Gabriolan.ca
Blog URL http://gabriolan.ca
Located Gabriola Island, British Columbia Canada
Tags Gabriola, island life, news, weather, local, Gulf Islands, Salish Sea
All about Gabriola Island: events, news, photos, history, books, and whatnot.
Latest Blog Posts
- Water everywhere! 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 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 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 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 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...
- Another birdhouse! on Nov 4, 2009 in Gabriola Island trails
A few weeks ago I spotted a birdhouse in the Gabriola woods. Odd that I hadn’t noticed it years ago, I thought, as the birdhouse did look as if it had been in place for ages. Then a friend noticed it as well, on her own. Had we both been hiking...
- Making ink from mushrooms on Nov 4, 2009 in mushrooms Coprinus comatus ink Shaggy Mane
You’ve seen Shaggy Mane mushrooms, and maybe you’ve fried some up for dinner, too. But did you know you can make ink out of them? Shaggy Manes (Coprinus comatus) are inky cap mushrooms. MushroomExpert.com explains about inky caps: Inky c...
