Recreation

Spring, summer, fall or winter—there’s always something interesting to do in northern BC.

🔍Read Full ArticleSlow

Slow

🕔Dec 04, 2018

The photographic eye of Talon Gillis is always on point. As an adventurer, Gillis gravitates toward self-propelled travel and his take on “slow” reflects this tendency as well as his love and passion for the landscapes of northern BC. We pair the final photo in this segment with a poem from Paul Glover, Watching Paint Dry.

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🔍Read Full ArticleCarrying Cultures

Carrying Cultures

🕔Dec 04, 2018

When we are forced to carry a heavy load at foot pace, we view the world differently. Dave Quinn makes a compelling case for the carrying cultures of the world, and for us here in the North to take advantage of our remaining road-free landscapes.

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🔍Read Full ArticleA Simple Boat Repair

A Simple Boat Repair

🕔Dec 03, 2018

Sometimes the “quick fix” takes a whole lot longer than we’d hoped it would. Patrick Williston spills blood, tears, and laughter as he works on his family’s sailboat.

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🔍Read Full ArticleTo Break, or Not to Break…Trail

To Break, or Not to Break…Trail

👤Morgan Hite 🕔Dec 03, 2018

As snow falls and the holiday season approaches, do our hearts not turn to thoughts of snowshoeing? Whether you are a neophyte or a seasoned guru, opportunities abound around Smithers.

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🔍Read Full ArticleSmall Flower, Big Problem

Small Flower, Big Problem

👤Amanda Follett Hosgood 🕔Sep 10, 2018

Investigating invasive plants in northern BC

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🔍Read Full ArticleColour of the Water

Colour of the Water

👤Paul Glover 🕔Sep 10, 2018

Sometimes adventures take a strange turn and, when they do, they etch themselves firmly in your memories—including the colours. Paul Glover takes us on a trip down the Nass, and the proverbial memory lane.

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🔍Read Full ArticleColouring the Map

Colouring the Map

🕔Sep 10, 2018

You know when a place is named for a colour? Blue River, Red Bluff, etc. etc. Sometimes the reason why is not as obvious as you’d think. Jo Boxwell checks out a few colourful northern BC locales.

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🔍Read Full ArticleOnions, Little and Big

Onions, Little and Big

👤Morgan Hite 🕔Sep 10, 2018

Just outside of Babine Mountains Provincial Park, "The Onion" is a "tick-the-box" kind of hike.

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🔍Read Full ArticleStreet Festivals

Street Festivals

👤Jo Boxwell 🕔Jul 31, 2018

Activating downtown Prince George

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🔍Read Full ArticleLost or Found?

Lost or Found?

🕔Jul 31, 2018

We asked six writers and one photographer (Michelle Yarham) to tackle this issue’s theme in whatever way they saw fit. What they came up with is quirky, funny, poignant, reflective, and uniquely northern.

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🔍Read Full ArticleThe Rescuers

The Rescuers

👤Amanda Follett Hosgood 🕔Jul 31, 2018

Every year, volunteers from across the province save lives, plucking the lost from the backcountry. Contributing editor Amanda Follett Hosgood talks to search-and-rescue groups to gain some insight into the complexities and challenges facing SAR organizations in northern BC.

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🔍Read Full ArticleSinclair Plateau

Sinclair Plateau

👤Morgan Hite 🕔Jul 31, 2018

Hiking in the Telkwa Range

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🔍Read Full ArticleThe Barn

The Barn

🕔May 04, 2018

The first time climbing the ladder is transcendental. Crossing from one world into another. Photo essay by Marty Clemens.

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🔍Read Full ArticleCreative Space

Creative Space

👤Jo Boxwell 🕔May 04, 2018

Whatever we create, the environment we are in leaves an imprint on our work. Many artists crave isolation during the creative process, but some encourage outsiders to interrupt and even influence the direction of the pieces. Six northern BC artists discuss their creative spaces and what makes them so significant to the work they produce.

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🔍Read Full ArticlePtarmigan Mountain

Ptarmigan Mountain

🕔May 04, 2018

Close to Prince Rupert, Ptarmigan Mountain provides great access to the open alpine.

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🔍Read Full ArticleHaida Gwaii: The Board Game

Haida Gwaii: The Board Game

🕔Mar 09, 2018

Incorporating Haida cultural history, Nang K’uulas develops a new strategy game

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🔍Read Full ArticleStealing Time

Stealing Time

🕔Mar 09, 2018

Photo Essay by Talon Gillis

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🔍Read Full ArticlePassing Through

Passing Through

👤Jo Boxwell 🕔Mar 09, 2018

Yawning and leg stretching at the visitor centre. The city connects highways and breaks up a train route, but the distances are vast. Some travellers collect brochures and pile them in their car doors. Others invest in small mementos: a printed mug or a wooden Mr. PG. A few leave behind their stories.

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🔍Read Full ArticleOnion Lake Ski Trails

Onion Lake Ski Trails

👤Morgan Hite 🕔Mar 09, 2018

Cross-country skiing between Terrace and Kitimat

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🔍Read Full ArticleHunters

Hunters

🕔Feb 17, 2018

The smell of satisfaction is a roast in the oven

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🔍Read Full ArticleOn Ancient Ice

On Ancient Ice

👤Matt J. Simmons 🕔Feb 17, 2018

Tatshenshini-Alsek Park is iconic Canadian wilderness. It’s rugged, remote, and truly remarkable. Perched on a confluence of borders—BC, Yukon, and Alaska—the park is part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site, the largest protected natural area in the world.

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🔍Read Full ArticleTweedsmuir

Tweedsmuir

🕔Feb 17, 2018

A bird's eye view of North Tweedsmuir Provincial Park

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🔍Read Full ArticleEdge of the World

Edge of the World

👤Dave Quinn 🕔Feb 17, 2018

The beginning of a thing is often not recognized as such until long after, or indeed until an ending appears on the horizon. Such was the case in the fall of 1994, when four dirtbags pooled their limited resources and headed north from Vancouver and the Kootenays to undertake a month-long sea-kayak trip in Gwaii Hanaas National Park Reserve.

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🔍Read Full ArticleBeginnings

Beginnings

🕔Feb 13, 2018

Check out Northword's latest publication, a collection of northern stories and amazing images.

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🔍Read Full ArticleBy Boat

By Boat

🕔Nov 06, 2017

In Haida Gwaii, the dark months of winter mean more time for things like hunting trips. Join photographer Joseph Crawford as he explores abandoned buildings and the subdued coastal landscapes while on a boat-access hunting excursion.

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🔍Read Full ArticleAvalanches

Avalanches

👤Tania Millen 🕔Nov 06, 2017

Travelling in northern BC’s backcountry means taking risks. Why we do we do it? Tania Millen weighs in, as she explores the dark side of risk vs. reward, and nudges us in the right direction for finding balance.

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🔍Read Full ArticleSkip Mountain

Skip Mountain

🕔Nov 06, 2017

Skip Mountain is a great accessible scramble between Prince Rupert and Terrace.

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🔍Read Full ArticleOn Beaches

On Beaches

🕔Sep 11, 2017

As the world’s oceans fill up with plastic, the beaches along BC’s coast are quietly accumulating garbage. Talon Gillis's photos offers us a glimpse into a group of individuals working to protect and restore impacted habitat.

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🔍Read Full ArticleSimbiyez Wilson

Simbiyez Wilson

👤Melissa Sawatsky 🕔Sep 11, 2017

Her name means “child of the stars.” And Witsuwit’en singer-songwriter Simbiyez Wilson seems to be living up to the name.

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🔍Read Full ArticleHelp Yourself

Help Yourself

🕔Sep 11, 2017

Ging Gang Hla tllGad Independent Music and Arts Co-operative

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🔍Read Full ArticleFishing for Future

Fishing for Future

🕔Sep 11, 2017

Opening day on the Skeena came late this year. Kitsumkalum fish monitors were there working with recreational anglers to gather data. Britta Boudreau takes us to the river, and gives us a glimpse of what’s at stake if the salmon stop swimming, and who is working to protect the resource.

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🔍Read Full ArticleAbove/Below

Above/Below

🕔May 01, 2017

Freediving is a meditative, introspective sport, and here we get a rare glimpse of what that looks like in Haida Gwaii waters. Words by Allison Smith, photos by Joseph Crawford.

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🔍Read Full ArticleLast Word: The Farmer’s Blow

Last Word: The Farmer’s Blow

👤Tania Millen 🕔May 01, 2017

Watch out for snot rockets.

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🔍Read Full ArticleMount Hays

Mount Hays

👤Matt J. Simmons 🕔May 01, 2017

Prince Rupert’s resident mountain. Words by Matt Simmons & map by Morgan Hite

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🔍Read Full ArticleBlue Geranium: Trails and Pipelines

Blue Geranium: Trails and Pipelines

👤Morgan Hite 🕔Feb 27, 2017

A different approach to backcountry exploration

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🔍Read Full ArticleMind (over) Mountains

Mind (over) Mountains

🕔Feb 27, 2017

"Everyone deserves to enjoy the mountains." Talon Gillis inspires with his photo essay.

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🔍Read Full ArticleOn the Fly

On the Fly

👤Brian Smith 🕔Nov 25, 2016

Bulkley River steelhead: Hoping for that one-in-a-thousand cast

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🔍Read Full ArticleThe Skeena River

The Skeena River

👤Brian Smith 🕔Oct 03, 2016

The Skeena is the second-longest river, after the Fraser, to flow entirely within the boundaries of British Columbia and supports salmon and steelhead runs that are arguably the finest in the world.

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🔍Read Full ArticleThe Hopper:  A fly for hot days, grass meadows and lazy rivers

The Hopper:  A fly for hot days, grass meadows and lazy rivers

👤Brian Smith 🕔Aug 01, 2016

Northern BC’s summers are often too short; however, August and September can bring some of the most interesting and fun kinds of fly-fishing: stalking the banks of low-water rivers for big, fat rainbows with large grasshopper patterns.

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🔍Read Full ArticleA Mammoth Discovery: Decades later, fossils still shrouded in mystery

A Mammoth Discovery: Decades later, fossils still shrouded in mystery

👤Jane Stevenson 🕔Aug 01, 2016

In the summer of 1971, men and machines were working on removing the overburden (mining lingo for “dirt”) on Noranda’s Bell Mine on the Newman Peninsula of Babine Lake when their work revealed a jumble of ancient, oversized bones.

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🔍Read Full ArticleThe Path of the Herbalist

The Path of the Herbalist

👤Emily Bulmer 🕔Aug 01, 2016

Imagine dried herbs, ground-up roots and powdered barks carefully labelled and arranged in neat wooden boxes, dried berries wrapped in a deer skin pouch or willow bark being boiled in a cast iron pot over an open campfire.

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🔍Read Full ArticleGreat Glaciers:  Experience these prehistoric beauties before they’re gone

Great Glaciers:  Experience these prehistoric beauties before they’re gone

👤Matt J. Simmons 🕔Aug 01, 2016

The glaciers are melting.

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🔍Read Full ArticleGone but not forgotten:Port Edward’s defunct canneries offer everything from history to beachcombing

Gone but not forgotten:Port Edward’s defunct canneries offer everything from history to beachcombing

👤Amanda Follett Hosgood 🕔Aug 01, 2016

A freight train rumbles past not 50 feet from our red-hued cottage, a throwback to an age when rail was the only way into this once-remote outpost on the northwest coast.

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🔍Read Full ArticleMcDonell Lake Trail

McDonell Lake Trail

👤Morgan Hite 🕔Aug 01, 2016

The McDonell Lake Trail is an old horse-packing route that historically began at the lake, opposite Copper River Ranch.

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🔍Read Full ArticleOpal ridge: No semi-precious stones, but still a hidden gem

Opal ridge: No semi-precious stones, but still a hidden gem

👤Morgan Hite 🕔May 31, 2016

The valley of Silvern Creek cuts deliciously into the heart of a mountain knot just west of Smithers

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🔍Read Full ArticleBoundary Lake: A quiet family getaway north of Prince George

Boundary Lake: A quiet family getaway north of Prince George

👤Brian Smith 🕔May 31, 2016

Fly fishing can take you to some of the most beautiful places in our great outdoors

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🔍Read Full ArticleFind your Groove:  Make music festivals your summer vacation destination

Find your Groove:  Make music festivals your summer vacation destination

👤Tania Millen 🕔May 31, 2016

This summer, we challenge you to plan a musical road trip to somewhere new

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🔍Read Full ArticleMobile Eateries Drive Home Local  Food Movement

Mobile Eateries Drive Home Local Food Movement

👤Diandra Oliver 🕔May 31, 2016

When you tuck in behind the wheel on your next journey along a northern BC highway, there’s a pretty good chance you will already have your favourite pit stops planned out.

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🔍Read Full ArticleSunny Slopes and Garden Growth:  Approaching your crops from a new angle

Sunny Slopes and Garden Growth:  Approaching your crops from a new angle

👤Norma Kerby 🕔Mar 30, 2016

On a moderate, southwest-facing slope near Terrace, the remnants of a 100-year-old orchard grow as ragged witness to the agricultural era in the lower Skeena Valley.

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🔍Read Full ArticlePostcard Parks:  Exploring & camping in northern BC

Postcard Parks:  Exploring & camping in northern BC

👤Matt J. Simmons 🕔Mar 30, 2016

The days are getting longer. The warmth of the sun is starting to break through the wall of winter. What will you do with the extra hours of light, the warmth, that sense of the world opening itself up to possibility?

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🔍Read Full Article“It’s All About the Caribou”  How the Gwaii Haanas Agreement inspired a national park

“It’s All About the Caribou”  How the Gwaii Haanas Agreement inspired a national park

👤Dave Quinn 🕔Mar 30, 2016

John “Muffa” Kudlak was born and raised in Paulatuk, NWT, a hamlet of just over 300 residents and one of the most northerly permanent settlements on the Canadian mainland.

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🔍Read Full ArticleSuskwa Crossing:  A bridge made of telegraph wire

Suskwa Crossing:  A bridge made of telegraph wire

👤Morgan Hite 🕔Mar 30, 2016

If you go down to the Suskwa River where it passes through a tight canyon some four and a half kilometres above its confluence with the Bulkley, you will discover the remains of a very old bridge, an airy span built from nothing but telegraph wire and wood.

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🔍Read Full ArticleDragonfly nymph: an insect imitation sure to snag still-water trout

Dragonfly nymph: an insect imitation sure to snag still-water trout

👤Brian Smith 🕔Mar 30, 2016

There are three common species of dragonfly nymphs found in BC lakes: the “climbers” or darners, which have long and tapered bodies; the “sprawlers,” who are short and squat in shape; and the “burrowers,” or Gomphus nymphs, which are so similar in size and shape to the sprawlers that a fly tier uses the same pattern to imitate them.

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🔍Read Full ArticleHave Sticks, Will Travel: Exploring the North on skis

Have Sticks, Will Travel: Exploring the North on skis

👤Emily Bulmer 🕔Nov 24, 2015

My breath hangs in frozen bursts and dissipates behind me

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🔍Read Full ArticleSilverking Basin: Winter cabin in the mountains

Silverking Basin: Winter cabin in the mountains

👤Morgan Hite 🕔Nov 24, 2015

One of the most popular summer hikes near Smithers is the Silverking Basin.

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🔍Read Full ArticleWinter blues and good hobbies

Winter blues and good hobbies

👤Brian Smith 🕔Nov 24, 2015

It’s happened to me every year for the past 50: that lonesome feeling I get when my favourite lakes and rivers have worn me out and gone to sleep for the winter.

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🔍Read Full ArticleHankin Lookout Cabin Sleeping in the sky Morgan Hite

Hankin Lookout Cabin Sleeping in the sky Morgan Hite

👤Morgan Hite 🕔Oct 09, 2015

A boxy, renovated two-story fire lookout sticks up on a knob on the north side of Hankin Peak, with fine views of Rocky Ridge and the Kitseguecla River valley, as well as Ashman Ridge and Paleo Peak to the west.

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🔍Read Full ArticleGlass Fishing Floats:  Vintage treasures from the Westerlies

Glass Fishing Floats:  Vintage treasures from the Westerlies

👤Norma Kerby 🕔Oct 09, 2015

My aunt almost married a North Coast fisherman. The romance between the pretty young teacher and the tall Norwegian fell casualty to family objections and World War II, but the story, like the jade-coloured glass fishing floats which sat in my grandmother’s kitchen window, did not fade away.

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🔍Read Full ArticleThe Collections Renewal Project:  Bringing the past to light

The Collections Renewal Project:  Bringing the past to light

👤Jane Stevenson 🕔Oct 09, 2015

I’ve poked around in museum backrooms throughout BC’s Northwest; wearing those white gloves while sifting through old papers in archives and artifact storage rooms.

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🔍Read Full ArticleThe Morice River

The Morice River

👤Brian Smith 🕔Oct 09, 2015

The Morice River is a favourite destination for many steelhead anglers.

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🔍Read Full ArticleCamping with Wolves on Porcher Island

Camping with Wolves on Porcher Island

👤Keith Billington 🕔Jul 31, 2015

“Wolves? Yes, we have them, but they leave us alone and we leave them alone.”

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🔍Read Full ArticleRelax by Rail  Travels through the North by train and ferry

Relax by Rail Travels through the North by train and ferry

👤Hilary Crowley 🕔Jul 31, 2015

I recently travelled by rail from Prince George to Prince Rupert, a journey that should have taken 12 hours.

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🔍Read Full ArticleSeaton Ridge trail:  A high lookout upon many ranges

Seaton Ridge trail:  A high lookout upon many ranges

👤Morgan Hite 🕔Jul 31, 2015

As you drive into Moricetown from the south you can’t help but notice the prominent peak that seems to stand just behind the town.

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🔍Read Full ArticleIn Search of the Strange: a tour of the odder side of northern BC

In Search of the Strange: a tour of the odder side of northern BC

👤Matt J. Simmons 🕔Jul 31, 2015

Once upon a time there was a young, ordinary man, in search of the extraordinary experience his life had thus far kept hidden.

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🔍Read Full ArticleSmokin’ Good Fish:  Many ways to smoke a salmon

Smokin’ Good Fish:  Many ways to smoke a salmon

👤Emily Bulmer 🕔Jul 31, 2015

A slight breeze rustles the aspen leaves, and on it drifts the distinct scent of a northern summer. It could be a campfire or a Bar-B-Q, but when the days are long and when the salmon are running, the smell of smoke carries with it the flavour of curing fish and the promise of good eating throughout the winter.

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🔍Read Full ArticleOn the Fly: The Blackwater River

On the Fly: The Blackwater River

👤Brian Smith 🕔Jul 31, 2015

The Blackwater, or West Road River, is not only one of our Canadian heritage rivers, but is also a world-class trout fishery.

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🔍Read Full ArticleMoonlight Mountain:  A place for telling seasons

Moonlight Mountain:  A place for telling seasons

👤Morgan Hite 🕔Jun 01, 2015

The alpine ridge that I was introduced to as “Moonlight Mountain” is a spur of the larger Kispiox Mountain, an arm flung out first north and then northwest to enclose the headwaters of one of the tributaries of Moonlit Creek.

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🔍Read Full ArticleWolverine Range:  Unexplored  terrain, unparalleled views and untamed canines

Wolverine Range:  Unexplored terrain, unparalleled views and untamed canines

👤Hilary Crowley 🕔Jun 01, 2015

Last August, a helicopter picked up nine hikers, mostly seniors and all members of the Prince George Caledonia Ramblers, from Germansen Landing, 219 km north of Fort St. James.

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🔍Read Full ArticleKakwa by Horse:  Region offers Banff’s beauty without the multitudes

Kakwa by Horse:  Region offers Banff’s beauty without the multitudes

👤Tania Millen 🕔Jun 01, 2015

Squish, slop, squelch. Blech. Three of us and our six horses were traversing a former mining road into Kakwa Provincial Park for a two-week horse pack trip.

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🔍Read Full ArticleGolf the North:  Coastal, mountain and flatland putting — all part of the northern experience

Golf the North:  Coastal, mountain and flatland putting — all part of the northern experience

👤Paul Glover 🕔Jun 01, 2015

No one ever thought I would take up golf, least of all me.

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🔍Read Full ArticleOn the Fly: Still-water caddis, anyone?

On the Fly: Still-water caddis, anyone?

👤Brian Smith 🕔Jun 01, 2015

I think the ultimate challenge and satisfaction for a still-water or lake fly fisher is to bring a large trout to the surface and to capture it with a floating fly.

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🔍Read Full ArticleThe Ancient Forest—A walk through BC’S hidden treasure

The Ancient Forest—A walk through BC’S hidden treasure

👤Nowell Senior 🕔Mar 27, 2015

The Ancient Forest is located 113 km east of Prince George off Highway 16, in one of the upper Fraser River Valley’s few remaining antique stands of western red cedar.

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🔍Read Full ArticleDriving BC’s Radio-assisted Logging Roads

Driving BC’s Radio-assisted Logging Roads

👤Morgan Hite 🕔Mar 27, 2015

If you’re new to the North and you’ve come from a place that’s less wild and rugged, you may be unsure about driving radio-assisted logging roads.

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🔍Read Full ArticleThe Paradox of Anyox—New hope springs from old mine site

The Paradox of Anyox—New hope springs from old mine site

👤Joanne Campbell 🕔Mar 27, 2015

What does it feel like to stand in the middle of a slagheap? To climb around the innards of an old-but-not-forsaken dam? Or to pick your way across a falling-down power plant whose crumbling floors could swallow you with nary a burp?

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🔍Read Full ArticleGrowth in aboriginal tourism means cultural opportunities for visitors

Growth in aboriginal tourism means cultural opportunities for visitors

👤Amanda Follett Hosgood 🕔Mar 27, 2015

Anyone who considers Canada a dull and uncultured country clearly hasn’t experienced the rich heritage of northern BC, where hundreds of First Nations communities provide the region with a history rooted several millennia into the earth and traditions that significantly pre-date European arrival on the continent.

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🔍Read Full ArticleOn the Fly: The Crooked River

On the Fly: The Crooked River

👤Brian Smith 🕔Mar 27, 2015

The Crooked River, flowing north from its origins at Summit Lake 30 km from Prince George, is a secondary tributary of the Parsnip River system, which empties into the south end of Williston Lake Reservoir near Mackenzie Junction on Highway 97 North.

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🔍Read Full ArticleOn the fly:  The Kitimat River: Fishing by taxicab

On the fly:  The Kitimat River: Fishing by taxicab

👤Brian Smith 🕔Nov 26, 2014

Kitimat is named after its original First Nations inhabitants, the Gitamaat, which in Tsimshian means, “People of the falling snow.”

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🔍Read Full ArticlePlaying Games: Touring northern BC with the Canada Games

Playing Games: Touring northern BC with the Canada Games

👤Matt J. Simmons 🕔Nov 26, 2014

I’ve never been one for competitive sport. It could be that I’m a bit too lazy, or maybe I’m just inherently not competitive.

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🔍Read Full ArticleAtop the  Telkwa Alps

Atop the Telkwa Alps

👤Morgan Hite 🕔Nov 26, 2014

I remember someone in the last 10 years proposing that the hills rising to the east of Tyhee Lake be re-named the “Telkwa Alps.”

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🔍Read Full ArticleTumbler Ridge wins Global Geopark status. What’s next for northern BC’s geological mecca?

Tumbler Ridge wins Global Geopark status. What’s next for northern BC’s geological mecca?

👤Amanda Follett Hosgood 🕔Nov 26, 2014

Folks in Tumbler Ridge aren’t strangers to uncertainty. Perhaps that’s why a delegation at the sixth International UNESCO Conference on Global Geoparks in Saint John, NB wasn’t going to celebrate until they heard the name they were waiting for: Tumbler Ridge Global Geopark.

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🔍Read Full ArticleCranbrook Hill Greenway: Prince George’s greener transportation corridor

Cranbrook Hill Greenway: Prince George’s greener transportation corridor

👤Nancy Alexander 🕔Oct 09, 2014

Greenways—a vegetation belt intended to maintain foliage while encouraging pedestrian use—are increasingly common in urban areas.

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🔍Read Full ArticleUp the Clore: Shifting landscapes on a projected pipeline route

Up the Clore: Shifting landscapes on a projected pipeline route

👤Al Lehmann 🕔Oct 09, 2014

“Let’s go up the Clore,” one of the boys suggested one evening at yacht club—an informal weekly gathering at Terrace’s Back Eddy Pub.

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🔍Read Full ArticleArtists put creative talent toward social justice

Artists put creative talent toward social justice

👤Alicia Bridges 🕔Oct 09, 2014

A crowd files through the narrow entrance to the Old Church in Smithers, one by one unpeeling layers of sweaters and coats that protected them from the cold.

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🔍Read Full ArticleWinterizing northern gardens:  Pull ’em out, turn ’em over, tuck ’em in.

Winterizing northern gardens:  Pull ’em out, turn ’em over, tuck ’em in.

👤Norma Kerby 🕔Oct 09, 2014

“Farmer’s Almanac says it’s going to be a cold winter.”

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🔍Read Full ArticleBrian’s fly pattern for landing steelhead

Brian’s fly pattern for landing steelhead

👤Brian Smith 🕔Oct 09, 2014

To many fly fishers, steelheads are the ultimate quarry.

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🔍Read Full ArticleNass  Valley volcano: Tseax crater and Nisga’a Memorial Lava Bed Provincial Park

Nass Valley volcano: Tseax crater and Nisga’a Memorial Lava Bed Provincial Park

👤Joanne Campbell 🕔Aug 04, 2014

As a child, I was terrified of volcanoes.

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🔍Read Full ArticleWheelin’ in the North

Wheelin’ in the North

👤Amanda Follett Hosgood 🕔Aug 04, 2014

Road trips are great, but there’s really no better way to see a new place than from the seat of a bike.

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🔍Read Full ArticleMountain garden: Discovering grace in the great northern wilderness

Mountain garden: Discovering grace in the great northern wilderness

👤Al Lehmann 🕔Aug 04, 2014

It was another perfect Saturday among the many this summer.

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🔍Read Full ArticleCetaceans & citizen science in the North

Cetaceans & citizen science in the North

👤Caitlin Birdsall 🕔Aug 04, 2014

Phooooouuuuuuughhhhhht. A humpback whale exhales.

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🔍Read Full ArticleSkilokis Ridge: Stairway to heaven

Skilokis Ridge: Stairway to heaven

👤Morgan Hite 🕔Aug 04, 2014

Skilokis Ridge is a remarkable trail that makes the claim to having you above treeline—on a spur of Blunt Mountain—in 30 minutes.

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🔍Read Full ArticleOn the Fly: The Bulkley River: Clear water, dry flies and big fish

On the Fly: The Bulkley River: Clear water, dry flies and big fish

👤Brian Smith 🕔Aug 04, 2014

When steelhead fly-fishers talk about rivers that are on their bucket lists, many come to mind; however, few rivers in the world are more revered for their dry-fly fishing opportunities than central BC’s Bulkley River.

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🔍Read Full ArticleNaydeena Mountain stunning views from “standing up alone”

Naydeena Mountain stunning views from “standing up alone”

👤Morgan Hite 🕔May 30, 2014

Nadina Mountain Provincial Park south of Houston is large, hard to access, little-visited, non-motorized and has no facilities—but what a spectacular peak!

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🔍Read Full ArticleA buffet of summer music

A buffet of summer music

👤Matt J. Simmons 🕔May 30, 2014

Heading to a music festival often means embracing all styles and genres of music.

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🔍Read Full ArticleFloating on air: paragliding in the Bulkley Valley

Floating on air: paragliding in the Bulkley Valley

👤Matt J. Simmons 🕔May 30, 2014

I’m hanging out with a few keen paragliders at a launch site below Malkow Lookout, just outside Smithers.

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🔍Read Full ArticleDragon Lake an angler’s low-elevation, early-season dream

Dragon Lake an angler’s low-elevation, early-season dream

👤Brian Smith 🕔May 30, 2014

For central-interior fly-fishers, April ice-off at Dragon Lake is the surest remedy to shake cabin fevers and winter blues that have been festering since freeze-up last November.

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🔍Read Full ArticleTumbler Ridge:  Canada’s newest geopark?

Tumbler Ridge:  Canada’s newest geopark?

👤Amanda Follett Hosgood 🕔May 30, 2014

Tumbler Ridge was founded over 30 years ago on a single resource: coal.

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🔍Read Full ArticleThe Lower Stikine pays a compliment to Yosemite

The Lower Stikine pays a compliment to Yosemite

👤Dave Quinn 🕔May 30, 2014

“When you first see the lower Stikine, it’ll make you want to puke,” exclaimed a canoe guide friend when I told him our plans to spend 10 days paddling 240 kilometres of the lower Stikine River from Telegraph Creek to Wrangell, Alaska.

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🔍Read Full ArticleFish on! Rolling in the deep off BC’s northwest coast.

Fish on! Rolling in the deep off BC’s northwest coast.

👤Emily Bulmer 🕔May 30, 2014

It’s 5 a.m. and people are everywhere, scuttling onto boats like tiny crabs searching for shelter.

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🔍Read Full ArticleSeymour Ridge Trails

Seymour Ridge Trails

👤Morgan Hite 🕔Apr 04, 2014

This is a wonderful set of trails that melt out early.

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🔍Read Full ArticleThe Stellako River: Short but sweet

The Stellako River: Short but sweet

👤Brian Smith 🕔Apr 04, 2014

Touted by Canadian Fly Fisher Magazine as number one on BC’s do-it-yourself fly fishing destinations list, the Stellako River rarely disappoints

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