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Filtered light rays back lights the mast of the tilting sailboat
The conditions were windy, and kite boarders shared the waterway.
Squamish, British Columbia
Canada
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~Nautical me - Christie
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Boaters preparing to head back to the Boat Launch
( My boat - closest on the left )
Pitt River
British Columbia
Canada
Pitt Lake is the second largest of a series of north-south oriented fjord-lakes incising the southern slopes of the Pacific Ranges, the largest being Harrison Lake located 60 km to the east. The other fjord-lakes include Coquitlam Lake, Alouette Lake, Stave Lake, and Chehalis Lake.
The Pitt River drains into the northern end of Pitt Lake. The western shore of Pitt Lake are protected within Pinecone Burke Provincial Park, while most of the eastern shore are protected within Golden Ears Provincial Park. The southern end of Pitt Lake features an extensive marshland called Pitt Polder. While most of this marshland has since been drained for agricultural use, the northernmost portion is strictly protected in order to provide critical habitat for migratory birds.
Communities
The community of Pitt Meadows and the First Nations reserve of Pitt Lake Indian Reserve 5 are located at the southern end of the lake. Just southwest of the lake is the community of Port Coquitlam, which is across the Pitt River from Pitt Meadows. At the north end of the lake is a locality named Alvin, which is a transport and shipping point for logging companies and their employees.
Wikipedia
A special thanks to all my Flickr friends and visitors, for taking the time to view and acknowledge my photography.
Happy Clicks,
~Christie (happies) by the River
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Moored on the Pitt River a snow covered, self propelled working barge ( My description )
Beautiful British Columbia snow capped Coastal Mountains
Canada
** The snow has since passed - I still have a collection of wintry images yet to share. Hope you enjoy them.
~C
Pitt Lake is the second-largest lake in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia. About 53.5 square kilometres in area, it is about 25 km long and about 4.5 km wide at its widest. It is one of the world's relatively few tidal lakes, and among the largest. In Pitt Lake, there is on average a three foot tide range; thus Pitt Lake is separated from sea level and tidal waters during most hours of each day during the 15 foot tide cycle of the Pitt River and Strait of Georgia estuary immediately downstream.The lake's southern tip is 20 km upstream from The Pitt River confluence with the Fraser River and is 40 km east of Downtown Vancouver.
Pitt Lake is in a typical U-shaped glacial valley in the Pacific Ranges of the Coast Mountains. The overdeepening of the lower end of the valley over the span of the Wisconsin glaciation created a trough over 140 m below current sea level. After initial glacial retreat at around 13,000 years ago a saltwater fjord occupied this basin when relative sea levels were still ca 120 to 140m above current levels in the region. Unlike neighbouring Indian Arm and Howe Sound farther west, this fjord basin became partly cut off from tidal waters by sedimentation of the lower Fraser River ca 10,500 years ago, and Pitt Lake is now considered a tidal fjord lake.
Pitt Lake is the second largest of a series of north-south oriented fjord-lakes incising the southern slopes of the Pacific Ranges, the largest being Harrison Lake located 60 km to the east. The other fjord-lakes include Coquitlam Lake, Alouette Lake, Stave Lake, and Chehalis Lake.
The Pitt River drains into the northern end of Pitt Lake. The western shore of Pitt Lake are protected within Pinecone Burke Provincial Park, while most of the eastern shore are protected within Golden Ears Provincial Park. The southern end of Pitt Lake features an extensive marshland called Pitt Polder. While most of this marshland has since been drained for agricultural use, the northernmost portion is strictly protected in order to provide critical habitat for migratory birds.
Communities
The community of Pitt Meadows and the First Nations reserve of Pitt Lake Indian Reserve 5 are located at the southern end of the lake. Just southwest of the lake is the community of Port Coquitlam, which is across the Pitt River from Pitt Meadows. At the north end of the lake is a locality named Alvin, which is a transport and shipping point for logging companies and their employees.
Wikipedia
A special thanks to all my Flickr friends and visitors, for taking the time to view and acknowledge my photography.
Happy Clicks,
~Christie (happies) by the River
( Nautical me )
** Best experienced full screen
Don't be a copy - You were born an original
Fraser River Evening Blues HDR
British Columbia,
Canada
The Katzie First Nation or Katzie Nation is the band government of the Katzie people of the Lower Fraser Valley region of British Columbia, Canada
Thank-you for all the overwhelming support and many friendships.
Stay healthy
Happy Clicks,
~Nautical me - Christie
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“Beware the God who seeks praise. Beware the guru who presumes to teach that which is unfixed and boundless. Beware the healer who sets a price on aid. Beware the lover who would make you a lesser version of yourself. Beware the doctrines that discourage independent thought.
Beware any person of faith who doesn’t understand doubt. Filter all things through yourself. Accept only that which sits right with your soul.”
― L.M. Browning, Seasons of Contemplation: A Book of Midnight Meditations
The Nlak’pamux Church, also known as St. Michael and All Angels Anglican Church. c. Early 1900's
Believed to be built sometime between 1905 - 1907
A photographer's favorite.
A small wood framed, Gothic Revival building, it is quite straightforward in design, with a small narthex at the front of the rectangular nave, a small bell tower over the entrance and a small altar extending out the rear. The bell tower is of interesting design, rising out of the gable of the narthex, with a shingled steeple like a little brown helmet, surmounted by a wooden cross. The belfry vents, with gable tops, are open all around, exposing the 26 inch bell which still hangs within. The building is clad entirely in shingles, many of which are now coming adrift, indicating its recent years of inactivity. All openings are rectangular, lacking Gothic arches, doubtless concessions to economics and the need to complete the church in a timely fashion.
Spences Bridge is a community in the Canadian province of British Columbia, situated 35 km north east of Lytton and 44 km south of Ashcroft. In 1892, the population included 32 people of European ancestry and 130 First Nations people. There were five general stores, three hotels, one Church of England and one school. Wikipedia
Thank-you for all the overwhelming support and many friendships.
Stay Healthy
~Christie
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(from RoadsideAmerica.com)
Unveiled in 2006, sculpted by a local land developer, a bronze statue of a giant-size George Washington crouches face to face with Seneca leader Guyasuta, overlooking Pittsburgh below. Guyasuta had once been Washington's scout, and the statue depicts a meeting between the two, many years later, to discuss the future of the region. Guess who came out ahead.
Hazelton, BC, Canada
Type F11 and L for best viewing
Learn about the full history of the place under www.ksan.org/
A cruise ship passing the Squamish Nation Welcome Figure and sailing off into the sunset.
The Welcome Figure at Ambleside Beach in West Vancouver is significant because it was constructed from an old-growth cedar log from Hollyburn Mountain, the Welcome Figure is a gift from the Squamish Nation, marking K’aya’chtn (gathering of ocean canoes). Also, It was made in honour of the teachings and wisdom of the Squamish Nation grandmothers, the sculpture fosters respect for the land, animals, and people that occupy it.
Similar history to the Coldwater mill, built in 1833 for the Ojibway First Nation, then later bought back by setters. Ceased operation as a grist and flour mill in 1950, but continued as a feed mill until it closed in 1995. It's foundations are now sinking making restoration impractical, some of its machinery has been moved to the Coldwater mill and will be incorporated into that museum.
First Nation Art at the Museum of Anthropology at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
I recently shot a pow wow in Saskatchewan for a client. I knew they would not be interested in creative blurs, but I had to shoot a few on the side for myself. The swirls of colour, the movement of the dancers, the deeply resonant drumming, all combined to create a powerful sensory experience. This event must be held indoors, because in February the temperature here can be -25C or colder! But what a great way to get through the last few weeks of winter...
Photographed in Swift Current, Saskatchewan (Canada). Don't use this image on websites, blogs, or other media without explicit permission © 2019 James R. Page - all rights reserved.