Bella Coola Blog

No change to the washed out status yet. There is ...

2012-02-22T20:31:03.248-08:00

No change to the washed out status yet. There is talk that it will get rebuilt. Grizzly

I November 2010 you posted a photo of the washed o...

2012-02-22T07:08:46.985-08:00

I November 2010 you posted a photo of the washed out Nusatsum Forest Service Road. Has that road reopened, and if not, do you know if there are plans to reopen it?

Great blog; thanks for providing this.

Sounds like you had better weather than we did. Ha...

2012-02-21T20:08:36.102-08:00

Sounds like you had better weather than we did. Had lots of rain and a bit of wind. - Margy

I have fond memories of many a day just like you d...

2012-02-17T09:33:59.321-08:00

I have fond memories of many a day just like you describe. Wild cuttroat, even an early steelhead were possible when I first fished the banks behind my house thirty years ago. That ended abruptly after the Vanderzam gold rush in the Bella Coola tributary watersheds. I recall one heavy run off that left the river covered in silt, never saw that before and not since but coincidentally fish stocks dropped dramatically in the 90s, in proportion I might add to the number of cubic meters coming out of the valley. I'm no forester nor fisheries expert so maybe I'm off base, but I probably spent more time on the river than most in those days, for what it's worth.

Lovely pic ...

2012-02-07T23:51:43.801-08:00

Lovely pic ...

Gotta love it! That is definitely my chuckle for t...

2012-02-07T08:59:11.980-08:00

Gotta love it! That is definitely my chuckle for the day.

Isn't it nice? Down in Bellingham (just south ...

2012-02-06T11:12:01.771-08:00

Isn't it nice? Down in Bellingham (just south of the border) we've had sun too. But as Paul said, Powell River often gets fog when the forecast is for sun this time of year. A few years ago I had to wait three days to get a flight out. - Margy

At our mountains you'll stand and stare..........

2012-02-05T11:32:32.833-08:00

At our mountains you'll stand and stare..........

Lucky you! .... we've been socked in with fog ...

2012-02-04T23:51:08.764-08:00

Lucky you! .... we've been socked in with fog for two days.

Hard to beat a mountain view on a sunny day! We ha...

2012-02-01T23:11:25.970-08:00

Hard to beat a mountain view on a sunny day! We had one here also, it was nice.

You are right, colour this time of year is somethi...

2012-02-01T21:39:46.829-08:00

You are right, colour this time of year is something to celebrate. We like to surround ourselves with colourful lights and things to brighten up the short winter days. - Margy

Even in the winter the estuary is an important are...

2012-01-31T12:19:20.272-08:00

Even in the winter the estuary is an important area for herring, swans, and hopefully some migrating eulechons in the next few weeks...

Although I am commenting from Mexico, so can't complain about the weather...

With the cold weather last week a lot of the overw...

2012-01-28T08:31:48.503-08:00

With the cold weather last week a lot of the overwintering eagles headed west to the coast, so there are fewer around this week, but there are still some in the area. I didn't notice if that was one in the tree. Grizzly

I don't know , I always considred the Bella Co...

2012-01-28T05:51:40.854-08:00

I don't know , I always considred the Bella Coola estuary relatively sterile given the lack of salt water. A big AMEN on the spring thing ! O

I didn't notice until I enlarged your photo, b...

2012-01-27T22:55:54.745-08:00

I didn't notice until I enlarged your photo, but isn't that an eagle in the trees in the background?

Oh, those snowy woods! I think, despite all its di...

2012-01-27T22:51:13.915-08:00

Oh, those snowy woods! I think, despite all its difficulties, the deep winter was my favourite time of year in the Valley. Up in Firvale, the snow would be more or less knee-deep about now.

Your photo makes me homesick.

Pretty reflections. - Margy

2012-01-26T23:39:56.125-08:00

Pretty reflections. - Margy

When I was driving back south from Vancouver I was...

2012-01-23T11:01:26.318-08:00

When I was driving back south from Vancouver I was surprised to see ice pans even on our rivers here. we did get quite a cold snap, but it's all over now. - Margy

Does anyone out there know of the, Namu Kids Club,...

2012-01-22T09:44:49.544-08:00

Does anyone out there know of the, Namu Kids Club, there are pictures that I would like to see of the Fredriksen family

Dave Fredriksen

You must be more inured than I am - I don't ca...

2012-01-21T23:36:48.850-08:00

You must be more inured than I am - I don't call -6°C "very comfortable"!

We are having strange weather and temperature vari...

2012-01-20T00:47:09.202-08:00

We are having strange weather and temperature variations here in Sweden also.

Beautiful scene.

Mike

We got down to -7 at night this week. That's p...

2012-01-19T22:20:16.236-08:00

We got down to -7 at night this week. That's pretty cold for Powell River. Actually, we were a little warmer up the lake than they were down in town. Must be all that water around us moderates the temp. - Margy

Always enjoy your posts and pictures. Brings back ...

2012-01-19T19:56:01.830-08:00

Always enjoy your posts and pictures. Brings back lots of memories of the people and places of the valley.
Allan Farrant

Neat picture Grizzly!

2012-01-18T23:39:04.003-08:00

Neat picture Grizzly!

Hearing about one or two a day of problems with pi...

2012-01-18T20:40:02.126-08:00

Hearing about one or two a day of problems with pipes or furnace problems (most of use wood stoves fortunately). Grizzly