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A Tweedsmuir Lodge River Drift
Tweedsmuir Lodge In the Bella Coola Valley of western British Columbia, at a place called Stuie, rests the relaxing Tweedsmuir Park Lodge. For many years aboriginals came here to fish and hunt and declared it a nice place to rest. It certainly is that. While relaxing may have been on […]
Read MoreSilver Strike at Cobalt
A chance reflection from the bottom of Long Lake in the summer of 1903 sparked the greatest silver discovery in Ontario. It wasn’t long before Cobalt was a fiery word spoken around the world wherever potential investors could be found. The silver was first discovered by a couple of foresters […]
Read MoreThe Scablands are Formed
Not so very long ago we were in the midst of an iceage. About 15,000 years back, Idaho and Washington saw a cycle of huge, instantaneous floods that wiped vast areas clean of vegetation, and even moved the rocks in the canyon walls. Driving into the Coulee If you start […]
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Saskatachewan’s T.Rex Discovery Center
The picturesque Frenchman River twists like a scalded snake through a deep valley across southern Saskatchewan. In places, high, dry bluffs edge the valley, and green vegetation stands stark against the grey cliffs. We discovered this place while on a picture and fact collecting tour for my scenic travel guide […]
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