The Province of British Columbia is located on the west coast of Canada. This region has some of the most beautiful natural waterways and scenery in the world.
There is a plaque at one point on Lake Okanogan that reads: "Before the unimaginative white man came, the fearsome lake monster N'ha·a·itk was well-known to the superstitious Indians. His home was Squally Point. Small animals were carried in the canoes to appease the serpent. Ogopogo is still seen each year,
A retired Victoria marine biologist believes an enormous, humped sea serpent plies the waters of the Pacific Coast. Edward Bousfield is in relentless pursuit of an elusive marine serpent, the Cadborosaurus. Since the report of a sighting in Cadboro Bay, Victoria, in 1933 (hence Cadborosaurus, the lizard of Cadboro Bay), dozens
Have you ever wondered why the Alaska / Canadian British Columbia border looks so very odd, what with a slim panhandle running one third of the way down the BC coast? Alaska was once owned by Russia. Their right was based on the establishment of fur trading locations at places
At the turn of the last century, D’Arcy Island, a remote patch of land off Vancouver Island, was prison to a handful of Chinese people suffering from leprosy. They were marooned there to die. Today, the island is a park, its history buried with the forgotten Chinese men — and
On March 27, 1964, North America suffered its strongest earthquake this century. The result became known as The Great Tsunami of 1964. The epicentre of the quake was located 1300 kilometres north of Prince Rupert, British Columbia, off the coast of Anchorage, Alaska. The quake, which registered 8.5 on the
The onslaught of thousands of people into the Cariboo gold fields of the 1860's was by most accounts, from the law & order standpoint, pretty peaceful compared to the California rush a few years earlier. This fact can be attributed in part to a few good government officials. Chief of
Emerald Lake, near Field British Columbia, is a beautiful site. Formed by the thrusting of the mountain ranges and filled with glacial run-off, the surface of Emerald Lake glistens with the blue-green hue of an emerald. During the early days of the transcontinental railway, which joined Canada from coast-to-coast, the
The Princess May (first named Cass, then later, Arthur, Cass (again), Ningchow, and Hating) was 249 feet (76 m) long, 33-foot (10 m) beam, 18-foot (5.5 m) depth of hold, 1717 gross and 1394 registered tons. She was driven by 3 engines driving three propellers. Built in 1888, The Princess May was designed
The Vanlene left Japan in 1972 with its holds filled with 300 Dodge Colts. It traveled east towards Washington State without the services of radar and radio direction finders. They even had a faulty depth finder. It made its was, unknowingly in to the area of Vancouver Island, some 200
Doreen Ashburnham was born May 13, 1905 in the County of Sussex, England. Growing up, Doreen was considered to fragile for the harsh English climate, so her parents moved to Canada! Excuse me for chuckling a bit, but does anyone else find that logic a tad amusing?Well, the amiable climate
