The Royal Canadian Legion and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police lead the Canada Day parade in Kitimat, BC, July 1, 2012. (Robin Rowland) The Kitimat Marine Rescue Society’s Snowflake Responder in the Canada Day Parade. (Robin Rowland) Bechtel, which is building the Rio Tinto Alcan Kitimat Modernization Project had a small fleet of golf carts […]
The Kitimat Haisla Hill Climb (also known as the Dave Saunders Memorial Hill Climb) is a Canada Day tradition in Kitimat. two lane drag race for 400 feet up Haisla Hill (close to my house). So on the afternoon of June 30, wandered down from the house to watch the time trials. I had expected […]
One of the at least three families of stellar jays that live in the cedar trees at my house is bolder and smarter than the rest. Or maybe it’s a “point bird.” If I go out with a bag of seeds to refill the feeder, there is the harsh call of the stellar jay […]
Thursday January 19, 2012 was a frigid day in Kitimat, BC. It was -23 C with a windchill of -38. The warm fresh water from the Kitimat River, flowing into the harbour, was caught between the cold ocean water in the harbour and the frigid air, creating the sea smoke. Sea smoke usually hugs […]
A trumpeter swan feeds in the Kitimat River Oxbow, during the world wide annual Christmas bird count, Dec. 17, 2011. The reddish neck comes as the white feathers are stained by high levels of iron oxides in this part of the river as the swan dips into the river to feed. A view of the […]
For the past month or so, the weather in Kitimat has been miserable. Even long term residents say this fall (like the entire summer) has been unusually wet. It’s been snow, rain, snow, rain, snow rain for most of November. The culprit, according to the experts, is La Nina, which brought too much snow (even […]
It’s a Kitimat tradition that children lay wreathes on behalf of those who cannot attend the Remembrance Service. A young boy, preparing to lay his wreath, passes a Mountie at the cenotaph. Mounties, Cubs and Brownies. Members of the Kitimat Royal Canadian Legion. Marg Boggert, President of the Kitimat Royal Canadian Legion, Kitimat Mayor Joanne […]