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Gallery: British Columbia Landscapes

British Columbia Landscapes

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A small showcase of the great landscapes common in BC

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Peter van North
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August 23, 2012
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  1. West Vancouver’s Whytecliffe Park is a great place to spend a sunny afternoon. The park wraps around a protected bay which features Whyte islet shown in the foreground of this image. The rocky and barnacle encrusted causeway which joins White Islet to the mainland only emerges during low tide. The shallow bay is be...

  2. Lighthouse Park in West Vancouver is a 75-hectare park surrounded by the sea on three sides. It contains the last old growth coastal forest in the region and offers trails, rocky shorelines and towering Douglas fir and Western Red Cedar. This particular image was taken at Jack Pine point towards the North West. It was...

  3. This was taken a few minutes after sunrise with the sun just clearing the Cascade Mountains and lighting up the overnight haze and low lying fog patches. No retouching was done the color is close to reality. To see what the conditions were like about 15 minutes before this image was started, phase take a look at this...

  4. Mount Baker looms 70 kilometers southeast of Vancouver and on clear days it’s silhouette is a feature of the horizon at sunrise. It is the second most thermally active crater in the cascades after Mount St Helens. In the foreground the Lions gate Bridge connects the City of Vancouver and the cities of the North Sho...

  5. Minnekhada park provides a range of hikes and viewpoints and is an important wild bird sanctuary. This image was taken from the High Knoll situated on the east of the park. The conditions were a bit dull and gray with the treat of rain, but the view over the Fraser River was worth the hike. About the image: Taken ...

  6. This image is of Deep Cove on the North Shore of the Burrard Inlet. Deep cove is one of the few places where houses can be built right next to the beach. As a result properties tend to be large and expensive. The link below is to another image of Deep Cove taken from the north. gigapan.com/gigapans/83616...

  7. This image is of the North Shore of the Burrard Inlet showing the City of North Vancouver, Lonsdale quay and most of the north shore shipping terminals and ship building facilities. The backdrop is the north Shore Mountains, namely Cypress Mountain, Grouse Mountain and Mount Seymour. Lonsdale avenue runs from the qua...

  8. About the subject: This image is of the City of Vancouver seen from Lonsdale quay in North Vancouver. Many of the well-known Vancouver landmarks are visible including Canada Place, the Harbor Centre, the new Vancouver Convention Center and the tallest building in Vancouver, the Shangri-La hotel. While this particular...

  9. About the subject: The Stawamus Chief, or “The Chief”, as it is known in BC, is named after the First Nation village on the Squamish River. It is a 700 meter high granite monolith that dominates the town of Squamish on the Sea to Sky highway on the way to Whistler BC. The main vertical face is 450 meters high. Th...

  10. About the subject: The Fraser River valley in the area from Hope to New Westminster is a rich agricultural zone that is intensively farmed and which brings in over half of British Columbia's annual agricultural revenue. In the nineteenth century, steamboats plied the rivers and opened up the rout during the gold rush...

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