The first recorded visit to the Athabasca Valley was by surveyor David Thompson in 1810. The North West Company built a supply depot on Brule Lake in 1813, a settlement which later became known as Jasper House after North West Company clerk Jasper Haws. With the decline of the fur trade, Jasper House was abandoned…
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Medicine Lake is located within Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada. It is approximately 20 km (12 mi) southeast of the town of Jasper. Medicine Lake is approximately 7 km (4.3 mi) long and is a relatively shallow lake. Medicine Lake is a geologic anomaly, it is not actually a lake but part of the Maligne river (flowing from Maligne Lake into the…
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Mount Edith Cavell is located in the Athabasca River and Astoria River valleys of Jasper National Park. To get to the trailheads, go 7 km south of Jasper on Highway 93 and turn right onto Highway 93A. Travel 5.4 km and turn right onto the Cavell Road. Angel Glacier is visible from Cavell Meadows, which spills over a 300 metres (984 ft)…
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Columbia Icefields Parkway (Hwy 93N) Banff to Jasper, Alberta, Canada
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Moraine Lake Alberta A 19 minute (14.5 Km) drive from Lake Louise you will find Moraine Lake which is half the size of Lake Louise but is surrounded by spectacular mountain peaks, situated in the beautiful Valley Of The Ten Peaks in Banff National Park, Note, the road is often closed from October to mid May…
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Lake Louise – Banff National Park AB Just a 40 minute drive from Banff, along Hwy/AB1w, through the scenic Banff Nation Park. The bridges are built for wildlife e.g., Elk, Moose etc., to cross the Hwy. Safely. The lake is situated 3 miles from Lake Louise Village. Here you will find a few Shops, Restaurants,…
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The Canadian Rockies are one of my favourite places to visit in the world. Follow my 7 part Photographic journey through the Canadian Rocky Mountains, starting from Banff, driving the Columbia Icefields Parkway, visiting and viewing Lakes, Mountains and Glaciers north to Jasper. and the surrounding area. Banff is a 1 h 25 min (136.0 km) pleasant,…
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I have recently returned from a wonderful trip to Spain at the invitation of a good friend and guide. I was familiar with the Costa del Sol, having visited some 20 years ago, but to visit some of the inland treasures of Andalusia was a real treat. This is the ancient mountain top city of…
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Going with the flow – I seldom make plans as I used to do, I tend to live in the now, you never know how the day will unfold, and without expectations, you wont be disappointed. It was a windy October, Sunday evening, as I lay in bed thinking about tomorrow, 17th October was my…
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Montreal stands on the Island of Montreal. The city has the highest population in Quebec and the second highest population in Canada. The main language spoken in Montreal is French and many of the buildings have a French influence. Historically the commercial capital of Canada it still remains an important centre of commerce, aerospace, finance,…
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Walbran Forest is Canada’s most spectacular remaining ancient temperate rainforest and its under threat of being destroyed by logging. Some of the trees are more than 1000 years old. The Central Walbran Valley is a small 485 hectare pocket of wilderness adjacent to Carmanah/Walbran Provincial Park. North of Port Renfrew and east of Cowichin…
Read MoreThe ferry to Quadra island leaves from Campbell River. Another ferry sails to Cortes island. I drove the ocean route (192) from Nanaimo, through Cortney, Comox to stop off at the “Ocean Retreat Centtre” to meet friends for lunch. As I was early I pulled in at Oyster Bay. From the car I saw some…
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Discovering The Sunshine Coast My six months through the winter in Gabriola island slipped by so quickly. I was due to fly home to Guernsey on May 2nd, but one week earlier I received an email from the Canadian Immigration Department to tell me that my application to extend my visa had been approve. So,…
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Well, I arrived back in Gabriola last Tuesday after by 6 weeks in White Rock. The island was bathed in Spring sunshine and more beautiful that ever. I have been out with my cameras all day everyday since my return. I intend to make the most of by last 6 weeks in Canada and the…
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I have been here, cat and dog sitting, in the beautiful sea-side town of White-rock for over a month now. Every day I take Lucy a two year old beagle for a two hour walk, sometimes to the dog park but mainly along Crescent beach. After a 15 minute drive from their home, we walk…
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Its already more that two weeks since I left Gabriola to catch the Dukes Point ferry for the two hour sail to the Canadian mainland. It was a straight forward 30 minute drive from the Tsawwassen ferry Port, firstly dropping a friend at Vancouver International Airport, then straight onto Hwy 99 south for another 45…
Read MoreI’d caught the ferry from Gabriola to Nanaimo as a foot passenger to return an enlargement of a heron photo I’d take while living in Gabriola island last year. When I returned home last evening after collecting the well packaged 18″x24″ print. once home I unpacked it to find it had not been mounted. So…
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Well, I’m back in the tranquil island of Gabriola for almost six months. For those of you that didn’t know, I arrived in Nanaimo, Vancouver Island on November 3rd. My friend Ann met me at the airport to drive me to here home, the next day I collected the car I’d bought a year ago,…
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Setting sun over Greenland Tuesday 3rd November my day started at 4.30 am, my taxi to the airport at 5.30 for my flight to Gatwick. The last few days there had been long delays due to dense fog in the UK. Today is clear and all is on is on time, I even got…
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This morning, Saturday 31st October 2015, I woke very early thinking about my new venture, I plan to launch a webpage site with blogs and photo galleries recording my travels and forth coming adventures. My feelings at this time is not to be too wordy, too petty or boring……. Since traveling the last few years…
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