tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57427156258238563802024-03-24T19:33:42.527-07:00Curious Maple LeafsA Chronicle Of Various TravelsNelson Quirogahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07910634937416574646noreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5742715625823856380.post-84270726807073028302024-03-11T12:53:00.000-07:002024-03-24T19:33:10.820-07:00Doggy Days In The Yukon (March 2024)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfer6OMPxuewyb_Dl5sK6S6lSociT4HIZGdtRZfy3Za49Ow4krQjBNJ7I8S8-p2iK2w_xpgusPqPuqdtOKazb2LH0IVXCK7UMQ_ZIgX_vE6Px6WzzAg0Kd_4VpMhoEHHjnP2Y10stQOdGnuc6d8XlUPc5Wt9dOZu2YBuGKhXwFyKEN9pE3E1PjS7wQnT9X/s1124/1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="844" data-original-width="1124" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfer6OMPxuewyb_Dl5sK6S6lSociT4HIZGdtRZfy3Za49Ow4krQjBNJ7I8S8-p2iK2w_xpgusPqPuqdtOKazb2LH0IVXCK7UMQ_ZIgX_vE6Px6WzzAg0Kd_4VpMhoEHHjnP2Y10stQOdGnuc6d8XlUPc5Wt9dOZu2YBuGKhXwFyKEN9pE3E1PjS7wQnT9X/w640-h480/1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt39ZWV6EYV_0dGBREJriMAEH8PYzhqnqioCbKVwVya7SsxDwZwACF0mJC8RTl9YoL3dc8ETdNdnKAcEfUltJA6GbNpEWBx_R_BugA1YiY7koEc-KTnj2-rYRgMLPw5FPr-mP96W5ByEI4-j_Vg3GURvNlv8W3Hcc8xmkiZHFzpEX6eCJLd1IqjYps339U/s1548/2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="844" data-original-width="1548" height="348" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt39ZWV6EYV_0dGBREJriMAEH8PYzhqnqioCbKVwVya7SsxDwZwACF0mJC8RTl9YoL3dc8ETdNdnKAcEfUltJA6GbNpEWBx_R_BugA1YiY7koEc-KTnj2-rYRgMLPw5FPr-mP96W5ByEI4-j_Vg3GURvNlv8W3Hcc8xmkiZHFzpEX6eCJLd1IqjYps339U/w640-h348/2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p><span style="font-size: large;">There hadn't been much of a winter in Vancouver this season so, to get a little ice and snow, we decided to head up North where it's practically guaranteed, and booked a mini holiday in Whitehorse, the capital of Yukon. Passing over the snow covered peaks of the Coast Mountians we knew we had made the right choice, and sure enough there were some ice sculptures on display to greet us on arrival after passing the wood caribou display at the airport. </span></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpExxLj0KUktdknHboE2icplnzljSAYyOIQWnP8vIlU-fCIKf6_eKuKiHTsRwCNduxw-I5lAmSEf2mJu4o8ZiQN49fTV87kwOwOoxgPfZAHiq6ygdsWrZ2G2ffHDVznRXoj_lqXSGBjvJ8bjbKDrHfIJMn55p9zYhOnM2aoN3AScXSPKB6aeepGYp4X0je/s844/4.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="844" data-original-width="844" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpExxLj0KUktdknHboE2icplnzljSAYyOIQWnP8vIlU-fCIKf6_eKuKiHTsRwCNduxw-I5lAmSEf2mJu4o8ZiQN49fTV87kwOwOoxgPfZAHiq6ygdsWrZ2G2ffHDVznRXoj_lqXSGBjvJ8bjbKDrHfIJMn55p9zYhOnM2aoN3AScXSPKB6aeepGYp4X0je/w640-h640/4.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">But even up here the winter had also been mild and, after a late freeze-up, the mighty Yukon River was already now starting to thaw. It was still cold enough however to require toques, gloves, thermal underwear and a warm coat, especially when the wind picked up.</span></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh64JJtkSLI8Xt_Tkux7oL5U8q2_2zk1EoQBU-2Fz6OhQ2GL8Uh0urGCIRycVZ3uXV1GdWuavIWuidHo_v-HyKlnQNfGNdrjmORX1Vg-8jSFF1z1NmkwCg-ee_e9bZf4_WacVDN077Nn_qsjvjrkxA2VkVEwHW9c8DCMblgC8UzPLlC4EVk1dY9UHlj2GU9/s1124/23.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="844" data-original-width="1124" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh64JJtkSLI8Xt_Tkux7oL5U8q2_2zk1EoQBU-2Fz6OhQ2GL8Uh0urGCIRycVZ3uXV1GdWuavIWuidHo_v-HyKlnQNfGNdrjmORX1Vg-8jSFF1z1NmkwCg-ee_e9bZf4_WacVDN077Nn_qsjvjrkxA2VkVEwHW9c8DCMblgC8UzPLlC4EVk1dY9UHlj2GU9/w640-h480/23.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqXchW-zLAxraEAhU7HhyphenhyphensSCPju87bgi2Zv5nNY8mz9GZoeOFMFFN7D09DM9yrd-hpdkyyrTcZIGs72VOP75WEFv06NpwdLw7fAoIKu26BgceTvkzGaa7QDC3Vhj5pHyDvR8K2gfGFv0o1bajSVL1dXGxksRXbIlSC3tJySc8uBP1YbZzaY50Ln4JgFySh/s1124/26.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="844" data-original-width="1124" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqXchW-zLAxraEAhU7HhyphenhyphensSCPju87bgi2Zv5nNY8mz9GZoeOFMFFN7D09DM9yrd-hpdkyyrTcZIGs72VOP75WEFv06NpwdLw7fAoIKu26BgceTvkzGaa7QDC3Vhj5pHyDvR8K2gfGFv0o1bajSVL1dXGxksRXbIlSC3tJySc8uBP1YbZzaY50Ln4JgFySh/w640-h480/26.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA8kItkg8eUQCbJGSdWJdXdEoW7x7xCoH_rqKmDDGp8xltazwcvnLHWELWdT8tAmhB4mKFKlnkF9H6n8kp3qXQ_jiheLaUpKFX-kEvJepCSUVXkaAVQpgy_sNTYtfizp2pnB006EehrFkQsDEu23s0C5Rf4Af1LoBSpP9pWbDgv0UiiMj7fNIzup0QtMOA/s1124/25.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="844" data-original-width="1124" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA8kItkg8eUQCbJGSdWJdXdEoW7x7xCoH_rqKmDDGp8xltazwcvnLHWELWdT8tAmhB4mKFKlnkF9H6n8kp3qXQ_jiheLaUpKFX-kEvJepCSUVXkaAVQpgy_sNTYtfizp2pnB006EehrFkQsDEu23s0C5Rf4Af1LoBSpP9pWbDgv0UiiMj7fNIzup0QtMOA/w640-h480/25.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfISf1Iw8nFsBfLgIAZwbqSNksVxGph0jZawgmszRXT1YPtJR5Bb8qORgLMeng5eKyP5qtYYt_3QBDtxzWNKsqi21Ce7dqbhAncMMG4B90ESqhWfVdSbuZcElXiuy9T3rtIrrnN8nVf3u1L8xFwI3KLRDppXnGlOjtWEaX-So8_WLeGIJcDED3ceOuBgRq/s1124/24.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="844" data-original-width="1124" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfISf1Iw8nFsBfLgIAZwbqSNksVxGph0jZawgmszRXT1YPtJR5Bb8qORgLMeng5eKyP5qtYYt_3QBDtxzWNKsqi21Ce7dqbhAncMMG4B90ESqhWfVdSbuZcElXiuy9T3rtIrrnN8nVf3u1L8xFwI3KLRDppXnGlOjtWEaX-So8_WLeGIJcDED3ceOuBgRq/w640-h480/24.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Yukon will always be remembered for the Klondike Gold Rush it spawned in 1896 when an estimated 100,000 would-be prospectors stampeded into the territory in search of fame and fortune. A statue celebrating the struggle of the prospectors is located on Main Street and fittingly it also includes the prospector's loyal dog, an indispensible companion for survival in the North.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjQS0jC4RZMgygTRdVg1jnWoxyOs3XHyKkMqpcP8kHt72mt21xlandSp1jTRCJlPRf6Dlx4wyj7SUsybXrPoD8YlsWzSrugtc9wIwEIP2uurbHYE4z5J8nNHaL2d81wZYXhN5S1rBY23vIkMZntqJPZFLdFdM7TbbPlO7B0sZA27SIjCK6kPdMy_r-1nqg/s1125/3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="844" data-original-width="1125" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjQS0jC4RZMgygTRdVg1jnWoxyOs3XHyKkMqpcP8kHt72mt21xlandSp1jTRCJlPRf6Dlx4wyj7SUsybXrPoD8YlsWzSrugtc9wIwEIP2uurbHYE4z5J8nNHaL2d81wZYXhN5S1rBY23vIkMZntqJPZFLdFdM7TbbPlO7B0sZA27SIjCK6kPdMy_r-1nqg/w640-h480/3.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br />And with that we were off to check out the dogs at Muktuk Adventures, a local recreation outfitter specializing in all things dogs including canoeing, hiking, and of course dogsledding. The first thing you see when you enter their yard is the multicoloured collection of doghouses in neat rows and each one with a dog's name painted on the outside. There are over 100 dogs living here, most of them working dogs, but some are retired and non working as well. Most have been rescued and all of them are lovingly cared for by the owners.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyJcP_A7H2bmjPtQxzVARo2_InZMfFBDh0Sf275wfsws9gVwl-aYOlB3Yi3vL7m30jbJyhmQJl7aGZqEcXFWzBejFOEpN5so6v83-oNVICTqiNahYRDu3ONY7QTdLe9I5-uxfmosx1h88vsqqIwHIzp3MAsOg5ajMkJ5f_iY6RQk-05KVZQMyaYBBt7ozf/s1166/5.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="844" data-original-width="1166" height="464" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyJcP_A7H2bmjPtQxzVARo2_InZMfFBDh0Sf275wfsws9gVwl-aYOlB3Yi3vL7m30jbJyhmQJl7aGZqEcXFWzBejFOEpN5so6v83-oNVICTqiNahYRDu3ONY7QTdLe9I5-uxfmosx1h88vsqqIwHIzp3MAsOg5ajMkJ5f_iY6RQk-05KVZQMyaYBBt7ozf/w640-h464/5.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9S42LlIv9rHYM9J_HgRHFa_FHTbBYkTUTLbzdsAK2hPNJPazEdg-RQTsuTT3dfHI0MFGe-bOfvTz5vC35UI4dh4T_bDa2UzxX9nxRMHFF_rh7jxyTHohYMQ_uYg0R643cuTMIr7WO3fJ4CfBqPz7dBEBHnKFedKwBYVV5RgXnCDRNxHHqbnkj-34eL2fZ/s1199/6.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="844" data-original-width="1199" height="450" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9S42LlIv9rHYM9J_HgRHFa_FHTbBYkTUTLbzdsAK2hPNJPazEdg-RQTsuTT3dfHI0MFGe-bOfvTz5vC35UI4dh4T_bDa2UzxX9nxRMHFF_rh7jxyTHohYMQ_uYg0R643cuTMIr7WO3fJ4CfBqPz7dBEBHnKFedKwBYVV5RgXnCDRNxHHqbnkj-34eL2fZ/w640-h450/6.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg74eAwIz0IFDdkz-1iYw4HztYH0wPbpWtXV_llOi3OJcgEOlE1jZICG4zNE467kUsHpYsc5IPea7XA8-MF-QZi9C4reg1b4steZP_I0a8P9qXtYs86xDLtbyMAtKebXBWOcCK6xnzXHdgxN3WVd8AyvngTETkd9_Xru7DURCTBYFmAc-EreNxdv-MAe7p9/s1369/7.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="844" data-original-width="1369" height="394" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg74eAwIz0IFDdkz-1iYw4HztYH0wPbpWtXV_llOi3OJcgEOlE1jZICG4zNE467kUsHpYsc5IPea7XA8-MF-QZi9C4reg1b4steZP_I0a8P9qXtYs86xDLtbyMAtKebXBWOcCK6xnzXHdgxN3WVd8AyvngTETkd9_Xru7DURCTBYFmAc-EreNxdv-MAe7p9/w640-h394/7.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQB2V_lu0uFOmOsk4C5Hi0LNQZvq89q7n-VGLRVrlXMacOsdSfctqdzG7FF2fzp1_O7L-XNGBuruWH9-bHRLQnAC4498rgRvLXKlA3ie6IUWl6F-dElA-L-4d_swRkWNWO0dCTr2u4eBRMRUq4R9vFoyM1be6cxGrKPSDwEsSZDobEnEuOj2hcEe7Oc-yu/s1124/8.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="844" data-original-width="1124" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQB2V_lu0uFOmOsk4C5Hi0LNQZvq89q7n-VGLRVrlXMacOsdSfctqdzG7FF2fzp1_O7L-XNGBuruWH9-bHRLQnAC4498rgRvLXKlA3ie6IUWl6F-dElA-L-4d_swRkWNWO0dCTr2u4eBRMRUq4R9vFoyM1be6cxGrKPSDwEsSZDobEnEuOj2hcEe7Oc-yu/w640-h480/8.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">If there was any doubt about whether or not the dogs liked being hitched to a dog sled all you have to do is watch and listen to the cacophony of barking and howling when the sleds are brought out. Seems like everyone is shouting "pick me, pick me" while they are all straining on their chains hoping to get selected for the day's excursion. It's not easy for the handlers either as they have to match up dogs based on who they get along with, who is better in the lead, and who is better in the middle as a team dog. They also have to follow a rotation of the dogs based on how many days rest they've had. It's a lot to remember and keep track of, never mind knowing each dog's name.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0WZoYPb0T6Ibqv12e8lYKT9GZ0b5DQ98F2g2st7RxI80pKcXAFlDNN_gfpcgcXX0x7u92cG6NqvlIGZ8z6MKglJQFG30UcKWUJXjCDmYTzOlgY9OLF0Iuph3rtTTGBl_iN0I61maCTwh6SYgLDTNRm53-QWYS-FxPAdRG8ml0ak5-l2T5KfJcMFG-AvER/s844/8a.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="844" data-original-width="844" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0WZoYPb0T6Ibqv12e8lYKT9GZ0b5DQ98F2g2st7RxI80pKcXAFlDNN_gfpcgcXX0x7u92cG6NqvlIGZ8z6MKglJQFG30UcKWUJXjCDmYTzOlgY9OLF0Iuph3rtTTGBl_iN0I61maCTwh6SYgLDTNRm53-QWYS-FxPAdRG8ml0ak5-l2T5KfJcMFG-AvER/w640-h640/8a.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: large;">Eventually it all gets sorted out and, while that's going on, we get ourselves fitted up with thermal clothing that is capable of keeping us warm down to minus 35 degrees. A short lesson on the rules of the road and how to work the sled's brakes and it's time to hitch up the dogs, load up, and head out. We have five dogs on our team and they are more than eager to get started so, without any further ado, we are off. Our dogs names are; Flicker, Coco, Bad Water, Nimbus, and Barkley. </span><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0fg4vqFEUSIZQuBYQH2BPDpewUgjlQZ-oF5HqteDBOfqZmzcYre6GkcSaUrJxDXlg_ACx4GXzSXCKZXSbX2tMWDGAnxgvq_W0xG57XmnEU8cq3JEmpE_XWmmAN_9XYWuZ1kykfdv5MYdJfkrWSMCFR5CwQK4fncUGlI1g-r3TI_Bn0-yrjp-eEi2O6B8U/s844/10a.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="844" data-original-width="634" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0fg4vqFEUSIZQuBYQH2BPDpewUgjlQZ-oF5HqteDBOfqZmzcYre6GkcSaUrJxDXlg_ACx4GXzSXCKZXSbX2tMWDGAnxgvq_W0xG57XmnEU8cq3JEmpE_XWmmAN_9XYWuZ1kykfdv5MYdJfkrWSMCFR5CwQK4fncUGlI1g-r3TI_Bn0-yrjp-eEi2O6B8U/w480-h640/10a.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRZrcDc5SGDLOoLKCvHQtDeyXohzrpwjaPpLuQQVNXfP79mYrKdWaXpfk8xB2iCCuX63KY1tDWLttlRng5O6lUercEM8eFRM8I5APHO3l7TVRrhjStvBO9QFE2WzMbPvvrwBLAtnYbY7Jhf7zg6bmjncNzIZDZehNs_rYhJWP8e81e5wJZ_CppmgHuLikY/s844/10b.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="844" data-original-width="1124" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5A2hhJszq_iwJh8LGfVcjl8g3jky6Yq2aUyguWdQagu7G5h3WXpl_9ORR4SvyQZPzKqyF3vQix1bBkYB-9dLQZecaP7o4Ltfp5C0_QOOmcUwmDcY4zjQLyCXdCubIwrTMnVevSbBldHa9rvJ3ztcUQ8eJB6JNfyK8vVYSXoriUAAAQ1QhhTRwe6Xw5ULq/w640-h480/11.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><p><span style="font-size: large;">The dogs quickly settle into a well established pace that looks effortless as they trot along in perfect rhythm along the groomed pathway. The path is actually on the frozen Takhini River which also forms part of the famous Yukon Quest dogsled race. The Yukon Quest is an annual 1,000 mile race between Fairbanks, Alaska and Whitehorse, Yukon that takes place every February and follows the historic mail and transportation route of the gold rush era. While not as famous as the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, the Yukon Quest Sled Dog Race is considered to be more difficult with fewer checkpoints, rest stops and support services.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK_b4dZPNP7X8HNbmXt4VtNhWKk1mVlL4DV-V7QytShrlJiuUBZRaW7BAroFq4tL_B6pabtb_b4XHYowHAAjkSZaBmNFpH1QdlOh_YsG48jet740BjU7yhRKhlbRx5BD4-zmQ0iIrkzJcSW2Z7Aq0O1ESF98_omgmAGxXvjIkxtq137_ye0qb9igV4ImIy/s1425/Screenshot%20(3).jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="561" data-original-width="1425" height="252" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK_b4dZPNP7X8HNbmXt4VtNhWKk1mVlL4DV-V7QytShrlJiuUBZRaW7BAroFq4tL_B6pabtb_b4XHYowHAAjkSZaBmNFpH1QdlOh_YsG48jet740BjU7yhRKhlbRx5BD4-zmQ0iIrkzJcSW2Z7Aq0O1ESF98_omgmAGxXvjIkxtq137_ye0qb9igV4ImIy/w640-h252/Screenshot%20(3).jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw7Fn13eaV1tkXj0ykQOcr6m98q_bKxGrZeI6vXK3a_06pdzlybYSgqKzhvDnu8vpCOfaKgjJd2kEfQy6TorDTK5EGuKBmujxpexNy1cdxXkrKWMjK74FG2sppOX-E8mbMgm4Cl-0nKOkqScCKufvQ1SbZ6LnGnS6JgqeZPjta9JU1MAmQ4n2IbWaKxIHw/s1160/rs=w_1160,h_816.webp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="816" data-original-width="1160" height="450" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw7Fn13eaV1tkXj0ykQOcr6m98q_bKxGrZeI6vXK3a_06pdzlybYSgqKzhvDnu8vpCOfaKgjJd2kEfQy6TorDTK5EGuKBmujxpexNy1cdxXkrKWMjK74FG2sppOX-E8mbMgm4Cl-0nKOkqScCKufvQ1SbZ6LnGnS6JgqeZPjta9JU1MAmQ4n2IbWaKxIHw/w640-h450/rs=w_1160,h_816.webp" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwX3DAmSrZtOdIZqov3bjpFVeptu_lYFWykZQiXZ9MexvIkteJLbF5u1g7y9Xxz3ocRgrDLCiZwSmS_hn-sgQ9wFrUCAZZaUflbBHVv1AroynHFhym9jDtVcpfF9G-25KQqDmEy6eMR6h23Up82XdFmkphf4sYkqRMjW5yi6R_CHisEEo1kJbSDJzcNeYu/s1024/1024px-2009_Yukon_Quest_map.svg.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="881" data-original-width="1024" height="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwX3DAmSrZtOdIZqov3bjpFVeptu_lYFWykZQiXZ9MexvIkteJLbF5u1g7y9Xxz3ocRgrDLCiZwSmS_hn-sgQ9wFrUCAZZaUflbBHVv1AroynHFhym9jDtVcpfF9G-25KQqDmEy6eMR6h23Up82XdFmkphf4sYkqRMjW5yi6R_CHisEEo1kJbSDJzcNeYu/w640-h550/1024px-2009_Yukon_Quest_map.svg.png" width="640" /></span></a></div><p><span style="font-size: large;">While the sunny skies, mild winter temperature, and well groomed trail made for perfect sledding conditions, our 40-60 km journey wasn't long enough to even get halfway to the first checkpoint of the Yukon Quest. I couldn't imagine going non-stop for the 10 days it typically takes to complete the race, which isn't all just riding on the back of the sled. In spite of the dogs making it all look so easy and moving at a 20 km/hr pace, we stopped every 20 minutes or so to give them a few minutes break. At lunch time we also stopped to get a fire going and grill some hot dogs.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggR2K2xmPPDfpoxbche2P1RwjYDwt_FpH1S1AoJQ6kZj6WKJQmdO2z-V8RmC5hNkf-Hb0dykQKjXIodpoQIfmWB88qNcH_IZVVXQVuKnvU8tIkHpsM03fWqwf5ZSKpk959FRQRagdOZdY7jB_iYxex5C_VV3BeqW-cQ4k3kZKjCt2l1MfIJziqd3klq_37/s1124/13.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="844" data-original-width="1124" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggR2K2xmPPDfpoxbche2P1RwjYDwt_FpH1S1AoJQ6kZj6WKJQmdO2z-V8RmC5hNkf-Hb0dykQKjXIodpoQIfmWB88qNcH_IZVVXQVuKnvU8tIkHpsM03fWqwf5ZSKpk959FRQRagdOZdY7jB_iYxex5C_VV3BeqW-cQ4k3kZKjCt2l1MfIJziqd3klq_37/w640-h480/13.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi28X795A9caUtnV02No0zeUIpsQZs-t5RpyWqLd6-OEcrdxoe3BRLED7wRik3FYNsS-GGvtNHHE-CBXwF6DRjDPR1mywCIqG_U5LWqIBC91WLAGwB00kfnWuuc_hICH1hrHHNcwD3iB56OeZdv9wHOaFtXqVwI0VH-yA8SP8SCUpF2tC8gxpfar7hYjoDA/s1124/27.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="844" data-original-width="1124" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi28X795A9caUtnV02No0zeUIpsQZs-t5RpyWqLd6-OEcrdxoe3BRLED7wRik3FYNsS-GGvtNHHE-CBXwF6DRjDPR1mywCIqG_U5LWqIBC91WLAGwB00kfnWuuc_hICH1hrHHNcwD3iB56OeZdv9wHOaFtXqVwI0VH-yA8SP8SCUpF2tC8gxpfar7hYjoDA/w640-h480/27.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">The lunch break also gave the dogs a chance to get a little mushy with the mushers. They are an extremely friendly and loveable bunch who are convinced life doesn't get any better than being out on a cold, sunny day and showing off the wilderness to visitors from the city. They are always happy to pose for a picture and of course the obligatory selfie.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD3Ows_8Qr0WyW1jdqd9FIUjfwZcmKipgxjgza_fIkiHb9VnwY55hWf4IMC0BtQx-bYiBrp9d8g6YDcNqSXsEnKC8r1wCc11hHCeE3DxDMUdgZ3gUZ8y7nKMl-Okjxbcm4qxOi5BbTIHr2MtlCDdm33_dP-jRyULsmHt8ppizc7dEPPnFaiK9YjUC90tDn/s1124/14.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="844" data-original-width="1124" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD3Ows_8Qr0WyW1jdqd9FIUjfwZcmKipgxjgza_fIkiHb9VnwY55hWf4IMC0BtQx-bYiBrp9d8g6YDcNqSXsEnKC8r1wCc11hHCeE3DxDMUdgZ3gUZ8y7nKMl-Okjxbcm4qxOi5BbTIHr2MtlCDdm33_dP-jRyULsmHt8ppizc7dEPPnFaiK9YjUC90tDn/w640-h480/14.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxwTNDi9msSgQvAC7s7PwFs-jvVbtI9rbmoqBYbn9EMar8k1U7Dq_sgx7N5voaXPCd8wCml7c8mTBqjdS3goq_tHSt9GRU-qYReJSBRWhdvPgVAIiqh0r28bYzJK3dDQqwwT2cgLp2xUPSfduF0dpfA8NXYmcu-2Sl6a07wfkOTbJOGYapzP57nKy2scq0/s1124/16.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="844" data-original-width="1124" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxwTNDi9msSgQvAC7s7PwFs-jvVbtI9rbmoqBYbn9EMar8k1U7Dq_sgx7N5voaXPCd8wCml7c8mTBqjdS3goq_tHSt9GRU-qYReJSBRWhdvPgVAIiqh0r28bYzJK3dDQqwwT2cgLp2xUPSfduF0dpfA8NXYmcu-2Sl6a07wfkOTbJOGYapzP57nKy2scq0/w640-h480/16.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkvBf1E9yNN0Hkt6GsEvjfz3n-JVUgWRWbE1oaGuiGH-xi8qDxX3LDOq4OT9Jaft9Uw6-j21TMLzW6VmEPY4fw3CzkFUT51guJMhibt4XgkrDeRf49mgrIBQZdxijna1ok5z7y9EdzJYnSZztHOzgYceNs4kWpv5Fw0A8I7aPDZ2suPqrzR1inbMmNgw-H/s1124/18.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="844" data-original-width="1124" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkvBf1E9yNN0Hkt6GsEvjfz3n-JVUgWRWbE1oaGuiGH-xi8qDxX3LDOq4OT9Jaft9Uw6-j21TMLzW6VmEPY4fw3CzkFUT51guJMhibt4XgkrDeRf49mgrIBQZdxijna1ok5z7y9EdzJYnSZztHOzgYceNs4kWpv5Fw0A8I7aPDZ2suPqrzR1inbMmNgw-H/w640-h480/18.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn-UC3M8pcVEolo9Vw1_jp9ig5iN2AhuhWBWzUL5QQWkcOoFR6A-jhO4bGHG-3sQ8rY4Yt3YgAkjhStFbnrnbaSpI-ozAl9bTP778uKZmcrkiBtXBL-EQshfuccd17_un-9bLQuxMw9jIxEFk1paiOBPbhwCXlY4r3FsMflqYE86mo6c6BCPhKQQnvihld/s655/19.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="655" data-original-width="634" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn-UC3M8pcVEolo9Vw1_jp9ig5iN2AhuhWBWzUL5QQWkcOoFR6A-jhO4bGHG-3sQ8rY4Yt3YgAkjhStFbnrnbaSpI-ozAl9bTP778uKZmcrkiBtXBL-EQshfuccd17_un-9bLQuxMw9jIxEFk1paiOBPbhwCXlY4r3FsMflqYE86mo6c6BCPhKQQnvihld/w620-h640/19.jpg" width="620" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: large;">As we travelled over the river we could see the footprints of all sorts of wildlife crossing our path and our guide was happy to point out which was which. 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text-align: center;"><br /></div>Nelson Quirogahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07910634937416574646noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5742715625823856380.post-61324008049194992972023-09-03T15:22:00.012-07:002023-09-06T09:57:28.429-07:00Nunavut The Last Frontier - Part 1 (August 2023)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj6KqOjEoWup8UiuoYvBwgYCFWkqkM7BA0JqtpnZSaSUBof4R5oACQV6tQMDmiObhUtMemw38yObNI48J4Jicx23nv28AZdfyxi2eg5-RVW45XJ0lgvS7M8UtcTmaEj84dwsTwwSKCqVO4y8K5pb5xm8zq3Dlvg3SFgHCrr1HmRX0Xq6YV0ojaOeELIHKj/s883/4.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="883" data-original-width="496" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj6KqOjEoWup8UiuoYvBwgYCFWkqkM7BA0JqtpnZSaSUBof4R5oACQV6tQMDmiObhUtMemw38yObNI48J4Jicx23nv28AZdfyxi2eg5-RVW45XJ0lgvS7M8UtcTmaEj84dwsTwwSKCqVO4y8K5pb5xm8zq3Dlvg3SFgHCrr1HmRX0Xq6YV0ojaOeELIHKj/w360-h640/4.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Nunavut is Canada's newest and largest Territory, created out of the Northwest Territories in 1999 as part of a decades long land claims negotiation, and it's a self-governing territory for the 40,000 Inuit scattered across 25 isolated communities in the far north. The first thing you notice as you disembark (other than the cool air) is that all the buildings are brightly painted in a wide variety of colours. </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZPW0Siw2HuqfS77oZFnB6pH_dNy5NV3gZe7Yy_tZIiBz5JAd9zhWnehP9VN-gkc1wu4P9FBRSyJ7Pe-fBOp_RMlGLk_VxoS8AZpHoQ1BEhPuDnyMWyMC9FMFV3inn7-EhJHYgr3SJ8yY8K2H67iDBhiXc1CSygvDYWvZB5WfmCqLr8K1trK6TwXcjvn9R/s1793/1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="883" data-original-width="1793" height="316" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZPW0Siw2HuqfS77oZFnB6pH_dNy5NV3gZe7Yy_tZIiBz5JAd9zhWnehP9VN-gkc1wu4P9FBRSyJ7Pe-fBOp_RMlGLk_VxoS8AZpHoQ1BEhPuDnyMWyMC9FMFV3inn7-EhJHYgr3SJ8yY8K2H67iDBhiXc1CSygvDYWvZB5WfmCqLr8K1trK6TwXcjvn9R/w640-h316/1.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH3BSJU0zMo07q-1p6qbOz6Yc3BjYqMDyCsXW5BiKxTtYNQIOl3imkGJ-NGITShkoB-lMWC8bVDbae2La3B10DWx4zxN1TOMZQZDvGahXHZENiRiNHA2pNAVXnLru55sqHvX8Ff4NsQBrBphAsRFR_AG3CQ41PCE0uiXZBwGlK1iu74mGtyRp4vH7fg5zR/s1176/7.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="883" data-original-width="1176" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH3BSJU0zMo07q-1p6qbOz6Yc3BjYqMDyCsXW5BiKxTtYNQIOl3imkGJ-NGITShkoB-lMWC8bVDbae2La3B10DWx4zxN1TOMZQZDvGahXHZENiRiNHA2pNAVXnLru55sqHvX8Ff4NsQBrBphAsRFR_AG3CQ41PCE0uiXZBwGlK1iu74mGtyRp4vH7fg5zR/w640-h480/7.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiesJK1bQinObjUSZPwqszYQaRar4-A1iPsok-klEjTPDVaFWe1V8hPMJERaGx19sxJyb6mHnpQCiQY-Sp1jBBKFF3-NaUjAOGxa06xB-wyZlWpY7-_K6_X_Wuna_UhdjCEeO9ElWwwMA-BQdouR8GP1xImdmRqXFVhFDWglb-91YK8e7xRAQiQcwHPrDxA/s1176/8.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="883" data-original-width="1176" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiesJK1bQinObjUSZPwqszYQaRar4-A1iPsok-klEjTPDVaFWe1V8hPMJERaGx19sxJyb6mHnpQCiQY-Sp1jBBKFF3-NaUjAOGxa06xB-wyZlWpY7-_K6_X_Wuna_UhdjCEeO9ElWwwMA-BQdouR8GP1xImdmRqXFVhFDWglb-91YK8e7xRAQiQcwHPrDxA/w640-h480/8.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBiuBUNQ5Zbn43B_L3hOst4kuY2aLIz-LF423PRMJQRx9elIN6Duc1uoGldpxSCUXFI5OFT0kl_Ia_PvFoocTvMBAKF9bQXugVGIyIhqXQZHYB8f-nOK8YnM3dB9EBMASVbu5B3xRDb0AxDQc9KuU0YiuJGmcxEdBX58UMu1j4XtUW8VwjHcKHRDWX4KHY/s1176/9.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="883" data-original-width="1176" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBiuBUNQ5Zbn43B_L3hOst4kuY2aLIz-LF423PRMJQRx9elIN6Duc1uoGldpxSCUXFI5OFT0kl_Ia_PvFoocTvMBAKF9bQXugVGIyIhqXQZHYB8f-nOK8YnM3dB9EBMASVbu5B3xRDb0AxDQc9KuU0YiuJGmcxEdBX58UMu1j4XtUW8VwjHcKHRDWX4KHY/w640-h480/9.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><p><span style="font-size: large;">Then, as you walk around and start looking a little closer, you notice how the buildings are all anchored to the exposed rock of the Canadian Shield, while underneath runs all the inter-connected piping that leads out to a sewage treatment plant on the edge of town. There are also many examples of imaginative architecture on display with all sorts of curiously shaped buildings including the igloo shaped St. Jude's Anglican Cathedral, the hospital with its colourful wraparound mural, the triangular RCMP building, and the children's schools that look like ice cubes.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSjwZ9gYL8-E1qbH1Z87I4D5xB8nsK9wMw1b1UVlTJoYncb1qECuklKAt3peSuwbLwsKlYcunIT-SYRh0bYhjNzZD8S4NAd1-aEcCG2HpKaLyuAFSiNRIcUA_5yoz8B7908mKzuyrhKElnWM0RPD9f8TVUlmcri11-cqPY9cZ46tcdg-xFmDc8lngVYrxr/s1079/10.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="734" data-original-width="1079" height="436" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSjwZ9gYL8-E1qbH1Z87I4D5xB8nsK9wMw1b1UVlTJoYncb1qECuklKAt3peSuwbLwsKlYcunIT-SYRh0bYhjNzZD8S4NAd1-aEcCG2HpKaLyuAFSiNRIcUA_5yoz8B7908mKzuyrhKElnWM0RPD9f8TVUlmcri11-cqPY9cZ46tcdg-xFmDc8lngVYrxr/w640-h436/10.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="883" data-original-width="883" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyi_xNfDr_HODFO7gsnZMTsSWU9ZFC--OiBZb-b-oUn9acxDRavXAtEbIBCgP8VL14sEWhkIP3K-Hb0gbUY5U9bYlIj7rKdMMN75-oBPk_eokWPOrtXB-1bsp8P14x-zszwWVNDa26SiXjjF2ZOAYnkzr2RWCDANZOd4EW84oUtYjyM96NgN8as85hBL1n/w640-h640/21.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: large;">Next door is the Nunatta Sunakkutaangit Museum which also features many cultural artifacts, local artwork, and Nunuvut history housed within a former HBC building. </span><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6dNhdtK3ouas4a9T_fD1sx3duwntzuDzZTvsjh8t3pl_vPOZnlgl0P4Fk21ja1uR26xZrcpDzX14zi7NkYDjpN3AVExq6N48AudM49ifqMjkNU5umxExAnIeR-_TTiQN952TrETSIRETk5em5ASnyBMTwgR9kdVal2kCsf0wnf8MvfG2daJMxjgSIb3GH/s1176/22.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="733" data-original-width="1176" height="398" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6dNhdtK3ouas4a9T_fD1sx3duwntzuDzZTvsjh8t3pl_vPOZnlgl0P4Fk21ja1uR26xZrcpDzX14zi7NkYDjpN3AVExq6N48AudM49ifqMjkNU5umxExAnIeR-_TTiQN952TrETSIRETk5em5ASnyBMTwgR9kdVal2kCsf0wnf8MvfG2daJMxjgSIb3GH/w640-h398/22.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Nunatta Sunakkutaangit Museum</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><div><span style="font-size: large;">Unfortunately underneath all the colour of Iqaluit there is a darker side filled with the squalor of overcrowded and poorly ventilated housing, broken down vehicles and equipment, abandoned toys, and trash that speaks to the poverty, alcoholism and drug abuse that is rampant in the Inuit community. Some of this is due to a lack of employment opportunties (85% of the Nunavut population is Inuit but they make up only 40% of the government workforce) but it also reflects a reluctance to participate in the labour force for either cultural reasons or lack of education and training. While things are slowly improving only 50% of Inuit students graduate from high school.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhO0pCcu-NfBqjSPrtK4bA6wf6y5cxzmS2It6AxuTfMV8GPEYFvTmxSxHvgrDODZXFtXPDkDquTS18RsuLHOBO0Q5XTjGLXMIpZpVpA4aLhZuXvn9lKP_twgbEE5v0rD8jZ5H57Myv23sJcDx6EU16_5jlVtF-IqFUSulWlYbdM4cLrlYpoPc03T8vS3bx4" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="698" data-original-width="1462" height="306" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhO0pCcu-NfBqjSPrtK4bA6wf6y5cxzmS2It6AxuTfMV8GPEYFvTmxSxHvgrDODZXFtXPDkDquTS18RsuLHOBO0Q5XTjGLXMIpZpVpA4aLhZuXvn9lKP_twgbEE5v0rD8jZ5H57Myv23sJcDx6EU16_5jlVtF-IqFUSulWlYbdM4cLrlYpoPc03T8vS3bx4=w640-h306" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAcYlq4lXqSemNLXskblbIgmw7eOcyDY7SwLLUuE-nyrF09NtA9X2yaHsKGsPmCpDSpi-5OAsMDfXDgneqSxyE96dEbRVynVeYP6r4GFDwSNr0b5t4pyIgjWsDTvnHwIWVPv3iMaHd9Mtoi4lWXulG3xoEgGRo61HGuX6F5Xrfuz_EbJIoM6QLdb1KxWfO/s884/18.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="884" data-original-width="884" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAcYlq4lXqSemNLXskblbIgmw7eOcyDY7SwLLUuE-nyrF09NtA9X2yaHsKGsPmCpDSpi-5OAsMDfXDgneqSxyE96dEbRVynVeYP6r4GFDwSNr0b5t4pyIgjWsDTvnHwIWVPv3iMaHd9Mtoi4lWXulG3xoEgGRo61HGuX6F5Xrfuz_EbJIoM6QLdb1KxWfO/w640-h640/18.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>High above the treeline and scoured by glaciers, the most prominant feature of Iqaluit itself and Nunavut in general is the rocks and boulders that are everywhere you look. Used as landmarks and/or boundary markers they are also a source of creativity and have been turned into some of the most amazing sculptures. In particular there is the stunning 20th anniversary monument of the Nunavut land claims agreements. </div></span><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZwc23gtDxB1-MXIapEXRibN-I4X9kUHkd5GQeXKkIT2DoyYx650UCixxMu43cd5CXJGlA4RfiaTWZF2eOPX8h11uYk1aOGjEDDv1Z_aIe8beeg_JRR62R7LO50Uh7MldmAcFJrAxfuqHZCmWPbWqpBvwPMYvDQLz-1dVHX2ZX6KmytykNeazGkS6NhqO9/s883/27.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="883" data-original-width="645" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZwc23gtDxB1-MXIapEXRibN-I4X9kUHkd5GQeXKkIT2DoyYx650UCixxMu43cd5CXJGlA4RfiaTWZF2eOPX8h11uYk1aOGjEDDv1Z_aIe8beeg_JRR62R7LO50Uh7MldmAcFJrAxfuqHZCmWPbWqpBvwPMYvDQLz-1dVHX2ZX6KmytykNeazGkS6NhqO9/w468-h640/27.jpg" width="468" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Arctic College</span></b></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7qzqVx2hCVxCCVjzrV4tnWR65rZ-wwzd_xw0HqOw4L_PcWoKjtGl583tpPRyeuo1_bf5s8Q6CW4DdEHpd9j-HxBP1Ab5Q5C8NQZ3vpEUiXqHJ1KwIJJej4WZd02kXGp-8Nswr0tFabCqP1V5lystm9oJ6h6sWiHM1e2yLnZr4uCKqqUkgv6b1cZO62FZ_/s1715/20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="883" data-original-width="1715" height="330" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7qzqVx2hCVxCCVjzrV4tnWR65rZ-wwzd_xw0HqOw4L_PcWoKjtGl583tpPRyeuo1_bf5s8Q6CW4DdEHpd9j-HxBP1Ab5Q5C8NQZ3vpEUiXqHJ1KwIJJej4WZd02kXGp-8Nswr0tFabCqP1V5lystm9oJ6h6sWiHM1e2yLnZr4uCKqqUkgv6b1cZO62FZ_/w640-h330/20.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: large;">The entrance to the Legislative Assembly, which also showcases a beautiful mace made of narwhal and precious stones amongst the paintings and other beautifully crafted objects in the lobby.</span><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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A delightful place with 10 different brews on tap that's understandibly very popular with the locals and our go-to place for happy hour every day. Except for the restaurants, the only other place to purchase alcohol is the liquor store (one of only two in all of Nunavut the other one in Rankin Inlet which is 1,200 km away as the crow flies) and you have to register an account, and abide by the daily limit.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEx8At75JptwOHdIQ1Pm7Gei5pQDLPeGVkyNm_XXTP_XQ5ya-3kCV2bliERqudoImPLCqoBnJnMeG9mXGQcEsoIoj-bi2h3h-F0JvFAbtUrcM-6Fj_znjxdH5El86SDVsv4jvDOkaVvm8KYSrhmWISpWZyi8hBD5CIKDeLFGKlCFon-StVonA-IKWGdkmL/s883/53.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="883" data-original-width="883" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEx8At75JptwOHdIQ1Pm7Gei5pQDLPeGVkyNm_XXTP_XQ5ya-3kCV2bliERqudoImPLCqoBnJnMeG9mXGQcEsoIoj-bi2h3h-F0JvFAbtUrcM-6Fj_znjxdH5El86SDVsv4jvDOkaVvm8KYSrhmWISpWZyi8hBD5CIKDeLFGKlCFon-StVonA-IKWGdkmL/w640-h640/53.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /><div>There were also great places to eat like the Black Heart Cafe or Snack for breakfast and the Frob Kitchen & Eatery or Storehouse Bar & Grill for dinner.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Famed for their work in soapstone, serpentine, and marine ivory, Inuit artists have created a unique art form that traces its trading history back for hundreds of years.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw46UcginOhXv3n6-I245YbrbTYY3TP48Y04xkFIz8Y3JHeSU8iXw6QnTh4qNHxv7F3-exZmGssOpe5ealM2f65w8KVqhn4N3zT5JlE3A1Sue5P0PRgHQQTgmpWPXCscF4by8OaShteGOpWZQvvTqTc0W6YccAgfedkd4WtYgxhEacprgpXWCtqNAFRGnq/s1706/12.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="883" data-original-width="1706" height="332" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw46UcginOhXv3n6-I245YbrbTYY3TP48Y04xkFIz8Y3JHeSU8iXw6QnTh4qNHxv7F3-exZmGssOpe5ealM2f65w8KVqhn4N3zT5JlE3A1Sue5P0PRgHQQTgmpWPXCscF4by8OaShteGOpWZQvvTqTc0W6YccAgfedkd4WtYgxhEacprgpXWCtqNAFRGnq/w640-h332/12.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbNApB5o606Rs8ClZP7h_E9Gk2uiKE76qIlB-Po526i6bowbfQHjVGWbfwDnD5IVNZKxKmYpD49QV8bfUnt7nD-tTJQRoKielkyo6y4xtKdWM4Iaou8GiU3C6MsU4bQrk4rYB5Zl7tJBbDKyXSxcnCWyJWu_-6Mi7jRLSue7RX7oAf9a-rjtaJBGOiOCjT/s883/13.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="883" data-original-width="663" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbNApB5o606Rs8ClZP7h_E9Gk2uiKE76qIlB-Po526i6bowbfQHjVGWbfwDnD5IVNZKxKmYpD49QV8bfUnt7nD-tTJQRoKielkyo6y4xtKdWM4Iaou8GiU3C6MsU4bQrk4rYB5Zl7tJBbDKyXSxcnCWyJWu_-6Mi7jRLSue7RX7oAf9a-rjtaJBGOiOCjT/w480-h640/13.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ6_3L7s62PL65u2IjhvN9yFZ1FQaThbMV3G0HfYvig1cHKyB1ov4e9ZAt0x0Wdv-Szkm1tDqbmdo0MDIKotuahlTV4ONQbfuofXiwqKUOdbmOzmUv-_uz8GJmJEUjht3jKbHbww_2JpPvKaUBV1v8UWn5e0iUCVLKE7pIYefQSvZinSaK51q1UH4A53eV/s1179/baffin.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="884" data-original-width="1179" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ6_3L7s62PL65u2IjhvN9yFZ1FQaThbMV3G0HfYvig1cHKyB1ov4e9ZAt0x0Wdv-Szkm1tDqbmdo0MDIKotuahlTV4ONQbfuofXiwqKUOdbmOzmUv-_uz8GJmJEUjht3jKbHbww_2JpPvKaUBV1v8UWn5e0iUCVLKE7pIYefQSvZinSaK51q1UH4A53eV/w640-h480/baffin.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">But by far the most impressive place to go walkabout in Iqaluit is the Sylvia Grinnell Park located on the outskirts of town. Referred to as Iqaluit Kuunga in the Inuktitut language, Iqaluit means place of many fish and this refers to the Arctic char that live in the Sylvia Grinnell River that flows through the park. 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Each community is accessible only by plane or ship and to emphasize this is the Road To Nowhere sign on the edge of town.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4ynAW_vMPeji0nSpv6uGsHtE8wNvDW0QT_mpK1UhIRBJ1B_Vxopcjz7tkdGn_0MeBxiAhN2xJ2t2iq2EtYgtLiVbCOlqIHfGwX7d2gk_G42DI7IjqOzjbOoR9vlfEh6BZDrhUpTSE7pseYHLA-wf9LJuXvwNRe0Pkl6fXvU1QtJKsLcyIeDXYASBtO4UT/s3008/road-to-nowhere.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="3008" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4ynAW_vMPeji0nSpv6uGsHtE8wNvDW0QT_mpK1UhIRBJ1B_Vxopcjz7tkdGn_0MeBxiAhN2xJ2t2iq2EtYgtLiVbCOlqIHfGwX7d2gk_G42DI7IjqOzjbOoR9vlfEh6BZDrhUpTSE7pseYHLA-wf9LJuXvwNRe0Pkl6fXvU1QtJKsLcyIeDXYASBtO4UT/w640-h426/road-to-nowhere.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1eUXh4EKlEctm9xKZgwBNR3JDt8t-YPQogKzS0paqoC1V_eKHwceZPWaxAO3WHPnUEacOf4GWzCmDoIDCBGs_0P_YpLQ5HO9AJjNbW-ypXruNCjpU5MPnBRjVk_s1vrHNI6O-ZTjeUkvLubpuWi5GaqP8ah4WEIn9hMYH7lgxsh8FZB3T80fkLe5hcpj0/s1176/48.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="883" data-original-width="1176" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1eUXh4EKlEctm9xKZgwBNR3JDt8t-YPQogKzS0paqoC1V_eKHwceZPWaxAO3WHPnUEacOf4GWzCmDoIDCBGs_0P_YpLQ5HO9AJjNbW-ypXruNCjpU5MPnBRjVk_s1vrHNI6O-ZTjeUkvLubpuWi5GaqP8ah4WEIn9hMYH7lgxsh8FZB3T80fkLe5hcpj0/w640-h480/48.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The snow hadn't fallen yet so hitching a ride on a sleigh wasn't an option either though there were plenty of them lying around all over town. We were visiting in the hottest time of year with the temperature between 3 - 10 degrees Celsius (in winter it's between minus 20 and minus 30 Celsius).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6dHhsjYYpXZjEE2Dhn6jJ7NCqpn_e9ANLlo6FPyOsdlDgQzS7Tux85iuy5rid-2KYF_WCTCMqSmbZicZskpzofOYT6gB97f2BcoHjWLedbUo_Naakhofr5pFjoACIErjPfdi2i_Bhn_Z41zDMIZzZ65tJc5FK-ZOMqb0-Wkq9Jct-6iOHjF77OKXoICfr/s883/21.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="883" data-original-width="883" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6dHhsjYYpXZjEE2Dhn6jJ7NCqpn_e9ANLlo6FPyOsdlDgQzS7Tux85iuy5rid-2KYF_WCTCMqSmbZicZskpzofOYT6gB97f2BcoHjWLedbUo_Naakhofr5pFjoACIErjPfdi2i_Bhn_Z41zDMIZzZ65tJc5FK-ZOMqb0-Wkq9Jct-6iOHjF77OKXoICfr/w640-h640/21.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Actually the main method for getting around town is by taxi and one of the most curious aspects of Iqaluit is that all of its taxi drivers are from various countries in Africa. Coming from the warmest part of the Earth to the coldest is a head shaker but speaks to the opportunities Canada has to offer even in the far North. There is also a large Filipino community living and working in Iqaluit.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmxe0BEv15gYBZ_yiG-T--BlTT7s_kQI5GjnH7Giz-Lp19OOvs_NbaJIdbk4lpYD2HwppXtvg8eaeRnzoQRi8pmLeGi2QGYJhnvG9qDEEKKAxEHvpje8Axrsicjin5GDAFxOsEsWKX_IJd3Wgu75qlU1cIpyTxrQdgkc1M6jyMmOK7pTEmk20CDfMc4QEF/s960/taxi.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="466" data-original-width="960" height="310" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmxe0BEv15gYBZ_yiG-T--BlTT7s_kQI5GjnH7Giz-Lp19OOvs_NbaJIdbk4lpYD2HwppXtvg8eaeRnzoQRi8pmLeGi2QGYJhnvG9qDEEKKAxEHvpje8Axrsicjin5GDAFxOsEsWKX_IJd3Wgu75qlU1cIpyTxrQdgkc1M6jyMmOK7pTEmk20CDfMc4QEF/w640-h310/taxi.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Even though we were up in Canada's north and far away from any major city, it was still 2,917 km to the North Pole according to the sign posted in downtown Iqaluit and another indication of how vast the Arctic really is. It's going to take more than one trip to appreciate what Nunavut has to offer but, in the meantime, we were more than satisfied with our first visit.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy5fYzQ3m4b8Z_uPUB6dpzX-HAZ40ZMEwS4Ic-_gy-D7JpLmR5tnp9mpF-Q3P5MDARTq8qbIajaOBfuCwV6iFiRF9uAiG0e6yz3ExsSYaUws07TYmtjXXv3Q6aYh9KA0uyXcGeWEc8VEv_h8iNOJlCE_4OAkOOH4M3OOo21jtHyELR-vWBiVoW36B7O1wi/s1176/22.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="883" data-original-width="1176" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy5fYzQ3m4b8Z_uPUB6dpzX-HAZ40ZMEwS4Ic-_gy-D7JpLmR5tnp9mpF-Q3P5MDARTq8qbIajaOBfuCwV6iFiRF9uAiG0e6yz3ExsSYaUws07TYmtjXXv3Q6aYh9KA0uyXcGeWEc8VEv_h8iNOJlCE_4OAkOOH4M3OOo21jtHyELR-vWBiVoW36B7O1wi/w640-h480/22.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div></span><br />Nelson Quirogahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07910634937416574646noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5742715625823856380.post-41084547058251061842023-07-29T17:12:00.015-07:002024-02-07T17:07:41.354-08:00Where The Bison Roam (July 2023)<p> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpPRd43OLVvUbuTJmN0UFAjDKuxKVDwFM1YiPztJh-Cvl-ThJL8mSmkMYoF9iD4FO2K_mWyu6QDcO08e2yWDbM_VOA8nUIz5_sSg4EBTJ6Ecr4Ll3_le-bp3OxRA734jLZpeo09WnTqUIKji00YqVtgdPxdfnliLrNfYuWCRmLc8r0ErDyGD8gkyzpV-C7/s1190/1.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="893" data-original-width="1190" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpPRd43OLVvUbuTJmN0UFAjDKuxKVDwFM1YiPztJh-Cvl-ThJL8mSmkMYoF9iD4FO2K_mWyu6QDcO08e2yWDbM_VOA8nUIz5_sSg4EBTJ6Ecr4Ll3_le-bp3OxRA734jLZpeo09WnTqUIKji00YqVtgdPxdfnliLrNfYuWCRmLc8r0ErDyGD8gkyzpV-C7/w640-h480/1.JPG" width="640" /></a></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">An exploration of the prairies wouldn't be complete without considering both the history and the future of its most iconic symbol, the bison. Once numbering in the millions beyond counting, they were reduced to only 1,000 in 1889 after more than 50 million were slaughtered in the 19th century alone by colonists. Critical to the survival of First Nations plains people, the near extinction of the bison completely upended their way of life and was the catalyst that enabled the government to move them onto reserves and begin the process of converting the prairies to farmland. Fortunately, however, through the efforts of private ranchers, conservation programs, and the establishment of various protective parks, the bison are slowly but surely making a comeback. As part of our tour of the prairie grasslands we planned to visit some of the parks and interpretive centres that are working hard to restore the bison to its former glory, and see for ourselves how the prairies have evolved.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBG1vavdgqxFacy9d4fXwnfAbRZe4Vosq7dZyoKNRgaQt1nLRHjwFWqfbOqTp4ZPk9JCdg4T0yOF_79RaAoaJ4un_f0SW5YtQPOQPTb-q-S5YMozDWwwArbvG_NZIct-GPqGlzjCrgSW46SjfG8O9NEqkd1ZOtt4ODHCiPh92xOwNsETNXdKXOS-qNVedr/s893/2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="893" data-original-width="670" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBG1vavdgqxFacy9d4fXwnfAbRZe4Vosq7dZyoKNRgaQt1nLRHjwFWqfbOqTp4ZPk9JCdg4T0yOF_79RaAoaJ4un_f0SW5YtQPOQPTb-q-S5YMozDWwwArbvG_NZIct-GPqGlzjCrgSW46SjfG8O9NEqkd1ZOtt4ODHCiPh92xOwNsETNXdKXOS-qNVedr/w480-h640/2.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">To get to the prairies we of course had to get through B.C. and by far the most pleasant route is via the Crowsnest Highway. There are places to stop for a dip along the way and vineyards with cozy guesthouses, like the one at Cawston, where we could spend a peaceful, stargazing night.</span><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW7yZKKPujBQ8beuUWxNzepqeLJxFmSObkML_YY1RfZTvdvkDpPbRbf3nmL9dwoYNMwapaRs6hqEO1VpN25v90jT-7la6nthHGEZ4lg5PowSgdkWa0713MiptXAQroqjAM6BO5pyXAX2OyWDbxpVYU8ZkD3w7BLxcO6xd1sZdP_X5sJppiQQpEXnCsu49d/s893/2a.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="893" data-original-width="670" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW7yZKKPujBQ8beuUWxNzepqeLJxFmSObkML_YY1RfZTvdvkDpPbRbf3nmL9dwoYNMwapaRs6hqEO1VpN25v90jT-7la6nthHGEZ4lg5PowSgdkWa0713MiptXAQroqjAM6BO5pyXAX2OyWDbxpVYU8ZkD3w7BLxcO6xd1sZdP_X5sJppiQQpEXnCsu49d/w480-h640/2a.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Bromley Rock</span></div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjdogHLF2qA5VVt-oDPcDUVmAMuHnTPFzqyD_M0BhhMR14wbHVYWdaGhvv9ZoKeCrsIV3Nt_lTSahYd71UA4Y570atgMyXmvzf5G-dspJ3p46Fh2nFmbpc29RA1r5L6uLBjDJTZa1bk9g-qJp2Etr5dDH_Nq5QE16pnHJwEb7HDmC9wIIXPezOOEIFYsZH/s1073/7.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="774" data-original-width="1073" height="462" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjdogHLF2qA5VVt-oDPcDUVmAMuHnTPFzqyD_M0BhhMR14wbHVYWdaGhvv9ZoKeCrsIV3Nt_lTSahYd71UA4Y570atgMyXmvzf5G-dspJ3p46Fh2nFmbpc29RA1r5L6uLBjDJTZa1bk9g-qJp2Etr5dDH_Nq5QE16pnHJwEb7HDmC9wIIXPezOOEIFYsZH/w640-h462/7.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div><span style="font-size: large;">The Crowsnest Pass is the lowest elevation mountain pass (1,358 m) south of the Yellowhead Pass, to cross the Rockies on the Canadian side, and is on the border between B.C. and Alberta. A well established First Nations trading route between the plains and mountain people, the CPR chose this route between Lethbridge and Kootenay Landing in 1898 to establish a line that could access the rich coal and mineral deposits of B.C.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd_cxdjyDcz0hs8zV2Bfqu8sw9ba3TYxhDQhLC9mMFFpI-cdfrZEsnpkq7-qtJ9z8MYA7q87PiFDLSegXPUHGTKpW4SCsGz0stbC-jdm6BM77t7jIqqZhuUMoANAX2uKCVlq_ozJ0fXGv-pqXDuNErEW8c8ZJM88SQuBYCoW4ED_Kt528YnNCKJfrzy7-v/s1190/8.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="893" data-original-width="1190" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd_cxdjyDcz0hs8zV2Bfqu8sw9ba3TYxhDQhLC9mMFFpI-cdfrZEsnpkq7-qtJ9z8MYA7q87PiFDLSegXPUHGTKpW4SCsGz0stbC-jdm6BM77t7jIqqZhuUMoANAX2uKCVlq_ozJ0fXGv-pqXDuNErEW8c8ZJM88SQuBYCoW4ED_Kt528YnNCKJfrzy7-v/w640-h480/8.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6xmHfan_OEN-0OE4oVom_wqOl5sYpxHt744sgtMzptp_T32w6z1yv0cZXjHIioIP_mE09nVVivD70DowpphLNO3NGyykQ7n4eCfzzET7Xq8rPPV54q5y_9Ko11plqAZw4tOX7AhXfGxh54bzgXtfC8xeMic8Hvie0ka1ZP5OZtBmkcga-mJ9mq75gUQge/s1720/9.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="893" data-original-width="1720" height="332" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6xmHfan_OEN-0OE4oVom_wqOl5sYpxHt744sgtMzptp_T32w6z1yv0cZXjHIioIP_mE09nVVivD70DowpphLNO3NGyykQ7n4eCfzzET7Xq8rPPV54q5y_9Ko11plqAZw4tOX7AhXfGxh54bzgXtfC8xeMic8Hvie0ka1ZP5OZtBmkcga-mJ9mq75gUQge/w640-h332/9.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHlaJVqqLAqMOe-dBE8dtOu_HBlC2SQLL1ioK_i95Gtj0sc4l8uSyT72SwEPt65bUuGnjYcv6GxiWYmdeJzs9ELrYQJCKGlQ1n8A-DlnqA-_QmJqMw01oUfi2eSF6naIMGlCHnfJlAySW1kwwFTg9KWB5_QwK-1ffyw9j4GXj8zPilwqoEGOKTIlfeL-16/s1190/12.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="893" data-original-width="1190" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHlaJVqqLAqMOe-dBE8dtOu_HBlC2SQLL1ioK_i95Gtj0sc4l8uSyT72SwEPt65bUuGnjYcv6GxiWYmdeJzs9ELrYQJCKGlQ1n8A-DlnqA-_QmJqMw01oUfi2eSF6naIMGlCHnfJlAySW1kwwFTg9KWB5_QwK-1ffyw9j4GXj8zPilwqoEGOKTIlfeL-16/w640-h480/12.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Crowsnest Mountain</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAwbscMdjvqhwInAlX54-l0FJ2QzQWY9iIqL0Qt2rC326qNStUNHAIlTXDbhTWDNUC5px831xj-YWaPmxCvs_csVs1EWgKy0ORUB5yV6-y78Szhzxio0lvbRLtHjimJxKR2P4uuBZwoxfo7d0HOkCswX5PyclZYfBipOgFl00Coh4xLiXCqSNMsc-sgs4x/s1190/14.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="893" data-original-width="1190" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAwbscMdjvqhwInAlX54-l0FJ2QzQWY9iIqL0Qt2rC326qNStUNHAIlTXDbhTWDNUC5px831xj-YWaPmxCvs_csVs1EWgKy0ORUB5yV6-y78Szhzxio0lvbRLtHjimJxKR2P4uuBZwoxfo7d0HOkCswX5PyclZYfBipOgFl00Coh4xLiXCqSNMsc-sgs4x/w640-h480/14.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT9VnOoiX6Mf0YDOH6m6JT5jT5czu0m73LcjW9dvzK85vhkPjD2g4Rci6Mg_wA5hzdzVHVGd13j-yz6SBXoxPS5qSoqcbTTXTRPpGrq5u12TybZZQlV0SOry0-7qmmTMWcahGP7X2LflDVJLXPTKrB9Ed2se0IB-ddy-WPJ5Aa7I4YVjmCzpqOykYTgTZg/s1190/13.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="893" data-original-width="1190" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT9VnOoiX6Mf0YDOH6m6JT5jT5czu0m73LcjW9dvzK85vhkPjD2g4Rci6Mg_wA5hzdzVHVGd13j-yz6SBXoxPS5qSoqcbTTXTRPpGrq5u12TybZZQlV0SOry0-7qmmTMWcahGP7X2LflDVJLXPTKrB9Ed2se0IB-ddy-WPJ5Aa7I4YVjmCzpqOykYTgTZg/w640-h480/13.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Of course the scenery is stunning, along with the tragedy of the Frank Slide that ended up killing 90 of the coal mining town's 600 residents when 100 million tons of rock came crashing down at 4:00 a.m. on April 29th, 1903. It was the deadliest slide in Canadian history and the largest until the Hope Slide in 1965.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4Eane17A9lN1b87Q1mib4W5eRALm5nlBno3qj32zi6q3bLovG6y4kXP2Xr8r9KiuuwipbICsFU3JNOacqt7fulDZnyQ86n0wrQeVbm1koOzcxEaZRVahsqL0pJTLXjyyFcDgrDX9_YkStutBkLyN8XUhFkxk4hCUdAL08DmKkgBjeYmSc2c-6ghnPa1PQ/s1186/3.JPG" style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="890" data-original-width="1186" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4Eane17A9lN1b87Q1mib4W5eRALm5nlBno3qj32zi6q3bLovG6y4kXP2Xr8r9KiuuwipbICsFU3JNOacqt7fulDZnyQ86n0wrQeVbm1koOzcxEaZRVahsqL0pJTLXjyyFcDgrDX9_YkStutBkLyN8XUhFkxk4hCUdAL08DmKkgBjeYmSc2c-6ghnPa1PQ/w640-h480/3.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span><span style="font-size: large;">We were through the Rockies now and soon found ourselves surrounded by the Alberta foothills and our first sign we were in bison/buffalo country. Actually buffalo are a completely separate species of animal native to Africa and Asia. Only Europe and North America have bison, but the two names keep getting mixed up. </span></span></div><div><span><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiisU36eB44ecTbmfQ97AFak5MZ5BZpzlK7_J-up8wfiYxzFB3MGSOr7WFeqD5pguEcgKMuH4xOp2iQj1TgCsZrHyXaGvURAEHjphmnBgcQKT7fmy2ZYVgyqQYPRUMrqNGPjFB91vSEVy9ftsMbsfzr63Zgg6jC2emlKh11tPKFn9oSSjnQP2cwAumzH6OO/s1186/7.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="890" data-original-width="1186" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiisU36eB44ecTbmfQ97AFak5MZ5BZpzlK7_J-up8wfiYxzFB3MGSOr7WFeqD5pguEcgKMuH4xOp2iQj1TgCsZrHyXaGvURAEHjphmnBgcQKT7fmy2ZYVgyqQYPRUMrqNGPjFB91vSEVy9ftsMbsfzr63Zgg6jC2emlKh11tPKFn9oSSjnQP2cwAumzH6OO/w640-h480/7.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div><span><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijOXp2aew8SI_IjfjCUQLIWhhzHQajxkf3C7ymeENhPbq_iY7vCyg_-fywn3dBZUHNQ-NuI8ODqEYtGlRO9m2WsYj9UZjd6B_L1yR6ATe8b5y9jNsyNiQJwox8enl57rBEoWFjnICISGULqLkr573GsXdB9ZW-ROU_qcNrwQFij2T3tNGjHNPbd73r0oyI/s1399/1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="890" data-original-width="1399" height="408" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijOXp2aew8SI_IjfjCUQLIWhhzHQajxkf3C7ymeENhPbq_iY7vCyg_-fywn3dBZUHNQ-NuI8ODqEYtGlRO9m2WsYj9UZjd6B_L1yR6ATe8b5y9jNsyNiQJwox8enl57rBEoWFjnICISGULqLkr573GsXdB9ZW-ROU_qcNrwQFij2T3tNGjHNPbd73r0oyI/w640-h408/1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidPTDEseUfr_UnQEoQCqFGjC5cK0w1QjXODOPuFopLAwF6yI-CkadIabGSDPDDqvgmwqDuI-0mVG0Ut6AAAaZEm8mFv29Hmsq2acuHxL0eZGp0QyflterCReD6WxFij0aX4WcKMHxj4zkZ_jO-DlwOaBKMj9oxZ7roPE4emp5xBvfInPz4XOuxmAbHIxdH/s1186/5.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="890" data-original-width="1186" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidPTDEseUfr_UnQEoQCqFGjC5cK0w1QjXODOPuFopLAwF6yI-CkadIabGSDPDDqvgmwqDuI-0mVG0Ut6AAAaZEm8mFv29Hmsq2acuHxL0eZGp0QyflterCReD6WxFij0aX4WcKMHxj4zkZ_jO-DlwOaBKMj9oxZ7roPE4emp5xBvfInPz4XOuxmAbHIxdH/w640-h480/5.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0Zl5EmciTOV2HaJAh6n8WSfNQNpLa9ytdoJJ7LRCYHxTmM3t7JQPd4te_IzSpko6uHIomK1NghPM0rco56K1K4nWwvdAFF3TfbBP4_uQ1D8l-9yFgfkRZM3_XNFDhFlHtDYiL77fjC18e7x9K0cIyAPS-YqeLdO6VyDR3UB4N9nv5d_GMdMISAKLRru40/s1186/6.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="890" data-original-width="1186" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0Zl5EmciTOV2HaJAh6n8WSfNQNpLa9ytdoJJ7LRCYHxTmM3t7JQPd4te_IzSpko6uHIomK1NghPM0rco56K1K4nWwvdAFF3TfbBP4_uQ1D8l-9yFgfkRZM3_XNFDhFlHtDYiL77fjC18e7x9K0cIyAPS-YqeLdO6VyDR3UB4N9nv5d_GMdMISAKLRru40/w640-h480/6.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span>In the Porcupine Hills, just outside of Fort Macleod, is the UNESCO World Heritage Site known as Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump. This magnificent interpretive centre preserves and interprets over 6,000 years of Plains People history and their bison culture. For thousands of years the bison provided the Plains People with meat for food, hides for clothing and shelter, bone and horn for tools, and dung for fires. </span><span>Long before the horse culture developed, the principal means of slaughtering the bison was to stampede a herd over the cliffs and then butcher them at the bottom. Within the centre, films and displays illustrate how the oldest and best preserved buffalo jump in North America operated. </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO_EKRCFY8tG6lt_E5xxcWdANyViA3bXB1jbljRKxkjDLN3Tl18-DX9rUSEOq8UEycdRZr540c5icg7ZSnGSN-rO5kqlnSz2Rp-o-siGX-I3U5FSUVDU1DIfwo9FmqV7aMcuRdwJQShNvgoucx47pVaLssVE1icQBg8da5qJZ5jim67e3aAuaLCkGOV0vu/s750/Head-smashed-in-buffalo-jump-museum-levels.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="700" data-original-width="750" height="598" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO_EKRCFY8tG6lt_E5xxcWdANyViA3bXB1jbljRKxkjDLN3Tl18-DX9rUSEOq8UEycdRZr540c5icg7ZSnGSN-rO5kqlnSz2Rp-o-siGX-I3U5FSUVDU1DIfwo9FmqV7aMcuRdwJQShNvgoucx47pVaLssVE1icQBg8da5qJZ5jim67e3aAuaLCkGOV0vu/w640-h598/Head-smashed-in-buffalo-jump-museum-levels.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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The area on top of the cliffs is still prime grazing land, and the trails below lead to various points of interest including ancient campsites and other bison jumps.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguwkmiW6JFc68jufwAivI1VvZAvXBKSkElyR8XghvT6O0K22-71xlqBrX4fzdCWsyoXoxOXCswUcY6XlyQ7yjE_4URfDCs9DAIi_49ipOn4ezcg6z2g8qUA9Cw8DisxLPWhKuIKrUo5sW_4CEjWICF7tUUN6QW6KyL2bF0hvYQdyWhOwoSi1BtIqfQDtFJ/s1495/20.jpg" style="font-size: x-large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="890" data-original-width="1495" height="382" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguwkmiW6JFc68jufwAivI1VvZAvXBKSkElyR8XghvT6O0K22-71xlqBrX4fzdCWsyoXoxOXCswUcY6XlyQ7yjE_4URfDCs9DAIi_49ipOn4ezcg6z2g8qUA9Cw8DisxLPWhKuIKrUo5sW_4CEjWICF7tUUN6QW6KyL2bF0hvYQdyWhOwoSi1BtIqfQDtFJ/w640-h382/20.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Built in 1909 to shorten the route to the Crowsnest Pass, it took a 100 man crew two years and 685 railway cars of steel and equipment to complete, and cost over $1 million dollars. Crossing the Oldman River (formerly known as the Belly River) it's a short distance away from the historic battle site known as the Battle of Belly River which, in 1870, was the last major battle of First Nations on Canadian soil. The battle between the Cree (Iron Confederacy) led by Big Bear, and the Blackfoot Confederacy, led by Crowfoot, over the Cypress Hills boundaries led to the death of over 300 Cree. Peace was eventually negotiated and the Cree were given access to the Cypress Hills by the Blackfoot who also adopted the Cree leader, Poundmaker. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0t90CFZu84XvIAqktHujTC7Npe4bqQ6dIDEEu249-YmwM6eY5pztSNCsNGu0Eu4DtJNSW5wbuWZaocO--YgHbIuQ4XImpDZH99bUifZ2DvYdQU3emZs-neW-9Xaz7KHrX84eQ-IhIIe-vf82pPoPXsWGXSYU7qt5RiiZrkp7AQRZ5SznWL4ZM8Ai6SnCN/s1186/6.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="605" data-original-width="1186" height="326" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0t90CFZu84XvIAqktHujTC7Npe4bqQ6dIDEEu249-YmwM6eY5pztSNCsNGu0Eu4DtJNSW5wbuWZaocO--YgHbIuQ4XImpDZH99bUifZ2DvYdQU3emZs-neW-9Xaz7KHrX84eQ-IhIIe-vf82pPoPXsWGXSYU7qt5RiiZrkp7AQRZ5SznWL4ZM8Ai6SnCN/w640-h326/6.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2csqLgivzkdKbREq0iIpqHr_5RElGX0qNAENuU1ua9ZyDk6-_VjcqIuymRqhV9qkQXhBsJ3ObLbzLmxsyNCsfDrX2umMUNaHxHik75LqCqwCYnHDLdRAr4ze-t8IEnQkt75jmtWXIP1A77ISiFc2LNjTeJX4mP-3ESdP5ffd_ZUgDjdu7bVBnCVJDn7ZH/s1186/3.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="890" data-original-width="1186" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2csqLgivzkdKbREq0iIpqHr_5RElGX0qNAENuU1ua9ZyDk6-_VjcqIuymRqhV9qkQXhBsJ3ObLbzLmxsyNCsfDrX2umMUNaHxHik75LqCqwCYnHDLdRAr4ze-t8IEnQkt75jmtWXIP1A77ISiFc2LNjTeJX4mP-3ESdP5ffd_ZUgDjdu7bVBnCVJDn7ZH/w640-h480/3.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSVNy8K-U_ITWZ1FBekzO3zyvhZw85hyVIoo55Vr_wl8Aa9YlGbjVMj8hujYBfdodjCbyYNVZzGqDjSlRZjX-i98ulBE3XNoKdEsaeW-Txbj8hoLqJXEPfQGQADb0XwapyUoW3sEoejIlJyu-mzxzPI4CLXr8shKMP-gPuuBQSRb4AgkhJU4zar1wscjCB/s1186/4.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="890" data-original-width="1186" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSVNy8K-U_ITWZ1FBekzO3zyvhZw85hyVIoo55Vr_wl8Aa9YlGbjVMj8hujYBfdodjCbyYNVZzGqDjSlRZjX-i98ulBE3XNoKdEsaeW-Txbj8hoLqJXEPfQGQADb0XwapyUoW3sEoejIlJyu-mzxzPI4CLXr8shKMP-gPuuBQSRb4AgkhJU4zar1wscjCB/w640-h480/4.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHvpHC8_Lgslq7WXZae2vnrF2RwnJj4WwK-X4nyDTN_KSGShP6rrjoxw1aNa80EGgW9ElgUZHj4id8gwCNV3yi6oq3TfY_z0SLRcpv2TRkIdBUPBtaYCY0uRDyYtNdOUmLZ-TCkdu1ZFSm747AfyegpmhWdWX0xkMK7SayYU2Z1obZACoqitXf-MbwQ5Ji/s1186/5.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="890" data-original-width="1186" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHvpHC8_Lgslq7WXZae2vnrF2RwnJj4WwK-X4nyDTN_KSGShP6rrjoxw1aNa80EGgW9ElgUZHj4id8gwCNV3yi6oq3TfY_z0SLRcpv2TRkIdBUPBtaYCY0uRDyYtNdOUmLZ-TCkdu1ZFSm747AfyegpmhWdWX0xkMK7SayYU2Z1obZACoqitXf-MbwQ5Ji/w640-h480/5.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">The original prairie grasslands have long since given way to a variety of cultivated crops, and we stared in wonder at the seemingly endless miles of wheat and canola that greeted us at every turn. 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Virtually every city of any size is located in one of these river valleys including Medicine Hat on the South Saskatchewan River. 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The Cypress Hills plateau rises 200 metres above the surrounding prairie, 600 metres above Medicine Hat, and is the highest point between the Rockies and Labrador. </span></span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi44swg597L0s_a-nr4R6cYTfhIWsXF264rmWX41jAwrdMKWiCgVnpc1GyuRXhVCy1nZdgQ0M2E2hu0hSud14GaBjWhxyMQ6n9lJ46iXzWxoCKSCRtqlJtT27IMha92Dj2M5ubV3AIBWwbtEoZHcYwm5yIYX8Hg34RZh1noewgG1RS8X4hD9mp_cYDdV-02/s1186/21.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="890" data-original-width="1186" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi44swg597L0s_a-nr4R6cYTfhIWsXF264rmWX41jAwrdMKWiCgVnpc1GyuRXhVCy1nZdgQ0M2E2hu0hSud14GaBjWhxyMQ6n9lJ46iXzWxoCKSCRtqlJtT27IMha92Dj2M5ubV3AIBWwbtEoZHcYwm5yIYX8Hg34RZh1noewgG1RS8X4hD9mp_cYDdV-02/w640-h480/21.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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There are more than 700 species of plants and animals living here including moose, elk, deer, beaver, otters, weasel, bobcat, coyote, and mountain lion. At the end of the 19th century it also contained the last of the bison. 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The principal reason for the formation of the NWMP was in response to the 1873 Cypress Hills Massacre which occured 2.5 kms south of the fort. On June 1st 1873, a group of American bison hunters and whiskey traders attacked a camp of Assiniboine, who they mistakenly thought had stolen their horses. The resulting massacre left over 30 men, women, and children dead, not counting those injured and raped, and the country outraged. The NWMP was hastily formed and 275 men were sent out west to maintain law and order. 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Originally built to display Scotty, the T.Rex Discovery Centre not only houses an ever evolving display gallery and a theatre, but it's also a state of the art research lab now operated by the Royal Saskatchewan Museum. Here paleontologists and students work year round on fossils collected during the summer season from the Frenchman River valley and the Cypress Hills. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0v4KMHXXwaPbyy7yiNSehstwkSbNX0mvSC9AIGvnru26u1GcLzgNxgXfNF2PS-1jceDnf9hZW_6CbBydPqhV-pFNNjWI4TFho0iMPUkZpmnjyPcT0bJtVTJDlfHqRy_L4R1fte9m4-jVWcqV6wsqgDHNfDrU5Ae3jBbHrQrVsjMZ0Gn67E2gOosC_5eBK/s1186/8.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="890" data-original-width="1186" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0v4KMHXXwaPbyy7yiNSehstwkSbNX0mvSC9AIGvnru26u1GcLzgNxgXfNF2PS-1jceDnf9hZW_6CbBydPqhV-pFNNjWI4TFho0iMPUkZpmnjyPcT0bJtVTJDlfHqRy_L4R1fte9m4-jVWcqV6wsqgDHNfDrU5Ae3jBbHrQrVsjMZ0Gn67E2gOosC_5eBK/w640-h480/8.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiveBnOOcyxJNMSMNNQkiwEa0wWd7oNVqlilMdDC7ZgcDaB4Z2P7_bIdR3YHOZDxMOKcLxWGqBp4ZfNTxJBS8WEk59bQlPWNmp8jIbolSTWIyxiTptO9ofAmCttxEd-I50sBvgp8KhzVu7eP1dX79B6Uf56BPztSjVGI1bNUw6AQu3d5NKYcfG6phcFFHIK/s1186/6.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="890" data-original-width="1186" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiveBnOOcyxJNMSMNNQkiwEa0wWd7oNVqlilMdDC7ZgcDaB4Z2P7_bIdR3YHOZDxMOKcLxWGqBp4ZfNTxJBS8WEk59bQlPWNmp8jIbolSTWIyxiTptO9ofAmCttxEd-I50sBvgp8KhzVu7eP1dX79B6Uf56BPztSjVGI1bNUw6AQu3d5NKYcfG6phcFFHIK/w640-h480/6.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">A little further east from Scotty and Company is the Grasslands National Park, one of the nation's few remaining areas of undisturbed dry mixed-grass/shortgrass prairie grassland. The unique landscape and harsh, semi-arid climate provide habitat for several unique species including the country's only black-tailed prairie dog colonies, pronghorn antelope, burrowing owls, rattlesnakes, and bison. Plains bison were re-introduced in 2005 after 120 years of absence. Starting with a herd of 71 bison from Elk Island it has now grown to 400-500 and they roam freely over an area of 181 square kilometres (70 square miles) that includes part of the Frenchman River Valley in the park's West Block. A self-guided 20km driving tour through the West Block provides an opportunity to view some of these creatures and the unique landscapes.</span><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkltl1mwsK9PU4WIDclvaMJ1Ne3M_il2yHJvrWIQPeppJnBPCN5bJrlS0I0WCV3ivaunfYx4YilErF_7KbLO2W8En1LIZ-Iu2N4zIgQk5qeXI1y-lX1VI8BLkTAZi7kbnTb2SeaZtWCsHtQvbA0U-4vd6nBapjYaB9olegs63IF93uY8CCqS2892CF5CCn/s1186/2.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="890" data-original-width="1186" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkltl1mwsK9PU4WIDclvaMJ1Ne3M_il2yHJvrWIQPeppJnBPCN5bJrlS0I0WCV3ivaunfYx4YilErF_7KbLO2W8En1LIZ-Iu2N4zIgQk5qeXI1y-lX1VI8BLkTAZi7kbnTb2SeaZtWCsHtQvbA0U-4vd6nBapjYaB9olegs63IF93uY8CCqS2892CF5CCn/w640-h480/2.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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The odd large boulder left behind by the glaciers provided rubbing rocks for the bison. While the prairie dogs were in abundance and happy to pose for photos, the few bison we saw were off in the distance and only able to be viewed with binoculars. </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF5idF4ARTkqU8F9Rd3QeAcawicXg8f_8NIA1KNGXmXW-s3cjHlF9kCNi1_VdS0EYkVM99jOWzWG4F8uT92z7LAOxJz7pi4LmLoXV3WhDBaH-aiBMtktlRl21GwfYWkh2eei4PkDisV3-GlHZ8VUAESaUqWiuWsG__CmQgNjlEP9ap9UvHPVmYuJtGHc8c/s2000/sitting-bull.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1333" data-original-width="2000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF5idF4ARTkqU8F9Rd3QeAcawicXg8f_8NIA1KNGXmXW-s3cjHlF9kCNi1_VdS0EYkVM99jOWzWG4F8uT92z7LAOxJz7pi4LmLoXV3WhDBaH-aiBMtktlRl21GwfYWkh2eei4PkDisV3-GlHZ8VUAESaUqWiuWsG__CmQgNjlEP9ap9UvHPVmYuJtGHc8c/w640-h426/sitting-bull.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">Sitting Bull</span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLC0gLeWVRt_cHiHVTt3EW0SG6xHEkX5_gonpKmRJsv5H29UV8vg_WfIJhUVoovmv3Gpf7cgtIyFr3sYxc6NaviXB5rOXv4AW3DiKJLlgL1l4YhIKphnxWy_-9TduGnhqmPee9qdXbjbQl5O_MdDyDQ_fcAGKG9OytQ5tw6j7XBjbaY6-ijRgUCSu3MB7e/s2048/crowfoot-2.webp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1037" data-original-width="2048" height="324" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLC0gLeWVRt_cHiHVTt3EW0SG6xHEkX5_gonpKmRJsv5H29UV8vg_WfIJhUVoovmv3Gpf7cgtIyFr3sYxc6NaviXB5rOXv4AW3DiKJLlgL1l4YhIKphnxWy_-9TduGnhqmPee9qdXbjbQl5O_MdDyDQ_fcAGKG9OytQ5tw6j7XBjbaY6-ijRgUCSu3MB7e/w640-h324/crowfoot-2.webp" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Crowfoot</b></span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXfLzS8R82i1jo0aUfw3DjvMsnJsPuwnBM75E0DJfn4KcDWbvIQFFI_Y0xTEXizW7ASRBPvvYClaA0RWSpTrrjm_8xdJ2XiZzUgUze3YSLLkgTa7NWj0pOyz8NldJLBP4GbTtuf-ZAWqwxOW8po38fXv6FH695QUDaDot3C-4ETg1y6K7e8Du756SGzcPR/s780/chief-big-bear.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="439" data-original-width="780" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXfLzS8R82i1jo0aUfw3DjvMsnJsPuwnBM75E0DJfn4KcDWbvIQFFI_Y0xTEXizW7ASRBPvvYClaA0RWSpTrrjm_8xdJ2XiZzUgUze3YSLLkgTa7NWj0pOyz8NldJLBP4GbTtuf-ZAWqwxOW8po38fXv6FH695QUDaDot3C-4ETg1y6K7e8Du756SGzcPR/w640-h360/chief-big-bear.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Big Bear</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span>This was also the area that Sitting Bull, along with 5,000 Sioux, </span><span>took refuge in</span><span> after they had defeated Custer at the Battle of Little Bighorn. At first he met with Crowfoot, the leader of the Blackfoot and then Big Bear, the Cree leader, who both turned down his request to form an army and fight the U.S. government. Then he also tried unsuccessfully to get the Canadian government to give his people a reserve. In the end Sitting Bull and his people stayed here for four years until famine forced them to return to the U.S.</span></span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPV86hQaSi-K0754oZYWFQGB5XTIl_xj_o7fzYsMJXaMcRsw_2OGAFXZQ-hV6I_VAxtMtveLKe_lOk5cAd1GD-9t1sXhPlyZsaUO6Mnp2R21qDWcayLCaat6hVXNBfLUHXvsMhDvBtErrWkeaHPiF2x4GsnkyLl72XfVFUrbDNYAA6wM8E6YCthNQuoYYq/s1186/9.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="890" data-original-width="1186" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPV86hQaSi-K0754oZYWFQGB5XTIl_xj_o7fzYsMJXaMcRsw_2OGAFXZQ-hV6I_VAxtMtveLKe_lOk5cAd1GD-9t1sXhPlyZsaUO6Mnp2R21qDWcayLCaat6hVXNBfLUHXvsMhDvBtErrWkeaHPiF2x4GsnkyLl72XfVFUrbDNYAA6wM8E6YCthNQuoYYq/w640-h480/9.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIJGW-Bb3cItAGTLHjjyAXg_KkQmG4bhIso-8M8zXiL93G0ncPcYCcTYbfIb9EYNn5dwjzarCtTD0Hn7QBxbMKL8WKSlxzRVTpk7HP9WO5AvCd1KKhbkZIzklXcPYXF9VRNF_9dXbnUY5KyBw0Wz4suOyK4lc6h0Y2lhY8Bai5dqjLUqFJGBXqeo8lKVKU/s1186/10.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="890" data-original-width="1186" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIJGW-Bb3cItAGTLHjjyAXg_KkQmG4bhIso-8M8zXiL93G0ncPcYCcTYbfIb9EYNn5dwjzarCtTD0Hn7QBxbMKL8WKSlxzRVTpk7HP9WO5AvCd1KKhbkZIzklXcPYXF9VRNF_9dXbnUY5KyBw0Wz4suOyK4lc6h0Y2lhY8Bai5dqjLUqFJGBXqeo8lKVKU/w640-h480/10.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">A more modern version of bison roaming over the grasslands are the combines, tractors, and other farm equipment lined up and on display at various equipment dealers or out working the fields.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgnXVJRJgENBo-M0Wxb-dqE03UWuJrlOVBwIE_lSdGXh2OxYKOVn4Md4G86jvhYuMK-9heoNzy5yZxroE65eY3eepVypmaWjJ3TB9rcHnBzhUDhO3vYrBMIK6W73P_3LmGKxqsg21dw4Byn8RA43ReDUDf3dVjfQfeRg2__DP15sIosFNf6WdVuEszmVSP/s1186/11.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="890" data-original-width="1186" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgnXVJRJgENBo-M0Wxb-dqE03UWuJrlOVBwIE_lSdGXh2OxYKOVn4Md4G86jvhYuMK-9heoNzy5yZxroE65eY3eepVypmaWjJ3TB9rcHnBzhUDhO3vYrBMIK6W73P_3LmGKxqsg21dw4Byn8RA43ReDUDf3dVjfQfeRg2__DP15sIosFNf6WdVuEszmVSP/w640-h480/11.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlE2k6Ut-l9TncWuNZghtLc8XLK_u4uDEOMcdMza50rJkZQn50U-t1aWvA4QGKo264nU3_1IIyvrNrgyPWsnw6ieYMQ5UCy18JsQJffxh6k3IcXiGcsGZNtOV-EO2txFhnSE-K1wzXl2nsIFLPbF8cz-4i_O3RiB2ALybkxnM816DZx3rM64YDfZ_pr2rp/s806/12.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="570" data-original-width="806" height="452" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlE2k6Ut-l9TncWuNZghtLc8XLK_u4uDEOMcdMza50rJkZQn50U-t1aWvA4QGKo264nU3_1IIyvrNrgyPWsnw6ieYMQ5UCy18JsQJffxh6k3IcXiGcsGZNtOV-EO2txFhnSE-K1wzXl2nsIFLPbF8cz-4i_O3RiB2ALybkxnM816DZx3rM64YDfZ_pr2rp/w640-h452/12.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">The other mechanical animal on the prairies is the nodding donkey or pumpjack that appear sporadically or in small herds from time to time, quietly going about their business. Depending on the mineral rights of the landowner, each one of these can bring in between $5,000-$10,000 in annual income.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeqkA8VjMc_1WyRk_R1qnSmIy6MK8q22_2ep-ySQOlB09m_HVBQdReGY5zF7ud1rYiDEO-gYGzk3apd2946Ylm2CqH-tsVjbRxtmYJtBsBl0RRREZM5h7DOG3zCWQxDZEj92Fig4AbiStsBInefo0RZWmU2wQN1Vyr7fJTF1abg4vP2WJYgxEdkI3Qp-ug/s1186/moose.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="890" data-original-width="1186" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeqkA8VjMc_1WyRk_R1qnSmIy6MK8q22_2ep-ySQOlB09m_HVBQdReGY5zF7ud1rYiDEO-gYGzk3apd2946Ylm2CqH-tsVjbRxtmYJtBsBl0RRREZM5h7DOG3zCWQxDZEj92Fig4AbiStsBInefo0RZWmU2wQN1Vyr7fJTF1abg4vP2WJYgxEdkI3Qp-ug/w640-h480/moose.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;">We stopped in at Moose Jaw to get a photo with Mac, the largest moose in the world and Canada's most photographed roadside attraction.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXs-Je-SE3fys0eRyQSQTnNM86ylaBAX3yae2vdh43Kghw8WtXsIkAvnzYeyawibsVOoqMPmB3ucLwFqIJdpPnZMV_OuyL2T-6XP8RlZu3s_A9ArjHc8gz22eymDb3nQoup6DNE_MeMcmyc1stYUf3BgkZqceXJ7dDXgNV8esnVZJJNre-CcW9Vid2icqY/s1500/1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="890" data-original-width="1500" height="380" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXs-Je-SE3fys0eRyQSQTnNM86ylaBAX3yae2vdh43Kghw8WtXsIkAvnzYeyawibsVOoqMPmB3ucLwFqIJdpPnZMV_OuyL2T-6XP8RlZu3s_A9ArjHc8gz22eymDb3nQoup6DNE_MeMcmyc1stYUf3BgkZqceXJ7dDXgNV8esnVZJJNre-CcW9Vid2icqY/w640-h380/1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">When we pulled into Regina, one of the first things we saw was the striking First Nations University of Canada, a federated college of the University of Regina with a design that perfectly encompasses the Plains People culture and was designed by the Indigenous architect Douglas Cardinal who also designed the Canadian Museum of History. The First Nations University provides an opportunity for both Indigenous and non-Indigenous students of all nations to learn in a unique environment of First Nations cultures and values. As more and more universities are now offering Indigenous studies courses, we can only hope that slowly but surely a better understanding of the third solitude (the other two being the French and English) will start to permeate the conciousness of the Canadian public.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxnSep1BAG_x5lxz4UKXnIXNfRhgT8EKl6K5Slp_bMoqEgA3HKQj6D7s4j04HZzPKbWMT7VYMRX8IYAb1k8WwbFpxx1rcFTDB1gUBQVzsuBEKrtYVahbTxkZ0FaQ7_KiEpGZGe85Ih_zFX5FWYQrF3sxbllXsRZsLXgbsWFtH2xTwH7l_dP7I_KlihMdUg/s1186/3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="890" data-original-width="1186" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxnSep1BAG_x5lxz4UKXnIXNfRhgT8EKl6K5Slp_bMoqEgA3HKQj6D7s4j04HZzPKbWMT7VYMRX8IYAb1k8WwbFpxx1rcFTDB1gUBQVzsuBEKrtYVahbTxkZ0FaQ7_KiEpGZGe85Ih_zFX5FWYQrF3sxbllXsRZsLXgbsWFtH2xTwH7l_dP7I_KlihMdUg/w640-h480/3.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Regina has the pleasant Wascana waterfront park, the 4th largest urban park in Canada and more than twice the size of Vancouver's Stanley Park. Wascana is derived from the Cree word <i>Oscana</i>, meaning "pile of bison bones", which is what was lying around the creek at the time of settlement. It now encompasses the Saskatchewan Legislative Building, the University of Regina, the Mackenzie Art Gallery and the Royal Saskatchewan Museum in addition to an outdoor aquatic centre and miles of pedestrian and cycling paths.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuLc_V0uWwFP7N47y1qo4KuEy2EuWLrX029EaUpWTP1PeE7cn5JjrG7-Esetu18_aKt5OZJJO6mJOqfGta2jYar8DutUn50_Yjk_HIxjDeBTRfwezWWJQuXzSufF0FIzKUz8RWz9zSrzZC_ItsAhpTBJMs736JMCGTn8FHBKEK2c6W_0lFsAfMId4e3JZB/s1186/1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="890" data-original-width="1186" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuLc_V0uWwFP7N47y1qo4KuEy2EuWLrX029EaUpWTP1PeE7cn5JjrG7-Esetu18_aKt5OZJJO6mJOqfGta2jYar8DutUn50_Yjk_HIxjDeBTRfwezWWJQuXzSufF0FIzKUz8RWz9zSrzZC_ItsAhpTBJMs736JMCGTn8FHBKEK2c6W_0lFsAfMId4e3JZB/w640-h480/1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Rex gallery with a copy of Scotty, and a First Nations gallery highlighting Indigenous culture along with an honest and detailed examination of the numbered treaty process.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfpYlefrTsSarIs6DMe6vDchmR20RYiuBOuotu3ym4izuhpxyKRRxjdnmxB7vLBKUvgT8VkZO3qMugzk5Zbe5bAxsiKdOqbeiHyZeCxdegOPemqxCkHmiv0YnEOuEOULqUuTa5oocK7iA990MQhuXKL1y8hq4ZbB2ykJlFqulijXbvlknp9jBoV6IzWMyn/s924/9.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="890" data-original-width="924" height="616" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfpYlefrTsSarIs6DMe6vDchmR20RYiuBOuotu3ym4izuhpxyKRRxjdnmxB7vLBKUvgT8VkZO3qMugzk5Zbe5bAxsiKdOqbeiHyZeCxdegOPemqxCkHmiv0YnEOuEOULqUuTa5oocK7iA990MQhuXKL1y8hq4ZbB2ykJlFqulijXbvlknp9jBoV6IzWMyn/w640-h616/9.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFMOsEgBFCEfZ9tXGjETkmoyxP6ULaVuCHx2NiWpFdFO7xTItdorId6iZa2kbm_rYYbbXM5bs-CmtEXy4XOqB6fbwZjnAU3ym4JBkDw6mVIpEG0LIUA4Y5VoaL4tntb8X3Ocr7WOhHtdwnSsTwU9IUizM1BxUeF2utMiVPUk6xUlKTCqIlou_CBgUxX-5T/s1186/10.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="890" data-original-width="1186" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFMOsEgBFCEfZ9tXGjETkmoyxP6ULaVuCHx2NiWpFdFO7xTItdorId6iZa2kbm_rYYbbXM5bs-CmtEXy4XOqB6fbwZjnAU3ym4JBkDw6mVIpEG0LIUA4Y5VoaL4tntb8X3Ocr7WOhHtdwnSsTwU9IUizM1BxUeF2utMiVPUk6xUlKTCqIlou_CBgUxX-5T/w640-h480/10.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB2WXPQwSqdDvibQxqf47cZIGhZep9YDF10zi0qDKwBm1GviN9ul-IdSfDhSUCEhfPmC-MjWDIzTKJYhHa8anp13lY8sGl0u_2qhGG5uN9ls37LP5W_iryYlP1Bu8F-_mo_7sLsgR8vgM92Ae3iSrVnZGd4z6JORReYVCCPiyOvcxi86mS4G_0MZV-wyYn/s1186/11.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="890" data-original-width="1186" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB2WXPQwSqdDvibQxqf47cZIGhZep9YDF10zi0qDKwBm1GviN9ul-IdSfDhSUCEhfPmC-MjWDIzTKJYhHa8anp13lY8sGl0u_2qhGG5uN9ls37LP5W_iryYlP1Bu8F-_mo_7sLsgR8vgM92Ae3iSrVnZGd4z6JORReYVCCPiyOvcxi86mS4G_0MZV-wyYn/w640-h480/11.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji24hUyP5E0IPHndozweTXeQWVMLJ3ffg8_KF43Qwp20hkzyy_z1vy28N52shUQY_4Kn8022JfkWWMphHNLGBJYb1KeBsub99pSVU-_IswSwrQhHK8TmdhVRDgPj02e_OR43aeKaJYC-QMRtIagrIOPi9r_OrCPL1yoieTgVqEZayXect1UxtOsyh65uQw/s1186/8.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="890" data-original-width="1186" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji24hUyP5E0IPHndozweTXeQWVMLJ3ffg8_KF43Qwp20hkzyy_z1vy28N52shUQY_4Kn8022JfkWWMphHNLGBJYb1KeBsub99pSVU-_IswSwrQhHK8TmdhVRDgPj02e_OR43aeKaJYC-QMRtIagrIOPi9r_OrCPL1yoieTgVqEZayXect1UxtOsyh65uQw/w640-h480/8.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Regina is also headquarters to the R.C.M.P., our tarnished national police force, which this year is celebrating its 150 year anniversary. Unfortunately, there was no acknowledgement of their past mistakes, or complicity in the mistreatment of Indigenous people at their Heritage Centre, just a glorification of their checkered history. Their continued misogynistic attitude towards their own female members, systemic racism, cover-ups of police bungling, and a complete lack of success in dealing with the over 1,000 missing and murdered Indigenous women, points to a force that is broken and in need of a complete re-set. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhByJbOk6bIPERddKsSDFgJNkiXCv6pG0wU7TOgqcpuGsNq0Eye8mRcgTJy-WAFYCZ8ZkKN-D4mnac-_hqqheAWgsDs9Bsc3V_L5jdN5s-JQo7l1AMlFXRcNncA5gSjiN_TzfclY7pddky3gWn_TaMzTtrbVBBfd8nYjJ8lT-WH-ZfYbrAw7lSJh1pBfkjn/s1179/1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="884" data-original-width="1179" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhByJbOk6bIPERddKsSDFgJNkiXCv6pG0wU7TOgqcpuGsNq0Eye8mRcgTJy-WAFYCZ8ZkKN-D4mnac-_hqqheAWgsDs9Bsc3V_L5jdN5s-JQo7l1AMlFXRcNncA5gSjiN_TzfclY7pddky3gWn_TaMzTtrbVBBfd8nYjJ8lT-WH-ZfYbrAw7lSJh1pBfkjn/w640-h480/1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Saying goodbye to Regina we then made our way to historic Fort Qu'Appelle.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiadMpWn9TywIloK40wrwrn1IOzHtmDL3TqBAI7FLqO4-86nhycdNNmY2bX9FiIfbcj30K219OcGMxKWR2FM8Zmeq5-ptX1V4ix2HWtrDZYIDo8F1IvCtBooknBV-dmI7i2XIiwwjiaGR4eDg95D2J52_HDMkflEmVQx17mzvA66mW35ovJ6fPHgLJ2zti2/s656/17.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="656" data-original-width="609" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiadMpWn9TywIloK40wrwrn1IOzHtmDL3TqBAI7FLqO4-86nhycdNNmY2bX9FiIfbcj30K219OcGMxKWR2FM8Zmeq5-ptX1V4ix2HWtrDZYIDo8F1IvCtBooknBV-dmI7i2XIiwwjiaGR4eDg95D2J52_HDMkflEmVQx17mzvA66mW35ovJ6fPHgLJ2zti2/w594-h640/17.jpg" width="594" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5DALhdQ4DlfKKhn6bpmklnOpH12O6K8dkw8zRpfIFI-H9XToSSZq9RQX4l7IgyeJmKAn5b8z6yGHqRQiXmk2ksh__UOC37fnQcLeomL99XWFnPN2Fb8oDwwD7v4xGIFUUHb75LROFSThZhHiDtiSz-Tzt098Se6MZezM6sj1j4UyfizOL6oyv_3uXBXnF/s1186/1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="890" data-original-width="1186" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5DALhdQ4DlfKKhn6bpmklnOpH12O6K8dkw8zRpfIFI-H9XToSSZq9RQX4l7IgyeJmKAn5b8z6yGHqRQiXmk2ksh__UOC37fnQcLeomL99XWFnPN2Fb8oDwwD7v4xGIFUUHb75LROFSThZhHiDtiSz-Tzt098Se6MZezM6sj1j4UyfizOL6oyv_3uXBXnF/w640-h480/1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMDYlTXHqlY1qKaIlLs7E5km8izQq4Zy0GiMbLIve2tOfLpiwouy-bnYCe9kRTTMRnCTe3qATRQ_WAojt2BUJUoc18zZrYiZW_SGs8Ws6fHpLxTxgjjULFcXY-Pv8TTyDDGZjvzhf1BcPKFKo4Z_aqVP1gNKlZg7rlX5ToXWd-70u6yHeo49XRn3HcZme0/s1186/4.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="890" data-original-width="1186" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMDYlTXHqlY1qKaIlLs7E5km8izQq4Zy0GiMbLIve2tOfLpiwouy-bnYCe9kRTTMRnCTe3qATRQ_WAojt2BUJUoc18zZrYiZW_SGs8Ws6fHpLxTxgjjULFcXY-Pv8TTyDDGZjvzhf1BcPKFKo4Z_aqVP1gNKlZg7rlX5ToXWd-70u6yHeo49XRn3HcZme0/w640-h480/4.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Strategically located at the crossroads of many historic Indigenous trader and hunter trails, this important hub in the Qu'Appelle valley became a Hudson Bay Company post in 1852. The Qu'Appelle River flows east from Lake Diefenbaker in southwest Saskatchewan for 430 km to join up with the Assiniboine River in Manitoba. In the lower Qu'Appelle Valley the river flows through 6 major lakes; Pasqua, Echo, Mission, Katepwa, Crooked, and Round Lakes. Qu'Appelle, in French, means who calls and comes from the Cree <i>Kah-Tep-Was, </i>that means "river that calls" and the origin of this name is from the Pauline Johnson poem "Legend of the Qu'Appelle Valley" which tells the story of a young man paddling home from a hunting trip where his betrothed is waiting. He hears a voice calling his name and replies, "Qu'Appelle?" but hears no answer, only the echo of his own voice. 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The reason for this was because in 1763 King George III issued a Royal Proclamation that all lands west of the Appalachian Mountains were an Indian Reserve and outlawed the private purchase of Native American land. All future land purchases were to be made by Crown officals and had to be agreed to by the Indians at a public meeting. When the 13 Colonies broke away from Britain and formed the United States, they of course ignored the Royal Proclamation and simply slaughtered the Indians and settled their land. When Canada came into being it was still obliged to adhere to the Royal Proclamation and so, if it wanted to settle the prairies and build a railway across the country, it had to find a way of getting the First Nations to give up their sovereignty over the land. Numbered treaties were created and presented to the First Nations that said, in exchange for giving up title to the land they would be given reserves to live on and they could continue to hunt, fish, and trap on non reserve land. Amongst other things they were also promised schools, agricultural implements, animals, seed, and training to start farming, and a $5.00 annual payment. Of course the First Nations couldn't read the text of the treaties they were being asked to sign and had to rely on an oral explanation, which obscured the truth. However, Chief Pasqua did create a pictograph that showed the Indigenous interpretation of the treaty, the only one ever made. 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Instead of providing schools on the reserves as promised in the treaties, residential schools were established by the federal government and run by the Church. The gate is all that remains of the school after it was closed in 1969 but, like all of the schools that were in operation, the after effects of all the trauma the children endured (physical & sexual abuse, overcrowding, malnutrition, humiliation) will go on for many more years to come.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkaG3_8WCgxWxcMlw0_kJKXuLKvqkVz-6syjk4KtZrszw9_agy5AUM69TKmF5K3hGjWDkoo2t1jHffS2eA8IbyRo8LyDjDitZ24ip36GsSsjrPO1gqIQUGHjPZ-fIiCRykZB5W2hkt8AyRhxzbWFwnPW5AI893_aDj9JYGizytBFd-9YxrQoXwpWzZuQDN/s703/1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="574" data-original-width="703" height="522" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkaG3_8WCgxWxcMlw0_kJKXuLKvqkVz-6syjk4KtZrszw9_agy5AUM69TKmF5K3hGjWDkoo2t1jHffS2eA8IbyRo8LyDjDitZ24ip36GsSsjrPO1gqIQUGHjPZ-fIiCRykZB5W2hkt8AyRhxzbWFwnPW5AI893_aDj9JYGizytBFd-9YxrQoXwpWzZuQDN/w640-h522/1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Sadly the old farmhouse and all the original buildings are crumbling away now in the manner of most prairie farms, as the process of consolidation continues and farms get larger and more mechanized.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUBtZ5E3ujtfhIE9X_WLgAUkR4o3IR-a2U4UcaTKkpVg-Wpw7De7k5G0nbYAwrMViue-AkEDttF48wkxLi5QJHjV5iAtl5C5u006uffIluZxCLx025aAZXapLd5WyZbsnrB-_6Jek6-vEj1_0RDmTJv_RxCTTlrad2qfVcpkkI2dYhxp0lXNUeCr9y5wLs/s1179/1.JPG" style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="884" data-original-width="1179" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUBtZ5E3ujtfhIE9X_WLgAUkR4o3IR-a2U4UcaTKkpVg-Wpw7De7k5G0nbYAwrMViue-AkEDttF48wkxLi5QJHjV5iAtl5C5u006uffIluZxCLx025aAZXapLd5WyZbsnrB-_6Jek6-vEj1_0RDmTJv_RxCTTlrad2qfVcpkkI2dYhxp0lXNUeCr9y5wLs/w640-h480/1.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span><span style="font-size: large;">Canola is obviously one of the most popular crops being grown on the prairies and Canada is by far the world's leading producer but, as the alternate green and yellow fields indicate, it cannot be grown two years in a row on the same soil. Other crops include wheat, barley, flax, and hay but are now increasingly including pulse crops such as lentils, peas, and chick peas. More than 8 million acres in Saskachewan and Manitoba now produce more than 30% of the world's lentils and peas in addition to chick peas and dry beans.</span></span></div></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLjw34Q-pIvTn6rLy2a2b1Ny5JUoqtmJiob4uSVASa1hL6ItRL2wYxjOWZYCIvRvc3bB7Olnwl_u15ECCQqhkQAQiQI6hcis8Uj56h3mBZxNBzRPCzt-m3N5ad1WqNXFOUxM6TPocUIV2At13QULAJRJAXq6ds27zSxGGBVVGopRS_PqgAkTqHfmjH1jZH/s1186/7.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="890" data-original-width="1186" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLjw34Q-pIvTn6rLy2a2b1Ny5JUoqtmJiob4uSVASa1hL6ItRL2wYxjOWZYCIvRvc3bB7Olnwl_u15ECCQqhkQAQiQI6hcis8Uj56h3mBZxNBzRPCzt-m3N5ad1WqNXFOUxM6TPocUIV2At13QULAJRJAXq6ds27zSxGGBVVGopRS_PqgAkTqHfmjH1jZH/w640-h480/7.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu3f6WIRv6SqGEMuwUtiIxGtL9_INmlSR1Woi7BDV7NSRFeWoeWFpd6Bag1I9mpwQpcEIvLpZ9vMejtQ9zbSVv4deXUoh-LrFWeozH2eJfr_bBEaX5MRviKVyZtb_LaDiFAO9WIYoy1jXWfKAYdhKYmKkIYuzgeFRa9PMKym937xnDXUb1EYDoJRXAC69E/s1186/8.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="890" data-original-width="1186" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu3f6WIRv6SqGEMuwUtiIxGtL9_INmlSR1Woi7BDV7NSRFeWoeWFpd6Bag1I9mpwQpcEIvLpZ9vMejtQ9zbSVv4deXUoh-LrFWeozH2eJfr_bBEaX5MRviKVyZtb_LaDiFAO9WIYoy1jXWfKAYdhKYmKkIYuzgeFRa9PMKym937xnDXUb1EYDoJRXAC69E/w640-h480/8.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvxpX4edT4zBev9hSQMQqW6NwQRdp0DcKZ5nWIdOeF41MjC7FnDW862YY2s4yja89Iic2fVvimKMIaQR7suwAlF1x51_t98U_l2F6Ep_JNUtVMtwEax7_rnoTDkhqwP7j8bQzD0Tn51lgTCad9MD_0JDgUqgpdY_fuOKAWSSo6-E9eH1_djsAZ3BB7mS6F/s1186/9.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="890" data-original-width="1186" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvxpX4edT4zBev9hSQMQqW6NwQRdp0DcKZ5nWIdOeF41MjC7FnDW862YY2s4yja89Iic2fVvimKMIaQR7suwAlF1x51_t98U_l2F6Ep_JNUtVMtwEax7_rnoTDkhqwP7j8bQzD0Tn51lgTCad9MD_0JDgUqgpdY_fuOKAWSSo6-E9eH1_djsAZ3BB7mS6F/w640-h480/9.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYIAYHP3FDPnnVlUC8wDJIyGz8P9NM_5lKFa--tNsSHUZXtRVL_ZmqPjoqtjJef7ZaztdOcTCn9vUPWsgQPezqWH-BZ0QyhLWynQwY35oTRRFYRRE06WicRW8kv2tWYwxypXM9_P7NEbDQp1H8DrfNNYFPFLb7_MDRGqdGYsFFrQoYJHJoPPLnsu3RTqt_/s890/10.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="890" data-original-width="668" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYIAYHP3FDPnnVlUC8wDJIyGz8P9NM_5lKFa--tNsSHUZXtRVL_ZmqPjoqtjJef7ZaztdOcTCn9vUPWsgQPezqWH-BZ0QyhLWynQwY35oTRRFYRRE06WicRW8kv2tWYwxypXM9_P7NEbDQp1H8DrfNNYFPFLb7_MDRGqdGYsFFrQoYJHJoPPLnsu3RTqt_/w480-h640/10.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Following the signing of the first numbered treaties, the federal government in 1871 began the Dominion Land Survey in an effort to divide up the prairies into square mile sections for mostly agricultural use. Provinces were divided into numbered townships and each township was made up of 36 square mile sections (640 acres) which, in turn, were divided into quarter sections. Homesteaders like my great grandfather and my grandfather would pay $10.00 for a quarter section which they would gain title to if, within 3 years, they had </span><span style="font-size: large;"><span>built some sort of a house on the property (usually a sod house) and</span><span> cultivated at least 30 acres. As their farming efforts succeeded they would expand to the next quarter section, with the eventual goal being to accumulate a full square mile/640 acre section of land. My great grandfather got his first quarter section in 1884 and by the time he died in 1929 he and his son had accumulated 6 quarter sections.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7Zzd0U1akT411xnu3mIRCyZPlAvPO2q2qo0p3mXDKR4wFRxmpVOZ7OnlK26f_-ZKCSGesUqOWvgLyHjjai6v2INMOPIn_A-t5clzF4gpfoeqwGhJGuEv1nAQqR9WxCDy-r4SMarMJQzlHXd52dRM-qltyui61go-kDiTVRlb2UqN7ffOqTnWDeMxvXQvD/s1200/19.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="675" data-original-width="1200" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7Zzd0U1akT411xnu3mIRCyZPlAvPO2q2qo0p3mXDKR4wFRxmpVOZ7OnlK26f_-ZKCSGesUqOWvgLyHjjai6v2INMOPIn_A-t5clzF4gpfoeqwGhJGuEv1nAQqR9WxCDy-r4SMarMJQzlHXd52dRM-qltyui61go-kDiTVRlb2UqN7ffOqTnWDeMxvXQvD/w640-h360/19.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Typical Sod House</b></span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyZ9qlrJV_oNUzJ7LxLHatmBl-_fadnk7NNnYMCjzPOzP9DgKkJwBDRrmlir8LUMugQJ2yrDs-6n8hvWF0E7Es4eHe4PC19TkL63d-p0moI7g3uT_OAOImgi1ooV50GQR2WBe-IiCaG-xj01YBvvuF6YZoZBJVbVZ1J5F0qlWXmoX-3xmTs6z9Xt7CGw8l/s680/dlscoverage.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="680" height="448" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyZ9qlrJV_oNUzJ7LxLHatmBl-_fadnk7NNnYMCjzPOzP9DgKkJwBDRrmlir8LUMugQJ2yrDs-6n8hvWF0E7Es4eHe4PC19TkL63d-p0moI7g3uT_OAOImgi1ooV50GQR2WBe-IiCaG-xj01YBvvuF6YZoZBJVbVZ1J5F0qlWXmoX-3xmTs6z9Xt7CGw8l/w640-h448/dlscoverage.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO5f25_JC4bS9fqcCs-YcwbnqMIgIwRECaBdtNadfbDHpNB6Xf4p4Nt8YWNafXk0gvJGHSG2jB1ynMIEBVXKvnpV7pM25XslduqQ1Kzkl4ON4ZWQUVcCJ_yr9N_ub0EEd83GGhuZFc6qW9MqBbtB-vT3x-R8cqRuhvnBXDC_ahpiX96tBiZ6Lo69dh6Tcg/s2444/fig05-06.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1175" data-original-width="2444" height="308" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO5f25_JC4bS9fqcCs-YcwbnqMIgIwRECaBdtNadfbDHpNB6Xf4p4Nt8YWNafXk0gvJGHSG2jB1ynMIEBVXKvnpV7pM25XslduqQ1Kzkl4ON4ZWQUVcCJ_yr9N_ub0EEd83GGhuZFc6qW9MqBbtB-vT3x-R8cqRuhvnBXDC_ahpiX96tBiZ6Lo69dh6Tcg/w640-h308/fig05-06.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><span>The Dominion Land Survey is the world's largest survey grid laid down in a single integrated system and encompasses over 310,000 square miles. While homesteads were still available in the 1950's most of the land had been settled by 1914. </span></span><span style="font-size: large;">If you were to drive down the highway in the 1970's-1990's you would see a farmhouse just about every mile. But now, with increased mechanization and the consolidation of family run farms in order to be profitable, you would be lucky to see a farm house every 10 miles. Instead of 640 acre farms they are now averaging 4,000 acres and all you see are clusters of large storage bins and equipment sheds. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN2TelO8wsXDDa-qfHUU3YElegLzpbumGPEv4zVGTDM1i9z8VNsFsA-JA5HcdkjoujJCCw_Dj2FTAaZuJfR8aywDcDUWo5UOS-nZgpghjLBzrbHaSmTEzokdxtXjf8o9zbxQO-t3_ZZOFfyOFIzpow3tUVgkB6uG_MeWZaCij53CH-19Ny7fEEUjfz-90Y/s1186/11.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="890" data-original-width="1186" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN2TelO8wsXDDa-qfHUU3YElegLzpbumGPEv4zVGTDM1i9z8VNsFsA-JA5HcdkjoujJCCw_Dj2FTAaZuJfR8aywDcDUWo5UOS-nZgpghjLBzrbHaSmTEzokdxtXjf8o9zbxQO-t3_ZZOFfyOFIzpow3tUVgkB6uG_MeWZaCij53CH-19Ny7fEEUjfz-90Y/w640-h480/11.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVZ5MP6d0Wyr-afggeT_dV9VHeEGjLIvTuK1hz-VOqys0jp60srFGVTKoSCbLQElHDukoqRjcD7Gl9GbxK-i5f0E7wmf8aZcZlpn1EvsHurtgnbhHVSTW6LXLmVXVmVWt_P1SEUykV_cYdXgg6teg8eegnPsKVXdW2j4ozT-QPCDsOtkthck0oovIfhxix/s1186/12.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="890" data-original-width="1186" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVZ5MP6d0Wyr-afggeT_dV9VHeEGjLIvTuK1hz-VOqys0jp60srFGVTKoSCbLQElHDukoqRjcD7Gl9GbxK-i5f0E7wmf8aZcZlpn1EvsHurtgnbhHVSTW6LXLmVXVmVWt_P1SEUykV_cYdXgg6teg8eegnPsKVXdW2j4ozT-QPCDsOtkthck0oovIfhxix/w640-h480/12.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmpDTx4iXSIQGznOLA14NjTIYXMYnwcWhMrff2DbzbEkYe3sx3nSthMQmdklR9bLWYxXexhNT61uaqaQjItl7fZwhqZgvJL56VPElvlC7Iy2E7r_BdQHx2Xh-1jPsT-GX6qtp6wJ99PmY6zaBNklphZtEqQ14delwL9rfE5byQ_xMsSrvMRPwaSl-SSTAs/s1186/13.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="890" data-original-width="1186" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmpDTx4iXSIQGznOLA14NjTIYXMYnwcWhMrff2DbzbEkYe3sx3nSthMQmdklR9bLWYxXexhNT61uaqaQjItl7fZwhqZgvJL56VPElvlC7Iy2E7r_BdQHx2Xh-1jPsT-GX6qtp6wJ99PmY6zaBNklphZtEqQ14delwL9rfE5byQ_xMsSrvMRPwaSl-SSTAs/w640-h480/13.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheCVAK3Kt_6U8UZBhqzWw_Mfu9YnUQbr0vWDYgm991jCOPp03T4mWg2xyVOUPXTY5fieU54kjWoecKbatHEDrzR6rLI0xWob0zuSQmuZyo8NSO-pDGWvSc9AmscvwMMn-XN14ihkxvrD1M5cAdmbMpws_a-tfnVWD2XDDQ6YsGsMVI8ehnTyzWliIdw0FR/s1186/14.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="579" data-original-width="1186" height="312" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheCVAK3Kt_6U8UZBhqzWw_Mfu9YnUQbr0vWDYgm991jCOPp03T4mWg2xyVOUPXTY5fieU54kjWoecKbatHEDrzR6rLI0xWob0zuSQmuZyo8NSO-pDGWvSc9AmscvwMMn-XN14ihkxvrD1M5cAdmbMpws_a-tfnVWD2XDDQ6YsGsMVI8ehnTyzWliIdw0FR/w640-h312/14.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><span style="font-size: large;">Even more massive are the new grain elevators that pop up along the railway lines with miles of cars waiting to be loaded. The logistics of planting, fertilizing, and harvesting all this grain never mind getting it to market at a fair price is not for the faint of heart, and nothing my great grandfather would recognize.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL3TZhiwLYnWaTTyvVTul21CoaKXukHxr0PG2L6PGlQ-gjQZw5sbkWGt8N_g7gBltsn24FqAvDoNHb10H_39xoQwEerNkksrt4rnPztg1KWBXz8aG0fi0_RVYi1_MNgfLGfXEx0it_rYdZGu9bCjEAqmQGqJpX7LnQF8XmrmmIf6iHo0TQriG79vDG4eHT/s1079/IMG_20230701_094918744.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="674" data-original-width="1079" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL3TZhiwLYnWaTTyvVTul21CoaKXukHxr0PG2L6PGlQ-gjQZw5sbkWGt8N_g7gBltsn24FqAvDoNHb10H_39xoQwEerNkksrt4rnPztg1KWBXz8aG0fi0_RVYi1_MNgfLGfXEx0it_rYdZGu9bCjEAqmQGqJpX7LnQF8XmrmmIf6iHo0TQriG79vDG4eHT/w640-h400/IMG_20230701_094918744.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjELoSWf5T0HTeTXSe6ncwvu0PI4nqjuOmWsklNQ313XumS7ZZwSOXojVtGwfBCo2fD7Ra8Z0pnbc1rCfkoVm_BZ0MQrrYpZYmmWOOVuszgIBoFJOIz7K-a5tDqsPDQk0p0nQcXKcvhEP5WIEcq5B5j50XuZvPOX3qOKdZeak45_J5cCWxcTI35zjGm4Eta/s1186/9.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="890" data-original-width="1186" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjELoSWf5T0HTeTXSe6ncwvu0PI4nqjuOmWsklNQ313XumS7ZZwSOXojVtGwfBCo2fD7Ra8Z0pnbc1rCfkoVm_BZ0MQrrYpZYmmWOOVuszgIBoFJOIz7K-a5tDqsPDQk0p0nQcXKcvhEP5WIEcq5B5j50XuZvPOX3qOKdZeak45_J5cCWxcTI35zjGm4Eta/w640-h480/9.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX8mjTwoFc5Q67qWPG8DXCA8rVneoYABvO9nrluuqW0T4hWsKUwAGWH7flGOhwJ1l2KnNSKG_wZEusIdTalEhTaDvRvW7DwZRDCf6lbVpjnQYGdXcXnQ15GzYo7Vz40xgziRoXKDVV8sP5TVanaVu0Yi1u8HiNLpIZMzvoDxOIhcTPHkpSVlfQyKfNs8H8/s1186/15.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="890" data-original-width="1186" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX8mjTwoFc5Q67qWPG8DXCA8rVneoYABvO9nrluuqW0T4hWsKUwAGWH7flGOhwJ1l2KnNSKG_wZEusIdTalEhTaDvRvW7DwZRDCf6lbVpjnQYGdXcXnQ15GzYo7Vz40xgziRoXKDVV8sP5TVanaVu0Yi1u8HiNLpIZMzvoDxOIhcTPHkpSVlfQyKfNs8H8/w640-h480/15.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwNl2H4suISX0B1cf76AYie35SfHnyyKLvoVx3SJFnRGSxPqRaavAohwPiHfD_QcasI3O6kWsJPwyV8JxOCopiwyHrvyVqP-Goq24Yk4bzq8jQvzOq_7HduaIw-UUfiftsJO9rHuejbK-f0h8-TlByHmRBryfkqPYPJ1lIxBMVAMyltLsr3YvUDBYThE94/s899/Manitoba_welcome_sign_on_the_Trans-Canada_Highway_at_the_Saskatchewan_border.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="899" data-original-width="872" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwNl2H4suISX0B1cf76AYie35SfHnyyKLvoVx3SJFnRGSxPqRaavAohwPiHfD_QcasI3O6kWsJPwyV8JxOCopiwyHrvyVqP-Goq24Yk4bzq8jQvzOq_7HduaIw-UUfiftsJO9rHuejbK-f0h8-TlByHmRBryfkqPYPJ1lIxBMVAMyltLsr3YvUDBYThE94/w620-h640/Manitoba_welcome_sign_on_the_Trans-Canada_Highway_at_the_Saskatchewan_border.jpg" width="620" /></a></div><div><span><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><div><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDnNrAy3Pf9jT_9QJvpOoTNZ7KzVXBAl0ZIjIYm-bwoYnIpOBJ5XsXdOuqpEHZ0vOxPCkW3J3lwYOEfYaPnFNJ3tiWx9j2NT9M739YRImq7mAgoYULOBS-rOmqGg6LfEi-cOh5aApwS1waphCM8EVKk8WWRMehQkSPxCk7u_Tgn40qDEwKW6lVFVQAlmgs/s1186/1.jpg" style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="890" data-original-width="1186" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDnNrAy3Pf9jT_9QJvpOoTNZ7KzVXBAl0ZIjIYm-bwoYnIpOBJ5XsXdOuqpEHZ0vOxPCkW3J3lwYOEfYaPnFNJ3tiWx9j2NT9M739YRImq7mAgoYULOBS-rOmqGg6LfEi-cOh5aApwS1waphCM8EVKk8WWRMehQkSPxCk7u_Tgn40qDEwKW6lVFVQAlmgs/w640-h480/1.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><div><span><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div>On now to Manitoba and the city of Winnipeg where, amongst other attractions, is the amazing Museum of Human Rights, the only national museum not in Ottawa. Such a unique design on the outside and then on the inside the beautiful staircases made of alabaster. On the main floor are multimedia presentations and projections with a particular focus on Indigenous perspectives and, as you climb up the various levels you can examine artwork with a focus on human rights and view displays focusing on other areas of the world where human rights were violated. Finally at the top, in the Tower of Hope, you can take in the panoramic views of the city.</span></span></div><div><span><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhGJ6UkbnvFZ9AT6lkbpgbt9AOW1MbxribOUDTZjmr8PIxj7m67Wy5jDHQuQfxMfNU2JFRr8DxikZD96CbJOzWz-HrqEyu9wz8h5vNt7wpE-M1BQbsSVmHX3PhnAC_CGM0Hm5vjum1QBcWcz7877JuZXuxEif7QM0cEbCDXmE0IlGi41m_vyuFMLtUibBv/s890/4.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="890" data-original-width="668" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhGJ6UkbnvFZ9AT6lkbpgbt9AOW1MbxribOUDTZjmr8PIxj7m67Wy5jDHQuQfxMfNU2JFRr8DxikZD96CbJOzWz-HrqEyu9wz8h5vNt7wpE-M1BQbsSVmHX3PhnAC_CGM0Hm5vjum1QBcWcz7877JuZXuxEif7QM0cEbCDXmE0IlGi41m_vyuFMLtUibBv/w480-h640/4.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Donated by HBC to Canada they represent over 300 years of historical records from 500 Company posts and encompass 10,000 volumes that have been microfilmed and made available to the general public.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkIghwbB3bxfKf1o5jbnLZdcrJUtSplxytJootVEYPIK8kfY5ZlFwE3Xw_tNIE69W_pNAt8NT7e2xf4l2be3NO5Beq8cgGr9INlkw9Gdn0Pl94eZSlVuSSKKCGFILtoMbcW5mNPddLOASb6BQplDnwOPTQ15Fwed0nl-uxtgm3puPlm_ubMSAeL6wuz70G/s890/fort%20garry%20collage.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="890" data-original-width="890" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkIghwbB3bxfKf1o5jbnLZdcrJUtSplxytJootVEYPIK8kfY5ZlFwE3Xw_tNIE69W_pNAt8NT7e2xf4l2be3NO5Beq8cgGr9INlkw9Gdn0Pl94eZSlVuSSKKCGFILtoMbcW5mNPddLOASb6BQplDnwOPTQ15Fwed0nl-uxtgm3puPlm_ubMSAeL6wuz70G/w640-h640/fort%20garry%20collage.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Here another small herd of 40 plains bison have developed from an original herd of 10 bison from Elk Island. The Park sits atop the Manitoba Escarpment and is a forested area that stands in sharp contrast to the surrounding prairie farmland. Three different ecosystems converge in the area; grasslands, upland boreal, and eastern deciduous forests, and the park is a popular location for camping, swimming and hiking. Animals of all kinds roam throughout the park including; wolves, elk, beaver, moose, white tailed deer, and cougar. 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A nice contrast, though there were so many pretty fields and no two were the same. 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Potash refers to materials or compounds bearing potassium and is used primarily for making fertilizer. In 1951 potash was discovered in Saskatchewan while drilling for oil, and it is now the largest producer of potash in the world with 30% of the total production and 50% of the known reserves.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjtE2qPrsYxGTSzRNSxlO6moegZJ5kjtPj7MtcG9ygSjbrilODEovb5ZFjaJAI8wDcDzfDJfrfafDbkqE7AtoWKAj-kLwf5xv6f1SnaizbiCFxfBOm6rVQ7XHAFNQzdRzlIFPz4sowSq8vVq9eg0BbJ6xkrhbUvlys8RkK-16STJTosOYPznmhGNx0F1nu/s1186/18.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="890" data-original-width="1186" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjtE2qPrsYxGTSzRNSxlO6moegZJ5kjtPj7MtcG9ygSjbrilODEovb5ZFjaJAI8wDcDzfDJfrfafDbkqE7AtoWKAj-kLwf5xv6f1SnaizbiCFxfBOm6rVQ7XHAFNQzdRzlIFPz4sowSq8vVq9eg0BbJ6xkrhbUvlys8RkK-16STJTosOYPznmhGNx0F1nu/w640-h480/18.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Potash mine in Lanigan, Saskatchewan</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjia2XaDTmHcYJsuJqgEavFF19AJOThGs0veE8ijf5b30ZZTBsiT6Zv0C8jbRTUnYf4OYNRZHuxBaw0eCD-z8rnO99PuZRMGDNT-Kf9QlZnXRcNKcdSWf2y8tpDH-9nB7NnZQUwnKggn8G1rYgtMsjSUGJTL6NFfiChtkVd3hDJsFkXubavB_B-CYFOuewE/s890/1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="890" data-original-width="668" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjia2XaDTmHcYJsuJqgEavFF19AJOThGs0veE8ijf5b30ZZTBsiT6Zv0C8jbRTUnYf4OYNRZHuxBaw0eCD-z8rnO99PuZRMGDNT-Kf9QlZnXRcNKcdSWf2y8tpDH-9nB7NnZQUwnKggn8G1rYgtMsjSUGJTL6NFfiChtkVd3hDJsFkXubavB_B-CYFOuewE/w480-h640/1.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;">After a long day of driving to Saskatoon we were in need of a little refreshment before starting our exploration. Our hotel was located right on the South Saskatchewan River and steps away from the Meewasin Valley Trail which was a lovely walkway alongside the river.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQpVSKb-RkFOirjdQm3X1hNPq21Zrsx1v9TXTbWJ39Mu6MEpOg_kgoTXCBz_gpJq3hfrrtzwwupLY7Y4-C-RulToMTcGJqTH95z6cocXQlwpIHkCuyATrs6CLWTekjMq1t2BkujANJv5PgGQWgcS2heWE-r236KjATdXRaCwz2dYb-QN5Bie_ZB45FXNxS/s890/2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="890" data-original-width="668" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQpVSKb-RkFOirjdQm3X1hNPq21Zrsx1v9TXTbWJ39Mu6MEpOg_kgoTXCBz_gpJq3hfrrtzwwupLY7Y4-C-RulToMTcGJqTH95z6cocXQlwpIHkCuyATrs6CLWTekjMq1t2BkujANJv5PgGQWgcS2heWE-r236KjATdXRaCwz2dYb-QN5Bie_ZB45FXNxS/w480-h640/2.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Riel had always been vilified as a traitor in the history we were taught in school, but now he is recognized as a founding father of the Province of Manitoba and a fierce advocate for Metis rights. After initial victories at Duck Lake, Fish Creek, and Cut Knife, the uprising he and Gabriel Dumont led all came to an end at the Battle of Batoche, with Big Bear and Crowfoot going to prison, Gabriel Dumont going into exile in the U.S. and Louis Riel being hanged. 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Started once again from 50 Elk Island bison in 1969, the herd reached 450 animals until they were infected with anthrax and all but 120 died. Today the herd is recovering but, because they are the only free ranging herd in Canada, they frequently roam outside the protected area which allows them to be harvested by hunters, so their recovery is slow. In addition to the bison, the park is home to white-tailed deer, bears, wolves, and moose amongst other creatures. 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In the park itself, on the shore of the South Saskatchewan River, is a 7 km series of trails that invite visitors to enjoy the views and explore, amongst 19 points of interest, the ancient bison jump, a stone medicine wheel, and the bison pound. In partnership with Parks Canada, bison were introduced in 2019 as part of an effort to restore the plains bison and the native grass habitat. 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Both of them boasted very unique architectural designs and showcased very impressive displays, particularly the museum with its focus on Indigenous culture. It seems as if every single museum and gallery across the prairies is making a conscious effort towards reconciliation.</span></div></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLme5-NmlNdyVNyva0MH3Z2QDtDoGzPEIM55BCjmyF35WNAi6CuGlBFSnLbX43BkRreUuY39TwPnn3qvpNyvXOs-kuKR5XgeoNGrb_IPjA3Hjx9QXaLYMKr-kKiXS674vCcjgitWyZIiGbhVb68R2IXw8-njFtEBykmUw1YyvlF2rdN8rY15EPchJ7MGUu/s1393/25.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="884" data-original-width="1393" height="406" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLme5-NmlNdyVNyva0MH3Z2QDtDoGzPEIM55BCjmyF35WNAi6CuGlBFSnLbX43BkRreUuY39TwPnn3qvpNyvXOs-kuKR5XgeoNGrb_IPjA3Hjx9QXaLYMKr-kKiXS674vCcjgitWyZIiGbhVb68R2IXw8-njFtEBykmUw1YyvlF2rdN8rY15EPchJ7MGUu/w640-h406/25.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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bison, moose, mule deer, elk, and white-tailed deer. Elk Island has played a key role in bison conservation since 1907 when the Canadian government bought one of the last remaining herds from Montana and located most of them in Wood Buffalo National Park in the NorthWest Territories. A smaller amount evaded capture and became the ancestors of the existing herd at Elk Island which now maintains a herd of 400 plains bison and 300 wood bison. Elk Island has become famous for exporting its bison and other ungulates to other conservation areas in North America.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeHPFubHKyMtqMRk-zZK_d4k-_lEN-C4qLK6W4L23D-trG36ECXjGcd9jxLrycZWkCKDRwzbHgahDeRly5Xh1lzkTe_Gc5RT4XSEKDkGC9SBufUr4oyw0I-TmA90VPFqlO1MQ3WccIXdDSrJ495lyFVRY2IgwJQUqf5bc4fhtB86McPTQpDvDYMFWduM9W/s948/35.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="474" data-original-width="948" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeHPFubHKyMtqMRk-zZK_d4k-_lEN-C4qLK6W4L23D-trG36ECXjGcd9jxLrycZWkCKDRwzbHgahDeRly5Xh1lzkTe_Gc5RT4XSEKDkGC9SBufUr4oyw0I-TmA90VPFqlO1MQ3WccIXdDSrJ495lyFVRY2IgwJQUqf5bc4fhtB86McPTQpDvDYMFWduM9W/w640-h320/35.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE2oLXF4eqRUburGHjkrRdM9xu2ZEuXXd1g_Hz04DdYrs5uYvy9CN9Aj-CuJc_s-oA59I-wNCDaYYMin-foMs6Ki1cEiXiXfQkT49h-LjvmOLR9KFbKwpSTmIidStn-CnJEa0p8IoiNkIDAuej5ajUoufvASoRoFIHGpQtDkWiBSbuVmuCo9z9DVUl4-3P/s884/36.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="884" data-original-width="498" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE2oLXF4eqRUburGHjkrRdM9xu2ZEuXXd1g_Hz04DdYrs5uYvy9CN9Aj-CuJc_s-oA59I-wNCDaYYMin-foMs6Ki1cEiXiXfQkT49h-LjvmOLR9KFbKwpSTmIidStn-CnJEa0p8IoiNkIDAuej5ajUoufvASoRoFIHGpQtDkWiBSbuVmuCo9z9DVUl4-3P/w360-h640/36.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDF0vNppLHPn_ZtFnPEiHtwwcAvRNcLyUBQFf0p1dnnaLYDNmE602nrt60u1E_a8Y7vyONFvC55wsezeuFMpUgW4bBRVuc2gysGm3d0dDu-9uAMqeaieDCh98bpWpb5zhixTeowZ-pMmDHIPJj_TGkPTo-JIP7s7haz0q-w5zfs4u4YYtmQ4iN4oXriNrn/s1179/37.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="884" data-original-width="1179" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDF0vNppLHPn_ZtFnPEiHtwwcAvRNcLyUBQFf0p1dnnaLYDNmE602nrt60u1E_a8Y7vyONFvC55wsezeuFMpUgW4bBRVuc2gysGm3d0dDu-9uAMqeaieDCh98bpWpb5zhixTeowZ-pMmDHIPJj_TGkPTo-JIP7s7haz0q-w5zfs4u4YYtmQ4iN4oXriNrn/w640-h480/37.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-size: large;">Next stop was Drumheller and the Royal Tyrrell Museum which has the most incredible, over-the-top collection of dinosaur fossils in Canada and is on the top 10 list for the world. The 135,000 sq ft. facility, which is a museum and palaeontology research facility, contains over 160,000 fossils, 800 of which are on permanent display, and over 30 mounted skeletons. Drumheller itself is located in the Dinosaur Valley of the Alberta badlands which is 2km wide and 28km in length and features a uniquely sculpted terrain with layers of sedimentary rock and hoodos.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBN312pGm0LiYbvzPw_BdZiPbJUHvCaE0-LjWbKOUP6o-cXGQjpqlThKJDXuDmS3yrXvKU_4TJT8M2FWRzZV-qp2CXCohBfDckO3CFEZs34SQP44KZ1CiJDAcSBM5Uz2e42-Kjh35fStnynXXEr9OCVHtV_PifOw7sECdN_7hhtK_Ja7iQ1gutgl3qaChY/s1179/1.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="884" data-original-width="1179" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBN312pGm0LiYbvzPw_BdZiPbJUHvCaE0-LjWbKOUP6o-cXGQjpqlThKJDXuDmS3yrXvKU_4TJT8M2FWRzZV-qp2CXCohBfDckO3CFEZs34SQP44KZ1CiJDAcSBM5Uz2e42-Kjh35fStnynXXEr9OCVHtV_PifOw7sECdN_7hhtK_Ja7iQ1gutgl3qaChY/w640-h480/1.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="884" data-original-width="1179" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggPyjKaZFyOsYcIIv4Llxztir4HVI5ALnjVPPV45_JX01HGqX0S9vvLtzsC2dQItNAG3Hx1R5N9Sf8RVb2D1ZjAXF0TtUc0WhVfmeWX4wUtVKE152NqyjbWjLdQZMYiGkxF7VmIYC78C8YD1QeROa4AqtqirUVnNfaKC3FFS-_hmdlVAqypvf_f-xbOCKq/w640-h480/30.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;">It was time to say goodbye to all the bison, dinosaurs, and canola and start heading home in spite of all the wildfires raging throughout the Province and the smoke ruining the mountain views. Stopped in at Golden to check out the Skybridge facility, Canada's two longest and highest suspension bridges 426 feet above the canyon, plus ziplines, a roller coaster, climbing walls, a treetop village, and a canyon swing. 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font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyjTsROKo_voY4A418S-KUvl0PJI-guKtR4EWhsE7nWWml1supI1_hFdYFfNBCRBCdQ7IEmt0x3QxCTp3m_7xYGdLh0gknP4Zj45f0kG6pXEDuLnXzSRSRbDEWNzUzyGNV_A51IUV6XKohOQjzEUWstR6PfAIwKEAM_CrcHlQ7FwlIMN0EIgFIjALhzYeF/s884/14.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="884" data-original-width="884" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyjTsROKo_voY4A418S-KUvl0PJI-guKtR4EWhsE7nWWml1supI1_hFdYFfNBCRBCdQ7IEmt0x3QxCTp3m_7xYGdLh0gknP4Zj45f0kG6pXEDuLnXzSRSRbDEWNzUzyGNV_A51IUV6XKohOQjzEUWstR6PfAIwKEAM_CrcHlQ7FwlIMN0EIgFIjALhzYeF/w640-h640/14.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Stopped in at Kamloops for our final night to visit with friends and to take a moment to reflect on the shameful legacy of the residential school system. Kamloops had the largest residential school in Canada and in 2021 it was the first to discover unmarked graves on its property using ground penetrating radar.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgibXVXCJnnTghy41HqZJjFWJ3KraqXSu9FTMmQXuDVMf1TWSS9b4LOsrQQE7-rINOf9EEptlUX2znqdxoNkcQ_aJA4nDa4VLbpdIod996-cDccJgI3kd-V0MVm6160jNj9Lj7bkia1uYQGFyVAEMbRORnwdiaDCwVJzADDdHnbyRzFqMGBE3FEH7i88KPx/s884/15.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="884" data-original-width="498" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgibXVXCJnnTghy41HqZJjFWJ3KraqXSu9FTMmQXuDVMf1TWSS9b4LOsrQQE7-rINOf9EEptlUX2znqdxoNkcQ_aJA4nDa4VLbpdIod996-cDccJgI3kd-V0MVm6160jNj9Lj7bkia1uYQGFyVAEMbRORnwdiaDCwVJzADDdHnbyRzFqMGBE3FEH7i88KPx/w360-h640/15.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdMunmQaG2gn26mwQd-ozE7AWWgZp5rgxOhoX1_GpFAkbRNUuYHV_ZYan8R4E-MjHaYtUsTlq1Yeho2bvjUlGUq6BRYYdthq4dSzbVTIUGOmSVLEzgmeaJD4hwV1VbhFklgLynO8YDMn96FcPMvGjaK9t4Ee8MkGIoBJtXLf2YAq0VC-LqniCrgnoXlTSd/s884/16.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="884" data-original-width="884" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdMunmQaG2gn26mwQd-ozE7AWWgZp5rgxOhoX1_GpFAkbRNUuYHV_ZYan8R4E-MjHaYtUsTlq1Yeho2bvjUlGUq6BRYYdthq4dSzbVTIUGOmSVLEzgmeaJD4hwV1VbhFklgLynO8YDMn96FcPMvGjaK9t4Ee8MkGIoBJtXLf2YAq0VC-LqniCrgnoXlTSd/w640-h640/16.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;">On our journey through the prairies we saw how a landscape had been completely transformed but, in spite of that, has developed a new kind of beauty particularly with its fields of canola. As a country we have a long way to go in addressing how this change affected the First Nations and Metis who lived here and how their lives were completely changed in the process. We should have been more gracious in how we treated them and shown a little more understanding in what they were experiencing. We certainly didn't have to be so cruel. Slowly, and at considerable expense, efforts are finally being made to rectify some of these wrongs and bring about reconciliation and at the same time the bison are beginning to make a comeback. Perhaps it's a coincidence these two paths are occuring at the same time or perhaps it isn't, but the Indigenous plains culture was always inextricably tied to the bison and it's certainly fitting both are on the rise together.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvTf6iZ1AyUJa_qnId6c31Xy1o_PjiSzM7XAqgLwsiPeor_7yVJwt-AJo7KPcA9M2QnZPMXO4AlbazvRFBFFkH6tutZXL9x-DvfaCguGpCAoe6_jJpQYf1pJw57NijbYKW7kWbPGIZS7w_9p8l2cS4lw47Isv_d12HrzaexFkXydYW1v18V_9jfP32GDJi/s884/17.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="884" data-original-width="884" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvTf6iZ1AyUJa_qnId6c31Xy1o_PjiSzM7XAqgLwsiPeor_7yVJwt-AJo7KPcA9M2QnZPMXO4AlbazvRFBFFkH6tutZXL9x-DvfaCguGpCAoe6_jJpQYf1pJw57NijbYKW7kWbPGIZS7w_9p8l2cS4lw47Isv_d12HrzaexFkXydYW1v18V_9jfP32GDJi/w640-h640/17.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div></div></div></div></div><div><br /></div>Nelson Quirogahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07910634937416574646noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5742715625823856380.post-89844718866135884772022-09-27T16:16:00.010-07:002023-01-28T13:55:59.205-08:00Cariboo-Chilcotin-Coast Adventure (September 2022)<p style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTILZsPeFFnxuGhlSZI_6-XVRhcj5_l9GYECLuclQeZkyZ8qhAZbqUk83bcZkWyiTQUY95fNzr75MVuRQpJjB4SxPYGXyZ-LwCYte4PDTzaqe69rcdX9CSb8orgJL2rUpK8pyeQN34HrG8salkVbz-eT9XXmIYBAK8aRSdIl0cBUbXKoqaziwTGYl6Cw/s1204/IMG_20220919_095102404_HDR.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="903" data-original-width="1204" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTILZsPeFFnxuGhlSZI_6-XVRhcj5_l9GYECLuclQeZkyZ8qhAZbqUk83bcZkWyiTQUY95fNzr75MVuRQpJjB4SxPYGXyZ-LwCYte4PDTzaqe69rcdX9CSb8orgJL2rUpK8pyeQN34HrG8salkVbz-eT9XXmIYBAK8aRSdIl0cBUbXKoqaziwTGYl6Cw/w640-h480/IMG_20220919_095102404_HDR.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">While usually the folks in Vancouver tend to hit the Coquihalla or Hope Princeton Highways when they want to leave the city and seek refuge in the Interior of B.C. there is another road, Highway 1, which follows the Fraser Canyon, that offers up an alternate portal to an equally spectacular experience. While most of the road has been repaired after last year's flood damage, there is still plenty of evidence to show how prone to avalanche the slopes are on either side. At Jackass Mountain for example there is only a single lane bridge in operation that, in itself, is a piece of engineering wonder.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1yCKKa-MBCtZWqaKjgnGm14Z_p_fh8SXivG87ykI5x22LVDOK1b6lbSvwVbMTrbQZLpNQLdYZExvAZPppydotx8YU7SqJi-MiB6XcCVEkixSs2ivPxtv3v_5bYeyiOJsUwMTz4iNg5eN5-qTyKRTc4ZkreOtUacb5C2VF0BSPTvJc7kvNAV4E0FhG5g/s768/27923044_web1_20220124-BPD-jackass-mtn-bridge-jan24.22.bgc-768x512.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="512" data-original-width="768" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1yCKKa-MBCtZWqaKjgnGm14Z_p_fh8SXivG87ykI5x22LVDOK1b6lbSvwVbMTrbQZLpNQLdYZExvAZPppydotx8YU7SqJi-MiB6XcCVEkixSs2ivPxtv3v_5bYeyiOJsUwMTz4iNg5eN5-qTyKRTc4ZkreOtUacb5C2VF0BSPTvJc7kvNAV4E0FhG5g/w640-h426/27923044_web1_20220124-BPD-jackass-mtn-bridge-jan24.22.bgc-768x512.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: large;">But once you pass Cache Creek where Highways1 and 99 merge and head east, the road changes to Highway 97 and continues all the way up to Dawson Creek where it becomes the Alaska Highway and keeps going all the way to Yukon. Although there is some overlap, generally speaking from Cache Creek to Quesnel and east to Wells Gray Park and the Rocky Mountains is considered the Cariboo, and west of Highway 97 to Tweedsmuir Park and the Coast Mountains the area is considered the Chilcotin.</span><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrd1DyGCSn6-akzivo_Pq6ibb6V3D_as1iRBluaSyKNJIKHnvV7sgMr37OgECeuRiyhmvdRxTT9sC0GZez_O9CQkXgQB2XZnRlDP0kx5d3nCammhwxW_yq4P5sDlMv9oVCs95G0pSXbnX9YSXHJB_Vlc2qmR3vgtBlHoAy_B708OYbiRhKvrft4VMzKA/s1480/page_1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="977" data-original-width="1480" height="422" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrd1DyGCSn6-akzivo_Pq6ibb6V3D_as1iRBluaSyKNJIKHnvV7sgMr37OgECeuRiyhmvdRxTT9sC0GZez_O9CQkXgQB2XZnRlDP0kx5d3nCammhwxW_yq4P5sDlMv9oVCs95G0pSXbnX9YSXHJB_Vlc2qmR3vgtBlHoAy_B708OYbiRhKvrft4VMzKA/w640-h422/page_1.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Cariboo, of course, is famous for being the epicentre of British Columbia's second gold rush in 1862 (the first being the Fraser Canyon gold rush in 1858) and the reason for the construction of the Cariboo Wagon Road which stretched from Yale to Barkerville and followed part of the original Cariboo Road that started at Lillooet (Mile 0) and went to Williams Lake. At its peak in the 1860's there were over 5,000 people living in Barkerville, but after the rush was over only a few stayed on as permanent settlers. But those that did became farmers and ranchers and mastered the art of building log homes.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQedUkwogyKoOKOTWIv0w7K9LeedNtIDzFnQdpqGQe7JCJds3AVsMxhXrNLdZhBl4BUzVyD2d1RpMJvoZz6vB9iA7XZlWjboBcUEyhqdqWRS_TRXAa9r5fHMnsuHwW8kRmddTpSweXIeVQenDoJ_JWw4OlbyFEvImf1e14tkS8vYtG4g1bSop1V7xGlA/s1069/12.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="740" data-original-width="1069" height="444" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQedUkwogyKoOKOTWIv0w7K9LeedNtIDzFnQdpqGQe7JCJds3AVsMxhXrNLdZhBl4BUzVyD2d1RpMJvoZz6vB9iA7XZlWjboBcUEyhqdqWRS_TRXAa9r5fHMnsuHwW8kRmddTpSweXIeVQenDoJ_JWw4OlbyFEvImf1e14tkS8vYtG4g1bSop1V7xGlA/w640-h444/12.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiJNsvvMSqOut_6dQ0-Df7lkn_YPqmNsu6ijxNNkEYNN4BYZPZL2BFLynjmcLd9HWes7yPhs3-IS8Eal2jXNqt37W-fneBD_ZxUNk1E59RSo1U36W7lZ2nqE7nfQy2ZPfTQTLvMdIRMwbpV8V3ombqIq8C_oZisZm45ytFDqFQH4SVR0Gx6w9FEThomA/s1107/1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="830" data-original-width="1107" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiJNsvvMSqOut_6dQ0-Df7lkn_YPqmNsu6ijxNNkEYNN4BYZPZL2BFLynjmcLd9HWes7yPhs3-IS8Eal2jXNqt37W-fneBD_ZxUNk1E59RSo1U36W7lZ2nqE7nfQy2ZPfTQTLvMdIRMwbpV8V3ombqIq8C_oZisZm45ytFDqFQH4SVR0Gx6w9FEThomA/w640-h480/1.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span>First stop for us was a former hunting & fishing lodge located outside of Lac la Hache on Spout Lake in the heart of Cariboo country. Its name <i>Ten-ee-ah </i>in Shuswap means large animal and referred to the guaranteed moose hunting the original hosts were able to offer guests in 1942, but it has now changed to a vacation destination with all the amenities one would expect of a </span><span>very modern wilderness resort. 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To get there you drive to Williams Lake and then turn left onto Highway 20 which runs all the way. As soon as you cross the Fraser River on Sheepcreek Bridge, you are in traditional <i>Tsilhqot'in</i> (Chilcotin) territory. As is the case with so many First Nations people, the <i>Tsilhqot'in</i> had a bad run-in with the Europeans and this one became known as the Chilcotin War. </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOy8LNJAELodz0aQ5hr9Nfa3L8O8UAlYVBFHUrn2QboK3ny4k3SRj9wq6pelq8OYllkEPrAPDoWOl5ked5O2Nr7ZZBJ00kqRnNEllIjqi3PBO4UMbd-W3u9GrBz5uf8O5WnfVa5SUj1o3IFxF9_JmZwGyDwxfum_6mbFhwUytef1svUZigOYHgdOiXMA/s1204/1.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="903" data-original-width="1204" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOy8LNJAELodz0aQ5hr9Nfa3L8O8UAlYVBFHUrn2QboK3ny4k3SRj9wq6pelq8OYllkEPrAPDoWOl5ked5O2Nr7ZZBJ00kqRnNEllIjqi3PBO4UMbd-W3u9GrBz5uf8O5WnfVa5SUj1o3IFxF9_JmZwGyDwxfum_6mbFhwUytef1svUZigOYHgdOiXMA/w640-h480/1.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">The dispute started in 1864 when a road crew entered <i>Tsilhqot'in </i>territory without permission to construct a road up from Bute Inlet, and it escalated into grievances over unpaid wages, working conditions, and lack of food. More importantly, the <i>Tsilhqot'in</i> believed they were being deliberately infected with smallpox in order to take over their land (a suspicion that was validated following the 1862 epidemic that killed thousands and was later admitted to by agents of the company that they were using infected blankets to spread the disease). The <i>Tsilhqot'in</i> declared themselves at war and vowed to expel all settlers until satisfactory arrangements could be made with the Crown. Britain had only recently, in 1858, created the colony of British Columbia, because of the Fraser Canyon gold rush, and no officials had met with the <i>Tsilhqot'in</i> who still considered themselves a sovereign people. </span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Initially 14 men working for the company on the road crew were killed but another four settlers were later killed as well. The Governor of the Colony of B.C. then raised three militias to invade the territory and capture the leaders. These forces threatened the <i>Tsilhqot'in</i> with extermination and burned their homes and fishing camps in an attempt to get them to give up their leaders. Another settler leader was also killed before a peace conference was arranged with the promise of immunity for all who attended. A party of 8 <i>Tsilhqot'in </i>leaders arrived at the conference and were promptly ambushed and taken into custody. At a trial held in Quesnel, five were found guilty of murder, even though they argued they were waging war between sovereign nations, and were hanged on October 26, 1864. A 6th leader was later tried and hanged as well.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">In 2014 the B.C. government exonerated the 6 leaders for any crime or wrong doing and in 2018 the Federal government also exonerated them and made a formal apology. October 26th is a now a national holiday of remembrance amongst the <i>Tsilhqot'in</i>. </span></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipxAJciUdckmxkFdFeD0waN8JjtrCbbTDjyDrIkuRFEjtgvla2kPrRf-LCSawIO5n7WZ0IIZ3rWyuFjkIDAgDz2nA6DEbgF5LC3tsuLXa8-0vhVFIaNlmL7Mpb9vIj6j1GjpKKzHv3EeSnFaF59J-tCpDZnaTMf6jgSBfVPSG87LiCTjDYKvCJ9kQktQ/s297/chilcotin%20war.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="170" data-original-width="297" height="366" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipxAJciUdckmxkFdFeD0waN8JjtrCbbTDjyDrIkuRFEjtgvla2kPrRf-LCSawIO5n7WZ0IIZ3rWyuFjkIDAgDz2nA6DEbgF5LC3tsuLXa8-0vhVFIaNlmL7Mpb9vIj6j1GjpKKzHv3EeSnFaF59J-tCpDZnaTMf6jgSBfVPSG87LiCTjDYKvCJ9kQktQ/w640-h366/chilcotin%20war.png" width="640" /></span></a></p><span style="font-size: large;">Highway 20 passes over the Chilcotin Plateau, a vast area filled with undulating grasslands, forests of pine and fir, lakes and rivers feeding the Chilcotin River (itself a tributary of the Fraser River) and a magnificent backdrop of snow covered mountain peaks. There were also miles of forest fire devastation that were almost too hard to look at. The 2017 forest fire on the Chilcotin Plateau destroyed more than 500,000 hectares, the largest wildfire ever recorded in B.C. but already new seedlings have taken root and it has forced a new way of looking at forest fire management that now includes traditional First Nations fire management.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjatV_tnXFhTuB75PIykFdRsC2jFJa_qbHOdITLe4eO8afkm45Cv38PzQOnYcj572rNtfaKEpZk0IMMnU3xfvW96BNl24CwSZn-VMm_qiOxAXRKY54AywiPLRTXlFWdNTjxKeLcinjsCXnNEQzLCr_iem4Rcwi2z9m1oYXxdL8LjgovdriixWOUgxIx6g/s1107/8.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="830" data-original-width="1107" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjatV_tnXFhTuB75PIykFdRsC2jFJa_qbHOdITLe4eO8afkm45Cv38PzQOnYcj572rNtfaKEpZk0IMMnU3xfvW96BNl24CwSZn-VMm_qiOxAXRKY54AywiPLRTXlFWdNTjxKeLcinjsCXnNEQzLCr_iem4Rcwi2z9m1oYXxdL8LjgovdriixWOUgxIx6g/w640-h480/8.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Highway 20 is a mostly wide open vista with only a few communities along the way offering minimal services. Once you get to the last one, Anahim Lake, you come to Heckman Pass, the entrance to Tweedsmuir Park and the start of the infamous "Hill" which takes you from 5,000 feet of elevation to sea level on a narrow,15 km, single lane, winding road with no guardrails, grades of up to 18%, and sheer drop-offs of many hundreds of feet. A white knuckle adventure best taken at a very slow pace with a very light foot on the brakes less your wheels slip out from under you.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_SEJVQ8DS-MZdsHCmnJt8u6Dm-0xBnhrcQT7jbdT4Ox7E3ywSqEbJG-gK_iPoyNK13LGBDQWbLzHdqmSeqUf2fqsN21kdNcJ7wKMY0gF9RVfSnR1ofZ1bZWtvMNYd6ljv1krfABpFDa1aLGDmho2Ns8d8kt1CduT9qITQJ-JvIJM1Wu5uSaEvxDIUQA/s1107/6.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="830" data-original-width="1107" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_SEJVQ8DS-MZdsHCmnJt8u6Dm-0xBnhrcQT7jbdT4Ox7E3ywSqEbJG-gK_iPoyNK13LGBDQWbLzHdqmSeqUf2fqsN21kdNcJ7wKMY0gF9RVfSnR1ofZ1bZWtvMNYd6ljv1krfABpFDa1aLGDmho2Ns8d8kt1CduT9qITQJ-JvIJM1Wu5uSaEvxDIUQA/w640-h480/6.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Stupendous) for the last 60 km. into the town of Bella Coola.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7V3tIUjteIE7be5gdxWdqTngGF5PIIM0Ciu5JI4reUg00PCV9aQDBIgL7CctbjhGitp9Y-AxEdHbXeYcdVl2g78km_xJBlcCJ_Nj3ykM1aFu54r59v2axS5_jfgVcOvkxMwPyPebsZ9zDgbVwyk1zLpw7nkd5jvni7Fx0kb90KF488kt626nnY1lTjA/s1204/1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="903" data-original-width="1204" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7V3tIUjteIE7be5gdxWdqTngGF5PIIM0Ciu5JI4reUg00PCV9aQDBIgL7CctbjhGitp9Y-AxEdHbXeYcdVl2g78km_xJBlcCJ_Nj3ykM1aFu54r59v2axS5_jfgVcOvkxMwPyPebsZ9zDgbVwyk1zLpw7nkd5jvni7Fx0kb90KF488kt626nnY1lTjA/w640-h480/1.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiroZ7fJDpSawSmtUeNCMSCbcQw1PV3vb3Cz-Jc31EHSrf-yNXE5gW-_iZ5_9fLLaupm6pM227lZSffS1jBiAiqtvQlt9VGa4yG4JFM0fXgyqjYoKcVJ3UaCVdR2Z9npgeQtX4DOWG0Yt0k-1VkMYB9y-A1cVulPsO2L3YDSkw9x_6mVD3nEVUz77TAWA/s1107/2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="830" data-original-width="1107" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiroZ7fJDpSawSmtUeNCMSCbcQw1PV3vb3Cz-Jc31EHSrf-yNXE5gW-_iZ5_9fLLaupm6pM227lZSffS1jBiAiqtvQlt9VGa4yG4JFM0fXgyqjYoKcVJ3UaCVdR2Z9npgeQtX4DOWG0Yt0k-1VkMYB9y-A1cVulPsO2L3YDSkw9x_6mVD3nEVUz77TAWA/w640-h480/2.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuF3RqO_-W_Qb6aMLqW_I53cpZs12JCBHOdSQwYBZlK4cNbLNdfhyqgv3tbNmH9liFZu9uLJIqtxTwGgriKr__muHt0H8FR11GTu_ALN0v3_ON5OjaT45gMzP6EWP6Z5wBrApmE4-05xtCkWn_PT73IrzW3lZO7TH9sMNqJxs7O6_riNvIQPX_eB-EmQ/s1107/7.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="830" data-original-width="1107" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuF3RqO_-W_Qb6aMLqW_I53cpZs12JCBHOdSQwYBZlK4cNbLNdfhyqgv3tbNmH9liFZu9uLJIqtxTwGgriKr__muHt0H8FR11GTu_ALN0v3_ON5OjaT45gMzP6EWP6Z5wBrApmE4-05xtCkWn_PT73IrzW3lZO7TH9sMNqJxs7O6_riNvIQPX_eB-EmQ/w640-h480/7.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_EM3uMlAsm_Cc0ZHKG0T3Rx1hXxqSUDbZ31rYqxaxCFOQT_RXw4mpZA9AR-gb1sqtTQPJKaVWNr5A3LanAvUhujq4VvP9lB7UAkGlAL-3zWQ5oZSosSEqH412vkjI-0jlph0TjkoD-ov2vTEX1fM45UtDtZiMN6CKndGyaV3sYGOTMj0lrxhhzU1NjQ/s1107/4.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="830" data-original-width="1107" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_EM3uMlAsm_Cc0ZHKG0T3Rx1hXxqSUDbZ31rYqxaxCFOQT_RXw4mpZA9AR-gb1sqtTQPJKaVWNr5A3LanAvUhujq4VvP9lB7UAkGlAL-3zWQ5oZSosSEqH412vkjI-0jlph0TjkoD-ov2vTEX1fM45UtDtZiMN6CKndGyaV3sYGOTMj0lrxhhzU1NjQ/w640-h480/4.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Bella Coola has an idealic coastal setting at the mouth of the North Bentinck Arm which is a fjord on the Pacific coastline. Inhabited by the Nuxalt people for millennia the people here were also decimated by the 1862 smallpox epidemic. In 1894 a group of Norwegian Lutheran settlers were given land grants, that included land vacated by the Nuxalt as a result of the epidemic, and they formed the community of Hagensborg. The area has a mixed economy of farming, fishing, logging and tourism. 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The Atnarko River, which is a tributary of the Bella Coola River, provides quiet side channels for the salmon to concentrate which in turn makes for perfect fishing conditions for the grizzlies. There are two principal public viewing platforms to safely watch the bears as they go about their business, Belarko and Fisheries Pool and the best time to see them is at 7:00 a.m. and after 5:00 p.m. We made sure we were there on time every day and were rewarded with the sight of large males on their own and mothers with their cubs all happily feasting on the fish.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsBB3QrOKLhD1z3pqa2QFrzUeve8fl035Dd9JNu8awti-ehJboB4CrJ3WJGkT-T9D7M0DGF6T3lZP6s5RN2r5XERlMXmXwSNaT8_sdf_CcOXEjnrDJSChWDuZ2pSNSVlrz5ahm9CgjN1EJh1-SOj0dhdaLUWqJQQhdOj57itBiGh1M77FtmD1NO8NH_w/s1107/5.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="830" data-original-width="1107" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsBB3QrOKLhD1z3pqa2QFrzUeve8fl035Dd9JNu8awti-ehJboB4CrJ3WJGkT-T9D7M0DGF6T3lZP6s5RN2r5XERlMXmXwSNaT8_sdf_CcOXEjnrDJSChWDuZ2pSNSVlrz5ahm9CgjN1EJh1-SOj0dhdaLUWqJQQhdOj57itBiGh1M77FtmD1NO8NH_w/w640-h480/5.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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One of them, Burnt Bridge Loop connects with the Mackenzie Heritage Trail which Alexander Mackenzie used in 1793 with Nuxalk-Carrier guides to find his way to the coast and became the first European to cross the continent north of Mexico. The trail is a 420 km. overland route from Bella Coola to Quesnel, one of the many "grease trails" to the Interior. The trail allowed for the <i>Nuxalk</i> to trade eulachon grease with the Carrier and provided a means for both people of connecting with each other. After going down the trail Mackenzie was taken down the Bella Coola River to the ocean and out to Dean Channel where he left an inscription on a rock marking the date.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUZCeZuztMb1zcZTYN2TiRHgndY0fdIe3D1aLiEJd4A6TReZaHR_KvH2vRyG_gCuBhLOgdXBOPadpwud2wlu_7bb2X3vUIui01GkWiLDZTtKetOb7REvU3Wzz4FThEbQG14vDrFaigD2rg_edo1-fBkrkIX9gHwKxkEuCUhSTmHwW1a5F-IAIy_Z9szw/s1107/10.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="830" data-original-width="1107" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUZCeZuztMb1zcZTYN2TiRHgndY0fdIe3D1aLiEJd4A6TReZaHR_KvH2vRyG_gCuBhLOgdXBOPadpwud2wlu_7bb2X3vUIui01GkWiLDZTtKetOb7REvU3Wzz4FThEbQG14vDrFaigD2rg_edo1-fBkrkIX9gHwKxkEuCUhSTmHwW1a5F-IAIy_Z9szw/w640-h480/10.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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I should mention "The Hill" or "Freedom Road" as the locals call it has quite a history. With the government refusing to build a connecting road from Anahim Lake to Bella Coola, because the engineers thought it couldn't be done, a band of volunteers took it upon themselves to build the road. 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The ranching culture was on full display everywhere we looked with massive fenced fields of hay stretching to the horizon and cattle happily grazing in the pastures or walking down the road.</span></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFttqGdiXsSeiaxMQL-qlQdnfLDA5Z6eTwdaCQ3sINkQNY2ElYYSWFsqHHDgcoiA2NHdGgaH4S8L4ng8bCqJIwumSRiqCgaTaw7qUiEOJcjOTIOTk1q6egYPYA_ITWDy79zExdCbj1t6DrrALDEH6uxzosCk7GIiXNkazP_wkOP95tgw5KAJMV_3fwVg/s1107/3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="830" data-original-width="1107" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFttqGdiXsSeiaxMQL-qlQdnfLDA5Z6eTwdaCQ3sINkQNY2ElYYSWFsqHHDgcoiA2NHdGgaH4S8L4ng8bCqJIwumSRiqCgaTaw7qUiEOJcjOTIOTk1q6egYPYA_ITWDy79zExdCbj1t6DrrALDEH6uxzosCk7GIiXNkazP_wkOP95tgw5KAJMV_3fwVg/w640-h480/3.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWGFXmHtqWMfXqCvdO3vwY5-Z4PBwmczY_72xbfoCnbu2WM-rX_2hM7bL83MuuksVpLJN0ifYpO7sw9IAS468qgwbMcsYNeDRYhBAoyNEOvb6L6nbO6OID23laZfhEP-PgJXud8bC1VfraYNch7dHGuA1IJBVx_9f7xyEFcFpgc5KwAOGE55cgbjlm9g/s1772/IMG_20220917_125602360_HDR.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="903" data-original-width="1772" height="326" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWGFXmHtqWMfXqCvdO3vwY5-Z4PBwmczY_72xbfoCnbu2WM-rX_2hM7bL83MuuksVpLJN0ifYpO7sw9IAS468qgwbMcsYNeDRYhBAoyNEOvb6L6nbO6OID23laZfhEP-PgJXud8bC1VfraYNch7dHGuA1IJBVx_9f7xyEFcFpgc5KwAOGE55cgbjlm9g/w640-h326/IMG_20220917_125602360_HDR.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfcYCEwhvHlmQYlner-soHRARFTwlz-ukZrBpJkWqmZOTSItNCMvczGXdd6UUpmRn0h4Pg1MnSB1NT9sOzZYqao0rOwv59NNhLtiZtGwXCgugGvMOwnamV8-R9GGqGCfjubT6gnj-94GsOcSVJdznjJv0S3Hs7tWYVwOW6yaq3BGzBkiNrkvnOQPIK0g/s1107/7.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="830" data-original-width="1107" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfcYCEwhvHlmQYlner-soHRARFTwlz-ukZrBpJkWqmZOTSItNCMvczGXdd6UUpmRn0h4Pg1MnSB1NT9sOzZYqao0rOwv59NNhLtiZtGwXCgugGvMOwnamV8-R9GGqGCfjubT6gnj-94GsOcSVJdznjJv0S3Hs7tWYVwOW6yaq3BGzBkiNrkvnOQPIK0g/w640-h480/7.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZjADyjkZEw1W7yUHEy0GHI--w0d4wBq-e6JMY_43ZmSkjM0excEV25CXHrhO7eMs7sbFOfk5T3LeGUZxWTQ5LOxQBOWG09NYMAZcpwoIaV59SrW_KFvOXiXFrwX3rGYO5HwAKAUolXUoNJjFC3FEAkNgwrXxyFvRp-KM5tHN1pkwepmrlTOjb5DmTTQ/s1011/5.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="547" data-original-width="1011" height="346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZjADyjkZEw1W7yUHEy0GHI--w0d4wBq-e6JMY_43ZmSkjM0excEV25CXHrhO7eMs7sbFOfk5T3LeGUZxWTQ5LOxQBOWG09NYMAZcpwoIaV59SrW_KFvOXiXFrwX3rGYO5HwAKAUolXUoNJjFC3FEAkNgwrXxyFvRp-KM5tHN1pkwepmrlTOjb5DmTTQ/w640-h346/5.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /><span>This is also the area where the famous wild horses of the Britanny Triangle (the area between the Chilko and Taseko Rivers and Nemaiah Valley) live and are the last truly wild mustang horses in Canada. The existence of these horses was a key component of a recent land claim the <i>Tsilhqot'in</i> won for partial title of their traditional territory. Because of the horses the <i>Tsilhqot'in</i> were able to prove they were accomplished horsemen long before Europeans arrived in Western Canada. </span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">The forerunners of today's horses evolved in North America and crossed back and forth over the Beringia land bridge to Asia but disappeared from the continent 8,000-10,000 years ago before the end of the last ice age. However, the horse was reintroduced to the Americas by Spanish explorers in the 1500's. Originally thought to be descendents of the Spanish horses that somehow made their way into the Chilcotin region, the DNA of these wild horses was tested and found to contain little or no Spanish ancestry. In fact the DNA matched the heavy horse Canadian breed and even more intriguing was the discovery these horses had the DNA of Yakut horses, an ancient horse of Russian heritage. How these bloodlines got mixed in is a true mystery since the Russians only brought a small number of horses across the Pacific to their fur trading posts. Either that or perhaps a group of horses from the ice age managed to survive the extinction.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">The <i>Tsilhqot'in</i> have claimed they have a horse culture that goes back hundreds of years or more and both David Thompson in 1793 and Simon Fraser in 1808 bore witness to the fact the people were accomplished horsemen and had settled the land before it became a British colony. As a result the <i>Tsilhqot'in</i> won their claim and have created the Eagle Lake Henry Cayuse wild horse reserve to continue the research on these unique horses of which there are up to 1,000 remaining.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9JQrGcvic77PaI1oaMm5_gEvNg9JckD_rqKk_9v2o0X-IaTbz2Xfco9s6-MKeeWpWCxRNQ_lmS1uErkHJ4dLVnOSQzGz791aUKvFxgDbpwzKQZLNc9UJiQeZiQSQfu-hbfsbX24CpFu0Ma2Q5jJehYlrUqo5AgvIjcruTeOIYXCcvYyLX3hgtC1rTMQ/s1500/wild%20horses.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="843" data-original-width="1500" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9JQrGcvic77PaI1oaMm5_gEvNg9JckD_rqKk_9v2o0X-IaTbz2Xfco9s6-MKeeWpWCxRNQ_lmS1uErkHJ4dLVnOSQzGz791aUKvFxgDbpwzKQZLNc9UJiQeZiQSQfu-hbfsbX24CpFu0Ma2Q5jJehYlrUqo5AgvIjcruTeOIYXCcvYyLX3hgtC1rTMQ/w640-h360/wild%20horses.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /><span>Anxious to do some horseback riding of our own we set off the next day to do a little trail riding courtesy of the slow but steady horses at Ten-ee-ah which have a free rein around the property when they aren't entertaining guests. 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margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="830" data-original-width="1107" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaCuyqhrlKGktMQ3Ee9MmwpccT4qk62czgjHqqj6ZFAcam1qGTSQZKvp_skjbF9fn69vpJUgj-GBJSYXNUUvTnNERt2z3-xdLgGvlOZTYwEZwb9i0eg8b7APHemADYbsLoarlAzEPeJ7_E5QyzCLQjA_QACn4VwPRiWhriLKOJXZ22uMheF3fbjoYV_A/w640-h480/8.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Sadly all good things have to come to an end and we said goodbye to Ten-ee-ah and our Cariboo-Chilcotin-Coast adventure. Yet another overlooked jewel in our own back yard that opened our eyes to many new things. The road less travelled is often the most interesting. </span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvzBaW1jXHmXLI5ccK2_p47G0Wwg-5IUJCjlGwM4iOHNGWxdmGIcbiwyaDopMcI4KpqPjJTRedLCEuWX7ZnM_ocQHd_3gvJUf3oIGORlzwyzEEbMi89nX55xci9ugPrJRBql9tNuKSpIur9f87AQbKwAYMWlcSNTIcjQ7uhgT4RPn3ERBwzGlfNW8eSw/s1283/9.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="829" data-original-width="1283" height="414" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvzBaW1jXHmXLI5ccK2_p47G0Wwg-5IUJCjlGwM4iOHNGWxdmGIcbiwyaDopMcI4KpqPjJTRedLCEuWX7ZnM_ocQHd_3gvJUf3oIGORlzwyzEEbMi89nX55xci9ugPrJRBql9tNuKSpIur9f87AQbKwAYMWlcSNTIcjQ7uhgT4RPn3ERBwzGlfNW8eSw/w640-h414/9.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div></div></div><div><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large; text-align: left;"> </span></div></span></div>Nelson Quirogahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07910634937416574646noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5742715625823856380.post-5657889490606310842022-08-29T17:36:00.007-07:002022-09-02T09:39:23.067-07:00Ontario Yours To Discover (August 2022)<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCLCJUwSycixd5tbmzDFdoQQDx34H83mgJCg-Q5VLkDJ50gT75n59ef95rbe4xnl6XvFGJAxU-5ZKMZX8nfTq3ieH8EZIpuCB1DIAT98ymT9T4UvqqRxColTpv2tt7kFbwRIIb7KCUg_9wgxh5kHyKlMXGqdmM4hMC8ep_tTWq8fxOXC4iUPUjam9O2A/s591/Ontario.gif" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="591" data-original-width="509" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCLCJUwSycixd5tbmzDFdoQQDx34H83mgJCg-Q5VLkDJ50gT75n59ef95rbe4xnl6XvFGJAxU-5ZKMZX8nfTq3ieH8EZIpuCB1DIAT98ymT9T4UvqqRxColTpv2tt7kFbwRIIb7KCUg_9wgxh5kHyKlMXGqdmM4hMC8ep_tTWq8fxOXC4iUPUjam9O2A/w552-h640/Ontario.gif" width="552" /></a></div><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Ontario is Canada's second largest province by area and the most populous with over 38% of the country's population. However 94% of the people live within Toronto and its surrounding suburbs that make up only 10% of the territory, leaving a vast area to be explored. Having already experienced the sights and sounds of Toronto we decided it would be interesting to see what some of the other places had to offer. After arriving at Pearson Airport we rented a car and headed north for Sudbury, our first planned overnight stop. </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLFtFh74d6dYyJDE4voaEFhEwjtdHgqPZy1WL-j-Faf7HsnuYskOogL65u5hQzKMIBO6xSe2yMINIkbDBI2tlir4SEPXlKHOLBE4etjytkRZeRE2_bzhFo-SFwXUADIawJgT--UJ6VCNKXjlL1i8AAbRU1YEbrGfqPS0wKKOdUMWJMCTMQeBULKi8PNQ/s1170/1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="878" data-original-width="1170" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLFtFh74d6dYyJDE4voaEFhEwjtdHgqPZy1WL-j-Faf7HsnuYskOogL65u5hQzKMIBO6xSe2yMINIkbDBI2tlir4SEPXlKHOLBE4etjytkRZeRE2_bzhFo-SFwXUADIawJgT--UJ6VCNKXjlL1i8AAbRU1YEbrGfqPS0wKKOdUMWJMCTMQeBULKi8PNQ/w640-h480/1.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuO7FRvFieVWYs44PBTLa3vprQrgCZw-5_ptPuSVGzuPHh_gfPWFpiwtY0QCKSqhVW-SPdbHy60h-7h34MaXFHo-lQG2tBlrOFwROpIssqOd3N_a4ybmrQGXQRgw7CGemSvS0ghq2OHuE3mbkFlHsXGIAafL1LTQWGjSqtHZuxEHEthtNeEY_ShvFyPw/s1073/5.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="805" data-original-width="1073" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuO7FRvFieVWYs44PBTLa3vprQrgCZw-5_ptPuSVGzuPHh_gfPWFpiwtY0QCKSqhVW-SPdbHy60h-7h34MaXFHo-lQG2tBlrOFwROpIssqOd3N_a4ybmrQGXQRgw7CGemSvS0ghq2OHuE3mbkFlHsXGIAafL1LTQWGjSqtHZuxEHEthtNeEY_ShvFyPw/w640-h480/5.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">As soon as you leave the flat lands of Southern Ontario you begin to enter cottage country and the start of the Canadian Shield which stretches from the Great Lakes to the Arctic Ocean and contains one of the world's richest areas of mineral ores. It's also some of the world's oldest rock and, as a result of glaciation, the exposed igneous and metamorphic bedrock has been scraped of all but a thin layer of soil and created thousands of lakes. Building roads or railways through this rock is extremely time consuming and expensive but the exposed patterns of pink and black granite are very beautiful.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimO9vGd4ahKeo-hOJARY-vKPdsRtMIrExRdk7j8Ap03TUQzex0vPpoLJfSTt8enWqNQohjaV1d18kiZtqSWr2xjXYSYBZckV4YIAwsWwp1nW340P41wLtXMwx1vbSCpgPWi9RHAJj4bdRN8Xn0-B7VxnmvqjfFTS2dbU4FOuygTc0aVXmddskvLG3Tlg/s1073/2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="805" data-original-width="1073" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimO9vGd4ahKeo-hOJARY-vKPdsRtMIrExRdk7j8Ap03TUQzex0vPpoLJfSTt8enWqNQohjaV1d18kiZtqSWr2xjXYSYBZckV4YIAwsWwp1nW340P41wLtXMwx1vbSCpgPWi9RHAJj4bdRN8Xn0-B7VxnmvqjfFTS2dbU4FOuygTc0aVXmddskvLG3Tlg/w640-h480/2.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjikZIgBsqDt4uphDQnMqhV58iGtUlYNVhCS5qWZMS3GtjnOMStHt3fg64q4OKQlNW8SfHZ2grmZqsCUyU_WRo9838t4_Dpjo0w_Lhl5wWEtFITjXTafR2oPpptlf1iSDl6N1YKcy16piZrgV1r7gqkbTMoYORs5osy660OjpAUpEDcBDfYkFfJJJMg9g/s1600/3.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjikZIgBsqDt4uphDQnMqhV58iGtUlYNVhCS5qWZMS3GtjnOMStHt3fg64q4OKQlNW8SfHZ2grmZqsCUyU_WRo9838t4_Dpjo0w_Lhl5wWEtFITjXTafR2oPpptlf1iSDl6N1YKcy16piZrgV1r7gqkbTMoYORs5osy660OjpAUpEDcBDfYkFfJJJMg9g/w640-h480/3.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ9fkwQTcIaxYRZpbkf_e_NvcidgRiDs6dMzKZ8t1PBbeBNkKVXU07MBNB6nUbSmXLVb59PX5Q0SNXOmnt6Y0_vhl1IRRWHQbHGfXE2IvkOBktdnTgR9nM1je8jBxJICV5p-2PvhaPYWriv3pdRZYjT_fTJA5NdR6z_BFyccSBSuc1Sdin6KRN6IIUPw/s624/Francis_Pegahmagabow_in_Uniform.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="624" data-original-width="416" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ9fkwQTcIaxYRZpbkf_e_NvcidgRiDs6dMzKZ8t1PBbeBNkKVXU07MBNB6nUbSmXLVb59PX5Q0SNXOmnt6Y0_vhl1IRRWHQbHGfXE2IvkOBktdnTgR9nM1je8jBxJICV5p-2PvhaPYWriv3pdRZYjT_fTJA5NdR6z_BFyccSBSuc1Sdin6KRN6IIUPw/w426-h640/Francis_Pegahmagabow_in_Uniform.jpg" width="426" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTMF-VcaqpaC42mZNRSxTnFUVmsp1eLG4pAm4Gd0zgEC3HnRNvKw9aJZ5s37r_Td-o5q3qQan1zJEmQNd3ElP1BfFtpUuGWRdMM2cshSkM16DTYYHorFLuNxZfreaLKzF1_jU2t0FtrFfPmhq7RphrV8o7asbRxdflWItWKd-XsjtaeJsj0rtZ4KiJDA/s1073/4.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="805" data-original-width="1073" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTMF-VcaqpaC42mZNRSxTnFUVmsp1eLG4pAm4Gd0zgEC3HnRNvKw9aJZ5s37r_Td-o5q3qQan1zJEmQNd3ElP1BfFtpUuGWRdMM2cshSkM16DTYYHorFLuNxZfreaLKzF1_jU2t0FtrFfPmhq7RphrV8o7asbRxdflWItWKd-XsjtaeJsj0rtZ4KiJDA/w640-h480/4.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><p><span style="font-size: large;">In Parry Sound we stopped at the Francis Pegahmagabow statue that was erected posthumously to honour the most decorated Indigenous soldier of the First World War, and its most effective sniper with 378 kills. Treated shabbily by the Department of Indian Affairs authorities when he returned to Canada he spent the rest of his life fighting for Indigenous rights.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS6nSY3y3Y1kyQStcZRdBohvqzJEX8lG6CYa5-5sEFHUZGWoJ16BXw_aDa7sEr-K1yn132oyxQynKleW-IZQVQeT4F8kta6rCdhcLTJKZ9U4vDloWBdhWtzAMBG052Oq1BR9Hb51fi6FEFUfa_cnvcWMOyd7WmFKq5a0qoX6eBbP_ZJPs7V28SfEh8Iw/s1073/8.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="805" data-original-width="1073" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS6nSY3y3Y1kyQStcZRdBohvqzJEX8lG6CYa5-5sEFHUZGWoJ16BXw_aDa7sEr-K1yn132oyxQynKleW-IZQVQeT4F8kta6rCdhcLTJKZ9U4vDloWBdhWtzAMBG052Oq1BR9Hb51fi6FEFUfa_cnvcWMOyd7WmFKq5a0qoX6eBbP_ZJPs7V28SfEh8Iw/w640-h480/8.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNUr8YBJfivo8urf97d0HvqQu37ZO70Uij8c3i1RqEoe-p30ybykArsU4C6W2kxjQJllEN7CqHVSdt1GVUlf7IcaWMA4NEQG5jTAIHKK5c_LRu9qYHK5ulQidTKqaF_hH3K9uPzO4f2dE5dd9pEOA6RlQk29gCUtYGBr7LXVvQf_6f88s-4UnU3Sfi9Q/s1073/6.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="805" data-original-width="1073" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNUr8YBJfivo8urf97d0HvqQu37ZO70Uij8c3i1RqEoe-p30ybykArsU4C6W2kxjQJllEN7CqHVSdt1GVUlf7IcaWMA4NEQG5jTAIHKK5c_LRu9qYHK5ulQidTKqaF_hH3K9uPzO4f2dE5dd9pEOA6RlQk29gCUtYGBr7LXVvQf_6f88s-4UnU3Sfi9Q/w640-h480/6.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSZOa9uNYbKb0dQYjHXStEl-TyBHYOX7c5FK1omwZtdjtd01xRw0_sTknLco1NGtx8jFSkwfPcqhx7WIyDKY5K2zFrDoRJM-F875MxElVihJD9A9m9kCw3ILk99d72kRPfEn1sNptOJAkYtK_prpzq-Mjv2Y59vv_YiBCwGnztv2U74pL7F4oRVJewBA/s1073/7.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="805" data-original-width="1073" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSZOa9uNYbKb0dQYjHXStEl-TyBHYOX7c5FK1omwZtdjtd01xRw0_sTknLco1NGtx8jFSkwfPcqhx7WIyDKY5K2zFrDoRJM-F875MxElVihJD9A9m9kCw3ILk99d72kRPfEn1sNptOJAkYtK_prpzq-Mjv2Y59vv_YiBCwGnztv2U74pL7F4oRVJewBA/w640-h480/7.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Two hours out of Toronto is the district of Muskoka, the heart of cottage country within an area of 2,500 square miles that stretches from Parry Sound on the shores of Georgian Bay in the west to Algonquin Park in the east and contains more than 1,600 lakes. While filled with villages and towns, the area has only 60,000 permanent residents but another 100,000 seasonal property owners. And, with over 2.1 million people visiting it every year, it's a major summer destination.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpUHpVFyC145aOOXPcXQZ5nODVIEDVcb0I4BOBMMQU2t5CFTXC0yQYWAmg9b6Fa94JZ-dWYr30wTfXjilFEapUVmQG2I8WP2Hc_Apn6U887X62mu8v6ObFqAs7LMCuzl254BNBFB_SpP9JsuOg1tUAQfGKJ55KGAJ04JOrTwou6jg9_XSiZj5hZkwAbA/s1200/180822_greater-sudbury-welcome-sign.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1200" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpUHpVFyC145aOOXPcXQZ5nODVIEDVcb0I4BOBMMQU2t5CFTXC0yQYWAmg9b6Fa94JZ-dWYr30wTfXjilFEapUVmQG2I8WP2Hc_Apn6U887X62mu8v6ObFqAs7LMCuzl254BNBFB_SpP9JsuOg1tUAQfGKJ55KGAJ04JOrTwou6jg9_XSiZj5hZkwAbA/w640-h426/180822_greater-sudbury-welcome-sign.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR7krGQ8dxIKqSDlD_d7XMkD1SpvY3t2dp8a_Yey4kEZYU6qUwZuMoeTishAOprzVQybRNxdBKrGdMrhb-nVPXziXSAXw_X9VgInzQGbpk5phEZFyyhPVQCn3gkTxf1Y5aCt38jrgs5JO41I4zLWrhpqKBRZiBGT-qMAeOHHdf41NDV_XxFfmH1D4TpA/s878/9.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="878" data-original-width="658" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR7krGQ8dxIKqSDlD_d7XMkD1SpvY3t2dp8a_Yey4kEZYU6qUwZuMoeTishAOprzVQybRNxdBKrGdMrhb-nVPXziXSAXw_X9VgInzQGbpk5phEZFyyhPVQCn3gkTxf1Y5aCt38jrgs5JO41I4zLWrhpqKBRZiBGT-qMAeOHHdf41NDV_XxFfmH1D4TpA/w480-h640/9.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmlXE7royqK7rE8yW78UHMKq8H9LppCwyuMBJjfX8CU4jFF17iM1g-A2J8__dZ6Q9HRsq-e5N2pucUnWsemDGJ_H2TynUVI45iQB4-fzsZpJIE7HP1_1Rq_kZkiazjNAKjW-48A1nk0Jv5A7LPCMw6KQmC_mA-gb5QhnceMpPThYhSfML7U090WZw2uQ/s805/10.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="805" data-original-width="604" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmlXE7royqK7rE8yW78UHMKq8H9LppCwyuMBJjfX8CU4jFF17iM1g-A2J8__dZ6Q9HRsq-e5N2pucUnWsemDGJ_H2TynUVI45iQB4-fzsZpJIE7HP1_1Rq_kZkiazjNAKjW-48A1nk0Jv5A7LPCMw6KQmC_mA-gb5QhnceMpPThYhSfML7U090WZw2uQ/w480-h640/10.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">In 1883, during construction of the railway, blasting and excavation revealed high concentrations of nickel-copper ore in the Sudbury basin area and this led to the formation of the city of Sudbury and the establishment of two major mining companies, Inco and Falconbridge. During both World Wars Sudbury was the major supplier of nickel for armament production and by the 1950's Inco was producing 85% of the world's nickel. With nickel being used in so many products (particularly to make stainless steel) many other nickel deposits have since been discovered and Canada is now only the world's 6th largest nickel producer. 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Inside the main building a 20 metre fin whale skeleton hangs from the 4 storey ceiling and fills the inside of the spiral walkway. On each floor there are various displays of animals native to the region including Kash the beaver, snapping turtles, snakes, frogs, bats, and Maple the porcupine. There is also a tropical butterfly gallery, a tech lab, and an Imax theatre. A beautifully designed and situated facility that is great for children and adults alike.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4u058Y_-qeeUP6D4LKfTXCw4d8xzmcjiipvinVzqM1Eftafb5W5b9abMwtnhbSU0rL0xHcE5ofoKRR_5Cc0WeuXmL9WZHpSFNv3yz1gRIEKlRWFCaJ2nNMlOpg3DHMQqbINZ800_O6XnOPJ229SGBsenwLXYrfDQVDBW6xlpvAEE5KBB7p1pEAS48hw/s793/sudbury.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="594" data-original-width="793" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4u058Y_-qeeUP6D4LKfTXCw4d8xzmcjiipvinVzqM1Eftafb5W5b9abMwtnhbSU0rL0xHcE5ofoKRR_5Cc0WeuXmL9WZHpSFNv3yz1gRIEKlRWFCaJ2nNMlOpg3DHMQqbINZ800_O6XnOPJ229SGBsenwLXYrfDQVDBW6xlpvAEE5KBB7p1pEAS48hw/w640-h480/sudbury.png" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">But the most remarkable thing about Sudbury is how green it is. For its first 100 years it was one of the most toxic places on Earth thanks to all the sulfur dioxide released into the air from smelting nickel ore. The acid rain pollution triggered the complete loss of all vegetation and left the hills nothing but a moonscape of blackened rock. But then 40 years ago citizens, government, and mining companies got together to try and repair it. After learning that putting crushed limestone and grass seed on the land would allow tree seedlings to grow they eventually planted 12 million trees and repaired thousands of hectares of land. People can now swim and fish in the 330 lakes in the area that were once highly acidic, and Sudbury has some of the cleanest air in all of Ontario. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAYHypyawq2ZQquOAP03k7aR1WigoxTuBoWWGZVNuGkjLv2xZtTzPkloRVEzLZGA8Tvj1CVvYpsGSuP9Zfq68wbK2HPAIBdv_C0jREAfFqs9mws6VqXAK3lx_IdIty6uZZ8da00T-DGM_bBjFtNP7zMZxI9Pr_5VE5LNq1Z-Miy2w5HyNY-xP3TqQ5ng/s1170/1.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="877" data-original-width="1170" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAYHypyawq2ZQquOAP03k7aR1WigoxTuBoWWGZVNuGkjLv2xZtTzPkloRVEzLZGA8Tvj1CVvYpsGSuP9Zfq68wbK2HPAIBdv_C0jREAfFqs9mws6VqXAK3lx_IdIty6uZZ8da00T-DGM_bBjFtNP7zMZxI9Pr_5VE5LNq1Z-Miy2w5HyNY-xP3TqQ5ng/w640-h480/1.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Marie.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG96pgrmXSZXxnOnfEQ0ligpJ3eb6-cNEKnMIcqRPhmKT6jT2Th0zPr4uaDVZFt2W9xFwzWiW4IEUKZJ7GCLQdRXHbIYZaqqol1lOPBYDceg8Pn3rbi7wH_EWUBzMZLIFsllfUBOr1R9qOXCPCVfIYVlHd5DSBIaPRvQPgzMAGr0V2s1Oa1R_dY3i7Rg/s880/12.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="573" data-original-width="880" height="416" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG96pgrmXSZXxnOnfEQ0ligpJ3eb6-cNEKnMIcqRPhmKT6jT2Th0zPr4uaDVZFt2W9xFwzWiW4IEUKZJ7GCLQdRXHbIYZaqqol1lOPBYDceg8Pn3rbi7wH_EWUBzMZLIFsllfUBOr1R9qOXCPCVfIYVlHd5DSBIaPRvQPgzMAGr0V2s1Oa1R_dY3i7Rg/w640-h416/12.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: large;">While the Ojibwe, the Anishinaabe people of the area called it <i>Baawitigong, </i>meaning place of the rapids, the Jesuit missionaries named it Sault Sainte-Marie or Saint Mary's Falls. To the south is the Michigan city with the same name. The two communities were one city until a treaty after the War of 1812 established a border between the two countries, the International Bridge connects them now. The rapids of the St. Mary river drop 20 feet from Lake Superior to Lake Huron and in 1855 the first Soo Locks were completed on the American side but in order to control their own water passage Canada built the Sault Ste. Marie canal in 1895. Nowadays the main commercial shipping traffic uses the American Soo Locks and the smaller recreational and tour boats use the Canadian Sault Ste. 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Marie was an important fur trading post being situated at the crossroads of the fur trade route that stretched from Montreal to the country north of Lake Superior. Nowadays steel making is the main industry with Algoma being the city's largest employer. The historic buildings of the former St. Mary's Paper have been converted to a variety of bars and restaurants making up the Canal District which we checked out after touring the canal and its locks. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6ycKMOsZMXohpyWaxE0GhIP59pEPf7Ts7bQhL-EOB7maJUUCyv-2UYyRPyWl5QVNztAmIuHNXrG2vuDobXzy70qXNm8DWr-NtS2OOQrrLJaeTgfyGK3hF3RarNS7MUap4ydgBIVW0Lw-4kq8_gcK3p5drhG4plDfb0-vWCkcnpeZqxmtiyOLeJaW7cw/s1073/1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="805" data-original-width="1073" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6ycKMOsZMXohpyWaxE0GhIP59pEPf7Ts7bQhL-EOB7maJUUCyv-2UYyRPyWl5QVNztAmIuHNXrG2vuDobXzy70qXNm8DWr-NtS2OOQrrLJaeTgfyGK3hF3RarNS7MUap4ydgBIVW0Lw-4kq8_gcK3p5drhG4plDfb0-vWCkcnpeZqxmtiyOLeJaW7cw/w640-h480/1.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Marie is the 114 mile Agawa Canyon train ride that takes passengers for a 10 hour return train ride through the Northern Ontario wilderness. Forest and lakes, waterfalls, towering trestles and majestic views are on display the entire time. At mile 114 you get a chance to explore the Black Beaver and Bridal Veil waterfalls and hike up the 325+ steps to a fantastic lookout of the Agawa Canyon Park. This is the area where the Group of Seven artists were inspired to create some of their most famous paintings including the Algoma Waterfall by Lawren Harris. 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It was at this almost exact spot where Terry Fox had to give up on his Marathon of Hope on August 31st, 1980. 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margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="805" data-original-width="1073" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH-6uSYjcFiKPvXsB8UALYTRyQwtK6WcYjTClnfk_16VBJWAeZaMvpRB_YHTfiLsprcq91VcjtZZsfQoi4S_PJxbhXs6saL3GlX9yn8PUG1mjW9Rj6pNLE79yYx7XUoodml9m_7Gd0IsL63jfsIwpsOev6JH-2OAIgHV6dsB2f4ZSZlABtdvhIGmLNRg/w640-h480/7.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Second only to Sudbury in population for Northern Ontario cities, Thunder Bay has grown from its fur trade roots to become an important transportation hub and link in the shipping of grain and other products from western Canada through the Great Lakes and Saint Lawrence seaway to the east coast. In 1970 the cities of Port Arthur and Fort William merged to form Thunder Bay and end their historic rivalry. With traditional industries in decline the city is transitioning to a more knowledge based economy and promoting the Waterfront District, with its eclectric restaurants like The Sovereign, to tourists. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7rmH0MIhrDjdXgzIejUKLZsc1EG_VOpAMQsz_tA4ur6Vnu5DMaX-vEDW4kGQx1eyICgW6ce4SjV7rheoO1N6xnfZ-Aks3Maw3G_-xsWoWJi8ZB8JDd7ow3HVLFdnV9NJSAFHfogsRb0KD1_AF7dKAJ2UA8JbMaDG-oDNQr6xrN20WVCpRSj0dbTmaOQ/s1073/1.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="805" data-original-width="1073" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7rmH0MIhrDjdXgzIejUKLZsc1EG_VOpAMQsz_tA4ur6Vnu5DMaX-vEDW4kGQx1eyICgW6ce4SjV7rheoO1N6xnfZ-Aks3Maw3G_-xsWoWJi8ZB8JDd7ow3HVLFdnV9NJSAFHfogsRb0KD1_AF7dKAJ2UA8JbMaDG-oDNQr6xrN20WVCpRSj0dbTmaOQ/w640-h480/1.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Cochrane has built a unique and amazing refuge for Polar Bears that provides an interactive (through glass) component where children especially can get up and close with the bears in a swimming pool. The three bears on site, which have been relocated from other zoos, are free to roam in a large 24 acre facility (stocked with cool toys) that includes the 10 acre Hector Lake, and they can be viewed on live cameras going about their business. An educational institute that seeks to promote a greater understanding of polar bears and improve the standards for their care when they cannot survive in the wild, this rescue and rehab facility, in a natural sub-arctic setting, is a very informative place to visit.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY8jGY2iHJiKA9pTRsUAPtk7OzF6HB6p1Cr359Vnt_NJrOIMKsa_-J8Ou6HLtewtQauJoFkb8hFBxZx5uyW9gbm2NaW2v5R4JjJNVp_fzpkp_iLdJHxIv4onhoQz6grEbDW5R6rOAmPhzdIpyNCv97o-KNnujMfwf23gU-JTD0uFIm9m_PJ0vYHZVf6w/s1073/11.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="805" data-original-width="1073" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY8jGY2iHJiKA9pTRsUAPtk7OzF6HB6p1Cr359Vnt_NJrOIMKsa_-J8Ou6HLtewtQauJoFkb8hFBxZx5uyW9gbm2NaW2v5R4JjJNVp_fzpkp_iLdJHxIv4onhoQz6grEbDW5R6rOAmPhzdIpyNCv97o-KNnujMfwf23gU-JTD0uFIm9m_PJ0vYHZVf6w/w640-h480/11.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="805" data-original-width="1073" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVjW57dqrzwwCivkzaKNM9h48VaWIy-NvlGHHa-GPLTrnEzwcxYe7Nu9M2SrQe0YREqMixBfh6FJthD0zcZ5IPRz7hkfHUtCiFO8M4jhqDmKOLrDyraAYkQEE3qIxyjeF_bkHVcDrIgvY8-_lsizdVdOxbAkK1UB6236oJ38K-bWPzO6t0q-LRp7c9ug/w640-h480/13.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: large;">The second reason for visiting Cochrane is because it's the terminus of the Polar Bear Express, an Ontario Northland Railway train that offers passenger service to the bustling twin cities of Moosonee and Moose Factory, located on the banks of Moose River just before it empties into James Bay. There is no road to Moosonee and the Polar Bear Express is also the only remaining flag stop train in existence (people living along the route literally wave down the train and hop on). The 186 mile route takes 5 hours each way and makes a two hour stop in Moosonee before returning to Cochrane. There are no polar bears on this route and once again we missed out on any moose sightings but the Canadian Shield scenery continued to awe.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNUSIHSlaKWQDc3473aKXiQ_ejKkB8v0cAAHctGAPHKOMuHzvKE9DL9aIjNjZsaEd243pZSRCkmphcttHszqdK2D-kxb0ssi40_JJJ_hrakX2QAHBZRqI8GmHv_3mprGiom0mAempDKLDGQU4uOZnaWIRy9Kxvx2-zXs_L4pX9QapfQU10IW-BmHdtoA/s1073/4.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="805" data-original-width="1073" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNUSIHSlaKWQDc3473aKXiQ_ejKkB8v0cAAHctGAPHKOMuHzvKE9DL9aIjNjZsaEd243pZSRCkmphcttHszqdK2D-kxb0ssi40_JJJ_hrakX2QAHBZRqI8GmHv_3mprGiom0mAempDKLDGQU4uOZnaWIRy9Kxvx2-zXs_L4pX9QapfQU10IW-BmHdtoA/w640-h480/4.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJddGSxjjjDkI_VDhj2IOkGadV9xB3oucpjlkDgeiWjzzMXIV9kMoxCB052y0BQV4jCJF21hLaFfMg2KcEYrMihnKbiO6e3QJq3PPssZJynu0bdp_kajDb0J7X_q5H_xanCmaHl6wElCOP8iFeqy5SerliQj9PWwveSvukLk4ViJYqycBmblPel5h_Wg/s1073/5.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Here goods are transferred from the train to be delivered by barge to more northerly communities. A water taxi service takes people from Moosonee to the community of Moose Factory which is the second oldest Hudson's Bay fur trading post to be established in North America. A few historic buildings still remain including the HBC staff house and the St. Thomas Anglican Church. 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The countryside was mostly well maintained farming communities with fields of hay, potatoes and corn stretching as far as the eye could see. It couldn't have been easy to clear all that land on the Canadian Shield when they first started out. 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An important fur trading post and military fort since its inception, it underwent the construction of even more defensive fortifications after the War of 1812. It's also the location of Canada's first military college. After a fire in 1840 destroyed most of the city the use of wood construction was prohibited and all buildings had to be built out of limestone or brick which, to this day, gives Kingston its distinctive look.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJuteqU3Dp7MtdE3WIHQfTzugbPE-G0AmyYBUhyBYZxbzdMRDpAv7eWIgmLdip5yNWPy8lbNtPKuUODJj2CJtOJ4q1_J-TETQC4r7KyF6JkkUng_eEMue1f99btEizDPLHY9sc_6zwe68fVnZAcm975g2pj1tpfYPgeGNpYr4doG6eMuYE6_nNy1F5sQ/s1073/25.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="805" data-original-width="1073" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJuteqU3Dp7MtdE3WIHQfTzugbPE-G0AmyYBUhyBYZxbzdMRDpAv7eWIgmLdip5yNWPy8lbNtPKuUODJj2CJtOJ4q1_J-TETQC4r7KyF6JkkUng_eEMue1f99btEizDPLHY9sc_6zwe68fVnZAcm975g2pj1tpfYPgeGNpYr4doG6eMuYE6_nNy1F5sQ/w640-h480/25.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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A perfect evening for admiring all the stunning homes/cottages and </span><span>the archipelago </span><span>of more than 1,800 islands that straddle the Canada-U.S. border in the St. Lawrence seaway, stretching from Kingston to Brockville.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKPgnVYUpLg_zOTai5TPWxAXBFfJ1GgNixOc0wo3tkU9Defx5VRYUOuAnZDz185fiLEI_wo8Jl8SAShwBvqSPcA2sQx1v7h9rQu9iTFH-5xn6pIeiQGFY9dTRaUVr5FertVe6-YT-P06uTO1PAAGiy2W_JS4N7o91zRoMtjzO5S0r2OO5Uct6-d3kWKA/s381/Ottawa-one-million-sign.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="187" data-original-width="381" height="314" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKPgnVYUpLg_zOTai5TPWxAXBFfJ1GgNixOc0wo3tkU9Defx5VRYUOuAnZDz185fiLEI_wo8Jl8SAShwBvqSPcA2sQx1v7h9rQu9iTFH-5xn6pIeiQGFY9dTRaUVr5FertVe6-YT-P06uTO1PAAGiy2W_JS4N7o91zRoMtjzO5S0r2OO5Uct6-d3kWKA/w640-h314/Ottawa-one-million-sign.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Over 500 birds are mounted and on display along with all of Canada's mammals (including at last a moose) a dinosaur gallery of 200 fossils, a world class collection of minerals and rocks, and hidden amongst a display of ocean life is a 19 metre blue whale skeleton. 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Canada's contribution to the International Space Station is also on display along with one of the original Canadarms and Alouette, Canada's first satellite.</span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaABks3i2UzfOGKIST_WXWlsktp8UyJhov-umNoo1rQX3AgpRAybPXjoTDzg4ScgwldnLxFJjIICWOi1XDvers7hGknVEHLX32BBSNWQ6MwcEzMRys8tJusapTxbX3J_THPPibsDEus-sUnz1Y2vQ3Exd8wHG5nE5Mlbhp2CizepwEoY-p5sTeBkIpug/s805/56.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="805" data-original-width="604" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaABks3i2UzfOGKIST_WXWlsktp8UyJhov-umNoo1rQX3AgpRAybPXjoTDzg4ScgwldnLxFJjIICWOi1XDvers7hGknVEHLX32BBSNWQ6MwcEzMRys8tJusapTxbX3J_THPPibsDEus-sUnz1Y2vQ3Exd8wHG5nE5Mlbhp2CizepwEoY-p5sTeBkIpug/w480-h640/56.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZlY-gpxUJ-GJwgTfL9EuxIY9Ww7cXJg6e-UoNevyTlupW3rJr27SrPbWp8ztdAlzCgIy53BSIz1D6UMmK6bTcvlaOUXZhSobiXwaiSDqB01aeijEzZSstzEoaxeChySkzxIzNAsXziCwjhzT4-paPZ9WQ6VM8rW8w4wb2Ol04mnMaU1MXavXtk1QI3A/s1073/53.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="805" data-original-width="1073" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZlY-gpxUJ-GJwgTfL9EuxIY9Ww7cXJg6e-UoNevyTlupW3rJr27SrPbWp8ztdAlzCgIy53BSIz1D6UMmK6bTcvlaOUXZhSobiXwaiSDqB01aeijEzZSstzEoaxeChySkzxIzNAsXziCwjhzT4-paPZ9WQ6VM8rW8w4wb2Ol04mnMaU1MXavXtk1QI3A/w640-h480/53.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">This wasn't our first visit to Ottawa and it won't likely be our last and it seems there is always something new to see and do here. Our whirlwind road trip through small town Ontario had given us a greater appreciation of what Ontario had to offer and the scenery of the Canadian Shield and Great Lakes shorelines was incredible. If only we had seen a moose.</span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div>Nelson Quirogahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07910634937416574646noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5742715625823856380.post-48042448768435353082022-06-22T10:47:00.006-07:002022-09-27T16:47:30.114-07:00Iberian Jewels (June 2022)<p> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge2XX_d8Lm000DUaACLTZ9NFQE3ys_Ra_zqTHd60HSpIssFBnEV_rLBOWCqsswLZ9DwMw4cV4P-cNMhciXwwZ2BoRZ6FgkvhzktfLd11-KKSOY3kx1nxUJgcnecuiaUVWxQPB9UhHD_7FNOAHOaxX-JaQksaCctgvMiD9u4sfqk2MvCO8HR04lrhq3Sw/s550/costadelsol.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="410" data-original-width="550" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge2XX_d8Lm000DUaACLTZ9NFQE3ys_Ra_zqTHd60HSpIssFBnEV_rLBOWCqsswLZ9DwMw4cV4P-cNMhciXwwZ2BoRZ6FgkvhzktfLd11-KKSOY3kx1nxUJgcnecuiaUVWxQPB9UhHD_7FNOAHOaxX-JaQksaCctgvMiD9u4sfqk2MvCO8HR04lrhq3Sw/w640-h478/costadelsol.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><div><span style="font-size: large;">The Costa del Sol is a region in the south of Spain comprising the coastal towns and communities along the 150 km. coastline of the Province of Malaga from Gibraltar to Nerja. Translated it means Sunshine Coast and, with over 325 days of sunshine each year, it is one of the most important tourist areas in Spain. The capital city of Malaga has over 1 million metropolitan residents and the airport is the 3rd largest in Spain.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkAK2XDvoIKixY9MUdxjC3jsRSBTvWaroLKzXKQGLvRYTjHIipd4XlCE89SwdiJT7yOMXYFLUvnmG6rltcd2JcSZV-eM_zCXvlL8a6N38SzFLaaDdluSgx_8Hp-Xdic35m5ybY9GF7rnida_kQU8_0a_eFq2qbJQUhyamytjfDRUgRcurTETuBr5k9ew/s830/1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="830" data-original-width="622" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkAK2XDvoIKixY9MUdxjC3jsRSBTvWaroLKzXKQGLvRYTjHIipd4XlCE89SwdiJT7yOMXYFLUvnmG6rltcd2JcSZV-eM_zCXvlL8a6N38SzFLaaDdluSgx_8Hp-Xdic35m5ybY9GF7rnida_kQU8_0a_eFq2qbJQUhyamytjfDRUgRcurTETuBr5k9ew/w480-h640/1.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Our destination however was Estepona, a charming city roughly halfway between Malaga and Gibraltar and dubbed the Garden of the Costa del Sol. 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A walking tour to photograph this ever growing list of murals is a nice way to explore the City.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjitm4JJR346KDSyiQ1h7Gucirf2vue6jo3vKuyuqPjqp7ztp9VQa6lqA-4Jg5mFpopkaMj9kZ1cjlWHr8X94duM0wiSbLGHwMuqJPa0J8N5tdm-nmp453L_Xl_iwuXQ9_jLdfJgNkHmjX4HHCrf3oH-Y_SN0hKTRDSrwhhxrIkQ83NfXUJyqU54xynEA/s1107/m16.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="830" data-original-width="1107" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjitm4JJR346KDSyiQ1h7Gucirf2vue6jo3vKuyuqPjqp7ztp9VQa6lqA-4Jg5mFpopkaMj9kZ1cjlWHr8X94duM0wiSbLGHwMuqJPa0J8N5tdm-nmp453L_Xl_iwuXQ9_jLdfJgNkHmjX4HHCrf3oH-Y_SN0hKTRDSrwhhxrIkQ83NfXUJyqU54xynEA/w640-h480/m16.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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It turns out the month of June is a month of celebration revolving around the city's patron saint Santo Antonio and other events like the National holiday, musical festivals, and the sardine festival make practically every day a party. 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It's a delightful maze of narrow cobbled streets that meander up a steep hillside to the Sao Jorge castle and it is filled with indoor and outdoor restaurants. By the time we finished dinner with our friends the streets were crammed with people eating grilled sausage and sardines, drinking beer, and enjoying the music. The whole scene was happy chaos and it went on till 4 a.m. every night but there was no fighting or problems thanks no doubt to all the police politely mingling with the crowd and just a good vibe.</span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqDwgRCLoQczrRASzazmgfCTconPPpN1JIawUxhiS2hKWSFlQnnzfnEWzZFzqujYfyK1RN6MLdAtyNB4xqgGkrmZ3zLw2OYorVGkrirzVSAke0orNp32vevHtMLDztm6dDixR7q1axeXAXNHTW_fP5Uu15gmU20cDGUUVo9JRuI8pt6RuXejWpo2lm_Q/s884/5.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="830" data-original-width="884" height="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqDwgRCLoQczrRASzazmgfCTconPPpN1JIawUxhiS2hKWSFlQnnzfnEWzZFzqujYfyK1RN6MLdAtyNB4xqgGkrmZ3zLw2OYorVGkrirzVSAke0orNp32vevHtMLDztm6dDixR7q1axeXAXNHTW_fP5Uu15gmU20cDGUUVo9JRuI8pt6RuXejWpo2lm_Q/w640-h600/5.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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With all its monuments, restaurants, parks and pedestrian friendly streets it's easy to understand why this has become the new go-to destination in Europe. Next stop was Tavira, a charming seaside town in the heart of the Algarve coast. Checked into our hotel, that was perfectly situated on the edge of the Gilao River, and then fortified ourselves with some tapas and wine for lunch.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEzBIQ569qUJQqiS-xTSfxMf-FGV27WVMhECaKaBMKdxnDcZdMf78kOYtaSuZxWnYICjR2KfrBMYGmzsFpYCnKzvW9li_ZhxC3kb2z6jsIvxDrPIn2RBQTLlUqJGVAHI6TXURT-qa4JXcjolk7-BOfJz8hfSJ1XgddR4dzkqYeH_vVPh9ANas-XhCesA/s1107/1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="830" data-original-width="1107" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEzBIQ569qUJQqiS-xTSfxMf-FGV27WVMhECaKaBMKdxnDcZdMf78kOYtaSuZxWnYICjR2KfrBMYGmzsFpYCnKzvW9li_ZhxC3kb2z6jsIvxDrPIn2RBQTLlUqJGVAHI6TXURT-qa4JXcjolk7-BOfJz8hfSJ1XgddR4dzkqYeH_vVPh9ANas-XhCesA/w640-h480/1.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ0sgVBUZItXkaLsDPL64uithONQGRXs6G7iRLEuDkgBVco9YUyBRKP-QplpgumkQTiCXdMrMtKULkgiIVpxiBsajHvIoQ5L3VSG8CYVntNrP57z4vtiOjXHiH-LbeI6EQvv-chabCdCza-Nwh7zzFY7Qxn40MKLS5V5RKs8JAFWf_b-q7Z80H5G4BXA/s1204/22.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="903" data-original-width="1204" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ0sgVBUZItXkaLsDPL64uithONQGRXs6G7iRLEuDkgBVco9YUyBRKP-QplpgumkQTiCXdMrMtKULkgiIVpxiBsajHvIoQ5L3VSG8CYVntNrP57z4vtiOjXHiH-LbeI6EQvv-chabCdCza-Nwh7zzFY7Qxn40MKLS5V5RKs8JAFWf_b-q7Z80H5G4BXA/w640-h480/22.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivpyGMKYeNr7FSNuGnOTQbMfvyAoeRL9uG9L5tABs90yjPepYHNX2cdNKeyWIab0nh8z13S2VXqXa6qBvrzQF4em7sFp-EJsgkMJBJcbKFR5-yvZg390UU6NVkf8XY0bdCiW1GzIhVbt1ARG7ftHwzyCs8N27x3LXybykscSaQIAZYsWVcL85e7oAkXQ/s830/2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="830" data-original-width="622" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivpyGMKYeNr7FSNuGnOTQbMfvyAoeRL9uG9L5tABs90yjPepYHNX2cdNKeyWIab0nh8z13S2VXqXa6qBvrzQF4em7sFp-EJsgkMJBJcbKFR5-yvZg390UU6NVkf8XY0bdCiW1GzIhVbt1ARG7ftHwzyCs8N27x3LXybykscSaQIAZYsWVcL85e7oAkXQ/w480-h640/2.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixC_F75-4xrz5kJus5QG6oE2e2UFR7Omda42IYm7q0r5ghPQYCQUkXsCgPZqvCQO7jxfua11lcS2CVFFLS7FjqGLfWKzLv-x11LNk8sz6gk46-GgMUqxUwCB0LWZvJm6JVBOWoV3aoj1CdH0HY0A5X8PcRUi5NZYjZ37msq7-qpld_t55N4rFZ3kvyPQ/s1204/3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="903" data-original-width="1204" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixC_F75-4xrz5kJus5QG6oE2e2UFR7Omda42IYm7q0r5ghPQYCQUkXsCgPZqvCQO7jxfua11lcS2CVFFLS7FjqGLfWKzLv-x11LNk8sz6gk46-GgMUqxUwCB0LWZvJm6JVBOWoV3aoj1CdH0HY0A5X8PcRUi5NZYjZ37msq7-qpld_t55N4rFZ3kvyPQ/w640-h480/3.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkGAMaJ_HsLXIZ2YJGFXVf6Vie51o2lPttWcXavOPtPEdBMNtZ8GwyaP80360uH4TTck6SDqqC4UIEU2flQA-Uh9a3IoVcPbw_M1NvAy3g19Fvvq5wmWz6qsBquB_O9XV62TGzdfzMGHh5DGWsfvg6HzUwdvjAkWklczRsoqWdzqUAb12qhUMdfpx45Q/s1029/Tavira-from-the-air.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1029" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkGAMaJ_HsLXIZ2YJGFXVf6Vie51o2lPttWcXavOPtPEdBMNtZ8GwyaP80360uH4TTck6SDqqC4UIEU2flQA-Uh9a3IoVcPbw_M1NvAy3g19Fvvq5wmWz6qsBquB_O9XV62TGzdfzMGHh5DGWsfvg6HzUwdvjAkWklczRsoqWdzqUAb12qhUMdfpx45Q/w640-h478/Tavira-from-the-air.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><div><span style="font-size: large;">From there we hopped on a ferry that would take us to the Ilha de Tavira which acts as a natural breakwater for the city and offers spectacular sandy beaches on the Gulf of Cadiz. 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On the previous journey we had flown into Whitehorse to start our exploration, but this time we wanted to drive the entire route from Vancouver including, of course, the famous Alaska Highway and the infamous Dempster Highway. The Alaska Highway, however, doesn't start until Dawson Creek so we decided to get there via a stop in Jasper and, managing to bypass all the wildfires, we headed up the Coquihalla/Yellowhead Highway in our rented Jeep. While most of the roads are paved, having a Jeep would prove to be invaluable when we came to roads that weren't.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZiqBslTzgk_dpVta9TSX4HBM2baeLdX7xp1Dcwz4EP-4kRaS8mau0Swed4E_WihxqU7p7N4WHV0L0njJzRzw0x0Dr79cE41twmC3vF0QtTNJPAqm0nNbabBLX6X4LztO-ZEmVmk1j2ia6/s810/20210810_100529-COLLAGE.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="810" data-original-width="810" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZiqBslTzgk_dpVta9TSX4HBM2baeLdX7xp1Dcwz4EP-4kRaS8mau0Swed4E_WihxqU7p7N4WHV0L0njJzRzw0x0Dr79cE41twmC3vF0QtTNJPAqm0nNbabBLX6X4LztO-ZEmVmk1j2ia6/w640-h640/20210810_100529-COLLAGE.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhviGBJQ6mUkwLE_JMqyv7WxrLGMvf1-SqwS2RokUgWXV1ShdDuaY2r_PsMTlmoYzJDEx7scgsfM9AvDw8CbubaGeXshQNUrUElguzQJh3IEF1mZ5iXhrph9vFSo71aH4EC2ZyY7r9La8CU/s700/5fa738ca763a5467a3e9033139ca611f.gif" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="700" data-original-width="600" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhviGBJQ6mUkwLE_JMqyv7WxrLGMvf1-SqwS2RokUgWXV1ShdDuaY2r_PsMTlmoYzJDEx7scgsfM9AvDw8CbubaGeXshQNUrUElguzQJh3IEF1mZ5iXhrph9vFSo71aH4EC2ZyY7r9La8CU/w548-h640/5fa738ca763a5467a3e9033139ca611f.gif" width="548" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7loWz6WVdhlGGJwIQXBW998wI3BUDCSNOIG1cQL2kaJLNR4ne3zQ_9K_TKA1T1XRXdnElWrWKilSZ37zt52r4YqesUM4bQ1OYwzKNwg_k0RgXevk7E1NN0DbS20iNxNOTkZY_0t32whWs/s4160/IMG_20210810_121313864.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3120" data-original-width="4160" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7loWz6WVdhlGGJwIQXBW998wI3BUDCSNOIG1cQL2kaJLNR4ne3zQ_9K_TKA1T1XRXdnElWrWKilSZ37zt52r4YqesUM4bQ1OYwzKNwg_k0RgXevk7E1NN0DbS20iNxNOTkZY_0t32whWs/w640-h480/IMG_20210810_121313864.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUOBigK_xIRtQIWMGE5lblf1yaa9o171v1LLvq-0jyRgf_EN7S_QbHylBs_n4T8Jn-HZpaCGcoAKbG9jJ-p0Q2g2J7c62oWWT61rgLg5mF2kIniJCB7zXllLTMBefjux_HyPpSlSXrHPJr/s4160/IMG_20210810_121320456_HDR.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3120" data-original-width="4160" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUOBigK_xIRtQIWMGE5lblf1yaa9o171v1LLvq-0jyRgf_EN7S_QbHylBs_n4T8Jn-HZpaCGcoAKbG9jJ-p0Q2g2J7c62oWWT61rgLg5mF2kIniJCB7zXllLTMBefjux_HyPpSlSXrHPJr/w640-h480/IMG_20210810_121320456_HDR.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh64ukATWyX8guvzhOOnu2-dLU7of4LJPkeweKhhbhe_mg9SpTaeD1h53XKxQmyKuKN69SlemKd-lsaQer6RJt2Brjkan6atJmB1IVvlrOCg00e8LSPJCdd0ywdtBNow5S6uMKRSLazO5Bx/s4160/IMG_20210810_123947583_HDR.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3120" data-original-width="4160" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh64ukATWyX8guvzhOOnu2-dLU7of4LJPkeweKhhbhe_mg9SpTaeD1h53XKxQmyKuKN69SlemKd-lsaQer6RJt2Brjkan6atJmB1IVvlrOCg00e8LSPJCdd0ywdtBNow5S6uMKRSLazO5Bx/w640-h480/IMG_20210810_123947583_HDR.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWJf8yfJ79g2D5L-2L5t3QenDQABkdzv66D4xy37X7CzAPT6T1kbRCJeSgAC8QUkmAeSwGFIkK6CuYqzmTl5e8q1h6Mn3PYVmCkG7_p93JqvnPzWJFdU_iBoCkG4GQQ1Tj4BYFyQecEzGX/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="809" data-original-width="1506" height="344" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWJf8yfJ79g2D5L-2L5t3QenDQABkdzv66D4xy37X7CzAPT6T1kbRCJeSgAC8QUkmAeSwGFIkK6CuYqzmTl5e8q1h6Mn3PYVmCkG7_p93JqvnPzWJFdU_iBoCkG4GQQ1Tj4BYFyQecEzGX/w640-h344/image.png" width="640" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: large;">Following the placid Thompson River that flows alongside the Yellowhead Highway, we arrived in the delightful tourist town of Jasper in time for dinner. The streets were packed, as were all the restaurants, but the mood was festive with everyone wanting to take a break from Covid though most were still wearing masks except the elk. The air was fresh and clear with no evidence of wildfires anywhere nearby.</span></div><p></p></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz2ft60o7Q7LX8yZhgYr7MCqCCwusANM_qgSc8ilqqf-T6JEDuFUPu2mhB07qpzklotwqnckm0nvqJXuxEwC3tohyphenhyphenLrxTmHz-bTw1f0ljxaL1iPsYGcUDxuo11serTtGPrgnZot45KujXm/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="810" data-original-width="1080" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz2ft60o7Q7LX8yZhgYr7MCqCCwusANM_qgSc8ilqqf-T6JEDuFUPu2mhB07qpzklotwqnckm0nvqJXuxEwC3tohyphenhyphenLrxTmHz-bTw1f0ljxaL1iPsYGcUDxuo11serTtGPrgnZot45KujXm/w640-h480/image.png" width="640" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyjte3Uybj_vWYsY7sfLdYS1mlz-rAHlv4GaIRLjaydwy_sDmASYFQ99QZCwBIgbIvADa0IMfaSg0TpgP1kkr_cEe4lJ_jRvVI8CkyVGzMeH8ZqXLu82Lrf432-2DoQqP5NWWQ8Z2ghl07/s965/train.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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It's all so overwhelming that it actually becomes hard to appreciate but we gave it our best try.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhehI802kMv-yIZSU1zQljUvHfIY6ejTf-Q0Fl5cpk0UvUSHW8drEnOyiwV7G_WOkqkEL413TFucXWcfmyAb6W7DXEBowwsGKpgzkv4NCIdccTsq8rMfcDurwjiEeNDMSVwRhfDTlr-B6np/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="810" data-original-width="1080" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhehI802kMv-yIZSU1zQljUvHfIY6ejTf-Q0Fl5cpk0UvUSHW8drEnOyiwV7G_WOkqkEL413TFucXWcfmyAb6W7DXEBowwsGKpgzkv4NCIdccTsq8rMfcDurwjiEeNDMSVwRhfDTlr-B6np/w640-h480/image.png" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0nAu-4FMS5GZ2KbzC582deld4Hwz7vuymZBqmq4102rMwosvJ8n2e_V3c2IUt33KCjHy1NjfZFUgMuMbCgHjXYZoUMAqyTdwiBMNzZ2WQIJXtTPoQ8fO02LN_SRDWRaqj5jkoMaCFPKuF/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="810" data-original-width="1080" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0nAu-4FMS5GZ2KbzC582deld4Hwz7vuymZBqmq4102rMwosvJ8n2e_V3c2IUt33KCjHy1NjfZFUgMuMbCgHjXYZoUMAqyTdwiBMNzZ2WQIJXtTPoQ8fO02LN_SRDWRaqj5jkoMaCFPKuF/w640-h480/image.png" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrD0GtySnt7QUgXSWG5n861bAwVHTIpYWNr6m1kDuJT88KiiTQ0A8lvYklhLEH5b5ZG5oIZjaxeyL20BXVqWiP-tHesCobR61oMnWu5ZLfAV0h8Lc3U8_xKzaEEMKmSO3tCZUjaCFWlEa1/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="810" data-original-width="1080" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrD0GtySnt7QUgXSWG5n861bAwVHTIpYWNr6m1kDuJT88KiiTQ0A8lvYklhLEH5b5ZG5oIZjaxeyL20BXVqWiP-tHesCobR61oMnWu5ZLfAV0h8Lc3U8_xKzaEEMKmSO3tCZUjaCFWlEa1/w640-h480/image.png" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm_sWRiLdExAqVY69suKGnViTtV76TtS3s_lr-X7O32MrkdQxcbgyTBZ7PMeURe0_UdqoXy2oSMeOzSaAizFsOQOMhOd3AJwrJYXOs6DkazBd54YwVtwsUVFxr2DgRo06f5BSdIrzAb1Xb/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="810" data-original-width="1080" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm_sWRiLdExAqVY69suKGnViTtV76TtS3s_lr-X7O32MrkdQxcbgyTBZ7PMeURe0_UdqoXy2oSMeOzSaAizFsOQOMhOd3AJwrJYXOs6DkazBd54YwVtwsUVFxr2DgRo06f5BSdIrzAb1Xb/w640-h480/image.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">To avoid the hordes we were up early to hit the Skywalk, a dizzying glass bottomed walkway near the Icefield Centre. Offering incredible views of the surrounding peaks and Sunwapta River down below as you hang over a cliff is a test of engineering trust.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRyi56X6d_dL3aDonMBhoA4EjXL7wKsm5eybWMrEq2yT3AEswnSv6iLj-_KBsob9PRuya6GNUwcEyZaMZ5FCLvFs5iMl8ZoTy1hyphenhyphenoror8k3rD1lTNU-G23hGSopQEYJCKUIGB5BXn9pFQa/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="810" data-original-width="1080" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRyi56X6d_dL3aDonMBhoA4EjXL7wKsm5eybWMrEq2yT3AEswnSv6iLj-_KBsob9PRuya6GNUwcEyZaMZ5FCLvFs5iMl8ZoTy1hyphenhyphenoror8k3rD1lTNU-G23hGSopQEYJCKUIGB5BXn9pFQa/w640-h480/image.png" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxxYG-iY6UhEPRJWRSX2ZjNjxLSniwmWv0thh7Ca8SBi5ncKn3kg5ANoh5jDgAwP1BhTmIa0CUlaiSE5g6bGzJ_quji84hj_tufd_JAMtkxAxFDVnsUhpO5PrIhT_TWSZpZfsgYqLWQVUG/" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Just outside of Jasper we encountered some mountain goats and then enroute to Grande Cache we came across a black bear and her cubs.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSOF4EFfAO9t0uJIuwJY43nZ0F43it-KnoGN06NFd_08dAiMfB8viEMxiMOWbS_0gcBo9wq79Oh7X-I5y5G8liRPMlj_fqnV7_iRWNwhCrgtO0klhLXcZrXMzoJBykpWr617RZ1aPXzybx/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="883" data-original-width="1177" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSOF4EFfAO9t0uJIuwJY43nZ0F43it-KnoGN06NFd_08dAiMfB8viEMxiMOWbS_0gcBo9wq79Oh7X-I5y5G8liRPMlj_fqnV7_iRWNwhCrgtO0klhLXcZrXMzoJBykpWr617RZ1aPXzybx/w640-h480/image.png" width="640" /></a></div></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirVhSVg6VDIGzP0J5qrkyASuDuttLCWCYkenj4U9EYSQL3ag58fzsgZ7aGCQI4aJXzXed1dcjCL1txMW3O-cTHQHwDPBBt0y073_pqT1ThFfsg0RW5ImO9VWFi6WX5iwJSC9ATKy8OjBPZ/" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Currie Dinosaur Museum in Wembley where an impressive display of locally excavated fossils from the Pipestone Creek bonebed can be viewed. The Pipestone Creek bonebed is considered one of the densest fossil sites in the world and include the first <i>Pachyrhinosaurus</i> discovered along with <i>hadrosaurs, tyrannosaurs, plesiosaurs </i>and <i>pterosaurs. </i>The museum also arranges weekly hands-on discovery tour hikes to Pipestone Creek. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPL6fCHYCpoH2HspG6UK7v-_mizii8Nxq4NiVFR8ZMT-PakUMeHeiQ8xF3zClaEel2EX4k9SJ1MQaxnlmgMuWQFMOkTow7zCCgdbVmzNEQ9SYpyOnSknrJrkYI7IVZ2eAkuVwzT3OA5Gi9/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="531" data-original-width="918" height="370" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPL6fCHYCpoH2HspG6UK7v-_mizii8Nxq4NiVFR8ZMT-PakUMeHeiQ8xF3zClaEel2EX4k9SJ1MQaxnlmgMuWQFMOkTow7zCCgdbVmzNEQ9SYpyOnSknrJrkYI7IVZ2eAkuVwzT3OA5Gi9/w640-h370/image.png" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Built in 1942 at the height of WW2 in order for the U.S. military to have access to Alaska, 10,000 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, with hundreds of pieces of equipment, completed the job in less than 8 months. 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Over the years the highway has been rerouted and straightened in many sections with the result that it's now nearly 500 kilometers shorter. The Alaska highway has also been completely paved making for a safe and comfortable drive. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoPA_LzJC-ErfXduHkar9XcHK-QrnZYNJIPzI8XHGF3D_w7N3kQuSdMr-TlMm9kQFE-q4tZZiSaW10-o1sZfkSLLnSMiM1kDEICXV_wg1fu13hm4-SiVFR7k-XwywroNcuxEsEFPaPyyOf/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="883" data-original-width="1249" height="452" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoPA_LzJC-ErfXduHkar9XcHK-QrnZYNJIPzI8XHGF3D_w7N3kQuSdMr-TlMm9kQFE-q4tZZiSaW10-o1sZfkSLLnSMiM1kDEICXV_wg1fu13hm4-SiVFR7k-XwywroNcuxEsEFPaPyyOf/w640-h452/image.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgISa48yAjiV2TdmIrWFO0WaQYBKnnSQuYPoWqKksAqesfxBIxJeEqS3obvEkfull5p2CUbxo-jXW7ReonTN-ZjaFip6jWwHefDKMGo8sWKB54sgGBViWq2ofKtH1_c1RR5khd9IusnsJYn/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="883" data-original-width="1177" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgISa48yAjiV2TdmIrWFO0WaQYBKnnSQuYPoWqKksAqesfxBIxJeEqS3obvEkfull5p2CUbxo-jXW7ReonTN-ZjaFip6jWwHefDKMGo8sWKB54sgGBViWq2ofKtH1_c1RR5khd9IusnsJYn/w640-h480/image.png" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The first thing you notice about the Alaska Highway once you leave Fort St. John is that the road seems to go on forever and there's hardly any other traffic except the long haulers. No police either so it's up to you how fast you really want to go. Serving as both a firebreak and a way to minimize sudden animal collisions, the wide road shoulders are filled with colourful fireweed that keep inviting you to stop and photograph.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8G01VuqxDWDiWfjKKf2O2XtiEX3nriIQYVmZ2cRDbHMJzoODXNiNA3gWjTOM_-yADXoLXCHlGZygDfOIUvWo04W-UYs9VrZ-Ce3Jonf-SyqkWLWQ6pHi0Wel8ntS9fAm8I0k0aWNU0_Cv/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="883" data-original-width="1177" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8G01VuqxDWDiWfjKKf2O2XtiEX3nriIQYVmZ2cRDbHMJzoODXNiNA3gWjTOM_-yADXoLXCHlGZygDfOIUvWo04W-UYs9VrZ-Ce3Jonf-SyqkWLWQ6pHi0Wel8ntS9fAm8I0k0aWNU0_Cv/w640-h480/image.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE0R8R0kgHCGpH4rKu0NMWTJG89wa1UdwvEofWR2lwDAo0JeDUzuP0BIlvAEcI8S_BQJZRSstfiMEbVHWkjwVHh32zPfOphbLPDK5iEHO-OG7n3_fncRMPUikZEgMe7YRLwQdaMRaojPyY/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="883" data-original-width="1177" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE0R8R0kgHCGpH4rKu0NMWTJG89wa1UdwvEofWR2lwDAo0JeDUzuP0BIlvAEcI8S_BQJZRSstfiMEbVHWkjwVHh32zPfOphbLPDK5iEHO-OG7n3_fncRMPUikZEgMe7YRLwQdaMRaojPyY/w640-h480/image.png" width="640" /></a></div><br />Stopping only to check out the rest areas at Duhu Lake and Andy Bailey Park we enjoyed a leisurely ride to Fort Nelson. Considered the real Mile 0 of the Alaska Highway since there was already a road from Fort St. John to Fort Nelson, the town was once a bustling service centre to the gas industry and local sawmills and is the hub between Yukon and Fort St. John. But with collapsing commodity prices it has fallen on hard times. Its principal attraction now is the colourful heritage museum.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirbllzY4vLPew3mHJFsRsTBKY7AEKNwBpa_TcltTlwfX87hi7MWe43oMuq5b1rO5Sr98JZCC6bBLpq04aSoQFGvOmDT0H6GEyPsUxa6jvulFeM_K8A-am-423vLFEGvCvCTF8QPmrctXQl/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="883" data-original-width="1177" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirbllzY4vLPew3mHJFsRsTBKY7AEKNwBpa_TcltTlwfX87hi7MWe43oMuq5b1rO5Sr98JZCC6bBLpq04aSoQFGvOmDT0H6GEyPsUxa6jvulFeM_K8A-am-423vLFEGvCvCTF8QPmrctXQl/w640-h480/image.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLJCkBJNmAJDJoVfjjsm4s04HsOsziNBBZaP6OndVkPyc4-My6GXM080lKiJHLIKzLKSIPTRQkwBn4TL4HqnkwBnIWQAvYPZiWt-mKJzT8PvOuUE-gqbD_l0OUZdnpJmOZPwvkJnqNTwo3/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="883" data-original-width="1177" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLJCkBJNmAJDJoVfjjsm4s04HsOsziNBBZaP6OndVkPyc4-My6GXM080lKiJHLIKzLKSIPTRQkwBn4TL4HqnkwBnIWQAvYPZiWt-mKJzT8PvOuUE-gqbD_l0OUZdnpJmOZPwvkJnqNTwo3/w640-h480/image.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh13rdx81OQPTQn_ljwGKTYAr1a-aA8KZ3ZsGJ6rAGU-533Z_tJeERdHdUW8fZSF02ATOO4pGiGxuJBABInLUH-Oswp00ujpFIwVgW7Ku_tZOSL7MOK41uahGDvG0mcZ5SeoBm8dOkzIx4P/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="883" data-original-width="1177" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh13rdx81OQPTQn_ljwGKTYAr1a-aA8KZ3ZsGJ6rAGU-533Z_tJeERdHdUW8fZSF02ATOO4pGiGxuJBABInLUH-Oswp00ujpFIwVgW7Ku_tZOSL7MOK41uahGDvG0mcZ5SeoBm8dOkzIx4P/w640-h480/image.png" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIaqFJ1YLZctiPxhucq6ha0As3ujnok9nSTRCJN0t3C3vlow91ul6e2ei-wD_Ke8P40lKcRTsJ2cwml3py1c_qFu0P4t1_-RPVh26LvLxk-3fT5uLLak0oCEMP5KvkqAZOVwBOTG3E4vN8/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="883" data-original-width="1177" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIaqFJ1YLZctiPxhucq6ha0As3ujnok9nSTRCJN0t3C3vlow91ul6e2ei-wD_Ke8P40lKcRTsJ2cwml3py1c_qFu0P4t1_-RPVh26LvLxk-3fT5uLLak0oCEMP5KvkqAZOVwBOTG3E4vN8/w640-h480/image.png" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_HrpzncjdBOhWwNEYNMvtz7U7Cbn6PepLYZaRDKNcWB6rvBM5YOv3pyTkkRLGPmPPB0yiE_uxNAxp0QLXPRd6IZE-tQq9h7vi-CETucCFFflGq0-ICQEvbC8jlbJIAYX75_9D4NXd6ox5/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="883" data-original-width="1177" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_HrpzncjdBOhWwNEYNMvtz7U7Cbn6PepLYZaRDKNcWB6rvBM5YOv3pyTkkRLGPmPPB0yiE_uxNAxp0QLXPRd6IZE-tQq9h7vi-CETucCFFflGq0-ICQEvbC8jlbJIAYX75_9D4NXd6ox5/w640-h480/image.png" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIdJ8tkGGdC8zXc4Pq0u-yXq47AgdEwbWDfRufPrvLvma3r9XOtJZyk7Kh0nQjbg8gYINei9RbFD9p7vfczn25FNHesRpm0S-KHNtsu-5h5_osU8DDHXFC61JRYVV4ImFpVxtChLEwvXLa/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIdJ8tkGGdC8zXc4Pq0u-yXq47AgdEwbWDfRufPrvLvma3r9XOtJZyk7Kh0nQjbg8gYINei9RbFD9p7vfczn25FNHesRpm0S-KHNtsu-5h5_osU8DDHXFC61JRYVV4ImFpVxtChLEwvXLa/w640-h480/image.png" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Saying goodbye to Fort Nelson we got back on the Alaska Highway and quickly spotted some black bears. This stretch of road to Watson Lake would have some of the most dramatic scenery and have all sorts of wildlife. 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A distinct herd that was established as part of the Wood Bison Recovery Program in the 1980's in the Northwest Territories, Alberta, British Columbia, and Yukon, there are now three different bison herds in Yukon, the Nahanni, the Aishihik, and the Nordquist. The wood bison, which are larger than the plains bison, are unique to Canada and their recovery has been so successful that limited hunting has even been instituted to manage their population.</div></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjahanup0LKm_B7VzOUJ1-6APoLLs8mjof263PZsdOlsMcvAQb4x2j7Y-IyfqpVgoXczD2chfRPdq5AC11WMci25PThC66DQ6Tn1_Z-xr1Zq5SIVq-MmT-Z9lomflN7LOLCPL2gHY4QRRs4/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="486" data-original-width="665" height="468" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjahanup0LKm_B7VzOUJ1-6APoLLs8mjof263PZsdOlsMcvAQb4x2j7Y-IyfqpVgoXczD2chfRPdq5AC11WMci25PThC66DQ6Tn1_Z-xr1Zq5SIVq-MmT-Z9lomflN7LOLCPL2gHY4QRRs4/w640-h468/image.png" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL5MTTCh5wT2yupW8KJAf69t5s0jXi9tJ5JwwSL_bG51kHN8pK95exzHhr6wDWaUuetjBGgvY3vdRlmlp0bQqUXUpHa2wTHCHxtMEeTDQ6npJcy2vdllDw39rNb0EAiyzI6GEpD9rGT2Fp/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="882" data-original-width="1372" height="412" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL5MTTCh5wT2yupW8KJAf69t5s0jXi9tJ5JwwSL_bG51kHN8pK95exzHhr6wDWaUuetjBGgvY3vdRlmlp0bQqUXUpHa2wTHCHxtMEeTDQ6npJcy2vdllDw39rNb0EAiyzI6GEpD9rGT2Fp/w640-h412/image.png" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div style="text-align: left;">In spite of being on the lookout for these magnificent beasts it was still a shock to encounter them as we went around the bend of the road and we felt like we had hit the jackpot. Careful to give them all the space they wanted, especially when a couple of males started banging heads and pushing each other around, we crept by not wanting to disturb the siesta they were having. 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With the rainy weather there wasn't much wildlife to checkout but there were other interesting sights along the way.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoPRWodNHGkAEMfQlL_nWlCl5DkrBt3ZqhGd_6OVFP18HHNnUWUrxtwSY0ukwVOzejPic8EZtTmwihuK5AUW-rWQN_ufvOJreY2cznQ5gGFvwZE4o2B3OoglG2ByRYtYarmPxYioD3zgvF/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="795" data-original-width="1423" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoPRWodNHGkAEMfQlL_nWlCl5DkrBt3ZqhGd_6OVFP18HHNnUWUrxtwSY0ukwVOzejPic8EZtTmwihuK5AUW-rWQN_ufvOJreY2cznQ5gGFvwZE4o2B3OoglG2ByRYtYarmPxYioD3zgvF/w640-h358/image.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6IUFQRKyfypbY22E3XQjynQJLKxTapdcMK9CGwrqnUmXvmZ03V51rELSMWsWL6djKdEgKLZgROUvz5zi-mbWwwav90WpJFRZLDS20HtlRHPJsX-cUZ7sQE5YyFkkUSBzLjDDOGde0L_X3/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="809" data-original-width="1144" height="452" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6IUFQRKyfypbY22E3XQjynQJLKxTapdcMK9CGwrqnUmXvmZ03V51rELSMWsWL6djKdEgKLZgROUvz5zi-mbWwwav90WpJFRZLDS20HtlRHPJsX-cUZ7sQE5YyFkkUSBzLjDDOGde0L_X3/w640-h452/image.png" width="640" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBeqWdl3YeJdquS-7tgLMuePF8X9uVBF8_o8Rlv68JWXiRNQCTz9n6Y_INYUwTlIDUxwCZdGNb3SAwSQErf8thkTIdBiPrPRhtCzUhPbTkLYrDcV-Ae_9QmdG0mRQewr9B5iqIdVpfAxcr/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="810" data-original-width="1080" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBeqWdl3YeJdquS-7tgLMuePF8X9uVBF8_o8Rlv68JWXiRNQCTz9n6Y_INYUwTlIDUxwCZdGNb3SAwSQErf8thkTIdBiPrPRhtCzUhPbTkLYrDcV-Ae_9QmdG0mRQewr9B5iqIdVpfAxcr/w640-h480/image.png" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Crossing the Teslin Lake bridge we came into the Village of Teslin itself. Part of the Tlingit First Nations the Teslin are an inland people who have signed a land claim agreement and are self governing and self sustaining. Their strikingly designed heritage centre provides a showcase for modern and traditional arts and culture and includes a gift shop offering arts, crafts and other items.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUvZf_bHk_W65qz48D7Qqu4ZNsuwyu6fQhHJ4tUbuwfFFIbSTLR0xljJ68NVyfBZemXncNeehPGsW25G32Rc_PsUfC7oANzqkdZ5DXnPg1pJINCckyzv-WiyT_YP9fldWPgcHbOoCi4wF_/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="809" data-original-width="1191" height="434" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUvZf_bHk_W65qz48D7Qqu4ZNsuwyu6fQhHJ4tUbuwfFFIbSTLR0xljJ68NVyfBZemXncNeehPGsW25G32Rc_PsUfC7oANzqkdZ5DXnPg1pJINCckyzv-WiyT_YP9fldWPgcHbOoCi4wF_/w640-h434/image.png" width="640" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: left;"><br /></div>To get some perspective on exploring Kluane National Park and Reserve a good place to start is the Haines Junction Visitor Information Centre located in the Da Ku Cultural Centre. Here you can see a 3D display of the park, watch videos, and pick up a guide map to all the hiking in the area, by far the most popular activity. From short strolls to multi-day adventures there are a wide range of hikes to choose from so, having conveniently left all our camping and serious hiking equipment behind, we headed off to explore some of the shorter excursions.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhse1jV8uPFXHOH5fVcfz5BYrTCEtSP2u-gOoRSZAxrO5k8tocbODPqoRPdmBRKVJ2kVHIj4nzE7uq5qxn-_zk1k3z8HFqc34QUa9DHZ6owvxhcznheLETo_b0sPXjxBvIbpgrc6Z72z-h-/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1441" data-original-width="1009" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhse1jV8uPFXHOH5fVcfz5BYrTCEtSP2u-gOoRSZAxrO5k8tocbODPqoRPdmBRKVJ2kVHIj4nzE7uq5qxn-_zk1k3z8HFqc34QUa9DHZ6owvxhcznheLETo_b0sPXjxBvIbpgrc6Z72z-h-/w448-h640/image.png" width="448" /></a></div><br />Kluane National Park and Reserve is bordered by the Alaska Highway to the northwest and the Haines Highway to the southeast. On our first day we headed out on the Haines Highway, and our first place to stop for a pleasant stroll was the pretty Kathleen Lake.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLlMnxsxep81AUtGnHKRm93MoCg5LwqzIBrNLopskwOV3h7KRy3I4UvRnHoMEhLUd-zX7UylhQTmQ77uv8OA8ZG1V2-DSRXV9MSP1eIJtoXBvrOVZTAunwOMUJhF1jIBY7P68cc46VH19x/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img alt="" data-original-height="810" data-original-width="1080" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLlMnxsxep81AUtGnHKRm93MoCg5LwqzIBrNLopskwOV3h7KRy3I4UvRnHoMEhLUd-zX7UylhQTmQ77uv8OA8ZG1V2-DSRXV9MSP1eIJtoXBvrOVZTAunwOMUJhF1jIBY7P68cc46VH19x/w640-h480/image.png" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Once again the U.S. Army quickly built a rough road this time to connect Haines, Alaska with Haines Junction, Yukon. 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After all the straightening and upgrades to the highway the original Mile markers are hopelessly out of date but they still serve an historic purpose.</div></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizvOYU5h-bnUC4-EJ-bBG3j6wPcjGTb6WQP9NEzLBW8RsISoKKBlrZF_WKL9R9RU8ziD8LQhAT9Pn_tOIENtbyhyXodC4OXCPM7gwz5s0KDIcf8CiWlnfQUmMZ4de1AiOqr0pKiVhqIR3P/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="810" data-original-width="1080" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizvOYU5h-bnUC4-EJ-bBG3j6wPcjGTb6WQP9NEzLBW8RsISoKKBlrZF_WKL9R9RU8ziD8LQhAT9Pn_tOIENtbyhyXodC4OXCPM7gwz5s0KDIcf8CiWlnfQUmMZ4de1AiOqr0pKiVhqIR3P/w640-h480/image.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGo04LTScDKb6pXyGWF2RXeboOr-US504Np-876vetJHMU5_Loc8X69XVdDqvFb7pu_gUn_R4pGPLK2YB7d2gNcDSdWus-a-PLLGl1AuOVJvn6iSx139mhBrGejNktPvNynFTp7zyS7NoE/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="810" data-original-width="1080" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGo04LTScDKb6pXyGWF2RXeboOr-US504Np-876vetJHMU5_Loc8X69XVdDqvFb7pu_gUn_R4pGPLK2YB7d2gNcDSdWus-a-PLLGl1AuOVJvn6iSx139mhBrGejNktPvNynFTp7zyS7NoE/w640-h480/image.png" width="640" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO70cWktVwY7cYp1HMFdwD3hHjiEoedOoUwInabb8hNWauzZv6ldkRyrcqR6oNnnKbSQazRq1QJ6fVzi16xgLwYmYtZEhE6_QgqNB-lPEJOlAL0tEDAV4Q-tzQOfHT2f6AkRipauC_UH14/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="810" data-original-width="1080" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO70cWktVwY7cYp1HMFdwD3hHjiEoedOoUwInabb8hNWauzZv6ldkRyrcqR6oNnnKbSQazRq1QJ6fVzi16xgLwYmYtZEhE6_QgqNB-lPEJOlAL0tEDAV4Q-tzQOfHT2f6AkRipauC_UH14/w640-h480/image.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA4L-xsIHXUd_HgbtrG3Bl0SMTPv7owb_CNZSf2WIylPlkwRhhthrKcEJ2vtXh8GIgox3oV68bpvnEudrD_0j8XBkIRR41vpxna0MuFvL6Tj6G5JeJQmUpWDO4WAiXnMBKhVGlcDOzR5l_/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="810" data-original-width="810" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA4L-xsIHXUd_HgbtrG3Bl0SMTPv7owb_CNZSf2WIylPlkwRhhthrKcEJ2vtXh8GIgox3oV68bpvnEudrD_0j8XBkIRR41vpxna0MuFvL6Tj6G5JeJQmUpWDO4WAiXnMBKhVGlcDOzR5l_/w640-h640/image.png" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTKrSHImQr4pTB41ntxkWaS2TrqpUMQXU3ld9sr0FGv8Cphzjwqr4Rp0MNvHIVpDAYrFO61QvPPAcEOm0d0V-9DNOWZZwX-an5XUQrDyavgco8tYpB1KK5w1Fn3L2mIPSuqtd6UYYCEAPF/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="810" data-original-width="1080" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTKrSHImQr4pTB41ntxkWaS2TrqpUMQXU3ld9sr0FGv8Cphzjwqr4Rp0MNvHIVpDAYrFO61QvPPAcEOm0d0V-9DNOWZZwX-an5XUQrDyavgco8tYpB1KK5w1Fn3L2mIPSuqtd6UYYCEAPF/w640-h480/image.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_7ueNbOMpdSrDEaHg3q9xPjX3id0YGLFTr7wQ1P1BgSPtuA-OFSus8PSf2QU0wjv1hkqdn80U3r1NTmmwaCg9EaOfwKJwkGT0S48r1nTy5Ykk_B7V5xtDnLrqHu6PGA8ePjoai-VEbdmJ/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="810" data-original-width="1080" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_7ueNbOMpdSrDEaHg3q9xPjX3id0YGLFTr7wQ1P1BgSPtuA-OFSus8PSf2QU0wjv1hkqdn80U3r1NTmmwaCg9EaOfwKJwkGT0S48r1nTy5Ykk_B7V5xtDnLrqHu6PGA8ePjoai-VEbdmJ/" width="640" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Kluane National Park and Reserve was established in 1972 and covers 8,500 square miles. It's also part of a bi-national park system that has been declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Kluane is home to 17 of Canada's highest 20 peaks including Mt. Logan, at 19,551 feet, the highest peak in Canada and 2nd highest in North America after Mt. Denali which is 20,310 ft. in elevation. 83% of the Park is covered in ice and mountains and the only practical way to get close to Mt. Logan and the icefields or glaciers is to book a sightseeing flight which is exactly what we did.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaJH_qMyBwgQ9SzdsHBva-ZXzKYmiDdcsWMpMFYNNQblvjF19hpgNZkPbZP2xHrQ_Fs8QImIsJvzymU56dh9aNW3MP2JMCs_RDy1GiSYFttJIIz0rI48PE7gMHx5uEMG_5QT_rwN9IRbTj/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="810" data-original-width="1196" height="433" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaJH_qMyBwgQ9SzdsHBva-ZXzKYmiDdcsWMpMFYNNQblvjF19hpgNZkPbZP2xHrQ_Fs8QImIsJvzymU56dh9aNW3MP2JMCs_RDy1GiSYFttJIIz0rI48PE7gMHx5uEMG_5QT_rwN9IRbTj/" width="640" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSxWtRPmkhFYn7-WqiDZp6CxC49qjTSwhlZFb3LIiu0E5zO_gihQmRXd4NX4UwxGRKq4qluagKLnEdcqBVU0-HnWoUbEjqPjmzdw1qgOWq427f4d0pGbfV4YA81PYv_91cjflpXeyNlfSb/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img alt="" data-original-height="810" data-original-width="1080" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSxWtRPmkhFYn7-WqiDZp6CxC49qjTSwhlZFb3LIiu0E5zO_gihQmRXd4NX4UwxGRKq4qluagKLnEdcqBVU0-HnWoUbEjqPjmzdw1qgOWq427f4d0pGbfV4YA81PYv_91cjflpXeyNlfSb/w640-h480/image.png" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWZJHckUeOxg8MCck0eOmySRd0fphQ_ozQfPpm1EISigdik31sl-1xVrVYDlvdPQJop_o6kasp9cDfTmszukQ0nJHy3K9Etbs0ERiNYT4p4yBCJJ6jxRiCkatKavv3s97Qpdj6QFLyxj2a/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWZJHckUeOxg8MCck0eOmySRd0fphQ_ozQfPpm1EISigdik31sl-1xVrVYDlvdPQJop_o6kasp9cDfTmszukQ0nJHy3K9Etbs0ERiNYT4p4yBCJJ6jxRiCkatKavv3s97Qpdj6QFLyxj2a/w640-h480/image.png" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj13TxpLkAFdcGdDb2jSPFWMtCCe4v1UWHRJWpe-2BMRSXZIrt472NrJ7EfsFTC6N1Qy1gMHQ33YWwgGehy-fRwwAjD5fDltVtIW-hnyz1gevE8ALTFxODrbGzJglAMCy8IZmYtgpZumm3L/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="810" data-original-width="1080" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj13TxpLkAFdcGdDb2jSPFWMtCCe4v1UWHRJWpe-2BMRSXZIrt472NrJ7EfsFTC6N1Qy1gMHQ33YWwgGehy-fRwwAjD5fDltVtIW-hnyz1gevE8ALTFxODrbGzJglAMCy8IZmYtgpZumm3L/w640-h480/image.png" width="640" /></a></div><br />Quickly flying up one of the glacier fed river valleys we soon came across the sight of some slow moving glaciers etching their path through the mountains. Higher and higher we climbed as we followed them to try and view the icefields at their source. 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Kluane has the largest non-polar ice fields in the world and it wasn't hard to see why that was true. Unfortunately, the clouds prevented us from getting a glimpse of Mt. Logan itself but we were close enough and others have taken the photo for us.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixDzG_MMF8r4rZzE3lvTY9wW40ObBh6W8U2ONT1C911M9cy3d0GYWS3CTvNGwFUMstGHKPVDl9fDxkTI0uEusnbcBwtsKf-DWJfXULKnUQTAkniViWGU5pA54dQIRqkPnjPzfO0q_YHY1Z/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="259" data-original-width="400" height="414" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixDzG_MMF8r4rZzE3lvTY9wW40ObBh6W8U2ONT1C911M9cy3d0GYWS3CTvNGwFUMstGHKPVDl9fDxkTI0uEusnbcBwtsKf-DWJfXULKnUQTAkniViWGU5pA54dQIRqkPnjPzfO0q_YHY1Z/w640-h414/image.png" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Mt. Logan</div><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">It was a tough act to follow and we drove to Whitehorse for the night marveling all the while at the beauty of Kluane and how undiscovered it was in comparison to other parks, particularly Denali in nearby Alaska. Saving Whitehorse for our return we headed off the next morning to Dawson City stopping to photograph the beautiful Lac LaBarge, the setting for Robert Service's famous poem <i>The Cremation of Sam McGee.</i></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSm3k-hlaL8yBWkH9IsJYbw5674HNUMDdsI1eLUoKipawkhzIHrLgU_OcHw7hjI0pCi3jBKyQa-UxPzY0Ru34EWtzgHEHdmJUL35slc1nr_vQbEx0D0CZPXRlX-WNHYZwU3FyPpNlObn_s/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="903" data-original-width="1204" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSm3k-hlaL8yBWkH9IsJYbw5674HNUMDdsI1eLUoKipawkhzIHrLgU_OcHw7hjI0pCi3jBKyQa-UxPzY0Ru34EWtzgHEHdmJUL35slc1nr_vQbEx0D0CZPXRlX-WNHYZwU3FyPpNlObn_s/w640-h480/image.png" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLb6NJvi9G_V2-5bvqrdUJXS9iZnvspzNTJ8ZnWcICB_vN0czSRtAdXMthLgElWysgj-1lEFSWvHFQ-U4BExOeR32wlUdditye2KYv1LTDdyTg6smXsXGfunD0doxP6DHZ8oxPET6P6tum/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="903" data-original-width="1204" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLb6NJvi9G_V2-5bvqrdUJXS9iZnvspzNTJ8ZnWcICB_vN0czSRtAdXMthLgElWysgj-1lEFSWvHFQ-U4BExOeR32wlUdditye2KYv1LTDdyTg6smXsXGfunD0doxP6DHZ8oxPET6P6tum/w640-h480/image.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: left;">Lac LaBarge is actually a part of the Yukon River which comes from the Gwich'in phrase meaning <i>white water river. </i>Starting just across the B.C. border in the glacier fed waters of Atlin Lake it flows for 3,190 kilometres through the Yukon and Alaska before emptying into the Bering Sea. The road to Dawson City, known as the Klondike Highway, roughly follows the Yukon River which is fed by other rivers that cross the highway including the Takhini, Big Salmon, Pelly, and Stewart and goes through miles of lush green forest. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNS83No5B8flskJHHtkUHrYHyK1NJO1qkLj6WOxOtStdN0S-LSFUQkUPRrvyfojDELrEJgaHRKu2tIlTDeVd-vc9gEf6HoB8m9FG7SOWVh3mA7NmJv0755lNsGp4CD_LPngHDArYW3FMAi/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="567" data-original-width="920" height="394" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNS83No5B8flskJHHtkUHrYHyK1NJO1qkLj6WOxOtStdN0S-LSFUQkUPRrvyfojDELrEJgaHRKu2tIlTDeVd-vc9gEf6HoB8m9FG7SOWVh3mA7NmJv0755lNsGp4CD_LPngHDArYW3FMAi/w640-h394/image.png" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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The great piles of gravel tailings left over from the placer mining, and a blight on the landscape, were the first thing to greet us but we were soon in and amongst all the colourful buildings that have kept the town's heritage alive.</div></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWnXrI6UE9YoeiBPcwmRO37HkKLFzYvG2VJzwUbRC-kfh-j_2UXhWmjDhx6KHXtuXUNd_AEV8E0p11B5h_0xBk7qPl_roexWdlUfhtA3yQIEJa7PwQfc2ReK3gWuTpjT4XqBlf_NXD53bR/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="903" data-original-width="903" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWnXrI6UE9YoeiBPcwmRO37HkKLFzYvG2VJzwUbRC-kfh-j_2UXhWmjDhx6KHXtuXUNd_AEV8E0p11B5h_0xBk7qPl_roexWdlUfhtA3yQIEJa7PwQfc2ReK3gWuTpjT4XqBlf_NXD53bR/w640-h640/image.png" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Each bucket could hold 16 cubic feet of material and it would process 18,000 cubic yards of material each day using vast amounts of water to rinse and sluice. At one end the 107 foot digging ladder could reach 17 feet above water and 48 feet below as it dug into the ground and brought the material into a hopper that fed a 50 foot rotating trommel screen and sluicing table where the gold was recovered before the gravel was ejected out the other end. 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First step was getting on the free ferry shuttle across the Yukon River. Once across the river the road climbs steeply and the mountainside seems to slip away very precariously on one side or the other. As you climb higher the trees disappear and you seem to be in the middle of the clouds. With the wind blowing it gets very cold, but there is a strange other world beauty to being up on these windswept hills where you really do feel you are on top of the world. 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This is the 700 km. road that connects Dawson City with Inuvik in North West Territories that follows the old R.C.M.P. dogsled route, and took from 1958-1978 to complete. A dirt road built on top of 3-7 feet of gravel to protect the permafrost from melting, this is a road of uneven grading, potholes, and, when it rains, thick mud. 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We had already been to Inuvik and Tuktoyaktuk so having to turn back shortly after reaching the NWT border wasn't as much of a disappointment. 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Named after the white horse rapids further upstream, it boasts a wide variety of cultural and recreational activities that make it a very attractive place to live or visit. One of the principal attractions is the <i style="font-weight: bold;">Klondike</i> the last steamboat in regular service to operate on the Yukon River.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeg7H5GL0i2GTQobwy96a-SG165-Tu5PEGdeKzffAvJdgsT1fKiKMay7FutwgReeGITJqi3cEXgeXSUFMjfyHP-tZTjrjm-BSqswbqJS39bZoz2RyPB_crnIIs9_LJeWqDNTDrzL5V0fPl/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="903" data-original-width="1204" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeg7H5GL0i2GTQobwy96a-SG165-Tu5PEGdeKzffAvJdgsT1fKiKMay7FutwgReeGITJqi3cEXgeXSUFMjfyHP-tZTjrjm-BSqswbqJS39bZoz2RyPB_crnIIs9_LJeWqDNTDrzL5V0fPl/w640-h480/image.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">It has some great museums like the MacBride Museum that explore the natural, social, and economic history of the region and my personal favourite the Beringia Interpretive Centre with its exhibits of life during the period 11,000-16,000 years ago when there was a land bridge between Asia and North America that allowed for humans to cross over along with animals like the steppe bison, sabre tooth cats, and wooly mammoths. 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It's also a research and rehabilitation centre where injured animals are treated. 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Of course, with Covid this was closed as well but fortunately we had already enjoyed the train ride on a previous trip so we were free to just enjoy the town itself and some of the nearby scenery like the beautiful Emerald Lake.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzB4uqvPWXfXtJLW47pBNDxMLh-6_tdz7sS4vQ61LtrvCqEmE33C_1LvoqAGmD10OinRa2GUWSyW07BwHpGJ2lDFYYkZ3LrjzxumUtVF0cpWgJe_-rV2040NxOhhyphenhyphenR9pil7Ol_y2imEG_s/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="896" data-original-width="3440" height="166" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzB4uqvPWXfXtJLW47pBNDxMLh-6_tdz7sS4vQ61LtrvCqEmE33C_1LvoqAGmD10OinRa2GUWSyW07BwHpGJ2lDFYYkZ3LrjzxumUtVF0cpWgJe_-rV2040NxOhhyphenhyphenR9pil7Ol_y2imEG_s/w640-h166/original_290564ea-fe27-4da8-a6e2-52fbe3782482_IMG_20210827_145337466.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTrr0FtaVGMEqwWgV7Nr1g9dUoPOhexUKZaYeHTDH9MiiisOnTxBg-dUo8BbGxUUPdbgWM3bUg80RDtmblkeBWRv1OTr8Nif1fIE6KYYrnXqTmbgrRZrGHxDJcIhUzEltBK-V3QOr4inEd/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="832" data-original-width="2992" height="178" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTrr0FtaVGMEqwWgV7Nr1g9dUoPOhexUKZaYeHTDH9MiiisOnTxBg-dUo8BbGxUUPdbgWM3bUg80RDtmblkeBWRv1OTr8Nif1fIE6KYYrnXqTmbgrRZrGHxDJcIhUzEltBK-V3QOr4inEd/w640-h178/original_f0de2fd8-9ac3-4434-a3a5-2bc42d443297_IMG_20210827_114730786.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">The striking artwork of the Tagish/Tlingit people is evident as soon as you enter the community and continues from the welcome centre to the train station. The colourful buildings are filled with shops and artisan carvings but, unfortunately, without the train running there are few tourists or customers. The original discoverers of the Klondike gold, Skookum Jim, Tagish Charlie, and Kate Carmack were all Tagish people.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi80LyQWo2wq6-ckmoVtdt9AiXftEY98qfV1ZQpVk2bpyt1aSaVihoQyeaKfmsw4dqUz4LQb4rHZHkry6UzpdKtE4VFLlgmTluudP7OofsOlsdp9yKY70RuornoHK9RpqPBtfIgAJ-2atzR/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="902" data-original-width="1368" height="422" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi80LyQWo2wq6-ckmoVtdt9AiXftEY98qfV1ZQpVk2bpyt1aSaVihoQyeaKfmsw4dqUz4LQb4rHZHkry6UzpdKtE4VFLlgmTluudP7OofsOlsdp9yKY70RuornoHK9RpqPBtfIgAJ-2atzR/w640-h422/image.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2kQtMTxH2XT7wJFhzYrWwFAh1MatCKibYTgiJJAPvWHq3IyuNgttT-tbddEhqx-NZca9jDjgTmmpodAYtk99JR-yhho5AMB0TOuOuZLXuR7cf2F25DnFG70j1I3nMLyfLf1u5sEIQc0GB/" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Passing through forests that were burned a couple of years previously the area in now rapidly repairing itself.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVTTbLb87q2K_2ynoY8RMTt9ZU3TzqPWpg5Fn-MNcYJxHWAKv_U8Kms3_2t_i2HPnd4WQGELJk8nj6_gyNLOXYj_4cCS081BM8hK7QjX8XahFu3lMQyLsTmiXIfGTb1AeSMIFfYQpINdRS/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="830" data-original-width="1107" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVTTbLb87q2K_2ynoY8RMTt9ZU3TzqPWpg5Fn-MNcYJxHWAKv_U8Kms3_2t_i2HPnd4WQGELJk8nj6_gyNLOXYj_4cCS081BM8hK7QjX8XahFu3lMQyLsTmiXIfGTb1AeSMIFfYQpINdRS/w640-h480/image.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7VH6k3GwiuntI7iAwYo6Cyoi6-le0YZaxlnD-7loSciQUtJqPhMv_YuBx-tP9PENRLXEEeqQMPi3-7GYt-ZNjGIhnUq2NRF7Uz6STCx4fXqQk0xLuytFtdHYV35rbVzfWT3LQeyxZwPNw/" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Sadly, this was just the latest in a series of injustices the First Nations people have suffered and, as we drove down Highway 16, now known as the Highway of Tears, we could see the red dresses pinned on posts along the way marking where one of the more than 40 murdered or missing women, mostly First Nations, were discovered. Yet another sad chapter in our dealings with the Indigenous people of this country. 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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">It all started because of <i>Contessa</i>, a beautiful creation I met in the 10th year of our marriage, who would become my mistress and a vital component in the rather unique "menage a trois" my wife and I would establish. Built in 1965, she was 25 feet long with a medium "V" hull, a compact little galley, a tiny head, and room for two to sleep. Powered by a six cylinder Chrysler marine engine, she was finished inside and out in mahogany and her decks were made from teak.</span></div>
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">It had been my dream, for quite sometime, to follow the footsteps of Captain Vancouver, who spent four years on the B.C. coast charting, amongst other things, the route now known as the Discovery and/or Inside Passage. Starting from the Strait of Juan de Fuca, I wanted to go through the Gulf Islands, up through Georgia Strait (Salish Sea) to the Discovery Islands in Desolation Sound, continuing on up past the end of Vancouver Island, crossing Queen Charlotte Sound and following the B.C. coastline all the way to Prince Rupert and Alaska, with perhaps a side visit to the Queen Charlotte Islands, now called Haida Gwaii. Whether I would do this all in our own boat, or a combination of others, remained to be seen but, after acquiring <i>Contessa</i> and spending considerable time and money getting her fitted up in the style she was accustomed to, as well as enrolling ourselves in the necessary seamanship and navigation courses, we were ready to begin.</span><br />
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<br />In spite of taking the Power Squadron course to learn how to read a chart we managed to hit a rock in Shoal Channel, our first accident, but it led to the discovery of the marina at Gibsons. This soon became our go to place for spending the weekends as the waterways to get there were relatively sheltered and it provided all the amenities we needed including showers, groceries, and fuel. The locals were friendly, nice beaches and walks were nearby and the community had an annual sea festival that featured a mile swim from Keats Island to Gibsons which I won for my age group two years in a row.<br />
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The clear, calm waters and amazing sandy beaches of Buccaneer Bay that connects the Thormanby Islands is a particularly popular daytime stopover for boaters in the know. The names given to places is always interesting, though more often than not it seems the British and Spanish explorers were mostly concerned with recognizing themselves and important supporters back home rather than acknowledging the names already given them by the local natives. Occasionally though, obvious names like Secret or Smugglers Cove enter the lexicon and these two places offer a safe, picturesque harbour.<br />
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Secret Cove is also a convenient staging spot for a hop over to Lasqueti Island, a hangout for modern day outlaws growing marijuana throughout the island with relative impunity. A perilous looking opening along the rocky shoreline leads to the delightful Squitty Bay where one can spend a pleasant time exploring or waiting out nasty weather.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
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Pender Harbour is a sort of junction for boaters in that from here they can either head up Jervis Inlet to Princess Louisa Inlet or they can continue up Malaspina Strait which, thanks to Texada Island, usually offers a calm stretch of water enroute to Grief Point. Around the entrance to Jervis Inlet is a beautiful series of protected coves and islands that make up the Musket Marine Park. Here you can anchor for a leisurely lunch and take in some swimming, snorkeling, kayaking, or even hiking. It's also a great place to spend the night.<br />
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Just north of Powell River and end of Highway 101 (which, in its heyday, was the principal route for coastal travelers all the way to the end of the Baja in Mexico) is the town of Lund. From Lund you can catch a water taxi to the nearby, uniquely tropical, Savary Island with its amazingly clear water and broad sandy beaches. The colourful, action packed Lund marina is also the last stop for fuel and supplies and launch pad for boaters heading into Desolation Sound.<br />
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Across from Big Bay Marina is the exclusive Sonora fishing lodge where we had the opportunity to stay for a few days. In addition to all the fine dining and spa treatments we also got to go on some guided fishing and landed some Chinook salmon. "<i>No nooky like Chinooky</i>" was the local expression.<br />
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The adults were the size of <i>Contessa</i> and could easily have done her serious damage if any part of their bodies had even grazed the hull, but they seemed to know exactly how much clearance they needed and their massive six-foot dorsal fins easily passed under our keel. The only time we were a bit anxious was when we encountered a trio of bachelor orcas in a feeding frenzy. They were diving under water to chase some salmon and then suddenly they would leap out again to catch their breath before diving under again.<br />
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There was no pattern of course to the route they were taking and you never knew when or where they would surface. They were the biggest orcas we had seen and their size and ferocity, as they went about their business, made us appreciate why they had originally been called "killer whales". It was both beautiful and terrifying to watch and, given the total unpredictability of their movements, we made a concerted effort to steer our boat closer to shore and keep out of their way.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Hard enough to imagine, after all the days of cruising in motorized boats, how Captain Vancouver survived and documented this route in an 18th century sailing vessel, but thing of the Haida doing it in hollowed out cedar canoes. They certainly possessed an amazing mixture of seamanship, sheer bravado, and perhaps some other unknown ingredient supplied by these mysterious islands. Nowadays the Haida share their land with non-native fishermen and loggers, not to mention an eclectic assortment of artists and other folks trying to capture some of that mystery and fashion into a different lifestyle.<br />
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The main journey up the B.C. coastline was now complete but there were still plenty of places to explore and visit again. It made us realize it was the ocean and not the land that has shaped the history of the Pacific Northwest. It was the ocean that sustained the great salmon populations and killer whales, provided a means for native warriors to raid and explore in their great cedar dugout canoes, and the only way loggers could access the mighty stands of timber that covered the landscape. Captain Vancouver and others came from around the world to discover all this but for us it had been waiting all along.<br /></span><br />
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At Silva Bay the prawning was great and so was the scuba diving and kayaking but one day when we put it all together for a little diving with the seals on Brandt Reef we had a serious mishap with Junie falling on her head and having to get taken by ambulance to the Nanaimo hospital. It was the second trip to a hospital in two years after a carbon monoxide scare in Powell River.</span><br />
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By the end of the year we decided it was time to say goodbye to <i>Contessa</i>. She had taken us everywhere we wanted to go up and down the coast but we were all getting a little older now and needing a little more comfort. One of her many admirers, the Wooden Boat School in Silva Bay, wanted to give her a new home and all the care and attention a woman of her age and class deserved so it was settled and, in early December, we made a final crossing together.</span><br />
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If beauty was only skin deep I never would have been interested in her in the first place but I knew she had one of the strongest hulls ever built, a very spacious overall layout, and the only vessel in her size and class that came with a single, large engine. She was a 28 foot Crown, built locally in the 1970's by a firm with an excellent reputation, and loaded with extra features including; a full galley, a head with a shower, hot water heater, built in furnace, and a command bridge. Once we had repaired and replaced everything, laid down a new teak & holly floor, and gotten her all re-upholstered, her true colours were now on display and it was easy for everyone to understand why we re-named her <i>Crown Jewel</i>. She was strong, built for comfort, and very beautiful.<br />
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After months of work we were finally ready to launch and our maiden voyage was back across the Strait to the outstation at Silva Bay to show her off to all our friends and fellow club members. Had a great weekend and then, on our return, the newly rebuilt engine suddenly blew up and we were left wondering about our decisions and whether or not we really wanted to keep on with boating. Fortunately there are things like warranties and insurance to ease the disappointment and, less than a month after getting towed away, she was ready to go once more.<br /></span><br />
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With the repairs completed we decided to stay a little closer to home and test out a few more things so we headed off to Bowen Island and tied up to a mooring buoy in Galbraith Bay. Having completed my DiveMaster program the year before, I was also looking forward to taking advantage of <i>Crown Jewel's</i> spacious back deck to do my scuba diving in more comfort. This was the perfect spot to spend the weekend, with Hutt Reef, a well known dive site, only a few minutes away by dinghy.<br />
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The ocean gods obviously wanted to make up for things and the first indication was a very friendly seal who joined me underwater to act as a sort of tour guide. Leading the way around the reef he seemed to be pointing out all the interesting features including a variety of pretty fish, various invertebrates, and a giant octopus den. When I surfaced he followed me in the dinghy back to <i>Crown Jewel </i>to wait, while I changed my tanks and had lunch, before leading me back for a second dive. Quite extraordinary and, even when I was finished and back on board putting all my gear away, he didn't want to leave. It was like having a well trained dog and I sure wished I had a place for him back at home.<br />
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That fall we had the opportunity to return to the Sonora Island Resort Lodge for another luxury getaway. Did some fantastic salmon fishing of course and landed a couple of large Chinook. But the real fishing was going on further up Bute Inlet where the grizzly bears were feasting on the spawning salmon and we got to go on a Homalko Nation guided tour to see them up close. Another first.<br />
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Every expedition seems to create its own stories and adventures, and this one was no exception. Things started off okay with our usual stop in Lund for provisions etc. prior to stopping in at Refuge Cove but then I inadvertently added water to the gas tank and had to get my fuel lines and everything else properly drained and pumped out. Good theatre for other transient boaters and a little frustration amongst the crew but it gave us an opportunity to get to know some very colourful locals and make friends with a new swimming companion. It also got us featured in Pacific Yachting magazine.</span></div><br />
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Arriving back in Silva Bay, to kick-off a new cruising season, we were pleasantly surprised to see <i>Contessa waiting </i>there with her new owners and looking prettier than ever. Wonderful reunion and a great opportunity to take some pictures and celebrate the start of summer.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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Even with a good set of charts one quickly realizes the Broken Group is a minefield of islets, barely submerged reefs, and shoals that are just waiting to clip an unwary boater. So once the mothership <i>Crown Jewel </i>was safely at anchor in either Effingham or Nettle Bay we used the dinghy for all of our local exploring.</span><br />
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Also nearby is the town of Bamfield located at the end of the 75 km. West Coast Trail which was built in 1907 to facilitate the rescue of shipwrecked survivors along the coast which was known as the Graveyard of the Pacific. In 1902 it was the western terminus of the worldwide undersea telegraph cable network but the building is now part of the Marine Sciences Centre. Boardwalks now connect everything together but you're never far from the ocean. Another great spot to head off scuba diving, whale watching, or getting up close to the sea lions.</span><br />
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In spite of our best efforts to avoid the rocks we did manage to find one at Turtle Bay that put a nasty dent in our prop but a fellow boater towed us to nearby Ucluelet where a local boat yard soon changed out our spare prop. It was time to get stocked up on fuel and supplies anyways and there wasn't any other damage so it all worked out just fine in spite of a few anxious moments. But perhaps the most anxious moments are when the fog rolls in, as it so often does in "Fogust" and you can't really do much except wait for it to lift.<br />
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Our holiday in Barkley Sound was nearly at an end but, after the shark encounter, it was time to celebrate and watch the video clip over and over. Of course the best place in town was the Rendezvous Lodge with its hot tub, outdoor patio deck, and a stunning, custom ordered sunset to bid us farewell. Yet another action packed cruising adventure for the <i>Crown Jewel </i>logbook.<br />
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And of course some of the biggest adventures happen when things go wrong like a transmission giving out, engine trouble or electrical issues, all of which occurred with intermittent and poorly timed frequency. It also meant you might have to put your boat on the "hard" which was never much fun and was usually expensive as well. But the towing rope was always ready, as was our membership card with C-Tow, and we tried to always keep smiling.<br />
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First stop was the colourful Lasqueti Island where there are no police, few rules, and everyone seems to get along. It is a happy enclave of counter culture and the only major island not connected to B.C. Hydro's power grid. At the government dock in False Bay the kids are happily using the loading equipment to launch themselves into the water while the adults watch from the comfort of the hotel patio deck.<br />
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Rather than mileage markers, the 20 km dirt road to Squitty Bay at the far end of the island is marked by colourful images of the planets laid out in proportion to their position in the solar system starting with the Sun in False Bay.<br />
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Anchorage is also available on the other side of the island in either Boho Bay which is close to Jedediah or Scottie Bay which connects to a road leading back to False Bay and the weekly market.<br />
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The only thing that could spoil such a beautiful time would be an engine breakdown just outside of Pender Harbour. Thankfully it was another of our favourite locations complete with a great pub, local swimming spots, and all the supplies needed to keep going while the minor repairs were made.<br />
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Always nice though to get back home, and for us that was either Halkett, Bedwell, or Silva Bay. Whether we were discovering new hiking spots and viewpoints, dive sites, or simply enjoying a relaxing time on the boat the Coronas were always ready and so was the BBQ.<br />
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While the year started off with a tow from the police, who were kind enough to avert a grounding in my own back yard even if it raised a few eyebrows as we came into the dock, the rest of the season went by without a hitch and we set about looking for some new places to explore.<br />
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Here we had a pleasant time walking along the abandoned railway grade, picking blackberries, and posing with all the town's recycled artifacts that were now public art exhibits. The summer's forest fires provided a rare look at the full sun overhead.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
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Nelson Quirogahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07910634937416574646noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5742715625823856380.post-83264858233832926042019-08-05T15:32:00.003-07:002022-11-09T10:51:33.019-08:00MerryTimes in the Maritimes & Newfoundland - Seafood, Beer & Lighthouses (July 2019)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">The Maritimes (Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia & New Brunswick) and Newfoundland make up what are referred to as the Atlantic Provinces and are both the oldest and newest members of the Canadian Federation with the colonies of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick becoming founding members in 1867, Prince Edward Island joining in 1873 and Newfoundland finally in 1949. The area has a rich history of competing French and English interests, not to mention the role it played in the emerging United States of America, and these developments have helped shape a unique culture on Canada's Eastern seaboard. This is what we had come to explore and we were richly rewarded by the beauty of the landscape and the graciousness of the people who lived there.</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
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Luckily we stopped in at Liscomb for lunch, as it turned out to be the only place serving something to eat and drink between Halifax and Port Hawkesbury. Sad to see such a beautiful coastline so under developed but the lack of crowds did make for ideal skinny dipping opportunities, particularly at Philips Harbour.</span><div>
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Every village has at least one church and usually there was a graveyard attached to it. Also the church and graveyard were always located on a spot with the best view. We saw so many of these graveyards that we joked there were more people dead than alive in this area which, I suppose after more than 200 years, would certainly be the case.<br />
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<br />At roughly 1,000 square kilometres in area, the lake occupies a good portion of the centre of Cape Breton Island and provides miles of campgrounds along its shore and boating and fishing opportunities in its waters. Like all of the Maritimes the drive is very scenic with low forested hills and water always close at hand.<br />
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">In 1754 the so-called French and Indian War began with French and English settlers and their respective Indian allies fighting with one another but, when the 7 Years War in Europe began in 1756, </span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">it greatly expanded in scope.</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"> By 1758 the British had laid siege to and captured Louisbourg. From there they used it as a base for taking Quebec and, by the time the war was over and the Treaty of Paris signed in 1763, France was out of the New World with the exception of the islands of St. Pierre & Miquelon off the coast of Newfoundland and the island of Guadeloupe in the Caribbean. Cape Breton, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island were now part of British Nova Scotia.</span><br />
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">Not wanting the French or anyone else to ever be able to use the Fortress again the British set about systematically destroying it over the next 2 years. However, in 1920 it was declared an Historic Site and, in the 1960's, the Government of Canada undertook a reconstruction that over the next 50 years would restore one quarter of the town and fortifications to what they were like in the 1740's. Costumed guides depicting soldiers, fishermen and servants are on hand to interpret the site and there are a series of hikes and trails to explore in addition to the various barracks, chapel, fisherman's house, bakery, merchant's house and the governor's apartment. It is the largest reconstruction project in North America and one of the Top 10 destinations according to Canada's History Magazine.</span><br />
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">In spite of Nova Scotia being given to the British in 1713 by the Treaty of Utrecht only 5,000 British and Protestant settlers had come to live there by 1755 while, in contrast, there were more than 8,000 Acadian settlers, descendants of the original French colony of Acadia that included the modern day Maritime provinces. Concerned about Acadian resistance to British rule the Nova Scotia government decided to expel the Acadians and 6,000 of them were rounded up in 1755 and expelled to various parts of the American colonies. The remainder went into hiding or fled to New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island. </span><br /><br />
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">This was the first wave of the expulsion and the second wave of the expulsion came after the fall of Louisbourg in 1758 when another 4,000 Acadians from Cape Breton, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island were deported back to France and Britain and a few thousand escaped to Quebec. </span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">Some of the Acadians returned to Louisiana and later became known as Cajuns. T</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">he expulsions were a humanitarian disaster with thousands of people dying of hunger and shipwreck while all of their property was confiscated and given to new settlers from the American colonies.</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">While Digby is first and foremost a fishing village the other governing factor is of course the Bay of Fundy tides. When they go out the fleet is often left high and dry or close to it and the speed at which it moves is quite disconcerting.</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">St. John's is most famous for the busy Water, George, and Duckworth streets where the number of lively Irish pubs and colourful bars and restaurants have given it the distinction of having the most bars per capita of any place in Canada.</span></div>
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As we made our way past Bird Rock Cove, and the impossibly blue ocean water, we could smell the birds before we saw them. Walking along the carefully marked pathway, that followed the terrifying cliff edge, we finally came upon Bird Rock where they were all gathered. More than 70,000 seabirds of various species including, Gannets, Murres, and Kittiwakes were clustered on Bird Rock and the adjacent cliffs with each species settled onto its own particular niche. The whirling cacophony was almost deadening, but the beauty and immensity was even more overwhelming. What an experience. Established in 1983 as an Ecological Reserve there is probably no place on Earth where you can get closer to a seabird colony.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>
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There are a few curiosities in Newfoundland that you don't see elsewhere. One of them is along the highways where every utility pole is being held in place with rocks. This is because there isn't a deep enough layer of soil to dig into to install them. When they call Newfoundland "The Rock", there's a good reason for it.</div>
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Another is the parking meters. People don't like to pay for parking but, if the meter is broken, you can park for free so, as a result, everywhere you go parking meters have mysteriously been broken. The City of St. John's has reportedly replaced all of its 1,200 parking meters at least once, but the problem persists, which is making it a money losing proposition.</div>
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The St. John's economy has always been tied to the sea but nowadays, thanks to the collapse of the cod fishery, the focus is on the offshore oil & gas fields. Impressive looking support vessels can be seen at dock loading up with crew and supplies.</div>
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Newfoundland is a large island made up of numerous peninsulas that project out in every direction, with each one offering something different to see. Our next peninsula to explore was the Bonavista Peninsula. The rocky landscape of Newfoundland is a result of glaciers retreating over the Canadian Shield, leaving rocks, boulders and small lakes behind. You never have to go far to see evidence of our geographic past which, in the end, has also made for ideal Moose country.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>
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We didn't have to wait long, after passing a moose warning sign, to see our first moose. Actually there were two of them and they were happy to pose for a bit and let us take their picture. The second was Morris, a very accommodating Moose who hangs out at the nearby gas station. </div>
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The picturesque town of Trinity is one of the other principle destinations along the Discovery Trail, with pretty painted homes and various heritage buildings lining the cove of Trinity Bay.</div>
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Cape Bonavista and the town itself were discovered and founded by John Cabot in 1497 and it has been an important fishing centre ever since. But the windswept coastline and harsh conditions show that it couldn't have been easy making a life here.</div>
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We arrived in Twillingate, the "Iceberg Capital of the World" in time for a late lunch and were rewarded with the best food in all of Newfoundland at the Canvas Cove restaurant. It was also the office for Iceberg Quest ocean tours and we managed to nab the last two seats on a zodiac that would take us out to see the only remaining icebergs in "Iceberg Alley" this season.<br />
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It took 2 - 3 years for these icebergs to make their way over from Greenland and it's hard to believe these beautiful chunks of ice are actually 15,000 years old. It's even harder to believe that 90% of these icebergs are still under water. Having the opportunity to get up close to them was awe inspiring, not to mention refreshing and, by the time we got back, we needed some of the famous Newfoundland <i>screech</i> to warm ourselves up a bit.</div>
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Historically, Twillingate was another important fishing village but it has since evolved into a popular tourist destination. In addition to going out on the water there is plenty to explore on land, with accessible trails everywhere, particularly around the Long Point Lighthouse at the end of town. </div>
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Back in St. John's we celebrated our amazing holiday with one last feast of mussels and lobster and said goodbye to our funky rock n' roll themed hotel <i>The Jag </i>that had provided the ultimate in accommodations. MerryTimes indeed in the Atlantic Provinces.</div>
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<span style="line-height: 1;"><font face="helvetica" size="5" style="line-height: 1;">But an even more awe inspiring complex awaits at the nearby Kennedy Space Centre. On display are the rocket ships and spacecraft of the Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo space programs that culminated on July 20, 1969 with the first men on the moon. A feat repeated 5 subsequent times and then abandoned in favour of the Challenger space program and the International Space Station. The audacity of this endeavor in an era of slide rulers and mechanical engineering is so hard to imagine in the computer age, but they did it, and what a humbling experience it is to see and touch the equipment they used.</font></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 1;">There are more than 1,100 miles of stunning, palm lined Florida coastline facing the Atlantic Ocean alone and, with the water so clear and warm, it's no surprise to discover what appears to be a continuous condo development all the way to Miami. From Cocoa Beach to Deerfield Beach we took advantage of the perfect conditions to swim and enjoy the sunshine.</span><br />
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Here the main attractions are seashells, eating, and plain relaxing. It's also home to the historic lighthouse one of the first on the Gulf coast. 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</div>Nelson Quirogahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07910634937416574646noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5742715625823856380.post-91350242245758059722019-02-28T14:13:00.001-08:002019-02-28T14:13:50.658-08:00A Tale Of Two Cities Chicago & New York April/May 1992/1994/1998<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Nelson Quirogahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07910634937416574646noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5742715625823856380.post-92038149618318627272019-02-24T13:47:00.001-08:002019-02-24T14:03:23.483-08:00Viva Las Vegas (November 1990/2015)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Long before you arrive in Las Vegas, either by automobile or airplane, its neon lights are clearly visible. The undisputed convention centre capital of the world, Las Vegas is a city of unbelievable lights, kitsch, and glitz, that is filled with massive hotels, each with rooms in the thousands, and modeled on tourist attractions from other countries. Setting new standards for operations management, they check tourists in and out by the planeload, their casinos are buzzing with gamblers and cocktail waitresses, complicated floor shows are being staged every night, the kitchens are constantly preparing enormous amounts of food, and there are children's arcades, swimming pools and shopping malls to run as well.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">In the 1950's the Mob controlled casinos gave way to institutional financed resorts such as the Sahara, Sands, Fremont, Tropicana, Riviera, and the Dunes. With film and music stars like the Rat Pack performing in intimate settings, gambling was no longer the only reason for visiting. By 1954 there were over 8 million tourists a year visiting Las Vegas to see a show, gamble, and feast at the buffets.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">In the 1960's the Aladdin, Caesar's Palace, and Circus Circus opened and in 1969 Elvis became the star performer at the International (later named the Hilton) where he performed for over 7 years for a total of 837 sold out concerts in front of 2.5 million fans. He also married Priscilla at the chapel in the Aladdin in 1967 after famously marrying Anne Margaret in a scene for the Viva Las Vegas movie. And while Las Vegas has always been a popular place for the famous, and not so famous, to tie the knot, thanks to its ease of getting a marriage licence in the 24 hour county clerk's office, the popularity of getting married there has exploded with over 2 million people a year exchanging vows in the Wedding Capital of the World.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">In 1989 the megaresort era began with the construction of the Mirage, Excalibur, MGM Grand, Luxor, Monte Carlo, Bellagio, Mandalay Bay, and the Wynn with the annual number of visiting tourists climbing to over 42 million. In 1990 we flew to Las Vegas to get married at the Little White Chapel and then capped off the evening with the Folies Bergere show at the Tropicana. It was an exciting, fun filled getaway that left us with eyes wide open in amazement but it would be 25 years before we returned.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">"What goes on in Vegas stays in Vegas" is the saying for those on booze fuelled stags and conventions, and of course gambling is still the mainstay of the Strip, but Las Vegas has become a destination in its own right with just the right amount of decadence and entertainment for anyone still wanting to search for Elvis.</span><br />
<br />Nelson Quirogahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07910634937416574646noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5742715625823856380.post-32854315399907521092019-02-18T15:31:00.000-08:002019-02-24T10:00:23.565-08:00The Great American Road Trip Part 1 - The West Coast<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Travel always begins by venturing just a little beyond your familiar surroundings and taking that first step out your own back door. For most Canadians in general, and Vancouverites in particular, that first step is only a few miles away at the nearest United States border crossing. Owing to its obsession with cars and roads, the best way to really appreciate a journey through modern day America, is by getting on the nearest interstate freeway, pointing your car in the direction you want to head, and start cruising. Built during the Cold War years, the interstate freeway system was originally designed as a means of rapidly moving troops anywhere in the country. While waiting for the Russian invasion that never occurred, it became the principal means of transport for both pleasure and commerce and a powerful force uniting the country.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">If you come from Vancouver this means the I-5 that starts at the Peace Arch border crossing in Blaine, Washington with its often busy line-ups and obnoxious customs & immigration officials. In spite of the American "melting pot" concept, which has created a much more unified nation of disparate people than Canada, with its "cultural mosaic", there are still vast differences between one region and another that make each area unique.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Starting with the Chuckanut Drive, just outside the picturesque town of Fairhaven, this detour off the I-5 weaves through stunning ocean scenery, daffodil fields, and into the town of La Conner with its funky shops and restaurants. It's also the gateway to Anacortes and Whidbey Island. Unfortunately the forces of unfettered development, tract housing, strip malls, big box stores, franchisees, and all the other trappings of suburbia, spreading through the country like a disease, are ruining the character of small towns everywhere and creating a world of bland uniformity.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Because there is just so much natural beauty to try and take in, living on the West Coast with even a mild case of wanderlust ensures repeated journeys to favourite spots and side explorations to discover others. As times change so do tastes and perceptions and, what was once overlooked, can overnight become something of fascination and renewed interest. Seattle, Portland, and even San Francisco, are never far away from Vancouver and, between these cities, there's always something new to check out.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Seattle, the first big city one encounters, is almost identical to Vancouver in setting and climate but after that any similarity ends. Powered by the twin economic engines of Boeing and Microsoft, Seattle has made itself into an industrial and technical powerhouse. The wealth is perhaps most evident in a new baseball park, a well funded umbrella of arts organizations and universities, and the every expanding freeway system. The downtown area is a continuum of interesting restaurants and shops along the waterfront that starts at one end with the sports stadiums of the International District, moves through historic Pioneer Square and Pike Market, which surround the Central Business District, anchored by the Nordstrom & Macy's department stores, and finishes up with the area around the Space Needle and Belltown.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Leaving the ocean behind and heading into the rain forest we arrived at the stunning Lake Quinault Lodge situated in the Olympic National Park. Reflecting the spirit of a bygone era, this cozy retreat with its massive fireplace lounge and comfortable rooms welcomes you into its warm embrace the minute you set foot on the grounds. Surrounded by untouched forest and miles of well marked trails you are free to explore the beauty of everything a rain forest offers including some of the largest spruce and cedar trees in existence.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">A friendly and delightful mid-size city that has integrated its parks and public spaces to encourage walking, it also has a restored trolley car system as part of the transit system. Famous for its rose festival, jazz festival, and the incredible Powell Books store, Portland has its own sophisticated edge that includes wonderfully accessible public art on display everywhere.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">After resting up in Eureka it was time to say farewell to the coastline for awhile and head inland towards wine country but not before having an opportunity to check out some of the truly impressive remaining members of the giant Redwood Forest.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">The charming town of Healdsburg, located in the centre of the Sonoma Valley and the Russian River, with its many motels, shops, and restaurants, is perfectly situated as a base for exploring and tasting and it's impossible to resist the invitation to take in a day or two of picnics and relaxation before moving on.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Like the famous Hollywood sign on the hillside, the reality is about as far removed from the glitz and glamour as are the exclusive enclaves of the super rich. High above the eye burning air pollution of the low lying ghettos of asphalt and broken glass, where the poor blacks and largely illegal Mexican immigrants struggle to survive, the movie stars and wealthy elite live in a Beverly Hills/Rodeo Drive world surrounded by swimming pools and lush foliage, with nothing to do but go shopping and complain about the servants.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Getting back on the I-5 heading north you drove past hundreds of miles of irrigated farms and feedlots that not only illustrate why California is the breadbasket of America (producing 1/3 of all the vegetables and 2/3'rds of its fruits and nuts) but also why the Colorado River is under such stress trying to support all of this.</span><br />
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Nelson Quirogahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07910634937416574646noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5742715625823856380.post-2980002930211125222018-12-16T13:37:00.000-08:002018-12-16T13:37:34.479-08:00Fear & Loathing On The Princess Cruise (May 1992)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Realizing there was no point in just taking one or two, because that would be something room service would notice and find some way of making us pay for, the decision was made to completely empty the fridge. This way room service would think they must have overlooked this particular fridge and it would be properly stocked again and locked. With a little help from my friends we started off with a few good doubles and triples to get us in the mood and then used our imaginations to create some tasty cocktails out of all the other ingredients.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">By the time they poured us on the bus we had accomplished our mission, leaving no trace behind (thanks to a garbage can down the hall) or witnesses. Of course we hardly knew who we were at that point but it set the stage for what was about to happen over the next week because, once we finally got on board ship, the serious drinking began in earnest. A welcoming reception, tours, four course dinner, and a session in the ships disco finally did us in and, as the Crown Princess sailed away from Port Lauderdale, Florida, we were fast asleep in our stateroom.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The Crown Princess is an enormous vessel that carries 1,600 passengers and 600 crew members. More than 800 feet long and 100 feet wide it dwarfs the measurements of the Titanic, with a gross tonnage of 70,000 as compared to 46,000 for the Titanic. Gross tonnage being some obscure nautical measurement that relates to how much the ship can actually hold. Net tonnage on the other hand is something else and, while the Crown Princess was around 35,000 tonnes, I wondered, as I looked around at the huge tables everywhere groaning under the weight of all the prepared food, if that included the 10 extra pounds each passenger would gain for the week they were on board.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Though both the Titanic and Crown Princess carried roughly the same number of people, there was no comparing the accommodations since everyone on the Crown Princess was the same class and, each couple had their own private stateroom with a window, full bathroom etc. The ship contained a grand ballroom, main dining room, specialty restaurants, discotheques, casino, gymnasium, hospital, live stage theatre, movie theatre, library, shops, swimming pools, hot tubs, a spa, dry cleaner, beauty salon, and some other services yet nobody ever felt the slightest bid crowded.</span><br />
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Approximately 50 km up the road from where we were staying, on a deserted stretch of beach, was a turtle camp dedicated to helping the endangered Olive Ridley Turtle. Female sea turtles return to the beach, where they were hatched, to lay their eggs each year. Nesting occurs at night when the female comes on shore and laboriously digs out a 1.5 feet deep nest with her hind flippers and deposits approximately 100 eggs. To save the eggs from predators, Felix, a tireless volunteer who had made his home on this stretch of beach, patrols the beach and carefully collects the eggs and re-buries them in carefully marked nests that are fenced off and kept shaded and watered to maintain the optimum temperature.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpxamivb50gMwZnjzsIUZoRFRsayDyowXKsvU5URJHnIt0pWgjCB9KjvDyz3V9hu1nGPHdG_PqTJoIwvCkw_8zU-uVf1wcjoaZ1WULah48jqg9LV9F9gfGizOEr4sPJG0eceB7HZCoG3eoy-lViGHZjdTKMNYES4FodkhzGJkklBXbGpqnZEkQhLN7gg/s1107/15.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="830" data-original-width="1107" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpxamivb50gMwZnjzsIUZoRFRsayDyowXKsvU5URJHnIt0pWgjCB9KjvDyz3V9hu1nGPHdG_PqTJoIwvCkw_8zU-uVf1wcjoaZ1WULah48jqg9LV9F9gfGizOEr4sPJG0eceB7HZCoG3eoy-lViGHZjdTKMNYES4FodkhzGJkklBXbGpqnZEkQhLN7gg/w640-h480/15.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZFvrXLpBez_gDW7wCD7Af_6B9a90SqZzzaQqRl2rh_KbxRXgllxUd90hnMeU99_Dnmxv45qfcOl8cKami16c7qXv10xvHOYOBCBNypOMY1m3gTAjCkLuGAWEYMPKCpW-N7k4ogYFJYQ5K2LlVPlj_maNn1zMKViJw-JzwEeaIur27bqXpWrS3q3sR5g/s830/16.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="830" data-original-width="830" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZFvrXLpBez_gDW7wCD7Af_6B9a90SqZzzaQqRl2rh_KbxRXgllxUd90hnMeU99_Dnmxv45qfcOl8cKami16c7qXv10xvHOYOBCBNypOMY1m3gTAjCkLuGAWEYMPKCpW-N7k4ogYFJYQ5K2LlVPlj_maNn1zMKViJw-JzwEeaIur27bqXpWrS3q3sR5g/w640-h640/16.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: large;">The eggs typically hatch after 45 days and Felix directs us to one of the marked nests and shows us how to carefully dig out the baby turtles. Sure enough the squirming creatures are frantically trying to come out of the sand and we start collecting our 100 babies, each one a perfect miniature of a full grown adult, into a plastic bucket.<br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimugWZFTjw7lXRSiFLmsk2rzyZIm1nFmVPbrSJ7xEIhLVhfKK8tQflEgklBeiEx33BChHwxr6iIHV5sNj0vcIT1grV70yqll77PmXXj-0ZlsWZiOx7e4Z67CIkrOVDezwmGFHY27FGFEyjilipLBAJ_NeVQPv82R66ebRyR2VV_SVSsOJLxsBQE8bVOA/s830/17.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="830" data-original-width="622" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimugWZFTjw7lXRSiFLmsk2rzyZIm1nFmVPbrSJ7xEIhLVhfKK8tQflEgklBeiEx33BChHwxr6iIHV5sNj0vcIT1grV70yqll77PmXXj-0ZlsWZiOx7e4Z67CIkrOVDezwmGFHY27FGFEyjilipLBAJ_NeVQPv82R66ebRyR2VV_SVSsOJLxsBQE8bVOA/w480-h640/17.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisTXSAJb92F0s5ZJIqdkKJA0fUYumwXV3lukVi8AO1qjrYV-1Ogf7dJ520g2j9zxtpJaLwaSOebPm0L1-8-0l9aKRHryTa4CA2G3K0xc7Sju5V1mkVkG-RiQJJN-beEFtR8daqT9pSFqkASg6K2W5YjvwsTcWToCbVrD0pGXVcoG8d9o1dJdkCz0UuJw/s830/22.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="830" data-original-width="622" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisTXSAJb92F0s5ZJIqdkKJA0fUYumwXV3lukVi8AO1qjrYV-1Ogf7dJ520g2j9zxtpJaLwaSOebPm0L1-8-0l9aKRHryTa4CA2G3K0xc7Sju5V1mkVkG-RiQJJN-beEFtR8daqT9pSFqkASg6K2W5YjvwsTcWToCbVrD0pGXVcoG8d9o1dJdkCz0UuJw/w480-h640/22.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuqvkGKKqZQ66aGavjuCpGp0cNlze8TUmfjcq2O9ARQNlHXm6POjyXhwcbk61TlqeW035EHD1xshmabfM5NCEAg-3A5Jqonov_z023N-GhdlrD1FNugYTGQNgJz21MBMzPHz7OWJno_PDdhsfLkAwf7sPL19wy3DE3T0U0a03aGY1RoEgCSzbsCordVQ/s830/23.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="830" data-original-width="622" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuqvkGKKqZQ66aGavjuCpGp0cNlze8TUmfjcq2O9ARQNlHXm6POjyXhwcbk61TlqeW035EHD1xshmabfM5NCEAg-3A5Jqonov_z023N-GhdlrD1FNugYTGQNgJz21MBMzPHz7OWJno_PDdhsfLkAwf7sPL19wy3DE3T0U0a03aGY1RoEgCSzbsCordVQ/w480-h640/23.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcljP7LGhcLMUSGpvQVQze6h_RfxffmETySu_OuXdX3rsi6CdfEoPCk7noVQvOHvRAMhf50GlnaTDLA_btH2raSDBJgsJDq4H5EqmS0oDy8QSvacRsQHx-RL3PMdk60dyKne6NRAYuC0H6x01JNtMrs9_EjuRRzfq_p-coWlO4fL3JCTNrLM66ioyHDg/s830/21.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="830" data-original-width="622" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcljP7LGhcLMUSGpvQVQze6h_RfxffmETySu_OuXdX3rsi6CdfEoPCk7noVQvOHvRAMhf50GlnaTDLA_btH2raSDBJgsJDq4H5EqmS0oDy8QSvacRsQHx-RL3PMdk60dyKne6NRAYuC0H6x01JNtMrs9_EjuRRzfq_p-coWlO4fL3JCTNrLM66ioyHDg/w480-h640/21.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">As sunset approached it was time to join up with the others for the big race to the ocean. This was the event we were all waiting for, or rather the turtles were, and we were there to cheer them on as they unerringly made their way to the water with their little legs going as fast as they could. 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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">The Yukon River (the 3rd longest river in North America after the Mississippi & Mackenzie) starts in the glacier fed watershed of the Atlin and Tagish Lakes in B.C. and proceeds in a northwestern direction for 2,000 miles through the Yukon and Alaska until it empties into the Bering Sea. The Yukon River was the principal means of transportation in the area during the gold rush and, until the 1950's when the Klondike Highway was completed, up to 300 flat bottomed paddle wheelers like the SS Klondike provided transportation and shipping services for communities along the river.</span><br />
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><i>Was that night on the marge of Lake Lebarge</i></span></div>
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">Dredge No. 4 was a self propelled gravel gobbling bucket line sluice monster that mined gold on the Yukon River from 1913-1959 and is now a historic site. With its 72 buckets excavating gravel at a rate of 22 buckets per minute it could process 18,000 cubic yards of material a day. While there were many other dredges of similar design in operation, at 8 stories in height, Dredge No. 4 was the largest wooden-hulled dredge ever built in North America. These monsters were brought in after the initial gold rush frenzy was over and continued in operation until the 1950's squeezing gold out of the river bed and surrounding hills.</span><br />
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">In spite of all the good claims being already staked more than 100,000 people rushed to the Klondike between 1896-1899 to try and seek their fortune and of course most failed spectacularly, other than those operating saloons, hardware stores or brothels There were 3 routes to get there and none were easy. In addition to the Skagway/Dyea route, there was the all Canadian route over rivers and mountains or the expensive all water route cutting through the Aleutian Islands and heading up the Yukon River. In the end most people went to work for the owners of the claims as labourers with a small share in the profits or simply ended up going back home. From a population of 500 in 1896, the town of Dawson grew to 30,000 by the summer of 1898. Built of wood and being isolated and unsanitary it suffered from fires, high prices, and epidemics but, despite this, the prospectors spent extravagantly as they gambled and drank in the saloons and partied with any enterprising women who were also in town.</span><br />
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">A considerably more pleasant and pleasing experience awaits next door at the equally famous and historic Diamond Tooth Gerties Gambling Hall, Canada's first casino, where customers can do a little gambling, knowing all profits go to charity, take in one of the nightly cancan style floor shows featuring the high kicking Gold Rush Girls, and laugh with the saucy hostess Diamond Tooth Gertie herself.</span></div>
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">Poor Tuk has seen better days. In the heydays of the 1970's and 80's when all the oil & gas exploration was taking place the town's population swelled to over 3,000 and things were booming but, when the price of oil collapsed, it all shut down and the population has since dwindled to only 1,000. During the Cold War Tuktoyaktuk was established as a Distant Early Warning radar site to detect Russian bombers flying over the North Pole but that ended in 1993 and the buildings are now part of an unattended short range radar North Warning System.</span><br />
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">But it's hoped the new road will bring tourism and a new life to the town and help it get back on its feet again. For Canada to assert its sovereignty in the North we need to build more roads between the communities that exist, establish deep water ports for ice breakers, cruise ships and freighters that will increasingly be taking advantage of more ice free days in the Arctic, and manage the resources in partnership with the First Nations people who live here. In the meantime the freshly painted, windswept town will just have to persevere as it always has with its hunting, fishing, trapping, and pingos.</span><br />
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">But the main reason we had come to Fairbanks was because this is where the Denali Star train ride begins. This is the flagship train of the Alaska Railroad, currently owned by the State of Alaska, that runs approximately 500 miles from Fairbanks to Seward. The Alaska Railroad has been in operation since 1914 but without a connection to any other railroad in North America, in spite of numerous proposals over the past 100+ years to link it to the railways of Canada.</span><br />
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">Checked into our charming hotel in Denali, with its stunning views, and promptly set out to explore the surrounding area. The hotel is owned by the Old Harbour Native Corporation, one of 252 Native village corporations that were established in 1971 under the terms of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA). ANCSA was an alternative to the reservation system in the rest of the U.S. and was the first settlement of its kind between Native Americans and the federal government. It came about as a way of resolving the impasse of outstanding land claims and the discovery of oil, and the need to build a pipeline during the oil crisis. Alaska Natives were provided with a corporate structure for holding land and capital and the freedom to control their own economic future. With a balanced portfolio of security investments and commercial property these communities are able to protect and preserve their culture and traditions and provide their members with economic and educational opportunities.</span><br />
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">The hotel is actually located on mile 238 of the George Parks Highway (also known as the Nenana Glitter Gulch) which is the entrance to the Denali National Park and Preserve. Established in 1917 and named Mt. McKinley National Park, after the mountain which had been named after President McKinley (who was assassinated in 1901) there was a protest right from the beginning as the locals wanted to call it Denali which means "the high one" in the native Athabaskan language. For nearly 100 years the debate continued until President Obama finally made the name change in 2015 for both the park and the mountain.</span><br />
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Mediterranean from the Spanish port of Algeciras, and passing by way of the
British outpost of Gibraltar, brought us to exotic Tangier, the gateway to
Morocco, and starting point for the “Marrakesh Express”.</span><span style="text-indent: 36pt;"> </span><span style="text-indent: 36pt;">Nothing in any guide book could ever
prepare us for Tangier with its hordes of hustlers and touts who besiege you as soon as
you leave the ferry but, once we made it to the comparative refuge of the train
station, we were able to collect our wits, exchange some travellers cheques,
buy our tickets, and fortify ourselves with a good strong cappuccino.</span><span style="text-indent: 36pt;"> </span></span><br />
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offered interesting changes of sights and scenery as we meandered along the
coast to Casablanca, a thoroughly uninteresting city with none of the movie romance. It was a waste of time stopping there and we spent the night at a nearby hotel that was as rundown as the town itself. The nearby streets were filled with men drinking tea or coffee and glaring at my wife who they obviously viewed as a disreputable woman of some sort, which made the entire experience very disagreeable.</span></span><br />
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immediately apparent. Wide, French style boulevards are lined with enormous
date trees and palms, and every house and building is coloured light pink from
the local clay used to build them.
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bay whenever we stopped to look at some monument, it was a very entertaining way to get a feel for what we would be seeing the next day on
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place to be, but if you appreciate the expression, “shop till you drop”, there
is nothing else like the souks and bazaars of Marrakesh. </span><span style="text-indent: 36pt;">This, after all, is where the wholesalers of
the world go to shop and, after engaging an official guide, (an absolutely
indispensable and most worthwhile necessity) we were ready to enter the maze of
countless stalls and craftsmen’s shops that make up this amazing indoor/outdoor
spectacle.</span><span style="text-indent: 36pt;"> </span><span style="text-indent: 36pt;">Even under the wing of
Abdullah, how could I describe the madness, high pressure closing techniques,
riot of colour & selection in the most free wheeling place in the
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way to the main square, known as the <b><i>Djemna el Fna</i></b>, where the action was
starting to build. </span><span style="text-indent: 36pt;">Here the storytellers
compete for audiences, tooth-pullers set up their folding tables, boxers,
jugglers and acrobats put on a show, and snake charmers display their cobras.</span><span style="text-indent: 36pt;"> </span><span style="text-indent: 36pt;">Accompanied by your guide, you can have your
picture taken with a cobra around your neck for a small fee and, after a little
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sold into white slavery that she made me select the smallest, slightest taxi
driver available and I had to stay awake the whole time.</span><span style="text-indent: 36pt;"> </span><span style="text-indent: 36pt;">But her fears were unfounded in spite of us
breaking down in the middle of nowhere and me having to be the one to push
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Arab music I’ve grown so accustomed to.</span><span style="text-indent: 36pt;">
</span><span style="text-indent: 36pt;">Our way was lit by countless stars and a classic crescent moon, and our
security was assured by the endless roadblock checks of the “gendarmes”. </span><span style="text-indent: 36pt;">After the inevitable “tip” to the characters
lurking around the port of Tangier, we were on our way back to Spain safe and
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ropes for getting around, and our apprehension about the hustlers of Tangier
was short lived once we quickly dispatched the few we encountered. We then had the pleasure of bumping into some
newlywed Moroccan acquaintances from Vancouver who were also on their way to
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& vegetable stands, and other peculiar sights, while listening to great
Arab music and being stopped every twenty minutes or so to pay a small bribe to
the local police.</span><span style="text-indent: 36pt;"> We ate a</span><span style="text-indent: 36pt;"> delicious late
lunch at a roadside café whose principal decorations were the freshly
slaughtered lambs hanging out to dry, and ready to be cooked to order.</span><span style="text-indent: 36pt;"> </span><span style="text-indent: 36pt;">But we arrived safe and sound in Fez, ready
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calling everyone to prayer, we eventually pulled ourselves together over a
lovely French style continental breakfast.
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in this so typically neglected 3<sup>rd</sup> world country where everything is
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old Fez but it wasn’t the same. </span><span style="text-indent: 36pt;">It was
bigger, filthier, and even more crowded than the souks of Marrakesh, but it had none of the
magical qualities that somehow made it truly interesting instead of simply
shocking.</span><span style="text-indent: 36pt;"> The tanneries in particular which are the biggest tourist attraction were the most colourful but also the most disturbing.</span></span></div>
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beautiful old palace (with a typically tragic history for its owners) that was
made into a spectacular hotel, and a most welcome refuge from all the poverty,
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and goodbye to Morocco, the most liberal of Moslem countries, and</span><span style="text-indent: 36pt;"> </span><span style="text-indent: 36pt;">one with such a profound impact on Spanish
culture and history.</span><span style="text-indent: 36pt;"> </span><span style="text-indent: 36pt;">The great cities of
Andalusia owe so much of their beauty and craftsmanship to the Moors and, after
visiting Fez and Marrakesh, one begins to appreciate their gift to that
particular era.</span><span style="text-indent: 36pt;"> </span><span style="text-indent: 36pt;">But Moorish influence
peaked long ago, and has been in decline ever since, though nothing seems to
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<span style="font-size: large;">From the moment we landed at the Yellowknife airport, where we were greeted by an impressive polar bear display, we knew a most righteous true north adventure awaited us. Because we had such a great time in Yellowknife last summer we wanted to see what it would be like in winter when the days were shorter and the town was covered in snow. We were also hoping to see the famous Northern Lights, more properly known as the Aurora Borealis.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The Aurora Borealis is an incredible light show caused by collisions between electrically charged particles released from the Sun, during sunspot or solar flare activity (referred to as coronal mass ejections) that collide with the oxygen and nitrogen gases in the Earth's atmosphere. Driven by solar wind these particles enter the Earth's atmosphere through the north or south pole where the Earth's magnetic field is weaker. A roughly oval shaped area near the north pole called the Auroral zone offers the best viewing opportunity and, in Canada, one of the most perfectly located viewing spots is Yellowknife.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">It was a perfectly clear night when we arrived and the Aurora started as soon as it was dark. Driving out of town to get away from any streetlight we were quickly overwhelmed by the display that shimmered and danced across the heavens with incredible speed. Constantly shifting shape, as if an unseen hand was stirring up a cosmic light show, we never knew where to look from one moment to the next.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The next day we were up bright and early to go dog sledding, an exhilarating activity with roots that go back hundreds of years. Snugly tucked into a sled being pulled by 6 Alaskan huskies, that could hardly wait to impress us with their energy and speed, we were off through a trail in the forest at quite a clip and marveling at how easy the dogs made it all look. Expecting some sort of massive dog team to be pulling us we were surprised at how lithe the Alaskan husky is in comparison to the more familiar Siberian or Malamute breed of old and to learn this is now the favoured breed for high endurance racing.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The original sled dogs were chosen for size, strength and stamina and were used for bringing in supplies over the winter to the gold camps, and delivering the mail. Weighing on average 100 lbs each a team of 8 - 10 dogs would pull a sled carrying 500 - 700 pounds of mail. Modern dogs are half the weight and, bred for speed and endurance, are able to reach speeds of up to 28 mph and can cover 100 miles a day.<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif;"> </span>Lovingly cared for by their owner these dogs are extremely affectionate and, next to pulling a sled, their favourite activity is posing for photos.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">For kids the most popular feature is of course the slide. There are also ice sculpture displays, snow carving competitions and a film festival. But it's mostly just about roaming around the parapets and walkways exploring the marvelous layout, people watching, and enjoying the view of the frozen Great Slave Lake.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The biggest elephant in the room of course is Great Slave Lake, the 10th largest lake in the world and, at 2,000 feet, North America's deepest. Covering an area of over 10,000 square miles it offers almost limitless room for folks wanting to go ice fishing or snowmobiling and, with Yellowknife so conveniently situated on its western shore, this is exactly where most people can be found on any given sunny weekend. That goes for summertime as well.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It was an exhilarating experience flying over the frozen lake with no speed limits or traffic to worry about. When we stopped for a break we even had a curious fox come by to check us out and pose for some photos. "Couldn't let those huskies have all the attention," he said.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Yellowknife is sure a different place in winter than in summer. All the pretty houseboats are frozen into place on the lake and the lake itself becomes part of the famous ice highway for truckers hauling supplies back and forth to the diamond mines. Standing on the lake you can also look back to the bush pilot's monument. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">People practice building igloos, carving ice sculptures, and finding alternate ways of getting around. The museum always has an interesting exhibit and, on our last evening, we went to a Dene lodge to eat bannock & white fish and participate in a drumming ceremony.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">All in all a fabulous return getaway to a very unique city and, like the<b style="font-style: italic;"> inukshuk </b>is trying to point out, "if you're going to Yellowknife you're sure going to meet some friendly people there".</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="text-indent: 36pt;">The last part of Spain to be reconquered by
the Christian Spanish in the late 15</span><sup style="text-indent: 36pt;">th</sup><span style="text-indent: 36pt;"> century,</span><span style="text-indent: 36pt;"> </span><span style="text-indent: 36pt;">the province of Andalucia includes the
colourful inland cities of Seville, Cordoba & Granada that each have their
share of stunning Moorish architecture and semi-preserved historic barrios, the
Costa del Sol, with its miles of beautiful coastline and beachside resort towns
made to order for sun worshippers, and a vast in-between of pleasant
countryside, or “campo” dotted with charming little white villages dating back
to Roman times, that supports a more traditional rural lifestyle.</span></span></div>
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had the perfect excuse to visit this region, and a good centrally located base
from which to conduct our various explorations.</span><span style="text-indent: 36pt;">
</span><span style="text-indent: 36pt;">Coming from Canada, the sun drenched topless beaches filled with nicely
browned flesh were particularly attractive, and each had its own bar that
served up plenty of drinks, music and good food.</span><span style="text-indent: 36pt;"> </span><span style="text-indent: 36pt;">A good way to unwind for a few days and
forget about all the stress of life back home.</span><span style="text-indent: 36pt;">
</span><span style="text-indent: 36pt;">But the Spanish clock takes a little getting used to with siesta time
shutting down all the shops in the afternoon while everyone naps after their
big lunchtime dinner, and then eating again late at night and drinking till the
wee hours of the morning.</span></span></div>
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suddenly you are in the campo where life is much quieter and herds of sheep and
goats are more likely to cross your path than any tourists. This is the real
Spain, and where you find the <b><i>ventas </i></b>that serve up huge portions of delicious
food and bottles of local wine for half the price of any beach bar. </span></div>
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amazingly picturesque little white villages strung out along the hillsides and
connected to one another by a maze of narrow, poorly signposted roads. </span><span style="text-indent: 36pt;">Many of them original Roman forts, they serve
as a stunning counterpart to the ugly suburban sprawl so common to North
American life.</span><span style="text-indent: 36pt;"> </span><span style="text-indent: 36pt;">Here the people have
preserved the countryside for farming, and rejected the tasteless mis-matched
housing designs of individual choice for a uniform colour and style that suits
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since silted up and deprived Seville of its former principal port status, the
grandeur of an earlier age is still more than evident, and the river is a
pleasant dividing line between the old and new halves of the city. </span><span style="text-indent: 36pt;">Centered around the Torre del Oro, a building
formerly used to store all the plundered gold & silver from the New World,
are a selection of little boats for hire and all the tour buses. It's also home to the Plaza de Espana and the entrance to all of the city's principal attractions.</span></span><br />
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world’s largest Gothic church, the Cathedral of Seville, bigger than St. Paul’s
in London or St. Peter’s in Rome.
</span><span style="text-indent: 36pt;">Overwhelming in its size and grandeur, one of the items that
particularly stands out is the carved alterpiece of 45 Biblical scenes that
represents the entire lifetime work of one artist. A dedication that is unimaginable
in today’s world.</span><span style="text-indent: 36pt;"> </span><span style="text-indent: 36pt;">Also found in the
church is a monument to Christopher Columbus, and the tomb which contains his
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is the Giralda, a former Moorish minaret that is now a Christian bell tower for
the cathedral. </span><span style="text-indent: 36pt;">An ascending series of
wide ramps takes you to the top of the building for an incredible view of the
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Alcazar, a former palace, started in Roman times and expanded on through
successive generations of Moorish rulers and Christian kings. </span><span style="text-indent: 36pt;">But the best part of this complex are the
beautiful gardens, with their eclectic mix of styles, that provide a
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Cruz, with its marvellously confusing maze of streets and alleyways, decorated
in beautiful mosaic tile work, and filled with little shops, charming pensions,
and famous tapas bars. </span><span style="text-indent: 36pt;">Cars are a
hopeless encumbrance in this area, and it was a relief to store our vehicle in
a public car park, and go out exploring on foot.</span><span style="text-indent: 36pt;"> </span></span></div>
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tapas bars with their amazing variety of appetizers & sherries. </span><span style="text-indent: 36pt;">We visited many, but on our last night Junie
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couple hours by car through the hottest part of Spain known as the “frying pan
of Andalucia” is Cordoba.</span><span style="text-indent: 36pt;"> </span><span style="text-indent: 36pt;">The principal
monument here is the Mezquita, reputedly the most beautiful mosque ever made by
the Moors, and of course now a Christian cathedral.</span><span style="text-indent: 36pt;"> </span><span style="text-indent: 36pt;">A forest of old Roman marble pillars and red
and white striped arches, produce an amazingly intricate pattern that blends
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was getting up early in the morning to head out of town and check out the
excavation and restoration of yet another old Moorish palace complex and mosque
known as the Medina Azahara. </span><span style="font-size: large; text-indent: 36pt;">More than
1,300 years after it was given the name “al Andalus” by the first wave of North
African settlers, the Moorish connection is still very evident.</span></span></div>
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Andalucia is found in Granada, and that of course is the Alhambra. </span><span style="text-indent: 36pt;">Arriving late in the afternoon, following a
seemingly endless journey through Spanish olive groves, we checked into our
splendid, faded old gem of a hotel, the Washington Irving, named after the
author of the famous “Tales of the Alhambra”. Spent the rest of the day wandering around the old Moorish
quarter, known as the Albacin, and had a superb dinner in a restaurant with a
view of the Alhambra all lit up at night.</span></span></div>
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in line to tour the complex, which consists of the Royal Palace and the gardens
known as the Generalife. </span><span style="text-indent: 36pt;">Entering
through the “Gate of Justice” a magnificent tower with a giant key shaped arch,
(the Muslim symbol for Allah, the opener of the gates of Paradise) we began our
tour.</span><span style="text-indent: 36pt;"> </span><span style="text-indent: 36pt;">How to describe all the intricate
ornamentation and decoration done in tile, wood and plaster, the interesting
pools and fountains mingled amongst all the various salons, each with its own
storied and often terrible history? A fascinating place.</span><span style="text-indent: 36pt;"> </span></span><br />
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Granada and the Albacin area, (why else would it have been made into a
fortress) </span><span style="text-indent: 36pt;">and its beautiful, tranquil
gardens are rivalled only by those of the Alcazar in Seville.</span><span style="text-indent: 36pt;"> </span></span> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 14pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 36pt;">”Welcome to Auz mate,” said
the friendly customs agent as we arrived in </span><st1:city style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 36pt;" w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Sydney</st1:place></st1:city><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 14pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 36pt;"> after a typically cramped and tiring
18 hour flight.</span><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 14pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 36pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 14pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 36pt;">Pity it wasn’t like the
other Oz, where a simple click of the heels would have gotten you there
instantly; such is life with airline travel these days, not to mention having
to deal with the paranoia of officialdom everywhere where you go.</span><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 14pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 36pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 14pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 36pt;">But the sun was shining, it was nice and
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in one of the most perfect port locations in the world, with a population well
represented by its various Asian neighbours, a visitor from Vancouver could be
forgiven for thinking they were right back home again as they walked along
spotless streets with coffee bars on every corner, and a beautiful park in the
middle of the downtown core. But there
were plenty of differences, the first being a complete absence of panhandlers,
and the second was an amazingly integrated transit system, with its public/private
mix of buses, subways, monorail, trains and, best of all, high speed ferries
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bars and restaurants, or the Circular Quay, a harbour cruise is a great way to
get orientated in Sydney and appreciate, first hand, how much the Australians
really love their ocean. Everywhere you
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actually rivaling North America in size, its population is very small and
nearly everyone lives close to the ocean, </span><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 14pt; text-indent: 36pt;">particularly along the eastern
coastline, and for good reason. </span><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 14pt; text-indent: 36pt;">Its
seemingly endless beaches are just spectacular, though they’re also shark invested and, wherever there’s public bathing you’ll find shark nets strung across the
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to see the sharks, and what better place to start than the City’s most popular
attraction, the fabulous Sydney Aquarium.
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tunnels going right through them and allow yourself to feel you’re right in
with all the various fearsome looking sharks and rays swimming endlessly
around. </span><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 14pt; text-indent: 36pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 14pt; text-indent: 36pt;">There’s also a similarly
designed tank containing seals and sea lions and, thanks to the acoustic
monitors that have been set up, you can hear them talking to one another in
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exploring on foot, starting with the downtown park which is actually two
different parks that merge seamlessly together.
</span><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 14pt; text-indent: 36pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 14pt; text-indent: 36pt;">Hyde Park, with its spectacular
fountain, statue of Captain Cook and promenade of 200 year old fig trees, and
the Botanical Gardens, framed by the city seawall and filled with an impressive
collection of exotic trees that have been graciously planted, throughout the immaculate grounds, among the
statues and ponds, in a variety of themes.</span><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 14pt; text-indent: 36pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 14pt; text-indent: 36pt;">Anchoring the southeastern
corners of the parks are the magnificent </span><st1:placename style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; text-indent: 36pt;" w:st="on">Art</st1:placename><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 14pt; text-indent: 36pt;">
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<span style="font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 14pt; text-indent: 36pt;">Following the seawall, as
you leave the Botanical Gardens, you come to </span><st1:city style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; text-indent: 36pt;" w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Sydney</st1:place></st1:city><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 14pt; text-indent: 36pt;">’s most famous landmark of all, the stunningly
designed Opera House, perfectly positioned, at the harbour entrance, to welcome
visitors into the downtown. </span><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 14pt; text-indent: 36pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 14pt; text-indent: 36pt;">Directly
across from the Opera House is the neighbourhood now known as the “Rocks”; an
area settled by the convicts sent over from </span><st1:country-region style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; text-indent: 36pt;" w:st="on">England</st1:country-region><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 14pt; text-indent: 36pt;">,
when </span><st1:country-region style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; text-indent: 36pt;" w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Australia</st1:place></st1:country-region><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 14pt; text-indent: 36pt;">
was a penal colony, which has now been redeveloped into a trendy collection of
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however, is in the heart of the downtown where the boutiques and underground
malls seem to flow in an endless labyrinth that starts or ends (depending on
where you begin) at the Queen Victoria building, an architectural wonder built
during the Depression as a way of employing as many artisans as possible. </span><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 14pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 36pt;">A short distance away is </span><st1:place style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 36pt;" w:st="on">Chinatown</st1:place><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 14pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 36pt;">
which boasts a beautiful garden and a delightful restaurant corridor where
everyone eats “al fresco” on a street that’s been reclaimed from the cars.</span><br />
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big city life, and all its fascinating people watching, we then flew to Cairns,
the capital city of the Great Barrier Reef; Australia’s biggest tourist
attraction. </span><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 14pt; text-indent: 36pt;">Other than maybe picking up
a few souvenirs, and eating and drinking with a few thousand other tourists, while
you wait for your boat to leave, there isn’t much to do in this pretty but
humid town.</span><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 14pt; text-indent: 36pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 14pt; text-indent: 36pt;">Strangely enough it seems to
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without a beach, and the signs on the Esplanade warn you to watch for
crocodiles lurking in the mud flats and marsh along the shoreline.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 14pt; text-indent: 36pt;">After an informative slide
show lecture, on fish and coral identification, by the hilarious marine
biologist Paddy Colwell, we were ready to load up our gear on Pro Dive’s 75
foot dive boat. </span><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 14pt; text-indent: 36pt;">For the next few days we
enjoyed the camaraderie of 30 other divers from around the world living
together on board while cruising around and exploring a few sections of the
Reef. </span><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 14pt; text-indent: 36pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 14pt; text-indent: 36pt;">One of the world’s natural wonders
and billed as the largest living organism on Earth, the </span><st1:place style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; text-indent: 36pt;" w:st="on">Great
Barrier Reef</st1:place><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 14pt; text-indent: 36pt;">, made up of over 3,000 different reefs and covering
an area of 300,000 square miles, is filled with more than 1,500 species of
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day, including a night dive, we marveled at the coral formations and all the beautiful,
multi-coloured fish we encountered, including the timid reef sharks & singrays,
friendly Wallys and non-chalant green sea turtles that let you pet them and
swim alongside. </span><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 14pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 36pt;">Even if half the reef
seemed to be suffering from the effects of man-made pollution and climate
change, the water was wonderfully warm and clear, the scenery was spectacular,
and Junie even went snorkeling for the first time in her life.</span><br />
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sharks but rather the nasty jellyfish/stingers can be fatal if they sting
you.</span><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 14pt; text-indent: 36pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 14pt; text-indent: 36pt;">Pity they weren’t nice and tasty to
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plenty of friendly, adorable animals to get to know, and there isn’t any better
place to see them first hand than the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Featherdale</st1:placename> <st1:placename w:st="on">Wildlife</st1:placename>
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refuge and arguably the world’s nicest petting zoo. Here we got to mingle with some of the
country’s famous marsupials, including kangaroos, wombats, wallabies and, of
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in the wild, you only have to take a short journey out of Sydney to the nearby National
Park system which includes the Blue Mountains, a misnomer to anyone living near
real mountains but, nonetheless, a rather spectacular, and unique, geological
formation with all sorts of myths and legends surrounding some of its more
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<span style="font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 14pt; text-indent: 36pt;">Also within a day’s
journey of </span><st1:city style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; text-indent: 36pt;" w:st="on">Sydney</st1:city><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 14pt; text-indent: 36pt;"> is the famous </span><st1:place style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; text-indent: 36pt;" w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Hunter</st1:placename> <st1:placename w:st="on">Valley</st1:placename></st1:place><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 14pt; text-indent: 36pt;">
wine country.</span><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 14pt; text-indent: 36pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 14pt; text-indent: 36pt;">Wild kangaroo sightings
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popular wineries and doing some serious tasting, you may find yourself hopping
about like one before falling into a deep, koala-like, sleep on the bus taking
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the fabulous coastline we decided to rent a car and head up to the local
holiday area of Forster-Tuncurry and Seal Rocks. </span><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 14pt; text-indent: 36pt;">Here
we were rewarded with a spectacular hiking trail that took us along the edge of
a series of rock bluffs, surfer beaches and open ocean that was also a transit route
for the area’s local dolphins and whales.</span><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 14pt; text-indent: 36pt;">
</span><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 14pt; text-indent: 36pt;">It was also a famous diving location, and I got the opportunity to come
face to face with some very impressive, fierce looking grey nurse sharks and
the strange but dangerous Wobbiegong sharks.</span><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 14pt; text-indent: 36pt;"> </span></div>
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encounter we decided it was time to head back to </span><st1:city style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; text-indent: 36pt;" w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Sydney</st1:place></st1:city><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 14pt; text-indent: 36pt;"> and conduct an informal beach
challenge between Bondi and Manley.</span><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 14pt; text-indent: 36pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 14pt; text-indent: 36pt;">Both
places were nicely packed with locals and, while the water, sand, and surf were
equally good, Manley did seem to have the better shops and restaurants.</span><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 14pt; text-indent: 36pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 14pt; text-indent: 36pt;">However, when you’re lying on a warm beach,
far from home and all your troubles, you hate to pass judgment and, the only
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arrived in Cairo after midnight and, after buying our visas from the currency
traders, stood in interminable lines to get our passports stamped by bored but
determined immigration officials. </span><span style="text-indent: 36pt;">As
tired as we were the next morning, there was to be no sleeping in once the
muezzins started bellowing out the call to prayer, somewhere around 4:30 A.M.,
throughout the city from loudspeakers mounted on top of the minarets.</span><span style="text-indent: 36pt;"> </span><span style="text-indent: 36pt;">As we were to soon discover, these minarets,
being the principal feature of every mosque, would be the most common sight
everywhere we went.</span></span></div>
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out the most famous temples and tombs of the world so we quickly got used to
the idea of a mosque being almost everywhere we turned. </span><span style="text-indent: 36pt;">With
more than 16 million people, Cairo is one of the largest cities in the world,
and second only to Mexico City in terms of being the most polluted urban
center.</span><span style="text-indent: 36pt;"> </span><span style="text-indent: 36pt;">More than a million poorly
maintained vehicles, using leaded fuel, jam the impossibly crowded streets,
spewing noxious fumes into the air, while maintaining an incessant cacophony of
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trucks, and nearby factories is 10-20 times higher than internationally
accepted limits, and in a day your eyes are burning.</span><span style="text-indent: 36pt;"> </span><span style="text-indent: 36pt;">Cairo is also the most densely populated city
in the world, but it can’t even begin to cope with building and/or maintaining
the necessary infrastructure for its overcrowded population.</span><span style="text-indent: 36pt;"> </span><span style="text-indent: 36pt;">The entire city is a work-in-progress with
massive, poorly constructed and half finished housing developments appearing
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spite of these urban problems, the city has many fascinating attractions.</span><span style="text-indent: 36pt;"> </span><span style="text-indent: 36pt;">First and foremost, is the Egyptian Museum, a
building bursting with ancient jewellery, artifacts, statues, mummies,
sarcophagi and caskets.</span><span style="text-indent: 36pt;"> </span><span style="text-indent: 36pt;">It’s in this
museum where all the articles from the tomb King Tutankhamun can be found.</span><span style="text-indent: 36pt;"> </span><span style="text-indent: 36pt;">He was a very minor pharaoh whose grave was somehow
missed by robbers, and although the contents are nearly enough to fill the
museum on their own, one can only imagine what the tomb of someone like Ramses
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is also the fascinating city of the dead, a vast cemetery complex filled with tombs
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</span><span style="text-align: left; text-indent: 36pt;">Ancient Egyptian tradition encouraged the practice of entertaining and
picnicking among the tombs, which also have rooms for guests to sleep.</span><span style="text-align: left; text-indent: 36pt;"> </span><span style="text-align: left; text-indent: 36pt;">The poor and homeless have now moved into the
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long as one is appropriately dressed, and shoes are removed upon entry, anyone
is welcome to step inside a mosque, one of the most magnificent being the
beautiful Mohammed Ali mosque situated on top of the Citadel.</span><span style="text-align: left; text-indent: 36pt;"> </span><span style="text-align: left; text-indent: 36pt;">Here one can contemplate the 5 pillars of
Islam, admire the work of the artisans who decorated its interior, and enjoy a
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everyone has of Egypt and, as the only remaining one of the “seven wonders of
the ancient world”, it is perhaps its greatest attraction.</span><span style="text-align: left; text-indent: 36pt;"> </span><span style="text-indent: 36pt;">On our second day we mounted camels and headed into the Sahara desert to check out the Pyramids and the Sphinx. </span><span style="text-indent: 36pt;"> </span><span style="text-align: left; text-indent: 36pt;">After all the movies and documentaries it
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equipped with a club car where our little tour group could sit around drinking
gin & tonics getting to know one another and pretending we were living in
an earlier era. The pleasant click
clicking rhythm of the train wheels, as they rode over the tracks, eventually
lulled us to sleep until we awoke to another sunny day in Egypt this time in
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the actual temples themselves, carved out of the mountain or the massive U.N.
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location of many vast temple complexes and the starting point of the Valley of
Kings. An area filled with monuments to
greatness for those who survived and so many tales of treachery for those who
didn’t. The Luxor temple and the amazing Karnak temple complex have been continuously expanded on by succeeding pharaohs until it exceeds, even to this day, the size of the Cathedral in Seville, St. Peter’s in Rome, and St. Paul’s in London combined. </span></div>
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people rushing out into the streets to shout and cheer. Apparently it hadn’t rained for over three
years, and this was an occasion to celebrate.
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Nelson Quirogahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07910634937416574646noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5742715625823856380.post-70088629354379588512017-09-24T18:00:00.000-07:002017-09-24T18:04:18.918-07:00South Africa (February 1997)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">However, t<span style="font-family: "comic sans ms"; text-indent: 48px;">he brutal reality of barbed wire, burned out buildings, and miles of squatter camps, that greeted us upon our arrival, showed how much work was to be done. </span>The first creature to greet us was Buxton the tortoise, a long time companion of one of Junie's few remaining relatives in the country. We were quick to discover that living like a tortoise was an apt metaphor for survival in the new republic, particularly in Johannesburg with its focus on security in the face of astronomical crime statistics.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms"; text-indent: 36pt;">Bridging the gap between the extreme differences in living conditions of
black and white people was clearly not going to be an easy task.</span><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms"; text-indent: 36pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms"; text-indent: 36pt;">Even more worrisome was the question of how
long people would be prepared to wait for their expectations to be fulfilled?
The rampant crime statistics were everyone’s favorite topic of conversation,
and with everybody’s house wired with alarms and barred against burglars, it
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car we drove off to Kruger National Park, a vast 2 million hectare game reserve
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while driving along the shoulder of the road, visibility, fruit stands, and pedestrians be
damned, in order to facilitate the relentless and maniacal passion of everyone
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Kruger and, with 2,500 kilometers of road for exploring, all you need is a map,
binoculars and plenty of camera film. We
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time we got to our rest camp that evening we had seen impala and other
antelope, baboons, warthogs, wildebeest, and even a white rhinoceros. Absolutely amazing experience to see all the
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buildings, and arriving at our first camp, “Skukuza”, we checked into a
spotless “rondavel”, a circular shaped thatched cottage designed to keep out
the evil spirits who like to hide in corners.
</span><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms"; text-indent: 36pt;">It felt as if we were part of a movie set as we walked around the
immaculately swept grounds, and admired the staff in their neatly pressed
uniforms.</span><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms"; text-indent: 36pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms"; text-indent: 36pt;">In a large banquet hall, a
formally laid dinner of game, accompanied of course by wonderful Cape wine, was
served by immaculately dressed (but occasionally barefoot) waiters in tuxedos. </span></span></div>
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beds, with their freshly ironed sheets, we could hear the sounds of lions and
hyenas going about their gruesome business, and we understood why the camps are
surrounded by electric fences. </span><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms"; text-indent: 36pt;">Gates
close promptly at 6:30 p.m. each night, and you wouldn’t want to be on the
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms"; text-indent: 36pt;">There are 12 main rest camps scattered
throughout the park, along with a few picnic spots but, because the speed limit is between 30 - 50 km/hr, it
takes most of the day to get from one camp to another.</span><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms"; text-indent: 36pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms"; text-indent: 36pt;">No sooner were we on our way the next
morning, when we were stopped on the road by a herd of elephants.</span><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms"; text-indent: 36pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms"; text-indent: 36pt;">Nothing can ever prepare you for being
confronted by one of these huge creatures who seem to appear out of nowhere,
blissfully destroying trees and other vegetation as they eat their way across
the countryside.</span></span><br />
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enjoyed a nature movie at the camp’s outdoor theatre, a surreal experience if
there ever was one, and checked out the “Southern Cross” and “Orion’s Belt” in
the clear night sky before going to bed.
The lions were particularly vocal in this area, and it was somewhat
disconcerting to realize we were a part of this daily life and death struggle
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impala, wildebeest, storks, eagles, guinea fowl, kingfishers, hornbills, and a herd of fearsome looking
but strangely quizzical, buffalo. As always the warning to never get out of the car was strictly followed because you never knew what was lurking in the tall grass.</span></span><br />
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spectacularly situated complex on a cliff edge overlooking the crocodile
infested Oliphants River and surrounding plains.</span><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms"; text-indent: 36pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms"; text-indent: 36pt;">Added crocodiles and more hippos to our game
watching list, both of which were much too close for comfort and can easily be
mistaken for a log as they lie submerged in the water.</span><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms"; text-indent: 36pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms"; text-indent: 36pt;">Sat on the “stoep” of our rondavel in the
afternoon enjoying the fantastic view of the seemingly empty veld, which upon
closer inspection actually teemed with animals hidden amongst the scattered
trees.</span><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms"; text-indent: 36pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms"; text-indent: 36pt;">Of course this excluded the
elephants lumbering across the landscape oblivious to everything except their
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subtropical city on a long surf beach that presented us with a very different
set of photo opportunities. </span><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms"; text-indent: 36pt;">As the
holiday mecca for people of the Transvaal and home to a large Indian community,
Durban appeared to offer a very different sort of exotic flavour.</span><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms"; text-indent: 36pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms"; text-indent: 36pt;">However, once again we found a city paralyzed
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boardwalk of the beach area, we nonetheless amused ourselves with a Zulu
rickshaw ride, a tour of the snake park, shopping for African curios in the
flea markets, and doing a little bodysurfing in the beautiful but shark
infested ocean. </span><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms"; text-indent: 36pt;">Somehow, signs advising
swimmers of the location of protective shark nets wasn’t all that reassuring,
but it was easy to see how the warm temperatures and pretty bikinis could
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in the heart of the Eastern Cape province.
</span><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms"; text-indent: 36pt;">The towns here all have English names as it was the border/buffer area
between 19</span><sup style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; text-indent: 36pt;">th</sup><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms"; text-indent: 36pt;"> century settlers and the Xhosa natives.</span><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms"; text-indent: 36pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms"; text-indent: 36pt;">For us it was a place to visit friends and
get ourselves pointed in the direction of the “Garden Route” and South Africa’s
magnificent coastline.</span><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms"; text-indent: 36pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms"; text-indent: 36pt;">It was also an
opportunity to try our first “braai” a South African style of wood burning BBQ
for cooking up enormous quantities of “boerewors” lamb sausage, chops and other
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Jeffrey’s Bay, the surfers heaven, and Cape St. Francis, stunning examples of
the hundreds of miles of beaches to follow, and great places to walk along
collecting shells. </span><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms"; text-indent: 36pt;">Another notable stop
is the Tsitsikamma Park with its Storms River that rushes through a narrow
ravine to plunge headfirst into the mighty Indian Ocean surf.</span><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms"; text-indent: 36pt;"> </span></span><br />
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other beautiful spots along the way, nestled in the indigenous yellowwood and
pine forest and bordered by lagoons protected by the massive sand dunes.
Altogether some of the most pleasing scenery and highway driving to be found
anywhere in the world, with plenty of hiking trails, good restaurants and local
attractions to interest anyone wanting to do a little further exploration.</span></span><br />
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inland into the area known as the Little Karoo, a semi-desert area teeming with
ostrich farms. Oudtshoorn was the
unofficial capital of this region, especially for tourists, and besides being
able to stay in a beautifully restored 19</span><sup style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; text-indent: 36pt;">th</sup><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms"; text-indent: 36pt;"> century Cape Dutch
farmhouse, we checked out the local Cango Caves and did a complete ostrich farm
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spectacular beauty that is set off by the geographically unique backdrop of a
1,000 foot flat topped mountain with virtually sheer cliffs, and surrounded by
a dazzling collection of beaches and vineyards.
</span><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms"; text-indent: 36pt;">In spite of being a refuge for all the white people fleeing the rest of
the country, it is the most cosmopolitan city of South Africa, though it too,
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every flavor, including family ones like Fish Hoek, Muizenberg and Boulders,
where you can swim with the penguins, or Noordhoek and Kommetjie for more
intense surfing and plenty of dolphins, or Clifton, Sea Point & Llandudno,
where the beautiful white people are trying to tan themselves black.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms"; text-indent: 36pt;">One can also do “the Drive”, to Hout Bay on
an exhilarating roadway, known as Chapman’s Peak drive, and feast on seafood,
beer and wine at the strategically located hotel known to the locals as
“Chappies”. </span><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms"; text-indent: 36pt;">A perfect place to forget
all your troubles and gloat in the warmth of another “shitty day in Africa” !!!</span></span><br />
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expedition” to the innumerable wineries of the Paarl and Stellenbosch area and
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everything for a perfect picnic, and enjoy it right on their beautifully
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particularly at the Victoria & Alfred Waterfront complex with its acres of
interesting shops and restaurants in the revitalized wharf area. </span><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms"; text-indent: 36pt;">It’s also a good place to watch the “table
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magnificent view of the city and its amazing setting, but while appreciating
this beauty, just out of reach for those whose lives were ruined because of
their political beliefs, it is worthwhile to ponder the words of the Future
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apartheid we will not want Robben Island to be a monument of our hardship and
suffering. We would want it to be a
monument reflecting the triumph of the human spirit against the forces of evil;
a triumph of freedom and human dignity over repression and humiliation; a
triumph of wisdom and largeness of spirit against small minds and pettiness; a
triumph of courage and determination over human frailty and weakness; a triumph
of non-racialism over bigotry and intolerance; a triumph of the new South
Africa over the old.” <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Along with apartheid and various tribal rivalries the history of South Africa was also complicated by the rivalry between the Dutch Boers and the English. Cape Town was the last bastion of pro British sentiment and, while the University of Cape Town is now completely integrated and the highest ranked university in Africa and in the top 100 worldwide, its statue of Cecil Rhodes, who donated the land to the university, still stands as a reminder of the colonialism that pervades the continent. In time all this bitterness will pass but for many the wounds are still too recent to forget. The future of course belongs to the new generation.</span><br />
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Nelson Quirogahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07910634937416574646noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5742715625823856380.post-54114090166149106012017-08-18T22:13:00.000-07:002017-09-04T19:31:01.411-07:00Churchill Safari (August 2017)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">Churchill Manitoba has long been a famous destination for polar bear lovers who like to take advantage of its unique location to get up close and personal with the poster child of the Arctic. But there's another marine mammal, the beluga whale, now competing for the title and once again Churchill finds itself in the unique position of being able to offer an up close and personal encounter with these iconic creatures as well. Polar bears, however, mostly come to Churchill in the fall and belugas come in the summer and what we were hoping for was an overlapping period in their respective travel schedules that would give us the chance to see both on the same trip.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">Arriving in Winnipeg our first stop, after checking into the Fort Garry Hotel, was exploring the nearby and newly completed Upper Fort Garry Park which stands on the historic site of the original Hudson's Bay trading post established in 1822 and used as the company's administrative centre until it was seized by Louis Riel in 1869 and became the location of the Provisional Government of Manitoba until 1870 when it joined Canada. Recently the "Friends of Upper Fort Garry" completed the construction of an historical interpretive park inside the old fort's walls, that includes a sound and light show along a 400 foot steel wall marking the size and location of the original west wall, and traces the history of western Canada and the building of Winnipeg.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">2nd stop was The Forks, the historic crossroads for Winnipeg and a confluence of the Assiniboine and Red Rivers where, for 6,000 years, First Nations people met and later European fur traders, Metis buffalo hunters, settlers, and thousands of immigrants who came to set their bearings and decide on next steps. It's also where the monument to all the murdered and missing indigenous women stands in stark contrast to the peaceful beauty of the park itself.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">All roads to Churchill start in Winnipeg but in fact there is no road to Churchill, you can either fly from Winnipeg or take a two day train ride with Via Rail. Because we love the laid back and more scenic experience offered by train travel we opted to take the train on the way up and then fly back for the return. Before leaving however, we set out to explore some of the sights we missed on our last visit like the Winnipeg Railway Museum, and re-visit some of our favourites, starting of course with The Forks market.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Located within Via Rail's beautifully restored Union Station, an historic building that was once an important transportation hub, the Winnipeg Railway Museum is dedicated to the history and development of the railway in Western Canada and proudly displays a variety of vintage rail cars and locomotives. But while freight trains are still a vital component of Canada's commercial transportation network between major cities, we were soon about to discover how different the attitude is towards passenger travel and small towns.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Spring floods this year caused sections of the track between Gillam and Churchill to be washed out and OmniTRAX, the current owner of the Hudson Bay Railway, decided to shut down the line indefinitely rather than repair it thus cutting Churchill off from its only ground transportation link. While washouts are something railways normally have to deal with as part of their maintenance efforts, OmniTRAX decided to play politics instead and see if either the provincial or federal governments would bow to pressure from Churchill and pick up the tab. This has decimated the Churchill tourism industry and radically raised prices for all of the town's food and supplies as everything now has to be flown in at a much greater expense.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Via Rail, which leases use of the railway line from OmniTRAX, estimates that normally 2,700 people take the train from Winnipeg to Churchill between the months of June and August and the same amount again in October and November. While airline flights are available they are much more expensive and not nearly as scenic and already over 1/3 of the hotel bookings in Churchill have been cancelled for the summer as people decide to wait another year. What people will decide to do in the fall is still up in the air.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">There was, however, a compromise solution and that was to take the train as far as Thompson Manitoba and catch an aeroplane for the final leg to Churchill. This should have been the joint solution offered by Via Rail and Calm Air, which would have been to everyone's benefit but, for whatever reason, the marketing departments of these two organizations couldn't get it together and they both lost the bookings. Thankfully we figured it out and had a train practically to ourselves as we headed out across the Canadian prairie with its beautifully ripening fields of wheat, barley, soybean, hay, corn, canola, and sunflowers.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We awoke in the pulp & paper town of The Pas, "Gateway of the North" having left the prairies and now back in the very familiar Canadian boreal forest dominated by spruce trees and interspersed with vast wetlands. Moose, bear and beavers call this their home, along with millions of bugs, but it also has a special beauty the camera can't seem to resist.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">At Thompson we said goodbye to our train and set out to explore the sights. Thompson is referred to as the "Hub of the North" and, with a population of 13,000, is twice the size of The Pas with an industry centred on the mining and refining of nickel. The principal tourist attraction is the Spirit Way, a 2 kilometre walking pathway with over 20 painted wolf statues placed strategically throughout the walk. The end of the walk culminates with a wall mural (painted on the most prominent building in the city) reproduction of Robert Bateman's "Wolf Sketch" and is the largest photo-real mural in Canada. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The next day we arrived at last in Churchill, a very unique town of under 1,000 people located on the shores of Hudson Bay and referred to as "The Polar Bear Capital of the World". Everywhere you go there are statues of polar bears, signs warning you of polar bears, and stuffed polar bears to pose with. Since the 1980's a sizeable tourism industry has developed based on the migration pattern of polar bears which come to the area in October and November by the hundreds to wait for the water on Hudson Bay to freeze so they can return to hunt seals. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">After our ride into town the first stop was the Parks Canada tourist office located in the very quiet and now empty train station with the stranded pedestrian train still waiting on the tracks. But it had a great exhibit of the wildlife in the area along with some of the historical items, including of course, a polar bear to pose with.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">While polar bears may be the rage in autumn, in summertime it's all about the beluga whales. They come to Churchill, by the thousand, to feast on the capelin spawning in the mouth of the Churchill River, moult away some old skin, and give birth to their young before returning north to the Arctic Ocean in the fall. While there are an estimated 60,000 belugas in all of Hudson Bay at least 3,500 of them come each year to Churchill. Walking along the beautifully rugged and rocky shoreline we could see them out in the ocean swimming like dolphins as they played in the surf and called us to join them. It was only when we got back onto the roadway did we see the polar bear warning signs.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Churchill was originally a Hudson's Bay trading post built in 1717 to facilitate trade with the Dene people and stay out of reach of York Factory where the Cree traded. The original settlement was replaced by the Prince of Wales Fort built between 1731-1741 and is now an historic site maintained by Parks Canada. A good lookout post over Hudson's Bay, that never lived up to its potential, nonetheless offers a perfect view of all the action in the Bay.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Inuksuk is an Inuit word for "that which acts in the capacity of a human" with <i><b>inuk</b></i> meaning person. It's a human-made stone landmark used for navigation, a point of reference and to assist in the herding of caribou for slaughter. Obviously the inuksuks around Churchill were built with the aid of machines but they still point to their connection with the north and the people who originally lived in this area. They also make for great photo opportunities. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Other interesting points of interest and photo opportunities include the boat Beluga, the crashed aeroplane Miss Piggy, and the grounded shipwreck MV Ithaca. Each one has its own sordid story with different versions of what really happened but, in each of the cases nobody was hurt and time will eventually erase both the memory and the evidence.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">With the decline of the fur trade Churchill faded into obsolescence until it was decided to build a new northern shipping harbour connected by railway to Winnipeg. This was finally completed in 1929 but it took many years before it started to get any real use and, with the recent shutdown, its future is now up in the air. In 1942 the U.S. Army Air Corps established a base that later became a Strategic Air Command facility during the Cold War until it was closed down and the airport was turned over to the city. The area was also a Rocket Research Range for atmospheric research that started in the 1950's and eventually closed down in 1984.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">As a result of all these ups and downs in the town there are a lot of dilapidated buildings that have been left littering the landscape. While on the one hand this mostly crumbling infrastructure is a bit depressing, it has also provided an interesting canvas for building murals. The murals aren't just restricted to abandoned buildings though, as many other local establishments have also demonstrated a desire to liven up their walls.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">A ride on one of the tundra buggies offers an up close glimpse into life on the windswept taiga. These purpose built vehicles are the mainstay of Churchill for safe, land based touring, and they also come with an armed guide. It's rugged going for most of the way but the rocky beaches and taiga have their own beauty with hardy shrubbery and colourful fireweed brightening the landscape.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">And while it's all about the polar bears who are patrolling the high tide line in search of anything to eat, there are all sorts of other creatures like caribou, bald eagles, moose, and fox who don't mind getting their picture taken if you keep a respectful distance. In the end we saw both a mother and her 2 year old and an "Einstein" (in the local tongue) otherwise known as a mother with 2 cubs (MC2).</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">But we weren't done with the belugas just yet and, on our second outing, we went on the Sea North's custom built whale watching boat that runs on jet pumps with no underwater moving parts so no matter how close the whales get they can't be harmed in any way. This was very important because in no time we were surrounded by whales that wanted nothing else but to get under the boat and feel the bubbles. We've seen minke whales in the St. Lawrence, humpback whales in Hawaii, and of course killer whales in the west coast waters, but nothing could prepare us for the sheer number of beluga whales in Hudson's Bay. A truly magical experience as they chased us and followed both alongside and underneath the boat.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">And then the grand finale as we approached the shoreline and discovered 5 polar bears lounging about as they took turns feasting on a beluga whale carcass lying on the beach. Inuit hunters had shot it and then stripped off the nourishing layer of <b style="font-style: italic;">muktuk </b>(the top layer of skin and inch or two of blubber) before leaving the rest for the bears. With little to eat until the freeze up, when they can once again go hunting for seals on the ice, the polar bears are always happy to discover any food in the off season. When the biggest male had finished he even lumbered into the ocean to cool off and check us out.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">It was a tough act to follow but a perfect way to cap off a lovely visit to Churchill, a colourful, quirky place where the locals have really had to band together to ride the economic roller coaster. In spite of all the frustration with corporations and governments the folks manage to stay super friendly, put on a happy face, and focus on delivering a fantastic experience. The weather station with its missing stone (the key to the whole design) sums up perfectly their sense of humour.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Crossed the 60th parallel for the 2nd time this summer with a short stop in Rankin Inlet on the way back to Winnipeg that allowed us to claim a visit to Nunavut, Canada's newest territory. Life was in full swing back at the Forks and the restaurants had stocked up on their delicious pickerel. The safari was over and we had lucked out with seeing both the polar bears and beluga whales, a perfect excuse to celebrate.</span><br />
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