Category: British Columbia
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Crossing the Great Plains
After leaving Banff our next destination was Waterton Lakes National Park in the extreme southwest of Alberta along the US border. Instead of driving east toward Calgary we decided to duck back into BC and follow highways 93 and 95 through Kootenay National Park. Backtracking into the interior Rockies through Vermilion Crossing, the highway brings…
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Back to the Mainland
We left Tofino in the morning wet tent packed in the back of the car. The route across the island is slower than usual these days as a result of a major landslide last year at Kennedy Lake. The massive project to rebuild the road to its former self means one lane traffic and scheduled…
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Tough City
Tofino is a tiny village on the western shores of Vancouver Island affectionately known as Tough City for its isolation and notoriously inclement weather. It’s also one of the most beautiful places in Canada and is visited by birders, hikers and surfers in large numbers. My nephew moved here last year to work at a…
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A City for a Queen
Victoria is the sleepy capital of British Columbia. Many visitors to the province seeking the city experience opt instead to visit the shiny metropolis, Vancouver, and if you’re a fan of Vancouver Island’s wilderness, you’re probably not terribly interested in visiting cities to begin with. So Victoria’s tourists tend to be of the cruise ship…
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Postcards from Vancouver Island, Sept. 2019
On my recent trip to British Columbia during which I hiked the West Coast Trail (see previous post), I got to spend time exploring Vancouver Island. My trip started with a visit to Victoria and the surrounding area. Here are some photos. Pond in Beacon Hill Park Victoria harbour Rodents in Victoria Butchart Gardens is…
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“El Camino”
Just over a year ago, I was just home from trip to Gros Morne National Park in Newfoundland and was researching my next Canadian adventure when I came across the West Coast Trail in British Columbia. Admittedly I had not heard of it before which perhaps is evidence of Canadians’ general disregard or ignorance of…
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