Category Archives: river

Rocks along the river

Posted on February 2, 2015 by Katherine

Some rocks along the shoreline of the Puntledge River

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The Puntledge – Condensory Road to Browns River

Posted on February 2, 2015 by Katherine

The Puntledge River does not look threatening when viewed from the Condensory Road Bridge – in fact, looking downstream toward the confluence of the Browns River things look rather serene. The Puntledge is popular with tubers and paddlers – a … Continue reading →

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Browns River Falls

Posted on February 2, 2015 by Katherine

Browns River Falls in the summer – a hot day with very low water flows More images in a Facebook album…

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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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Top Bridge – Englishman River

Posted on December 13, 2014 by Katherine

The Englishman River at the Top Bridge suspension bridge

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High water – Puntledge Park

Posted on December 3, 2014 by Katherine

  The Puntledge River running fast – as viewed from Puntledge Park

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Across the bridge – Puntledge Park

Posted on December 3, 2014 by Katherine

The little bridge over a side channel of the Puntledge River

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Nymph Falls – flood flows

Posted on October 29, 2014 by Katherine

The Puntledge River at Nymph Falls as BC Hydro releases storm rains from the Comox Lake reservoir after the tail end of a typhoon drenched most of Vancouver Island. A few months ago people were enjoying the river, splashing about … Continue reading →

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A year at the lake

Posted on October 27, 2014 by Katherine

A look at the water levels on Comox Lake, spanning a period of over one year, 12 August 2013   15 February 2014   20 August 2014     9 September 2014   10 September 2014   10 October 2014

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A swollen river

Posted on October 26, 2014 by Katherine

  After a summer of little rain and seriously low reservoir levels, a series of storms dumped a lot of rain on the Comox Valley, raising the level of the Comox Lake reservoir to the point where BC Hydro had … Continue reading →

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