Category Archives: nature

Picture perfect – Tofino

Posted on December 22, 2014 by Katherine

A picture perfect day in the Long Beach National Park Reserve

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MacKenzie Beach – beach plants

Posted on December 22, 2014 by Katherine

  These examples of vegetation at MacKenzie Beach will grow almost anywhere – they are good examples of how nature can adapt to some rather inhospitable places when left alone.

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Ucluelet – Big Beach

Posted on December 21, 2014 by Katherine

Big Beach – one of my favourite places in Ucluelet

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Miracle Beach – a wet day

Posted on December 20, 2014 by Katherine

  A rather wet, but wonderful day at Miracle Beach Provincial Park [fbalbum url=”https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.752829041476147.1073741846.451644678261253&type=3″ size=”187″]

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Cook shelters – Miracle Beach

Posted on December 20, 2014 by Katherine

The cook shelter at Miracle Beach Provincial Park

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Island animals

Posted on December 20, 2014 by Katherine

And here we have a deer and a cow. And some cow calling…

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Comox Lake – The cleanup

Posted on December 20, 2014 by Katherine

The back to back storms that dropped almost 200 mm of rain on Comox Lake and the surrounding watershed  raisied the level of the lake by over one metre per day, and swept logs, stumps and other debris into the … Continue reading →

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Comox Lake – the debris

Posted on December 17, 2014 by Katherine

The back to back storms that dropped almost 200 mm of rain on the Comox Valley caused localized flooding in Courtenay and Comox – the water also rushed into Comox Lake, raising the level of the lake by over one … Continue reading →

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Comox Lake – 3 months at the dam

Posted on December 16, 2014 by Katherine

A look at the water level of Comox Lake during the fall of 2014. 08 September 2014   07 December 2014 09 December 2014 And a series of closer images of the Comox Lake dam – these show very clearly … Continue reading →

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Top Bridge – Englishman River

Posted on December 13, 2014 by Katherine

The Englishman River at the Top Bridge suspension bridge

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