Posts tagged mountains
Native Peoples – Siksika
Jan 7th
A visit to the Siksika Nation — the Blackfoot of Alberta – is a journey that tells us much about how the “sense of place” of the Aboriginal, or First Nation, peoples of Canada.
The event was a community affair; we had been invited to attend the unofficial inauguration of the magnificent Siksika Nation-Blackfoot Crossing Historical Park Interpretive Centre. In many respects it was like an enormous family picnic during which a great deal of inter-generational bonding was going on.
On another level, it was a soft-spoken but triumphant celebration of thousands of years of Siksika history; a validation and reconfirmation of More >
Go West to Cortes
Dec 23rd
While other 20-year-olds were heading for the all-night discos of the Mediterranean, Hannah Abbott chose to Go West…
Cortes
A Mecca for East-coast Canadian travellers partial to a bit of peace and love, the islands off the West coast of British Columbia would have remained undiscovered for me were it not for a friend of a friend of a friend. Well, one island in particular: Cortes.
I spent a month there, variously staying with old friends, crashing at new friends’, sleeping under the stars, and living in a refurbished 1955 school bus. It’s just that kind of place.
We certainly got there in style. More >
Rocky Road
Dec 22nd
Stan Abbott determines the bare necessities of walking in the wild Rockies…
Stan surveys the magnificent view from Skoki Lodge
Canadians have a tip about how to distinguish grizzly bear droppings from those of the less aggressive black bear – the grizzly’s are the ones with bells in.
Bear bells are supposed to be worn by humans hiking in grizzly country, the idea being that a grizzly hearing the bells will make itself scarce, because it would rather avoid an encounter with people than eat them.
Parks Canada publishes Bears and People, a helpful little guide for backpackers, which makes the casual understatement that More >
