Canada: HaidaGwaii - Queen Charlotte Islands
Decaying Totem Poles at Skidans are visual reminders of the original natives who inhabited the villages in Haida Gwaii (Queen Charlotte Islands) off Canada's west coast. The Haida have inhabited the islands for over 10,000 years and were nearly wiped out in the 19th century by European diseases when traders arrived in the area and infected them with smallpox. Memorial poles are testimony to the culture that once thrived in these islands. For more information visit ontopoftheworld.net and check out episode #43 in the Railway Adventures across Canada category.
Haida Totem Pole Raising, Old Massett, Haida Gwaii, Queen Charlotte Islandsl
Sea Kayaking Gwaii Haanas National Park - Burnaby Island to Ninstints
Sea kayaking the southern section of Gwaii Haanas National Park and Haida Heritage Site between Burnaby Island and Anthony Island (Ninstints). It's an area known for it's rugged beauty, excellent wildlife viewing opportunities, and spectacular campsites. For detaisl on this kayak tour visit
Haida Gwaii Wild
The remoteness of Haida Gwaii and the pulse of the pacific swell lure the adventurous traveler into the wild of Haida Gwaii.
Film: Braid Films
Music: Wonders of Nature by Olive Musique
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Winter Steelhead Haida Gwaii
The Frontier Farwest crew headed back to Haida Gwaii for the winter fishing steelhead.
Fukushiuma: 2015 Underwater Combo Louise Narrows Haida Gwaii BC Canada
Combo underwater & Tidal Pool footage pictures from Fukushima Expedition For Life in Hadia Gwaii formerly know as The Queen Charlotte Island in B.C. Canada . We see a eradication of marine species along the shore lines and tidal pools and underwater footage show just a handful of species mainly young left in the intertidal sub zones . Louise Narrows Pictures Page 1 -
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A Living Legacy: Canada's Pacific North Coast
The David Suzuki Foundation and John Butler take you on an journey to one of Canadas most productive and diverse ecosystems.
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EARTHQUAKE ALERT - 7.7 Magnitude Strikes Queen Charlotte Islands
UPDATE #5: TSUNAMI ADVISORY CANCELLED FOR ALASKA
UPDATE #4: TSUNAMI WARNING FOR SOUTHERN ALASKA & HAWAII, TSUNAMI ADVISORY FOR CANADIAN WEST COAST,
UPDATE #3: TSUNAMI ADVISORY EXTENDED TO NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, OREGON / WARNINGS STILL IN AFFECT FOR BRITISH COLUMBIA & ALASKA
UPDATE #2: TSUNAMI WARNINGS EXTEND SOUTH TO US/CANADA BORDER; TSUNAMI WARNING IN EFFECT FOR HAWAII
UPDATE: Local Tsunami Warning Issued
A shallow, moderate, 7.7 magnitude earthquake has struck the Queen Charlotte Islands. The Queen Charlotte Islands are located off the coast of British Columbia, Canada. No immediate reports of injuries or damage was reported (Earthquake was reported 40 minutes from when this video was uploaded).
Extreme NE Tip of the Queen Charlotte's - Haida Gwaii - Rose Spit
Enjoying Rose Spit NE TIP of the Queen Charlotte's - Haida Gwaii.
Location: Rose Spit, Haida Gwaii, Queen Charlotte Islands
Date: August 2014
Temperature: 19 Degrees Celsius
Company: 2 People
Transportation: Drive + Hike
Equipment: GoPro HERO 3+
Comox Harbour
Here is a short video of the walkway in Comox down by the harbour.
WILDERNESS and WILDLIFE
Video collection of the wilderness and wildlife in Northern British Columbia Canada.
This is a very small sample of what's out in the wilds of BC and a lot of the Province is remote and still very wild. With every day stress this is a very well needed break from it all with nothing but the beauty of the wilderness and all the
sounds of being in the forest.
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Haida Gwaii's Nearly Lost Language Documented on Film
In Ben Greene’s sensitive portrayal of life on Haida Gwaii, a remote mountainous archipelago at the edge of Canada’s Pacific coast, he comes to understand the importance of language to Haida culture. His film, Survival Prayer, screened at the 2014 Banff Mountain Film Festival.
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Salmon fishing BC coast
Commercial salmon fishing on the BC coast, from the top of the Queen Charlotte Islands to Johnstone Strait Vancouver Island to Steveston Vancouver. 2014
THE TOTEM POLE: AN INTERCULTURAL HISTORY
By Aldona Jonaitis and Aaron Glass
Writing a poem is like trying to describe a totemic column which passes right through and beyond the world. We see it, but its existence is elsewhere. -Stanley Diamond, Totems
The Northwest Coast totem pole captivates the imagination. From the first descriptions of these tall carved monuments, totem poles have become central icons of the Northwest Coast region and symbols of its Native inhabitants. Although many of those who gaze at these carvings assume that they are ancient artifacts, the so-called totem pole is a relatively recent artistic development, one that has become immensely important to Northwest Coast people and has simultaneously gained a common place in popular culture from fashion to the funny pages.
The Totem Pole reconstructs the intercultural history of the art form in its myriad manifestations from the eighteenth century to the present. Aldona Jonaitis and Aaron Glass analyze the totem pole's continual transformation since Europeans first arrived on the scene, investigate its various functions in different contexts, and address the significant influence of colonialism on the proliferation and distribution of carved poles. The authors also describe their theories on the development of the art form: its spread from the Northwest Coast to world's fairs and global theme parks; its integration with the history of tourism and its transformation into a signifier of place; the role of governments, museums, and anthropologists in collecting and restoring poles; and the part that these carvings have continuously played in Native struggles for control of their cultures and their lands.
Short essays by scholars and artists, including Robert Davidson, Bill Holm, Richard Hunt, Nathan Jackson, Vickie Jensen, Andrea Laforet, Susan Point, Charlotte Townsend-Gault, Lyle Wilson, and Robin Wright, provide specific case studies of many of the topics discussed, directly illustrating the various relationships that people have with the totem pole.
Aldona Jonaitis is director emerita of the University of Alaska Museum of the North and professor at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. An art historian who has published widely on Native American art, she is the author of Art of the Northwest Coast and Looking North: Art from the University of Alaska Museum, among other titles.
Aaron Glass is an assistant professor at the Bard Graduate Center in New York City, where he teaches anthropology of art, museums, and material culture. He has published on visual art, media, and performance among First Nations on the Northwest Coast and has produced the documentary film In Search of the Hamat'sa: A Tale of Headhunting.
Catalina flying boat G-PBYA
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The Consolidated PBY Catalina or “Catalina flying boat” was the most widely used seaplane during World War Two. PBYs were used in anti-submarine warfare, patrol bombing, convoy escorts, search and rescue missions (especially air-sea rescue), and cargo transport.
The PBY was the most numerous aircraft of its kind and the last active military PBYs were not retired from service until the 1980s. Over 80 years after its first flight, the PBY continues to fly as a water-bomber (or air-tanker) in aerial firefighting operations all over the world. This video was taken at the 2017 Flying Legends airshow.
G-PBYA was originally ordered for the Royal Canadian Air Force as a Canso A amphibian, basically equivalent to the US Navy PBY-5A. It was built by Canadian Vickers at Cartierville, Quebec and was allocated their constructors number CV-283 before adopting the RCAF serial 11005. It was taken on charge by the air force on 27 October 1943 and initially saw service with 9 (Bomber Reconnaissance) Squadron at Bella Bella on the British Columbia coast between Vancouver and Prince Rupert. It was on their inventory from November to the following August. 9 Squadron had been based at Bella Bella for some time prior to the arrival of Cansos, having operated Supermarine Stranraers there. The Cansos were mainly operated from water despite their amphibious undercarriages and were used on day and night patrols, looking out for enemy submarines. By mid-1944, the threat of a Japanese invasion of Western Canada had receded and it was decided to disband 9 Squadron and close the station at Bella Bella. The Cansos, including 11005, were flown to Alliford Bay in the Queen Charlotte Islands, also in British Columbia, and transferred to 7 (BR) Squadron in August. The job was the same – anti-submarine patrols mostly – and 11005 remained with 7 Sqn until it too was disbanded on 25 July 1945. During this period of 11005’s service, it would have flown with an overall matt white hull and upper surfaces, the lower hull being gloss white.
With the war over, 11005 was no longer required in its originally intended role and it entered a period of storage at Moose Jaw before being converted to a freighter in 1948. Subsequently, 11005 flew with 413 Survey (Transport) squadron and, later, with 121 CU/CR Flight. It flew photographic reconnaissance missions surveying the Arctic regions, search-and-rescue and flood relief supply flights. In April 1949, it was re-designated 413 S(T) Squadron until, at the end of October 1950, it was disbanded. 11005 then passed on to 121 (Search & Rescue) Flight at Sea Island, Vancouver with whom it would have carried the hull code QT-005. It was finally struck off military charge on 25 May 1961. Purchased for civilian work it was used for firefighting pest control, general freight and fuel hauling and photographic/geophysical surveys.
The Catalina was eventually purchased by Plane Sailing Air Displays, there followed a long period of work on the aircraft to make it ready for the long ferry flight to the UK. The crew, Paul Warren Wilson, Rod Brooking and Garry Short flew to Duxford, to be met by a small band of dedicated crew and supporters, almost outnumbered by representatives from the aviation press, radio and TV!
Following its triumphant arrival at Duxford, it flew at a good number of airshows during the 2004 season, its first being a long flight down to Biscarosse in south-west France where it not only performed impeccably in the air but also made several flights from water, its first for many a year. At the end of the 2004 show season, C-FNJF entered a period of overhaul and preparation for British registry as G-PBYA and it was re-registered as such on November 19th, 2004. The start of the 2005 season saw G-PBYA still flying in its bright yellow, red and green colours. In May, it flew the short distance from Duxford to Cambridge where it was repainted in its current scheme representing a wartime USAAF OA-10A Catalina 44-33915 of the 8th Air Force 5th Emergency Rescue Squadron at Halesworth, Suffolk. It has now, like it’s Plane Sailing predecessor, become an established and hugely participant at air displays throughout Europe.
The Catalina is operated by Plane Sailing Air Displays Limited on behalf of Catalina Aircraft Limited which is made up of a number of shareholders. The enterprise is supported by its own ‘fan club’ – The Catalina Society.
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[KensBlog] Shoal Bay to Port McNeill
I have a saying that goes with my blog... (kensblog.com)
When things are going well, I win and the blog is boring. When the poo hits the fan, I lose and the blog is exciting.
Well ... the good news with this video is that I finally won a round!
Thus .. a boring video. It just shows the bay we anchored in, and how smooth Johnstone Strait was, despite our having been promised the trip from hell.
Oh well...
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The Walbran Valley's Castle Grove - Canada's Finest Old-Growth Cedar Forest
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The endangered Castle Grove is the finest stand of unprotected monumental ancient redcedars in Canada - it is the largest, densest, and most intact of such remaining stands. The Lower Castle Grove includes the Castle Giant, an enormous, 16 foot (5 meter) diameter western redcedar that is one of the largest trees in Canada, and both the Lower and Upper Castle Grove are jam-packed with a high density of enormous trees. Marbled murrelets, screech owls, Queen Charlotte goshawks, red- legged frogs, cougars, black bears, and black-tailed deer all live in the Upper Castle Grove, while steelhead and coho salmon spawn in the Walbran River below. Most of western Vancouver Island including the Walbran Valley is within the territory of the Nuu-cha-nulth First Nations people.
In the summer of 2012 survey tape for logging was discovered in the Upper Castle Grove. However, after a large-scale public awareness and mobilization campaign led by the Ancient Forest Alliance, the BC government announced in November that the company, Teal-Jones, had rescinded its plans to log the grove. Now, follow-up legal protection is needed for this incredible forest.
The Castle Grove has been featured in numerous media reports on BC's old-growth forests for over two decades, including the front pages of the Victoria Times Colonist and in the Vancouver Sun. The Walbran Valley was the focus of early protests against old-growth logging in 1991 and 1992, playing an important role in the build-up towards the massive Clayoquot Sound protests near Tofino on Vancouver Island in 1993.
In the spring of 2011, the BC Liberal government promised to implement a new legal tool to protect the province's largest trees and monumental groves. Of all places where such a designation would make most sense, it would be in the Castle Grove. However, more importantly, more comprehensive ecosystem-level protection for our old-growth forests on a much larger scale is fundamentally needed. The Ancient Forest Alliance is calling on the BC Liberal government and the NDP Opposition to commit to implementing a BC Old-Growth Strategy that will inventory and protect old-growth forests wherever they are scarce (such as on Vancouver Island, in the Lower Mainland, in the BC Interior, etc.). The AFA is also calling on the BC Liberal government to ensure the sustainable logging of second-growth forests, which constitute most of the forests in southern BC, and to ensure a guaranteed log supply for BC mills and value-added wood manufacturers by ending the export of raw logs to foreign mills.
Filmed and edited by TJ Watt. Camera - Canon 5D MKII.
Music: Solo Acoustic Guitar by Jason Shaw (
ISAR 2001 Vancouver (English)
International Search and Rescue Competition held in Vancouver in 2001. For more information, visit ccga-gcac.org (more)
Canadian Islands You Have To Visit
Canadian Islands You Have To Visit
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Finding the Island Life in Canada
There is something captivating about islands. Not only do they stand alone against the wind and water, divorced from the comforts of the mainland, but their inhabitants too have a special constitution that drives them to live a relatively isolated life.
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Prince Edward Island
Prince Edward Island (PEI) is the only province of Canada to have no land boundary.
One of Canada's older settlements, PEI still reflects the country's heritage, with Celtic, Anglo-Saxon and French descendants comprising a large part of the 140,000 people that live there.
Famous especially as the setting for L.M. Montgomery?s landmark first novel about the red-haired orphan, Anne of Green Gables, Prince Edward Island's tourism is still largely dependent on visiting Anne fans.
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Vancouver Island, British Columbia
Known for its rugged, diverse and beautiful geography, moderate climate and unhurried way of life, Vancouver Island sits just off the mainland of British Columbia. A fact that can be confusing is that Vancouver Island is home to the provincial capital of Victoria, but not the province's most populous city, Vancouver.
Vancouver Island fits an island stereotype in that it attracts artists, craftspeople, nature lovers and other people seeking a less hectic pace of life.
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Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia
Located at the tip of Nova Scotia, Cape Breton is part of this maritime province but has an identity very much its own.
Famous for its Celtic heritage, which visitors may enjoy through the music, food and charm of the people, Cape Breton is also home to one of the world's most beautiful drives: the Cabot Trail, as well as the Fortress of Louisbourg National Historic Site, an in-tact fortress, once one of the busiest harbours in North America and key to France's trade and military strength.
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Fogo Island, Newfoundland and Labrador
Fogo Island sits at the edge of Canada, off the east coast of Newfoundland and Labrador. First settled by English and Irish in the 17th century, Fogo Island was an important fishery until the 1950s when it fell on hard times. Due to intervention from a number of sources, the island avoided resettlement and in fact has had a striking renaissance as an artists community and travel destination.
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Manitoulin Island, Ontario
Manitoulin Island is the world's largest freshwater Island. There are more than two dozen small settlements, first nations and towns spread out across more than 160 kilometers of boreal forest, lakes, rivers, shorelines, escarpments, meadows and alvars.
The people and the communities have emerged through a history as colourful and complex as any in Canada – from the fur trade to free trade, from the ice age to the new age.
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Magdalene Islands, Quebec
The Magdalene Islands are in the heart of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence, and famous for their sand dunes, red sandstone cliffs and undulating landscape. The Maggies, as they are affectionately known comprise a unique mash up of Acadian, Mi’kmaq and English cultures. Foodies, nature lovers, photographers and local craft enthusiasts will all love a visit here.
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Haida Gwaii, British Columbia
Haida Gwaii (formerly the Queen Charlotte Islands) is an archipelago on British Columbia's north coast. These 450 islands that lie 80km west of the BC coast are largely protected lands and inhabited by Indigenous Peoples. They attract visitors for their abundant and rare wildlife species, flora and fauna and the seductive Haida culture and heritage.
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Spirit Island, Alberta
Spirit Island is the understated, yet perfect finale to that concludes the cruise that bears its name, crossing the glacial waters of Maligne Lake in Jasper, Alberta. The 90 minute boat ride immerses its passengers in a majestic Rocky Mountain landscape, but it is the lone island - small but enduring, isolated but tied tenuously to land - that captures our imagination and makes it a favourite for photographers.
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Baffin Island, Nunavut
The largest island in Canada and the fifth largest island in the world, Baffin Island is a sweeping Arctic landscape that offers a plethora of northern wonders to those adventurous enough to travel there.
With a population of only 11,000 people, Baffin Island, in Nunavut, Canada's newest territory, is vast and sparsely populated - mostly by Inuit people. Accessed only by boat or plane, visitors can have a truly unique, remote experience in which they encounter an environment and wildlife unlike any they've encountered before.
The Inuit people who live here value sharing as one of the most important characteristics and warmly welcome visitors.