Harvest moon in black and white
October 10, 2025
I converted the colour harvest moon photos I took on Octoer 9 to black and white, creating dramatic inages.
Author: Robin Rowland
Harvest Moon
October 9, 2025
October’s full moon is known as the Harvest Moon. With Kitimat finally experiencing clear skies, it was my opporunity to shoot, mainly with my new Sony 400-800 lens. I captured the full Harvest Moon rising on the evening of October 7. This is a colour image. October 8 was cloudy with sunny breaks and overcast […]
Honouring survivors of residential schools
October 1, 2025
The Hailsa Nation and the Kitimat community gathered at Riverlodge on September 30, 2025, the National Day for Truth and Reconciliaton, also known as Orange Shirt Day, to honour the survivors of residential schools and hear their stories. One of the speakers told the audience that there is a need to honour all survivors of […]
After the storm
September 28, 2025
It was a stormy night and early morning on September 27, when I went to Haisla to photograph the unveiling of the legacy pole. I noticed that the storm had uprooted a tree and it had somehow become planted in Douglas Channel just off the village dyke. The sun had come out for the pole […]
Unveiling the Haisla Legacy Pole
September 27, 2025
On Saturday, September 27, 2025, members of the Haisla Nation, residents of Kitimat and officials from Rio Tinto came together in Haisla, the Kitamaat Village, c̓imauc̓a, to unveil an aluminum totem pole that recounts the origin story of the Haisla. To honour the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, Haisla Nation and Rio Tinto came […]
Sunny September at Minette Bay West Park
September 10, 2025
Sunny September afternoon at Kitimat’s Minette Bay West Park, Sept. 9. Still water at high tide, plus great blue herons.
Blood red moon and super flare
September 3, 2025
On the evening of September 2, the 70 per cent waxing gibbous moon appeared blood red due to high smoke from the BC interior wildfires and the large LNG Canada flare. There was a single flare during the time when it was still daylight at 8:10 pm. When I went out again at between 9:31 […]