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Comox Glacier

Looking across Comox Lake toward the Comox Glacier

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A matter of months – Comox Lake

I shot this picture of the Comox Glacier on a trip out to Comox Lake on a beautiful fall day – one of the last days of October and a rare day of sun that came between some major frontal … Continue reading

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Scope Wizard

Scope Wizard anchored in the Comox estuary

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Not your normal view – Comox Glacier

Q3, a motor work boat from HMCS Quadra and the Comox Glacier in the distance

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Comox Lake

On the way to Comox Lake Bluffs Ecological Reserve Comox Lake Bluffs Ecological Reserve was established on 30 April 1996 to protect an unusual dry-site plant community in the Coastal Western Hemlock Zone. It’s an interesting area to hike in…

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Towering into the distance

BC Hydro power transmission lines appear to disappear into the mountains as they head toward the Comox Glacier – if not for BC Hydro and forestry, there would be by far fewer recreational areas on Vancouver Island.

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Comox Lake

  Comox Lake with the Comox Glacier in the background. Besides being the reservoir for the Courtenay and Comox water supply, Comox Lake is also the water supply for the BC Hydro Puntledge Generation Station. The lake was at one … Continue reading

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