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You can read the article here about this little boy who doesn't know how lucky he is.
This is one of our province's major rivers, and is both swift and cold.
The above image is taken from Google Earth, and shows the place where the little boy began his trip down the river. The river is flowing away from the viewer, toward the distant horizon. The bridge in this photo is the bridge at Taylor, B.C., on the Alaska Highway.
Looking toward Point Grey and University of British Columbia, from Ambleside Park in West Vancouver.
There's a patch of it in the park, beside the newly-paved bike path.
On nice warm days like today, this is a very popular spot to see and be seen.
Most pictures of this are taken from the far end, where the main road comes into it, and where the switchyard and powerhouse access is located. Thanks to the new features of Google Earth, we can 'fly' over it, and view it from other directions. This is looking down at it from a northwesterly position, at an altitude of about 10,000 feet. Once upon a time, many years ago, I worked there. When this was first built, it was one of the 25 largest dams in the world, and it still puts out a lot of power. Using this view we get a better impression of why its original name was Portage Mountain. The mountain is just beyond it.
Top: Flowers in the little park with the floral clock in West Vancouver. The clock itself is getting a make-over, so it isn't much to look at just now, but the flowers around it are.
Bottom: At another waterfront park in West Van, I took two photos of the bridge, and then spliced them together. It came out not too badly. Click inside it to enlarge it.
This is a view from the northwest, with Blackcomb on the left and Whistler on the right. The highway to and from Vancouver enters the village on the right, and these two peaks are now joined by a peak-to-peak gondola system.
Looking toward Point Grey and University of British Columbia, from Ambleside Park in West Vancouver.
There's a patch of it in the park, beside the newly-paved bike path.
On nice warm days like today, this is a very popular spot to see and be seen.
Most pictures of this are taken from the far end, where the main road comes into it, and where the switchyard and powerhouse access is located. Thanks to the new features of Google Earth, we can 'fly' over it, and view it from other directions. This is looking down at it from a northwesterly position, at an altitude of about 10,000 feet. Once upon a time, many years ago, I worked there. When this was first built, it was one of the 25 largest dams in the world, and it still puts out a lot of power. Using this view we get a better impression of why its original name was Portage Mountain. The mountain is just beyond it.
Top: Flowers in the little park with the floral clock in West Vancouver. The clock itself is getting a make-over, so it isn't much to look at just now, but the flowers around it are.
This is a view from the northwest, with Blackcomb on the left and Whistler on the right. The highway to and from Vancouver enters the village on the right, and these two peaks are now joined by a peak-to-peak gondola system.
