
A flock of Canada Geese fly over my backyard. (Robin Rowland)
Look closely and you will see the white head of a bald eagle perched in a tree at MK Bay, taken from MK Bay West Park.

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A great blue heron stalks the Kitimat waterfront at MK Bay in a stormy fall rain squall.

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Members of the Haisla Nation and people of Kitimat braved an Environment Canada storm warning with heavy rain and wind on September 30, 2021 to mark The National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.

Haisla elder Marilyn Furlan opened the proceedings with a prayer. (Robin Rowland)

Most participants wore orange to mark the other name, Orange Shirt Day. It marks the time an indigenous girl had an orange shirt taken away in a residential school. (Robin Rowland)

Marking Truth and Reconciliation in a rain storm. (Robin Rowland)

Sunny Stewart-Pollard helped organize the reconciliation event hosted by volunteers from the Haisla Nation and members of the Kitimat community. (Robin Rowland)

Barb Campbell watches the event. (Robin Rowland)

The tables with decorations and gifts represent all the holidays that children in residential schools missed. (Robin Rowland)


A boy waves a Truth and Reconciliation flag. (Robin Rowland)

Watching in the rain. Kitimat Counsellor Terry Marleau (second from right) and Mayor Phil Germuth (far right) (Robin Rowland)

Shelley Irene Bolton drums as she leads the Haisla Braid drummers and dancers. (Robin Rowland)


The sun did come out briefly for the Haisla Braid dancers and drummers. (Robin Rowland)

Three flocks of geese flew over the ceremony, the first and largest flock are snow geese, followed by a small group of Canada geese and then more snow geese.(Robin Rowland)

Geese fly over the ceremony. (Robin Rowland)

Musician and artist Arthur Renwick closed off the event with his own songs. (Robin Rowland)

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Tuesday, October 25, 2017 was a beautiful sunny afternoon after four days of storms, snow on Saturday and three days of heavy rain which reached more than 200 millimetres (about eight inches). The late fall sun was out but the Kitimat River was higher than usual. (Robin Rowland)



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Fall reflections at low tide at Minette Bay. (Robin Rowland)
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A windswept stunted tree on the shores of Kitamaat Village near the soccer field (Robin Rowland)