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Rocking Whiterock
Posted May 18, 2007 at 09:54 PM by vidya
Whiterock is a little town that lies along the coast of B.C. It is about an hour's drive from Vancouver, and is easy to get to, as it is a rather famous tourist spot. Apart from being abuzz with tourists, it is also covered with rocks (well, isn't that a surprise), though whether they are white or not, I shall leave upto you to [...]
Harrison Lake - Nature Uninterrupted
Posted May 13, 2007 at 11:49 PM by vidya
Where?Harrison Lake is (as the name suggests) located in the small village of Harrison Hot Springs, B.C. Last weekend, I visited the beautiful lake with a bunch of friends.How to get there?Harrison is about a 45 minute drive from Abbotsford. Abbotsford is about [...]
place-name etymology
Posted June 08, 2006 at 10:13 PM by brankin
Two kinds of colonial naming: erasure and appropriation. But when it's always the colonists doing the naming, is one really preferable to the other? The recently created Nunavut (Inuktitut for "our land") is perhaps the only exception in the hemisphere.
Colored regions show names from the same language family (as categorized by the [...]
butchart gardens
Posted June 05, 2006 at 10:58 PM by
Acres of beautiful displays of flowers in a garden located in Brentwood Bay on Vancouver Island. It's best to go around the spring and summer seasons. My family and I went during the winter and although still beautiful, there wasn't much left but snow. Still, it was worth the stroll through the garden.
north american mass transit
Posted June 03, 2006 at 11:55 PM by brankin
At a glance, many metros seem to be comparable in scale, but what separates New York from Baltimore is density: station-to-station distance, line overlap, and linkages.
Most systems are ogranized as a hub with spokes; the two notable exceptions are New York and Mexicop City, both of which are more like nets.
