Sunday snow storm
March 16, 2026
An atmospheric river brought a late winter Sunday snow storm to Kitimat on March 15, 2026. The snow continued until late in the evening and then turned to heavy rain,
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Spring hike in old growth Kitimat River Provincial Park
April 7, 2024
On April 6, I took a spring hike in Kitimat River Provincial Park Kitimat River Park protects two parcels of small but highly productive old-growth Sitka spruce and red cedar forest on the natural floodplain and fluvial terraces of the Kitimat River. It also protects grizzly bear habitat and culturally modified trees The hike was […]
Fog on a Kitimat mountaintop
October 14, 2017
A windswept tree at Kitamaat Village
October 14, 2017
It’s been mostly a wet and foggy winter so far in Kitimat, known so far as Snow Valley. Looking out from my front window. I can see the low lying fog along the Kitimat River and Kitimat harbour, often totally obscuring Douglas Channel. Often the fog seems to hug the ground, meaning the tops […]
Smoke from wildfire blankets Kitimat
July 18, 2014
Updates with cause, Friday morning situation A wildfire broke out in the Strawberry Meadows neighborhood, about two kilometres south of Kitimat, around 4 p.m. on Thursday, July 17, 2014. Kitimat Fire and Rescue quickly responded to the call, setting up a command post at the back of the Oviatt Contracting construction yard which was […]
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.