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An aerial view of the town I spent high school in. It's also where my father's from. About 600 people live on the townsite here. I also spent time at 4-mile which you can see a teensy bit of in the upper left hand corner.
"In the photographs of the nine men from Bella Coola who were brought to Germany in 1885 to perform their sacred dances and songs in zoos, theatres and community halls, the Nuxalk Indians are wearing feathers in their heads. Although prized as an exceptional example of cultural authenticity, the men were asked to put on the feathers in deference to the commonly held notion of what real Indians looked like."
Susan Walker, reporting on director Barbara Hager's documentary "From Bella Coola to Berlin", in "Dancing with Germans, Toronto Starweek Magazine, Feb 18-24/2006, p. 35
(thanks Ricardo)
The Government of British Columbia and BC Ferries are committing to a seasonal direct ferry service between Port Hardy and Bella Coola to support Aboriginal tourism and the mid-coast economy, Premier Christy Clark announced.
This service will begin by the 2018 summer tourism season. A search is underway for an appropriate used vessel to make that happen.
Learn more: news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2016PREM0095-001609
"the Hill". The only road into Bella Coola, finished in 1953 by two residents who were tired of waiting for the government to finish the road. They both had a bulldozer and met in the middle.
It drops 5000 feet (1600m) in 11.2 miles. There are numerous switch-backs and grades of up to 18%. It is one lane only, although in a lot of spots you could pass another vehicle if need be. Which there probably wouldn't be. We didn't meet anybody on this stretch, except a truck that was pulled into a switch-back to cool it's brakes. We saw more bears than people coming into Bella Coola.
If the sun didn't hit this glyph at this angle chances are you'd never see it. When the light is flat and grey this glyph just disappears into forest flora.
They are believed to have been made by the Nuxalk people. Many of them are thought to have been made between 5,000 and 10,000 years ago. Most petroglyphs are carved on vertical surfaces however many of the Bell Coola petroglyphs were carved on flat rock outcrops.
"February 1-Hula in the Coola Day was created because, basically, people in the northern states were getting sick and tired of the crappy cold weather during the winter, and by February, they were ready for some HEAT already! So they decided to buy some hula skirts, toss their coats, mittens, pants, and scarves into a closet for the day, and go outside and do the hula like idiots who are trying to catch pneumonia. They thought that, if they tried hard enough, they could simply forget about the cold weather and trick themselves into thinking it was the nice, hot summer. (Apparently, accomplishing this means having to go outside in nothing but a grass skirt and some coconut shells and dancing.)
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- whattheheckholidays.wetpaint.com/page/Hula+in+the+Coola+Day
I had some fun last night with my mini Crystal Head Vodka bottles and shot glasses, incorporating some new glass beads I got from the thrift store this week, 3 skull fridge magnets, a colourful serving platter, and a handful of glow sticks.
I took my time arranging this platter yesterday, spanning a few hours as I came up with new ideas. The final key was cutting open some green and blue glowsticks and extracting their glowy goodness. The shot glasses are mostly water, with a little vegetable oil, some liquid detergent, and a little glow juice. The mini Crystal Head Vodka bottles still have their vodka intact; I simply poured the glowing goo into the "chip dip" resevoir in the serving platter.
After a dozen exposures of ambient light and hyperfocal point experimentation, I was about to call it a day, when I got the idea to tilt my tripod forward so it was on only 2 legs, and resting against the kitchen counter. That gave me this much better top down angle, eliminating a lot of boring background surrounding the platter, and giving me a flatter focal plane to increase DOF across the whole shot.
I may have discovered the bipod.
5.0 second long exposure on my Nikon D600 and Nikkor 50mm f/1.4D lens at f/16, ISO 400. Lit with ambient light and glow stick juice.
The Government of British Columbia and BC Ferries are committing to a seasonal direct ferry service between Port Hardy and Bella Coola to support Aboriginal tourism and the mid-coast economy, Premier Christy Clark announced.
This service will begin by the 2018 summer tourism season. A search is underway for an appropriate used vessel to make that happen.
Learn more: news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2016PREM0095-001609
The Government of British Columbia and BC Ferries are committing to a seasonal direct ferry service between Port Hardy and Bella Coola to support Aboriginal tourism and the mid-coast economy, Premier Christy Clark announced.
This service will begin by the 2018 summer tourism season. A search is underway for an appropriate used vessel to make that happen.
Learn more: news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2016PREM0095-001609
"February 1-Hula in the Coola Day was created because, basically, people in the northern states were getting sick and tired of the crappy cold weather during the winter, and by February, they were ready for some HEAT already! So they decided to buy some hula skirts, toss their coats, mittens, pants, and scarves into a closet for the day, and go outside and do the hula like idiots who are trying to catch pneumonia. They thought that, if they tried hard enough, they could simply forget about the cold weather and trick themselves into thinking it was the nice, hot summer. (Apparently, accomplishing this means having to go outside in nothing but a grass skirt and some coconut shells and dancing.)
"
- whattheheckholidays.wetpaint.com/page/Hula+in+the+Coola+Day
I had some fun last night with my mini Crystal Head Vodka bottles and shot glasses, incorporating some new glass beads I got from the thrift store this week, 3 skull fridge magnets, a colourful serving platter, and a handful of glow sticks.
I took my time arranging this platter yesterday, spanning a few hours as I came up with new ideas. The final key was cutting open some green and blue glowsticks and extracting their glowy goodness. The shot glasses are mostly water, with a little vegetable oil, some liquid detergent, and a little glow juice. The mini Crystal Head Vodka bottles still have their vodka intact; I simply poured the glowing goo into the "chip dip" resevoir in the serving platter.
After a dozen exposures of ambient light and hyperfocal point experimentation, I was about to call it a day, when I got the idea to tilt my tripod forward so it was on only 2 legs, and resting against the kitchen counter. That gave me this much better top down angle, eliminating a lot of boring background surrounding the platter, and giving me a flatter focal plane to increase DOF across the whole shot.
I may have discovered the bipod.
5.0 second long exposure on my Nikon D600 and Nikkor 50mm f/1.4D lens at f/16, ISO 400. Lit with ambient light and glow stick juice.
The Government of British Columbia and BC Ferries are committing to a seasonal direct ferry service between Port Hardy and Bella Coola to support Aboriginal tourism and the mid-coast economy, Premier Christy Clark announced.
This service will begin by the 2018 summer tourism season. A search is underway for an appropriate used vessel to make that happen.
Learn more: news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2016PREM0095-001609
A beautiful wild moose, affectionately called Cowboy, for his antics of hanging around a cow herd in the Bella Coola valley, British Columbia, Canada.
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The mills are located in the townland of Coola about a half mile outside Kilbeggan. They were built in 1806 to produce mainly flour but milled also oatmeal, barley and some malting barley for the nearby Lockes Distillery. The mills were powered by water wheel with water brought upstream from the River Brosna by means of a conduit canal or millrace. Most of the mill’s produce was sent to Dublin via Kilbeggan harbour and on to the Grand Canal but later in the 19th and 20th centuries train and road transport took over that role. The Coola Mills remained in production until they closed in the 1970’s and have become derelict.
Since then, some use has been made of the mill property when a small scale hydro-electric 110 kW generating station started operations there in 2007. This is one of only two hydro-electric power stations in Westmeath and uses a Francis Turbine.
Some years back there was talk of converting the mill to a distillery that would complement Lockes Distillery museum nearby. However, the plans never came to fruition and Lockes Distillery now produces its own malt whiskey, albeit on a small scale.
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References:
catalogue.nli.ie/Record/L_ROY_08271 (National Library of Ireland online photographic archives – 19th century view of the mills).
www.askaboutireland.ie/reading-room/environment-geography... (Another 19th century view of the mills – same angle as other photograph).
www.potstill.de/coolamills1.htm (Pics of Coola Mills taken 2004).
www.westcd.ie/Docs/Westmeath_Report.pdf (Westmeath hydro-power station at Cool Mills, Kilbeggan – p19).
www.waterwheelfactory.com/francis.htm (The Francis Turbine).
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Thank you for reading.
Stuart.
Rear view of mills with River Brosna in the foreground.
The mills are located in the townland of Coola about a half mile outside Kilbeggan. They were built in 1806 to produce mainly flour but milled also oatmeal, barley and some malting barley for the nearby Lockes Distillery. The mills were powered by water wheel with water brought upstream from the River Brosna by means of a conduit canal or millrace. Most of the mill’s produce was sent to Dublin via Kilbeggan harbour and on to the Grand Canal but later in the 19th and 20th centuries train and road transport took over that role. The Coola Mills remained in production until they closed in the 1970’s and have become derelict.
Since then, some use has been made of the mill property when a small scale hydro-electric 110 kW generating station started operations there in 2007. This is one of only two hydro-electric power stations in Westmeath and uses a Francis Turbine.
Some years back there was talk of converting the mill to a distillery that would complement Lockes Distillery museum nearby. However, the plans never came to fruition and Lockes Distillery now produces its own malt whiskey, albeit on a small scale.
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References:
catalogue.nli.ie/Record/L_ROY_08271 (National Library of Ireland online photographic archives – 19th century view of the mills).
www.askaboutireland.ie/reading-room/environment-geography... (Another 19th century view of the mills – same angle as other photograph).
www.potstill.de/coolamills1.htm (Pics of Coola Mills taken 2004).
www.westcd.ie/Docs/Westmeath_Report.pdf (Westmeath hydro-power station at Cool Mills, Kilbeggan – p19).
www.waterwheelfactory.com/francis.htm (The Francis Turbine).
.
Thank you for reading.
Stuart.
The Northern Sea Wolf is BC Ferries’ new direct service from Port Hardy to Bella Coola, set to launch in summer 2018. BC Ferries acquired the vessel from Greece last year. Built in 2000, it will accommodate 35 vehicles and 150 passengers and crew. The name is inspired by First Nations’ legends in which the Sea Wolf is a manifestation of the Orca. The Sea Wolf symbolizes family and loyalty and the protection of those travelling their waters. Amenities include hot food, passenger lounge, and outdoor seating.
A rustic cabin with bunk beds, a queen and a full kitchen. A family of four or 3 friends would be comfortable here.
On July 13th, Highway 20 was shut down 80 km east of Bella Coola because of a rockslide.
Check www.drivebc.ca for updates.
Nuxalk Nation Bella Coola; brought sacred fire to IN TENT CITY
“ If Canadians could look past the stereotype of homeless people and see that they’re somebody's sister, they’re somebody's brother, they’re somebody's mom, they’re somebody's dad, They’re somebody's child….I mean that you would look at them a bit differently.”
The Government of British Columbia and BC Ferries are committing to a seasonal direct ferry service between Port Hardy and Bella Coola to support Aboriginal tourism and the mid-coast economy, Premier Christy Clark announced.
This service will begin by the 2018 summer tourism season. A search is underway for an appropriate used vessel to make that happen.
Learn more: news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2016PREM0095-001609
A lovely grizzly bear swinging a salmon in the Atnarko River, Bella Coola Valley, British Columbia, Canada.
The Northern Sea Wolf is BC Ferries’ new direct service from Port Hardy to Bella Coola, set to launch in summer 2018. BC Ferries acquired the vessel from Greece last year. Built in 2000, it will accommodate 35 vehicles and 150 passengers and crew. The name is inspired by First Nations’ legends in which the Sea Wolf is a manifestation of the Orca. The Sea Wolf symbolizes family and loyalty and the protection of those travelling their waters. Amenities include hot food, passenger lounge, and outdoor seating.
September 14, 2016 - I just never get tired of this flight. Every fall, for the past few years, I head for Bella Coola for a few days in September, for work.
And sometimes I get lucky and the skies are clear and I can see for miles and miles from the plane. But it's what's close that's far more interesting.
This may not be the best photo today (through the window of a plane is challenging), but I love that you get a feel for how close the plane is flying to the mountains when you look at the wing and the crag it is passing.
The Northern Sea Wolf is BC Ferries’ new direct service from Port Hardy to Bella Coola, set to launch in summer 2018. BC Ferries acquired the vessel from Greece last year. Built in 2000, it will accommodate 35 vehicles and 150 passengers and crew. The name is inspired by First Nations’ legends in which the Sea Wolf is a manifestation of the Orca. The Sea Wolf symbolizes family and loyalty and the protection of those travelling their waters. Amenities include hot food, passenger lounge, and outdoor seating.
The Northern Sea Wolf is BC Ferries’ new direct service from Port Hardy to Bella Coola, set to launch in summer 2018. BC Ferries acquired the vessel from Greece last year. Built in 2000, it will accommodate 35 vehicles and 150 passengers and crew. The name is inspired by First Nations’ legends in which the Sea Wolf is a manifestation of the Orca. The Sea Wolf symbolizes family and loyalty and the protection of those travelling their waters. Amenities include hot food, passenger lounge, and outdoor seating.