Tag: Kitimat
Waning summer super moon over Kitimat
A view from (the new Haisla) Bridge
Kitimat and the Haisla Nation officially opened the new Haisla Bridge over the Kitimat River on June 17, 2023.
Early summer is often a great time to photograph birds in the Kitimat Valley.
The Haisla Bridge Replacement Project, Girder Launching Ceremony, June 14. 2022. Pylons anchored deep into bedrock of the Kitimat River will soon be mounted with giant steel girders. The new bridge project is expected to be completed by spring, 2023, then the old bridge from 1953 with its familiar humming vibration on the old deck […]
A mink on a log. How I got the shot (plus some bald eagles)
It was a cool, over cast Saturday afternoon when I accompanied birders from the Kitimat Valley Naturalists on the monthly shorebird count. Just after we arrived at our first stop, the Kitamaat Village seawall and beach in Haisla traditional territory, I (and the others) saw something out of the corner of my eye, a flash […]
“It’s not a costume” Racism protest in Kitimat
On Monday, Nov. 1, 2021, a student at Kitimat’s Mount Elizabeth Middle Secondary School wore traditional regalia for picture day. At that time a teacher allegedly asked the student “What’s the costume.” This led to a protest against racism the following day by indigenous and non-indigenous students supported by members of the Haisla Nation and […]