Chilcotin River

It was only in early August 2010, that this very scene in this photo would have had the smoke over the land.  While driving Highway 20 to Williams Lake the smoke from forest fires burning in pockets of forest along the right hand side of the river in the photo were burning almost right to the river.  Now 4 months later, that all seems in the distant past and the calm cold winter scene prevails with the winter river mist hanging over the river from the warmer water in the -15 C weather the day we drove out.  This location is along Highway 20 at Bull Canyon, about 4 hours from Bella Coola if you are driving to Williams Lake.   

Another cold and mostly clear day in the Bella Coola Valley with temperatures in the -5 or -6 C.  Grizzly