Columbia River Photos
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Alongside the Columbia on the Washington side, about one mile from Astoria. The muddy flat included a wrecked yacht, which I would liked to have moved in on for closer shots, but didn't think that would work very well with my footwear.
Race Rocks Lighthouse was built in 1860 and is the second oldest lighthouse on the Canadian Pacific coast. It cast its first beam of light on December 26, 1860.
It is the only lighthouse on BC’s coast that is constructed of stone. Most of the stone that makes up the tower was quarried in Scotland, while the top third is made from sandstone from nearby Gabriola Island.
One of the most striking features of the lighthouse is its black and white stripes, something no other nearby lighthouses have.
The Canadian Coast Guard automated the lighthouse in 1997. Victoria-based Pearson College continues to staff the station. (orcaspirit.com)
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If you squint, you can see two tiny triangles in the calmer section of water just below the house on the island. This was our only view of Harbour Porpoises!
Strait of Juan de Fuca, British Columbia, Canada. June 2022.
Eagle-Eye Tours - Ultimate British Columbia.
BC Whale Tours.
If this fence represents the bars on a cell phone, the Barn Owl has an excellent signal. A nocturnal species rarely seen hunting during the day.
Si cette clôture représente des barres de réception cellulaire, cette Chouette effraie a une excellente connectivité. Une espèce nocturne que j'ai rarement vue chasser durant le jour.
Somewhere between Vancouver and Fort St. John we crossed these beautiful snow-covered mountains. I took advantage of a break in the cloud cover to capture this image shortly before dusk.
British Columbia, Canada. May 2022.
The reason for the name ‘Cathedral Grove’ becomes immediately obvious only a few minutes into visiting. Soaring towards the sky, these huge trees form their own beautiful cathedral of nature.
Featuring a magnificent temperate rainforest with enormous 800 year old trees, a carpet of ferns and draping moss, Cathedral Grove is an essential stop on any Vancouver Island road trip.
Officially known as MacMillan Provincial Park, the trees in Cathedral Grove are amongst the oldest and tallest in Canada.
It’s a humbling experience to stand next to these incredibly tall and gnarled tree trunks, some as wide as a car. The tree canopy is up to 80 metres high in places, with the sky a distant proposition. As you walk through the forest, beams of sunlight filter through the branches above, illuminating so many layers of green.
MacMillan Provincial Park, British Columbia, Canada. May 2022.
Eagle-Eye Tours - Ultimate British Columbia.
10/11/2021 Broad River Trail at Riverfront Park, Columbia, SC
Pentax K-S1, SMC Pentax-A 50mm f/2 (manual focus lens)
© 2021 R. D. Waters
The Coast Mountains are a major mountain range in the Pacific Coast Ranges of western North America, extending from southwestern Yukon through the Alaska Panhandle and virtually all of the Coast of British Columbia south to the Fraser River. The mountain range's name derives from its proximity to the sea coast, and it is often referred to as the Coast Range. The range includes volcanic and non-volcanic mountains and the extensive ice fields of the Pacific and Boundary Ranges, and the northern end of the volcanic system known as the Cascade Volcanoes. The Coast Mountains are part of a larger mountain system called the Pacific Coast Ranges or the Pacific Mountain System, which includes the Cascade Range, the Insular Mountains, the Olympic Mountains, the Oregon Coast Range, the California Coast Ranges, the Saint Elias Mountains and the Chugach Mountains. The Coast Mountains are also part of the American Cordillera—a Spanish term for an extensive chain of mountain ranges—that consists of an almost continuous sequence of mountain ranges that form the western backbone of North America, Central America, South America and Antarctica.
The Coast Mountains are approximately 1,600 kilometres (1,000 mi) long and average 300 kilometres (190 mi) in width. The range's southern and southeastern boundaries are surrounded by the Fraser River and the Interior Plateau while its far northwestern edge is delimited by the Kelsall and Tatshenshini Rivers at the north end of the Alaska Panhandle, beyond which are the Saint Elias Mountains, and by Champagne Pass in the Yukon Territory. Covered in dense temperate rainforest on its western exposures, the range rises to heavily glaciated peaks, including the largest temperate-latitude ice fields in the world. On its eastern flanks, the range tapers to the dry Interior Plateau and the subarctic boreal forests of the Skeena Mountains and Stikine Plateau.
The Coast Mountains are part of the Pacific Ring of Fire—the ring of volcanoes and associated mountains around the Pacific Ocean—and contain some of British Columbia's highest mountains. Mount Waddington is the highest mountain of the Coast Mountains and the highest that lies entirely within British Columbia, located northeast of the head of Knight Inlet with an elevation of 4,019 metres (13,186 ft). (Wikipedia)
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Our best view of these majestic mountains was from the ferry as we traveled from Victoria, on Vancouver Island, back to the mainland.
Strait of Georgia, British Columbia, Canada. June 2022.
Eagle-Eye Tours - Ultimate British Columbia.
Part of the view over Columbia Lake in the other direction, with the Rockies towering over the lake. If I had turned more to the north, you'd have seen the town Fairmont Hot Springs (but I preferred this "pure nature" view).
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There were several different “rodents” running around in the fields out west. The beauty of camping along the way is that you get better opportunities to capture the wildlife around you. It was also spring when we travelled which meant lots of young life around. This Prairie Dog mom is letting her young one nurse. These animals are cute and quite social but many farmers think they are a nuisance because of all the holes they dig.
March , Valemount, British Columbia
Ezekiel 34.11- KJV
For thus saith the Lord GOD;Behold,I,even I will both search my sheep, and seek them out....
The bears moving over to the ninth hole to watch our finish and to get a better view of my drive. Taking the kids to their first golf tournament is exciting for these youngsters. I expect i will be asked to sign their golf hats when i finish.
Safest place on this course for bears is on the green. The sand traps on the other hand have a lot of activity.
On the Tuesday after Labor Day 2022, the Columbia Basin ran a turn from Warden north to serve customers in the Wheeler area. The CBRW has an impressive fleet of SD9's in this attractive red, black, and white scheme. The 651 leading this train was previously on the MRL and EJ&E. They were working pretty good with this train coming up a short grade in the Atwood area about halfway between Warden and Wheeler.
Capture made on a moody morning there at the Columbia Icefield with the milky chalky looking flow coming down off the glacier and making its way along this rocky river shore.
UP 7735 leads Columbia Empties West through Wisconsin Dells, WI. With Columbia scheduled to close these trains will eventually be a thing of the past.
The Columbia Icefield can be seen in the middle right of this photo. What is also clearly visible, and quite amazing, is the moraine (sand colour material running through the middle of the image starting at the left) which shows the ancient depth of the glacial ice.
Oregon Columbia Gorge Hood River, even tho the hazy clouds were arriving at dusk hiked up west cliff to see this amazing view of lush orchards & forest on a small cove finger portion of the Columbia River ..the wind was whipping holding onto a rail with a 500+ ft. drop below. Worth it to see the view!
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Latourell Falls, Columbia Gorge National Scenic Area.
Camera Canon EOS 5D Mark II
Exposure 30 sec
Aperture f/13.0
Focal Length 17 mm
ISO Speed 50
Exposure Bias 0 EV
B+W C-pol and 6 stop ND filter.
The Columbia Icefield is the largest ice field in North America's Rocky Mountains. Located within the Canadian Rocky Mountains astride the Continental Divide along the border of British Columbia -- Wikipedia
Peaking out of it's burrow to see if it's safe to come out after my 2 grandsons kept pushing the personal distancing boundaries.
View on David Foster Way by Red Fish Blue Fish of people eating in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada on Vancouver Island, Canada
A single Columbia Basin SD9 takes 4 loads of agricultural products around the wye to drop them at the Wilbur Ellis, Sieler Siding near Moses Lake. The SD carried the same number on the DM&IR. It was part of a 3 unit, 2 crew set that made the Warden Wheeler turn. One crew took the single SD to deliver cars to customers around Moses Lake while the other 2 were used to swith larger customers in Wheeler.
This is from my roadtrip to Revelstoke National Park, BC last year.
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