Tag: rain

Stormy weather at Minette Bay

Heavy rainstorm at Minette Bay,  Saturday, August 12, 2017 (Robin Rowland) This is a colour image, not black and white.  Sony Alpha 711 with Sony G    70-300 lens

Canada Day, Kitimat, BC, July 1, 2016

Two women dressed as suffragettes hold a Canadian flag during the Canada Day parade in Kitimat, July 1, 2016. The theme for the parade marked one hundred years of the woman’s vote in Canada. (Robin Rowland)   The parade began in heavy rain. (Robin Rowland) Mayor Phil Germuth wields water guns during the parade. Everyone […]

Remembrance Day, Kitimat, BC, November 11, 2015

A new plaque at the Kitimat cenotaph commemorates service in Afghanistan, see on Remembrance Day, November 11, 2015. (Robin Rowland) A member of the Royal Canadian Legion distributes poppies and programs before the Remembrance Day Service. (Robin Rowland) Before the “Guardians of Remembrance” service, someone left three red roses on the cenotaph. (Robin Rowland) A […]

Super tide on the Skeena

I had great plans for shooting the super moon and the eclipse blood moon on Sunday night, September 27. Unfortunately the ideal shot of the moon rising over our iconic Mt. Elizabeth (which I have captured in the past) was impossible, there was a storm blowing in, and the overcast was so heavy that dark […]

Christ the King Choir

Holiday season begins with Kitimat’s rain-drenched Festival of Lights

Hundreds of people (including lots of kids) turned out in a chilly, wet, West Coast November downpour on Saturday for Kitimat’s Festival of Lights, officially marking the start of the holiday season.   A construction truck created an arch of Christmas lights over Mountainview Square. (Robin Rowland)   Puddles reflected the lights as the rain […]

Canadian Coast Guard Gordon Reid

Canadian Coast Guard patrol vessel Gordon Reid, off Coste Island, Kitimat

The CCGS Gordon Reid, a Canadian Coast Guard offshore patrol vessel, is seen on a stormy, wet and windy Douglas Channel, off Coste Island, south of Kitimat, on Sunday, Oct. 5, 2014. The Gordon Reid is currently (as of 2200 Oct 17, 2014) towing the Russian container vessel Simushir which lost power off the coast […]