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I spent over 2 weeks in Bella Coola and we stayed on at the Floathouse Inn (which was a houseboat) at the marina. On extreme left is Bella Coola River delta. More to right is the marina and further to the right is the Clayton Falls delta. Note the smoke from recent fires hanging heavy in the valley.
Ocean water rushes inland at the Clayton River delta. The highlight of this walk was finding huge mating slugs. My kids made a small bed of wet moss for them and gently placed them in there.
Nikon D700 FX
Nikon 12-24mm f/4G IF-ED AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor
lens set at 19mm
400 ASA
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Bella Coola River,
Harvesting roe, from salmon,
Firvale, British Columbia, Canada
SHIP MAIL ALONG THE B.C. COAST UNION STEAMSHIP COMPANY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA - During the latter part of the 19th century and the first half of the 20th, most of the mail up and down the B.C.coast was carried by local steamers under contract to the Post Office Department. The vast majority of these were ships of the Canadian Pacific Coast Steamships and its predecessors the Canadian Pacific Navigation Co. and the Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway Co.), the Canadian National Steamship Co. and predecessor Grand Trunk Pacific Steamship Co. and the Union Steamship Co. of British Columbia. This article was written by W.G. Robinson for the JOURNAL OF THE CANADIAN PHILATELIC SOCIETY OF GREAT BRITAIN - (pages 147 - 151) Link - www.canadianpsgb.org.uk/mpl/mpl-1993-10-v023n05-w245.pdf
This company was organized by British and local management in 1890, and the S.S. Cutch was obtained to start the service. One cover is known with a straight-line marking. S.S. Comox, Capilano and Coquitlam were built at Vancouver in 1891 using steel hull sections fabricated in Glasgow. Further vessels followed, and the company was awarded mail contracts, starting in 1906, covering canneries, mines and logging camps off the main run to Alaska. These steamships were the means of transportation from the South of British Columbia to the North.
Mail picked up by the Steamer St. Denis - in some cases mail pouches were provided on the ship's gangplank for the convenience of local residents...
/ BOSCOWITZ S. S. CO. /
STR. ST. DENIS
Victoria & Vancouver (01-OLDF RF D / S-101a) - this marking has been reported used in 1909-1910. (Note: this was the last trip the Steamer St. Denis made for the Boscowitz Steamship Company)
S.S. St. Denis was a small steamer chartered in 1909 to replace the first S.S. Venture, destroyed by fire. The latest known example of mail from this vessel is dated - 2 November, 1910. As she foundered with all hands on 21 November, 1910, it is doubtful if a later example will be found.
/ VANCOUVER, B.C. / NOV 2 / 10 - AM / 1910 / - machine cancel - the postcard entered mail system on arrival at Vancouver, B.C. to be sent to Victoria, B.C.
(from the) - The Prince Rupert Optimist Newspaper - Sep 20, 1910 - The steamer St. Denis, of the Boscowitz Steamship Company, is to leave Vancouver on or about November 5, when her charter to the local company expires, to go to Central America, where she is to be used in the coasting trade. The new charterers will engage a captain and crew and will take the vessel over at Victoria on the expiration of her local charter. The steamship has been used by the Boscowitz Company since the loss of the old Venture and now that the new steamer of the company is in service, operating with the Vadso, the St. Denis is not required. If another steamer is needed the company will arrange for one in time for next season's trade. The St. Denis is owned by a British company and was formerly used in a service between San Diego and Mexican ports.
Message on postcard reads: Dear Violet - When are you coming back to Bella Coola? Have you seen Addie (this was her sister - Mary Adeline Gibson b. 1894 - d. 1966) yet? Garner (this was her brother - Garnet Gibson (b. 1892 - d. 1979) went up into the Interior today & wont be back until April or May. xo M.G. (Mildred Gibson)
Mildred Gibson - (b. 3 July 1895 at River Inlet, British Columbia - d. 13 August 1969 at Victoria, British Columbia)
Her Husband - Edgar Harper Crawford (1879–1961)​​ - Marriage: 9 February 1921 Victoria, British Columbia
Her father was - Rev. William Hewison Gibson (b. 8 July 1861 – d. 26 March 1943) - he was the father of professional photographer, Wilfred Gibson (1886-1968), William moved to Rivers Inlet 1889-1890 and worked as a missionary. He retired in 1936. He was also a photographer.
Her brother was - Wilfred Gibson who was born in Newcastle On Tyne, England on January 7, 1886, the son of William and Catherine Gibson. He immigrated to Canada with his family in 1889, landing in Montreal and then travelling by train to Vancouver and finally to Victoria. A year later the family moved to Rivers Inlet where Wilfred's father served as a missionary to the First Nations people in the area. They returned to Victoria in 1899 and in time Wilfred developed an interest in photography and worked with various local photographers. In 1908 he married Hannah Whitehead and they produced seven children. Wilfred opened a studio in Victoria and in 1919 was approached to take photos of school classes, an endeavour for which he became well known throughout the Victoria area. In 1937 he married Muriel and moved to Colwood. Though semi-retired in 1947 he continued with school photos until 1965. He died January 6, 1968.
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Postcard was addressed to: Miss Violet Goodwin / 1228 Yates Street / Victoria, B.C.
Violet Maude Marianne "Goodwin" Williams (b. 21 July 1890 in British Columbia - d. 1969 in Victoria, B.C.) - her husband was Cyril Stoate Williams.
Her father was William Star Goodwin (b. 7 February 1867 in London, England - d. 8 September 1913 In Oak Bay, B.C.) - he was Postmaster for Victoria - Esquimalt from - 1 February 1892 to - 16 April 1903.
From the - Bella Coola Courier Newspaper - 18 August 1917 - Miss Violet Goodwin (the receiver of this postcard) of Victoria, B.C. is the possessor of a sweet soprano voice, and her rendering of "The song that reached my heart" and "Absent" were received with loud and prolonged applause. Much interest was shown in the medal contest between the Misses Mildred Gibson and others - the judges finally awarded the silver medal to Miss Mildred Gibson. (the sender of this postcard)
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Captive Grizzly Bear taken at Grouse Mountain in North Vancouver, BC Canada.
Coola is one of two Grizzly Bears that live at one of our local ski hills. Coola was orphaned in 2001 when his mother was struck by a truck on a highway near Bella Coola, BC. He was too little to survive on his own and found a home at the ski hill with another un-related 2001 orphan named Grinder. They have a large enclosure with their natural habitat.
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Pacific Coastal Airlines Beech 1900 C-GSWV arrives in Vancouver with a flight from Bella Coola.
Aircraft: Pacific Coastal Airlines (8P/PCO) Beech 1900D C-GSWV.
Location: Vancouver International Airport (YVR/CYVR), British Columbia, Canada.
Towering cedars fill the Saloompt Forest on the north side of the Bella Coola River, British Columbia, Canada.
BC Bald Eagle
RJB Bella Coola, British Columbia Tour - Fall 2011
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A small selection from recent travels in North America (August-September 2012)
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Photo taken south of Bella Coola. There were countless valleys such as this, seperated by glaciers and snow covered mountains frozen in an Ice Age.
Nikon D700 FX
Nikkor 12-24mm zoom lens
Lens set at 24mm
500 ASA
Bella Coola, BC
Saw this impressive bird fly up into the tree where it stayed for all of about 1 minute before flying off again, taken from a moving boat too so was pleased that it is reasonably sharp!
I thought we'd see loads of Bald Eagles on the trip but in reality we saw less than 10, a juvenile feeding on some fish from a moving vehicle, a couple perched in the trees and the rest simply flying over our heads.
September 19, 2015 - Killing the morning in Bella Coola before my flight is supposed to leave, but the weather is saying otherwise....
DWAYNE SIMEON (Bella Coola, Canada, b.1960)
Red cedar, paint, haIr
Pencil signed verso "Dwayn Simeon, Bella Coola." 36"H x 34"W x 6.
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Dwayne Simeon
Dwayne Simeon is a multi-talented artist, working as a woodcarver, painter and jewellery maker. He is a master carver of high quality in all of these media, keeping with traditional museum quality Northwest Coast art.
In 1977, Simeon entered an apprenticeship under renowned artists Tony Hunt and John Livingston. Over the next few years, he studied jewellery design at the Vancouver Vocational Institute, as well as, silkscreen production with Philip Oppenheimer at the Vancouver Indian Centre. From 1983 to 1986, Simeon taught three woodcarving and design courses in Vancouver.
During the important exhibition, Down from the Shimmering Sky held at the Vancouver Art Gallery, Simeon participated in the Artist In Residence program.
Simeon works in Kwakwaka'wakw, Haida, and Bella Coola styles. He has studied these styles of design and their accompanying histories. His art can be found in numerous museums, galleries, and private collections in Canada and the United States.
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Dwayne Simeon (Kwak'waka'wakw) was born in Campbell River in 1960. He began experimenting with carving as a teenager. In his twenties, Dwayne apprenticed under Kwakwaka'wakw artist Tony Hunt and adopted Kwakwaka'wakw artist John Livingstone.
He was inspired to work as a professional artist by Sam Henderson at Campbell River, BC. In 1981, Dwayne learned jewellery-making at the Vancouver Vocational Institute and silkscreen production with Philip Oppenheimer at the Vancouver Indian Centre.
Carving wood is still Dwayne's focus, and he performed a demonstration of his carving techniques at Expo ’86 for the Folk Life Programs. He was a guest lecturer on Native American aesthetics at Muhlenberg University in Pennsylvania in April of 1987.
Featured in this photo is the upper Thorsen Creek watershed. Another nice place for my morning coffee....
Nikon D700 FX
Nikon 12-24mm f/4G IF-ED AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor
Lens set at 18mm
100 ASA
Grouse Mountain, Vancouver, CANADA
At the top of Grouse Mountain, the towering peak that overlooks the city of Vancouver, there is a habitat for 2 orphaned Grizzly Bear Cubs. It's a decent sized habitat in a natural setting. This is Coola (I think :D) and he was having a great time playing in the lake.
Don't trust the weather man! I didn't on this particular occaison and it paid off. Rain is a given in the Bella Coola valley this time of year...but every so often, when you least expect it or more usually when you have some sort of obligation, the stars aline and the sun makes an appearence. It was the day of a large CME (Coronal Mass Ejection) too. I am not implying any connection between the weather an the CME but I did get to see some aurora on the drive home!!
Bella Coola, BC
This female is actually eating a salmon, it is mid-munch and you can just see the salmon next to her front paws. Her two cubs were in the forest behind her and we watched her feeding for a good 15 minutes on 2-3 salmon before heading back into the forest and nursing them, you could hear the noise of them suckling.
This was taken just around the corner from the official bear viewing point, I really felt for the huge crowd standing on the platform, I could see them but there was no way they would've been able to see the bear! It must've been a tough decision for them whether to stay on the platform or get in their cars and come round to where I was, inevitably after a 30 minute wait she never came back out of the forest.
Grizzly Bear demonstrating its affinity with water, wading in the Atnarko River, near Bella Coola.
* I'm allowed to use that caption because Bill Murray does a great bear voice ;-)
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C-GILK,
Carson Air,
FROM; Bella Coola (QBC),
TO: Vancouver (YVR),
Travel time 51 minutes,
Year Manufactured:, 2007,
Approaching, Vancouver international airport,
Willingdon Heights, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada.
www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/c-gilk#245a0966
The Beechcraft Super King Air family is part of a line of twin-turboprop aircraft produced by Beechcraft. The Model 200 and Model 300 series were originally marketed as the "Super King Air" family; the "Super" designation was dropped in 1996.
Located in the community of Hagensborg, in the Bella Coola Valley in British Columbia.
It is a beacon in the community next door to the community pool and the Legion which is famous for having a limited quantities BBQ as a fund raiser on Friday nights.
A wonderful grizzly bear tackling a salmon in the Bella Coola Valley, British Columbia. Special moments.
Across the bay from Bella Coola is the old cannery. The lodging here (house behind abandoned cannery) was fantastic and I wish I could spend the summer here instead of just 1 night. Access is by boat only. If you want to escape from the world and have a Pacific coast experience, this place is perfect.
Nikon D700 FX
Nikon 12-24mm f/4G IF-ED AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor
Lens set at 20mm
200 ASA