Category: BC Wildlife

• Magnificent Elk

  

  Ahhhh… blue skies and sunshine after a night of Spring rain. Though rain should be expected, after all we are camped in a rainforest, in the Nimpkish Valley, on a nameless lake simply described as beautiful! We were greeted by a wift of a breeze carrying the coolness & fragrance of new evergreen growth… soothing…

  Gordon Patterson

  July 9, 2022

  BC Wildlife, Rainforest

  big trees, camping, Canada, Hiking, Nimpkish Valley, North Vancouver Island, old growth forest, Outdoor Adventure, outdoor recreation, Port Hardy, Port McNeill, Rainforest, Roosevelt Elk, trout, Vancouver Island, wildlife

• Douglas-Fir Flowers

  

  Douglas Fir flowers, a natural wonder of Nature

  Gordon Patterson

  May 6, 2022

  BC Wildlife, Rainforest

  big trees, Canada, Douglas-Fir, Douglas-Fir Flowers., Hiking, Nimpkish Valley, North Vancouver Island, old growth forest, Outdoor Adventure, outdoor recreation, outdoors, Port Hardy, Port McNeill, Rainforest, Vancouver Island

• Dancing With Vultures

  

  Vultures, amazing avian environmentalists!

  Gordon Patterson

  April 3, 2022

  BC Wildlife

  big trees, camping, Canada, Hiking, Hiking Vancouver Island, Mark Gunti, Nimpkish Valley, North Vancouver Island, Outdoor Adventure, outdoor recreation, outdoors, Port Hardy, Port McNeill, Rainforest, turkey vulture, Vancouver Island, vulture, wildlife

• A Short Day on the Trail

  

  A hike in a British Columbia rainforest

  Gordon Patterson

  March 30, 2022

  BC Wildlife

  big trees, Canada, Hiking, Nimpkish Valley, North Vancouver Island, old growth forest, Outdoor Adventure, outdoors, Port Hardy, Port McNeill, Rainforest, recreation, Vancouver Island, wildlife

• Wool Pants & Suspenders

  

  Outdoor reflections from a Northern Camp

  Gordon Patterson

  March 2, 2022

  BC Wildlife

  bear, camping, Canada, fishing, gold mining, Hiking, hunting, manson creek, moose, northern British Columbia, omineca, Outdoor Adventure, outdoors, suspenders, trout, wall tent, wilderness, wildlife, wool pants

• Glimpse of the (Gwa’dzi) Quatse River

  

  Photos of North Vancouver Island’s Quatse River and Black Bears in Port Hardy’s Backyard.

  Gordon Patterson

  February 22, 2022

  BC Wildlife

  big trees, black bear, Canada, Hiking, merganser, North Vancouver Island, old growth forest, Outdoor Adventure, outdoor recreation, Port Hardy, Port McNeill, Quatse River, Rainforest, salmon, Vancouver Island, wildlife

• Glimpse of Nimpkish Valley

  

  A view of the Nimpkish Valley along Highway 19, in the heart of North Vancouver Island.

  Gordon Patterson

  February 6, 2022

  BC Wildlife

  big trees, Nimpkish Valley, old growth forest, Rainforest, recreation, Vancouver Island

• Visitors to Hardy Bay

  

  Brief photo and story view of Hardy Bay’s shore birds, Port Hardy, North Vancouver Island.

  Gordon Patterson

  February 2, 2022

  BC Wildlife

  Black Bellied Plover, Great Blue Heron, Greater Yellow Legs, North Vancouver Island, Port Hardy

• Pleasures in Still Waterways

  

  Beautiful pristine lake hide-a-ways on North Vancouver Island… and relaxed conversations with a Cutthroat Trout

  Gordon Patterson

  January 31, 2022

  BC Wildlife

  Cutthroat Trout, Nimpkish Valley, North Vancouver Island, Port Hardy, Port McNeill, Rainforest

• Nature’s Rare Frozen Marvel

  

  Photos and story of Natures rare remarkable hair-like strands of ice

  Gordon Patterson

  January 30, 2022

  BC Wildlife

  Hair Ice, Hiking Vancouver Island, Port Hardy, Port McNeill, Quatse River, Rainforest