Category Archives: nature

High water – Puntledge Park

  The Puntledge River running fast – as viewed from Puntledge Park

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Across the bridge – Puntledge Park

The little bridge over a side channel of the Puntledge River

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Oh Canada – Maple leaves

Maple leaves in the fall…

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Waves

Goose Spit – looking across Baynes Sound toward Denman and Hornby

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Bivalves and barnacles

Bivalves and barnacles and a bit of sea weed thrown in for good measure – low tide on the beach at the Pacific Rim National Park Reserve…

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Beach plants

The tenacity and audacity of beach plants can be quite amazing Beach plants – Pacific Rim National Park Reserve – Tofino

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Marine flowers- kelp

Pacific Rim National Park Reserve,beach,marine life,nature,kelp,Tofino Kelp – Pacific Rim National Park Reserve – Tofino

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Sea anemones

Sea anemones – Pacific Rim National Park Named for the anemone, a terrestrial flower, sea anemones are a group of water-dwelling, predatory animals – Cnidaria, subclass Anthozoa, literally flower animals.

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And then they flew…

  Seagulls at Air Force Beach – one moment on the beach, and then they flew…

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Salt Spring – sheep

This sign might be unique within British Columbia Provincial Parks, but what is the reason behind it? Sheep roam freely in the Active Farm area of Ruckle Provincial Park on Salt Spring Island.

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