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Latest Blog Posts from Gabriola Island, BC
- Cougar on Gabriola by Gabriolan.ca on Nov 21, 2009 in Gabriola Island wildlife
Do you know there’s a cougar on Gabriola? That’s what my friend asked tonight when she called to warn me about it. Apparently a cougar has been spotted near the Daniel Way area. Yipes. If you don’t know how to prevent a cougar attac...
- Water everywhere! by Gabriolan.ca on Nov 20, 2009 in Gabriola Island weather
If you’re thinking of going for a stroll in the woods, wear your gumboots: whole sections of the Gabriola forest are now flooded. And those old logging roads? Ha! Many of them look like this.
- Gabriola petroglyph by Gabriolan.ca on Nov 18, 2009 in First Nations petroglyph
We’ve got lots of petroglyphs on Gabriola; this is one a friend pointed out in the woods last week. I’m glad we have all those petroglyph reproductions at the Gabriola Museum, but it’s way more fun to come across a real petroglyph i...
- Forest face by Gabriolan.ca on Nov 18, 2009 in trails
The other day I walked in woods I don’t know very well, because hunters were shooting at deer in the place where I usually hike. (!) Anyway. In unfamiliar forest, I followed what looked like a trail until it betrayed me by not being a trail at...
- Gabriola ferry not going anywhere by Gabriolan.ca on Nov 17, 2009 in ferries BC Ferries
(Ferry update: fixed.) Anybody know what’s up with the ferry this morning? BC Ferries says: Please be advised that the Bowen Queen is currently holding in Descanso Bay (Gabriola Island) until further notice. The thing I hate about these BC Fe...
- Mystery in a puddle by Gabriolan.ca on Nov 16, 2009 in trails
Some folks have tempests in teapots. On Gabriola we have mysteries in puddles, like this one: a friend spotted hundreds of these things floating in a puddle in the middle of a trail. What on earth could they be? They’re just little things R...
