Fog bound Douglas Channel on a sunny May morning
May 2, 2016
It’s a beautiful sunny,late spring morning in Kitimat, BC. But look out at Kitimat harbour and Douglas Channel and you see its socked in with fog.
Category: spring
Devil’s club and skunk cabbage
April 29, 2016
There’s beauty in the forests of the Kitimat Valley, even if you’re a plant with the Latin name horridus. It’s also called the Devil’s Club and has very nasty spines on both the stem and the leaves. It’s related to the ginseng family and was used by coastal First Nations as a medicine for arthritis […]
Horsetails emerging…as they have for millions of years
April 9, 2016
Young horsetails (Equiseteum arvense) emerging in the late spring evoke a primeval world during my morning walk in Kitimat. (Robin Rowland)
Alders at Pine Creek, black and white
May 12, 2014
On May 11, 2014, the leaves were just emerging on the alders along Pine Creek, just outside Kitimat, BC.