Tag Archives: BC Hydro

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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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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Confluence of the Browns and Puntledge

Posted on October 16, 2014 by Katherine

I takes a bit of hiking to get to the confluence of the Browns River and the Puntledge River – about 30 minutes but it’s well worth it if you want to understand the importance of the two rivers, or … Continue reading →

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Island signs

Posted on October 7, 2014 by Katherine

BC Hydro Puntledge penstock pipeline access road

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The mystery pipe

Posted on October 7, 2014 by Katherine

  I was walking along the access road for the BC Hydro Puntledge penstock pipeline when I spotted a section of old concrete pipe located quite close to this steel pipeline that runs perpendicular to the road – in other … Continue reading →

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Puntledge penstock pipeline – nuts and bolts

Posted on September 26, 2014 by Katherine

You may have walked alongside the Puntledge penstock pipeline many times, but have you thought about the nuts and bolts of the pipeline? Above, a concrete thrust block – these are normally used where the the pipeline direction or slope … Continue reading →

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