Douglas Channel from MK Bay in black and white
May 4, 2014
Waddle Creek flowing into the Kitimat Arm of Douglas Channel, near high tide at MK Bay, May 4, 2014.
Author: Robin Rowland
Residents of Kitimat, BC, voted “No” Saturday, April 12 in a plebiscite that sort of asked them if they supported the Enbridge Northern Gateway pipeline and tanker terminal project. The vote was 1,793 opposed versus 1,278 who supported the project — 58.4 per cent to 41.6 per cent. The plebiscite called by the District of […]
The sun sets over the Rio Tinto Alcan Kitimat Modernization Project construction site March 4, 2014. (Robin Rowland) Updated (below) with the arrival of the Delta Spirit Lodge. On March 4, 2014, Rio Tinto Alcan organized the first media tour of the $3.3 billion construction project since the announcement in December 2011 that the project […]
Kitimat River and Sand Hill, sunset, February 20, 2014
February 20, 2014
The sun sets over the Kitimat River and the snow covered Sand Hill, in Kitimat, BC, February 20, 2014. Converted to black and white using Perfect Effects 8 to emulate Ilford FP4125, with some highlights and shadow enhancement. (Robin Rowland) Original image. The sun sets over the Kitimat River and the snow covered Sand Hill, […]
Remembrance Day 2013 in Kitimat, BC
November 12, 2013
The annual Remembrance Day ceremony at the Kitimat Cenotaph attracted a larger crowd in the cold this November 11, probably because there are now more people in town. Another addition were participants from Kitimat’s new army cadet corps. Above Legion Member Merle Archer salutes after reading “In Flanders Fields” during the Remembrance Day Ceremony at […]
The mushroom field
October 20, 2013
On a bright fall afternoon walking along Lahakas Boulevard in Kitimat, I came across a stretch of green, with all different kinds of mushrooms in just a few metres of ground. This group of mushrooms sort of reminded me perhaps of a house on an alien world. The mushroom field. The same group of mushrooms […]
Fall colours along the Skeena
October 18, 2013
The falls colours along the Skeena can be fleeting. For a while the cottonwoods are changing, while the alders remain green or begin to change to yellow. A few days later, the time I drove along the Skeena in the middle of October 2013, the tall black cottonwoods have quickly lost their leaves, while the […]