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Tree Island
Another interesting example of a name change is a small island near the tip of Denman Island off the coast of Vancouver Island. I think it was called Tree Island. The new aboriginal name has a number 7 in it. Again, I think the name change is great but I don’t know how to pronounce…
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Osoyoos Waterfront
The three photos below were taken along the Osoyoos waterfront in the morning. Osoyoos is in the middle of Osoyoos lake where the lake narrows. You aren’t seeing the other side of the lake in the photos. The lake is much larger. What you are seeing is a ‘spit’ – originally called Haynes Point Provincial…
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Similkameen Valley
Two shots taken of the Siimilkumeen River on the way in. I would have liked to take more but no obvious place to stop. Still a lot of smoke in the valley.
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Beaver Pond, Manning Park
We stopped at a Beaver Pond in Manning Park for a walk but we were having a hard time breathing because of the smoke so we had to cut it short. The last photo especially shows the smoke amongst the trees and the outline of a mountain that you can barely see.
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Addendum – First trip to Europe
My first trip to Europe was before I met Julie. Kim was 16 at the time and we brought along her friend Sarah. Before we went, Kim and I went over to Sarah’s place to talk it over with her parents. Sarah’s Dad was from Bordeaux so as part of the trip we decided to…
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