies in battle. In 1838 during the Indian removal soldiers at Fort Buffington encountered Chief FoeKiller. He surrendered peacefully and was beaten by some of the soldiers .
Important Maasai chief and senior elder in Ngoile/Kenya where I had the chance to live in a Maasai family for a couple of months in 1978. This elder was famous for his fearlessness as a traditional soldier (Olmuran) and succeeded in killing an attacking lion only armored with a spear and a knife.
Photo taken in 1978, digitized in 2021 with Nikon Coolscan 5000.
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Mr. Skelton, KittyCrew Engineering Officer of the USS Tarkus... yes, we DO have mice in space... thus we have Skelton to contend with them and keep the warpcore secure.
Visit this location at Starbase 23 "The Crucible" (RetroTrek! Star Trek Fan RP Site) in Second Life
(Left) Sgt. Steven J. Vanderbrink, a squad leader with Fox Company, 2nd Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment and 22-year-old native of Blakeslee, Pa., and Sgt. Joseph Mussulin, a squad leader with Echo Co., 2/9, and 24-year-old native of Susanville, Calif., observe as Sgt. John Cosh, a platoon sergeant with Golf Co., 2/9 and 30-year-old native of Pine Bush, N.Y., uses a sickle to investigate a mock improvised explosive device during an IED training course March 9. Marines with 2/9, 2nd Bn., 6th Marines, 3rd Bn., 3rd Marines, 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Bn., and Regimental Combat Team 5 attended the course as part of a noncommissioned officer symposium hosted by RCT-5. The symposium allowed the NCOs from Marjah, Nawa, Garmsir and Khan Neshin districts to share their experiences, solutions to common issues they face on the battlefield and discuss current Marine Corps affairs.
(U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Alfred V. Lopez)
Wahoo Creek rises in southwest White County, flows through the southeast corner of Lumpkin County, then continues southward into Hall County Georgia to enter Lake Sidney Lanier. The Winged Elm or Wahoo, is a small- to medium-sized deciduous tree endemic to the southern and south-central United States.The Cherokee word is Tsu-wa-do-na .The Cherokee Indians also considered themselves to be a superior race. While they indeed were advanced, handsome, tall and intelligent, and while they even had an alphabet, the first in America, their arrogance did not endear them to neighboring tribes. One of these tribes was the Chickasaws. With persistent fighting among the two tribes, a truce was negotiated and a time of relative calm ensued. The Chickasaws were allowed to cross through Cherokee land, resting only at designated spots. One of these spots was at the junction of two lovely valleys. As the Chickasaw band rested in the shade of a giant oak, curious Cherokees gathered around them. Soon they were trading insults and obscenities. One of the Chickasaws stood aloof from this bickering. His name was Sautee, the young and handsome son of a Chickasaw Chief. He dreamt of the day he would be Chief, and able to negotiate permanent peace with the Cherokees. Nacoochee, the sixteen year old daughter of the Cherokee Chief (Wahoo) is so taken by this handsome stranger that she stares unashamedly. Their eyes met and the magic alchemy of love did the rest. Not one spoken word and yet a bond was created. Nacoochee steals away from her father's log house to meet with Sautee, under the giant oak. By this time, they are hopelessly in love. The young lovers flee to nearby Yonah Mountain, spending a few idyllic days in a secret cave known only to Nacoochee. But destiny calls to a larger purpose - peace between the two great tribes. To this end, out they come to face Wahoo. He is blinded by hate and chagrin that Nacoochee would choose a Chickasaw for himself. He ordered Sautee thrown from the cliffs of Yonah Mountain, while Nacoochee is forced to look on. Seeing no future without Sautee, Nacoochee tears away from her father and she leaps from the high cliff. The young lovers are joined again at the foot off the cliff. They drag their broken bodies together, and locked in final embrace, they two Indian lovers die. This is how Wahoo finds them. It is too late, and Wahoo is now overcome with remorse. He has the two bodies, still locked in death together, laid to rest on the banks of the Chattahoochee River, there to remain for eternity. In their honor, he renamed the two valleys where the young lovers first met - one for Sautee and the other Nacoochee. A legend only.
Le Neubourg
Les Rétros du Plateau
Longueur : 5,431 m / 213,8 pouces
largeur : 1,910 m / 75,2 pouces
Empattement : 3,150 m / 124 pouces
poids : 1780 kg / 3920 lbs
Moteur V8
Cylindrée : 5690 cm3 / 347,2 cui
Puissance : 182 kW / 244 ch
Vitesse maxi : 187 km/h / 116 mph
Week 01/52
3exp HDR processed in photomatix and tweaked in photoshop
It was cold and nasty down at the lake. The wind was blowing snow drifts, storm clouds were brewing. Fingers froze in moments but getting out in rough weather usually pays off with some cool shots.
I am just finishing off my 366 self portrait project and the group of awesome people I did it with wanted a new project so we could keep in contact. We decided a 52 week would be great. They have setup some themes as guidelines. This weeks theme was composition.
I look forward to watching friends advance in their art and meet new people along the way.
Exif: Canon 5D mkII | Canon 24-105L f4 | @28mm | f11 | ISO 100
Las Vegas, Nevada
This motel was originally located on Fremont Street and was demolished in the 1980's. Nothing has been built on the site. The sign was restored by the Neon Museum and is on display outside the Neonopolis.
On Scene of a DUPLEX FIRE at 1418 East Haven Lane in Olathe on January 19, 2015 at 1636 hours.
Picture ID# 6257
Chief Mountain (also called Old Chief Mountain) is located in the U.S. state of Montana on the eastern border of Glacier National Park and the Blackfeet Indian Reservation. The mountain is one of the most prominent peaks and rock formations along the Rocky Mountain Front, a 200 mi (320 km) long overthrust fault, known as the Lewis Overthrust, which extends from central Montana into southern Alberta, Canada. Chief Mountain elevation is 9,080 feet.
The peak is easily seen from Montana and Alberta due to the rapid 5,000 foot (1,524 m) altitude gain over the Great Plains which are immediately east of the mountain. Despite the mountain's being mostly in Montana, the distinctive eastern face quickly becomes hidden as one travels south into Montana, but remains very easy to see on clear days over much of southern Alberta. Hence, many businesses in the area (notably Lethbridge) have "Chief Mountain" in their name. Chief Mountain is one of the most photographed mountains in the region due to its unique nature.
Chief Mountain is an example of a klippe. It consists of a Precambrian block which rests directly above much younger Cretaceous gray shales. Having an older layer (Precambrian in this case) pushed up to the top is typical of thrust faults. The surrounding portion of the thrust sheet has been removed by erosion leaving behind this isolated block of Proterozoic rock.
"White Man's Dog raised his eyes to the west and followed the Backbone of the World from north to south until he could pick out Chief Mountain. It stood apart from the other mountains, not as tall as some but strong, its square face a landmark to all who passed. But it was more than a landmark to the Pikunis, Kainahs and Siksikas, the three tribes of the Blackfeet, for it was on top of Chief Mountain that the blackhorn skull pillows of the great warriors still lay. On those skulls Eagle Head and Iron Breast had deamed their visions in the long-ago, and the animal helpers had made them strong in spirit and fortunate in war."
Chief Mountain is one of the most interesting peaks in Glacier National Park from three different perspectives; geological, historical and, of course, mountaineering. I will cover the geological and historical perspectives very briefly, including links and references for those who wish to do more reading on these subjects.
Besides being a unique and spectacular peak when viewed from the east, Chief Mountain is also an excellent example of a klippe or isolated erosional remnant of an overthrust. In this case of the much studied and documented Lewis Overthrust. The mountain consists mainly of Precambrian limestones thrust over the top of Cretaceous shales resulting in the anomaly of having some of the oldest rocks on earth sitting on top of some of the youngest.
The history of the mountain is as interesting as its geology. It is one of the earliest mountains in the area ever to be placed on a map, appearing as "King Mountain" on maps published in England in 1795 / 96. Meriwether Lewis observed the mountain on the Lewis and Clark Expedition and called it "Tower Mountain". In 1854, a state survey referred to the mountain as "The Chief or King Mountain". Some early German geographers dubbed it as "Kaiser Peak".
The present day name of the mountain is appropriately taken from the original Blackfeet Indian names of "Old Chief" or "The Mountain -of-the-Chief"
Early Indian legends about the mountain involve braves ascending the peak and staying on the top in their "medicine vision" ritual. The most popular of these involves a Flathead Brave who risked not only the long journey from the west, but also discovery by Blackfeet who were not on friendly terms with the Flatheads. He is said to have carried with him to the top a bison skull that he used as a pillow during his stay. The first white men to climb the mountain in 1892 discovered a weathered bison skull on the summit.
Henry L. Stimson who later became the Secretary of State under President Hoover and the Secretary of War under Franklin Roosevelt along with Dr. Walter B. James and William Kipp (a Blackfeet Indian) made the first ascent of the mountain by non-Indians on 8 September 1892. They did not want to merely scramble up the easy west side of the peak, so they pioneered a route up the spectacular east face. Amazingly, this fabulous route was not climbed again until 1951 when it was first repeated by Gordon and Alice Edwards.