Marie and I have many memories from our twelve years – 1976 through 1987 – as park rangers in Quetico. Fortunately we captured some of the people from these wonderful times on film.
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Photography
The 2008 World Cup, held in January at Canmore Alberta, drew many of the world’s top cross country skiers. The event was blessed with bright, sunny weather and cold, but not too cold, temperatures. There were four distance races: a 10km Skate race for women, a 15 km Skate race for men, a 15 km Pursuit for women and a 30km Pursuit for men.
View the Gallery ‘Canmore World Cup 2008 – Distance Races’
Sprints were held in both classic and skate techniques at this World Cup in Canmore, Alberta. Chandra Crawford won the skate sprint to the delight of an enthusiastic crowd in her home town.
View the Gallery ‘Canmore World Cup 2008 – Sprint Races’
Skiing action from a few Ontario Cup races held in Thunder Bay at the Lappe Nordic Centre and the Kamview Nordic Centre from 2006 to 2009.
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Canmore, Alberta was host to a World Cup from December 12-15 in 2005 and Canadian skiers showed they could compete successfully against the best in the world. Beckie Scott won a silver medal in the 10 skate race and she and Sara Renner skied to silver medal in the team sprint before a large, enthusiastic audience. These photos were taken on slide film and the slides were then digitalized to use on the website.
View the Gallery ‘2005 Canmore World Cup’
A collection of cross country photos from many venues and through many years. Photos were taken in Thunder Bay (Lappe Nordic Centre, Kamview Nordic Centre and one at Big Thunder) with the exception of photos from trails near Atikokan, Ontario.
View the Gallery ‘Cross Country Skiing in the Thunder Bay Area’
A photograph never captures the same image that the human eye sees. I have tried experimenting with very long exposures because they reveal aspects of moving water that aren’t apparent to the human eye.
View the Gallery ‘fast water – slowly’
Fossilized stromatolites can be found in a few locations northwestern Ontario. The fossilized stromatolites in the bedrock along the shore of Lake Superior between Rossport and Schreiber, Ontario are over two billion years old. A recent article about these stromatolites can be found in the November 2009 issue of Lake Superior Magazine. A less extensive, but easily accessible fossilized stromatolite, can be seen in a rockcut near Kakabeka Falls, Ontario
View the Gallery ‘Stromatolites in the Thunder Bay Area’