Tuesday, April 29, 2014

What is a Biologist?


Being a Biologist

Oh but we yearn to travel to the secluded areas of British Columbia where few get to see, place one foot in front of another, or if bumping into a Grizzly, one heal, SLOWLY, behind the other....


Page 3 of 34  Catch and Release


Page 7 of 34  Two Two Who's


Page 13 of 34  Keeping Busy with Caribou in Northern British Columbia

GPS coordinates along bottom
Here's a Source to Convert Geographic Units


Google Map  59.44233055555555N 130.76307777777777W


Page 29 of 34  Where To Hide




Page 34 of 84  Where to Reside, temporarily


Page 35 of 84


Page 38 of 84 Counting, Radio Telemetry, Pitfall Trapping (BC politicians use this)




Page 84 of 84   After doing a sundry of activities its off to home



Monday, April 28, 2014

British Columbia's Malibu "Young Life" summer camp is about to be laid to waste

 Idyllic  
1.
(especially of a time or place) like an idyll; extremely happy, peaceful, or picturesque.

When I was a kid I kept hearing about the Hollywood (south) actors coming to Hollywood (north) British Columbia  to .... Go Fishing ..... and Partying .... on Forest Baron yachts ..... where one or two, the actors, dared to die (Errol Flynn and Howard Hughes) in Vancouver.
Malibu, British Columbia where..... the facility was open as a premium resort. Visitors included John Wayne, Senator John F. Kennedy, Barbara Stanwyck, Bing Crosby, and Bob Hope. The club faced financial problems due to the limited transportation access and the limited two-month window of good weather ...... 


A more recent bio of Malibu (north):  Vancouver Sun article of THE idyllic location.

 Camp Malibu is an idyllic location on the West Coast, where young people are encouraged to accept Jesus as their personal saviour.  

Premier Christy Clark has had meetings with her Church followers, but, the church of Malibu, is about to be ruined, forever because of Logging:
The Malibu Club is one of Young Life's​ original camping properties. Located 100 miles north of Vancouver, British Columbia, Malibu is situated at the mouth of the world-renowned Princess Louisa Inlet. Surrounded by mountains soaring straight out of the water to heights of more than 8000 feet, Malibu is a place of extraordinary beauty and isolation.

From June through August, Malibu is used exclusively as a Young Life summer camp.  Each summer Malibu welcomes thousands of high school students from across the US and Canada for the best week of their lives.   For more information on summer camping opportunities, contact the Young Life office nearest you.

From September to the end of May, Malibu is available to the public bookings for retreats and conferences of all sizes.  Book your school, church, family, business or non-profit organization's next event at Malibu!  During the school year Malibu is available as a conference and retreat center for groups of up to 350 people.

To this, that's not snow, its the plan:

Planned SE Clear Cut Logging
One would start to think that with all the clear cut logging slated for British Columbia's coastal region, that WE are going to be on the hook for clearing waterfront property for the "new" actors .....


 If you're probably still trying to figure out where Malibu is..... try looking in your backyard


Vancouver   Top Left corner

Texada Island   In the blue just below the Top Right corner

Malibu    Bottom  Middle

The red stuff?  Designated for clear cut logging


Coincidentally, there is an overlap of Private land (maroon border) and Crown Land clear cut logging (red border):


And taking a closer look at the Sunshine Coast privately held land, and Crown land:

Friday, April 18, 2014

Celebrate the day with Cultured Rabbit Recipes and a Blackberry Culture

Rabbit Culture 


1928
Market Rabbits, Growing Breeders, Dry does, Bucks, Diseases, Slobbers, Ear-cankers... If in need of assistance, apply to the Instructor of your district: -  

J. Allen, District Poultry Instructor, Court-house, New Westminster, B.C.

H. E. Waby, District Poultry Instructor, Salmon Arm, B.C.

G. L. Landon, District Poultry Instructor, Court-house, Nelson, B.C.

J. R. Terry, Chief Poultry Instructor, Department of Agriculture, Victoria, B.C.
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Poultry Circular No. 28

Rabbits are a much appreciated article of food, being most nourishing and easily digested.  The meat is inclined to be rather dry, so bacon is often served with it.  Rabbits should be young, feel in the joint of the paw for a little nut, and if this is absent the rabbit is old, and should only be used for soup or pies........   With regard to the latter, it is better to three-parts cook the rabbit before making it into pies, as the time for cooking the pasty in not sufficient.

Bake Rabbit

Rabbit with Macaroni

Rabbit and Rice Pie

Rabbit a la Belgique

Rabbit Gateau with Mushroom Salad

Mushroom Salad

Boiled Rabbit with Onion Sauce

Rabbit Sausages

Curried Rabbit

Rabbit Pie

Rabbit Pudding

Rabbit Salad

Rabbit Soup

Jugged Rabbit

Veal Forcemeat

For free supply of hutch record cards, stock record cards, and rabbit bulletins, write Poultry Branch, Department of Agriculture, Victoria, B.C.

1925

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BlackBerry Culture in British Columbia
1974
Allan E. Littler
1st  BlackBerry Antenna

Commercial Blackberries have been developed by selecting and crossing various species of wild blackberries (rubus) which are found throughout the north temperated zones of the world.  Crosses from these selections have been grown commercially over on hundred and fifty years.

Because of the variety of native material which has been used in their development, there are many kinds of blackberries.  These include the trailing varieties such as Evergreen Himalaya (Invasive Species Sea to Sky)  and Marion; the upright such as Eldorado and Erie and the various hybrids such as Cascade, Pacific and Olallie which contain the lines of some other berry.

This publication will deal with the culture of thornless Evergreen only since this variety crops well and is hardy both in the Fraser Valley and on Vancouver Island.  The upright varieties are hardy but crop lightly.   The various hybrids have some demand because of their flavour but they do not crop as heavily as thornless Evergreen and are hardy only in sheltered locations in the Fraser Valley or on the southern tip of Vancouver Island.

The fruit of the blackberry is fairly tender and bruises easily.  It should not be transported over long distances since jarring in transit may cause severe breakdown.
Blackberry ..... Severe breakdown... how prophetic!

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TidBit of info from e.a.f. (comments) triggered a Google search for Who Eats Rabbits?
Best known for being prolific, rabbits are also herbivores which efficiently convert fodder to food. The whole point of meat production is to convert plant proteins of little or no use to people as food into high-value animal protein.

In efficient production systems, rabbits can turn 20 percent of the proteins they eat into edible meat. Comparable figures for other species are 22 to 23 percent for broiler chickens, 16 to 18 percent for pigs and 8 to 12 percent for beef. 

Wednesday, April 16, 2014

Allan Brooks Artist Naturalist: Haines Ranch 1922, Okanagan

New School: Robert Bateman doesn't "hunt" or, kill to be an artist
 
           The Old School:  Allan Brooks' friends, did.

 Vaseux Lake Party, 1922.
 Back row - Left to Right,  Allan Brooks, P. A. Taverner, Frank Farley;
Bird Observers xls file
Front row - H. "Mack" Laing, George Gartell, D. Allan Sampson


 ....... On the morning of June 10, we walked down the mountain in advance of the truck, we saw a small hawk topping a large bull pine.  From its dark colour we were sure it was a Pigeon Hawk (Merlin) and not a Sparrow Hawk, so we turned aside to get it.   Travener presently fired and dropped it, then we stood and gloated.  It was a black adult Pigeon Hawk, the coastal form, then considered one of the rarest North American birds in museum collections.  We were standing in the dry belt where a pale-coated Richardson's Merlin might be expected as a stray from the arid plains, but this slately-blue beauty!  We both had the same thought at the same time, what will Brooks think of this, for the pursuit of this dark form on the coast had been his Holy Grail.

It is my considered opinion that Travener was the luckiest man who ever packed a collecting gun afield.  He turned up the most unexpected things, not by special skill but by sheer blundering luck.  To prove my point, next day at base camp near Vaseux Lake he returned from a short walk at midday with a Dickcissel, a bird that anywhere west of Manitoba could be called a rare take.   This was a new record for British Columbia! .......
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Allan Brooks
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Haynes Ranch

 Farming and Orcharding began following World War I. A government sponsored Soldier's Settlement program was initiated and offered veterans assistance in developing 10 acre units of land. By 1927, a government irrigation system was in place, and the desert hillsides around Osoyoos bloomed. It was soon apparent that this was a perfect spot to grow ground crops and develop orchards. Orchard farming became a general practice, and today we're proudly producing the earliest fruit in Canada.

Haynes Ranch 
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MAJOR ALLAN BROOKS of OKANAGAN LANDING

JEAN WEBBER

Living Landscapes


The name of Allan Brooks was a household word in Canada thirty years ago. His illustrations in Taverner's Birds of Western Canada, a series in the National Geographic magazine, calendars, cards issued by the National Association of Audubon Societies, and covers on Keystone school exercise books all familiarized Canadian children and adults not only with North American birds and mammals, but also with the work of this eminent zoological illustrator.

For residents of the Vernon area Major Allan Brooks, walking with his military bearing, dressed in tweed jacket and plus fours, often with a gun under his arm, was a familiar figure, for Okanagan Landing was his home from 1905 until his death in 1946. To the end of his days he loved nothing better than rambling over the Commonage or Rattlesnake Mountain, checking on the wildlife, hunting in season. He was a superb marksman and a member of the Vernon and District Fish, Game and Forest Protection Association, donating his pictures as prizes for their crow and magpie shoots. There are some who remember his participation in Okanagan Landing and Kelowna regattas. SNIP
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Then and Now

49° 5'28.52"N 119°31'49.64"W
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 Haynes Ecological Reserve

Source Link

Map Link

Location and Maps

Any maps listed are for information only - they may not represent legal boundaries and should not be used for navigation.
Adjacent to N end of Osoyoos Lake, 6 km NNW of Osoyoos

Tuesday, April 1, 2014

BC Forest service airborne fire fighting equipment: Planes and Helicopters ~ Osoyoos ~

In light of the fact that there is a forest fire happening across from Osoyoos, Right Now, ... water bombers from Kelowna are being called in.....  ..... a wee bit of background history to the British Columbia Forest Service airborne firefighters is in order:

B.C.F.S.  Airplanes
Landing was Not West Vancouver, but West end of Vancouver (Downtown)

Page 3 of 18, a link to explaining the above image: “Aircraft and Their Use in Forestry in B.C.: 1918 – 1926” with this snippet on page 5 of 22: 


In September of 1919, the first aerial discovery of a forest fire in B.C. took place over Duncan. The pilot of a Curtiss JN - 4 (possibly during an air mail flight) spotted the fire and landed at Duncan to report it to the Forest Branch , who then took suppression action. ...... 


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An earlier Post:  Before Telus, Before iPhone, there were pigeon "phones"


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B.C.F.S   Helicopters

29 pages

Past Summer, Lemon Creek fuel truck dumps load, destined for ....... Perry Ridge Photo and Maps

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1778 Captain Cook cuts ships spars 

  1788  Captain Meares exports spars to China

2014  "Captain" Clark exports what's left to China

Change Masters  -  Chief Foresters

Tuesday, March 25, 2014

BC Speaker Linda Reid ducking Spouse Business class flight to S.A.,.... there's 8 more delegates from Canada, a Senator.....

Mike de Jong wields the razor-thin Budget bat         Richard Coleman says: SURPRISE baby

Google Search Punch and Judy
The Speaker, Linda Reid, is trying to drag the assistant Deputy Speaker (NDP) into the fray... however there a catch, a double whammy!!!!    The Speaker AND the Finance Minister.

Note 10  Speaker Approved Travel

Certain travel expenses require the approval of the Speaker.  Examples include out-of-country travel in connection with specific duties (e.g. Commonwealth Parliamentary Association functions)  and attendance at conferences and other meetings.  Out-of-province / Out-of-country travel expenses incurred by the Speaker are approved by the Executive Financial Officer.
Did Reid tell the Exec. Financial Officer that She okayed the expense for her Deputy and all he had to do was Rubber Stamp her decision?

Could that be...... Mike de Jong as the Exec.?

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 59th commonwealth Parliamentary Conference 2013

Electoral Roll call  Page 4 of 5   Women need only apply......

1 CANADA Alberta Mary Anne Jablonski Ms
2 CANADA British Columbia Linda Reid, MLA Hon
3 CANADA Canada Fed. Raynell Andreychuk Hon   Senator
4 CANADA Canada Fed. Irene Mathyssen Ms   MP
5 CANADA Canada Fed. Judy Foote Mrs     MP
6 CANADA Canada Fed. Myrna Driedger, MLA Ms  CWP Steering Com. Manitoba
7 CANADA Canada Fed. Susan Truppe Mrs  MP
8 CANADA Prince Edward Island Carolyn Bertram, MLA Hon
9 CANADA Yukon Patti McLeod Ms   MLA

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59th commonwealth Parliamentary Conference 2013

Linda Reid's Section 7. Spouses/Partners.

Spouses/Partners of delegates and SOCATT are welcome to participate, provided they have registered and paid the fee of US$ 1300 to cover the costs of accommodation, meals, internal transport, tours and social functions. No provision will be made for children of any age. A local sight-seeing programme to various places of interest in Gauteng Province will be arranged for the spouses/partners during the period of the Conference. Please note that those registered as a spouse/partner will be expected to share a double room with the relevant participant.

“South Africa awaits you”

BC Taxpayers too


Funny, when you walk into the Speaker's Office now, no one even looks at the drawn Drapes!

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Tuesday, March 18, 2014

1990: LNG drilling: Fraser Valley: Witness Tampering: Royal Commission

   Twenty-Four years ago David Anderson held an inquiry into Witness Tampering involving petroleum exploration in the Fraser Valley.
...... One had only to look at the schedule for the technical hearings to see a large contingent of industry experts and an equally large number of government bureaucrats that will between them bring a bias to the hearing.    No government employee would risk his future by suggesting that any course of action other than that ordained by the party line be followed.    -  David Anderson, Commissioner
If anything has been learned from the Commission study in 1990, its that today's government bureaucrats are "encouraged" to bail out of their current employment and move onto the private sector of which they originally were the overseers of, Trillions of dollars Royalties  .... LNG.

Members of the BC Legislature don't have that luxury, leaving, unless of course the AG of BC feels an Earthquake tremor of 8.0 coming on.   MLAs, Cabinet Ministers, Parliamentary Secretaries who has had access to insider information, co-wrote, made into law, have to wait until two years has passed.  The public servants, no such limitations.


There should be a LAW regarding Public Servants.

Commission of Inquiry into Fraser Valley Petroleum Exploration

Special Report on Allegations of Witness Tampering at the Commission Hearings

David Anderson, Commissioner

November 1990, Victoria, British Columbia
The Allegations.  Page 7 of 20

The text of the press release in question will be found in the appendices.  For the purposes of this report, the following quotations are of note on page two:

.... we were able to make significant inquiries in Illinois, Washington, Michigan and Wyoming, but persons within the industry in those areas who talked to us or suggested further lines of investigation, have been contacted by the proponents and pressured and embarrassed into withdrawing their support.

Again, on page four:

Although our industry contacts in the United States have been silenced....

The allegation that civil servants did not testify honestly before the Commission is found at the bottom of page two and continues on page three.  It reas as follows:

... the Ministry regards itself as the handmaiden of the petroleum industry, whose principle objective is to advance the interests of the industry ....

and later on page three:

One had only to look at the schedule for the technical hearings to see a large contingent of industry experts and an equally large number of government bureaucrats that will between them bring a bias to the hearing.    No government employee would risk his future by suggesting that any course of action other than that ordained by the party line be followed.

These are very serious allegations of wrongdoing.  If true, they would in all probability lead to criminal charges of obstruction of justice, and criminal charges of perjury; if false, there is the possibility of charges of obstruction of justice, as well as private suits for defamation.  Such criminal charges or private litigation are not, however, of direct concern to the Commission, and will not be commented on in this report other than as they affect the Commission's activities.

From the Commission's point of view these allegations cast serious doubt on whether a group of witnesses who were invited to testify and who did testify at the technical hearings of the Commission properly covered the issues of interest to the Commission.   If the allegations have substance, it will be necessary to reopen the technical hearings, to obtain the information that allegedly had been suppressed by the activities of the proponents.  If the second allegation has substance, it will be necessary to reject the testimony of one or more of the numerous civil servants from the governments of Canada, British Columbia, Alberta, Washington and Michigan who testified at the technical hearings of the Commission between 27 August 1990 and 6 September 1990.

It is also obvious that if the allegations have substance, I would find it very difficult to proceed with and inquiry into the exploratory drilling proposals until the question of the proponents' possible criminal activity had been looked into by the appropriate authorities.  It would be bizarre indeed to continue with this inquiry into exploratory drilling when the proponents of that drilling were under investigation for criminal activity designed to mislead this very Commission.  It would be even more bizarre to expect to have the subsequent regulation of any possible drilling conducted by the same civil servants who had committed perjury in an effort to improperly aid those proponents in obtaining permission to drill.

Clearly, these allegations called for a full investigation.  Accordingly, following the termination of the technical hearings on 6 September 1990, Commission Counsel, Mr. Douglas MacAdams, and I devoted ourselves to investigating these charges.  SNIP
Appendices provide here.

No Evidence of Witness Tampering   Page 19 and 20 of 20



Sunday, March 9, 2014

Beekeepers of BC 1911




 
In 1911 our "cities" were smaller with surrounding communities eventually amalgamating.  They all had their own names like today's Vancouver's Marpole was once called Eburne;  South Vancouver was South Vancouver, NOT part of Vancouver;  Colquitz?, is now part of Saanich; Central Park is Burnaby; Balcomo is Summerland; Okanagan Centre is Kelowna.   The list of Beekeepers from various towns had us fumbling to place them on the MAP.

Do you remember hearing about a relative that used to be a Beekeeper, and wondered what?  Well here you have a list of  240   Honey Beekeeper enthusiasts (on Page 51 and 52)  plotted on a Google Earth map and the names of our Ancestors.  A bit of a "gold rush" for those who are still looking for relatives:


The driving force for the popularity of Beekeepers might have been generated by various modes of transportation:  E & N Railway on Vancouver Island, CPR and CNR rail lines on the Mainland, Paddle Wheelers on Arrow and Kootenay Lakes, or maybe it was the Gold Rush.

From an earlier Post:  Italian Queenbees don't sting, they pinch!

Source: 1918:
Beekeeping has been practiced in British Columbia for nearly 150 years. The first 2 hives of honey bees arrived by ship at Victoria in May, 1858.  - Beekeeping in British Columbia A Brief Review


Town         Name                  Address         AKA Towns       Trivia

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Agassiz                 Jos. Whelpton
Agassiz                 F. Sinclair
Agassiz                 J.C. McRae
Agassiz                Thos. Hicks
Agassiz                Albert Greyl
Agassiz                Wm. Mackie

Alberni                  A.G. Service

5
Armstrong             A. W. Hunter           Box 275
Armstrong             ***  Burnett
Armstrong            Alloyne Buckley
Armstrong            J. Simmington
Armstrong            R. Daniels

Arrow Park           Chas. L. Childe
Arrow Park           A. Hemmingway
Arrow Park           Alf. Heffler

Balcomo               R. H. Agur           AKA Summerland

Balcomo     © Michael Kluckner

Balcomo                            A. Doherty

Beaver Creek P.O.              Alex. Shaw
Beaver Creek P.O.              Donald McKenzie
Beaver Creek P.O.              R.W. Thompson

Burnaby Lake                    H. Ledger
Burnaby Lake                    C.F. Sprott

Burnton City                     Mrs. Robson
Burnton City                     Edw. Schram

Burnton Wharf under Arrow Lakes

created by

Cedar Cottage P. O.           Edward P. Flynn    AKA  Kensington / Vancouver
Cedar Cottage P. O.           John Benson
Cedar Cottage P. O.           Wm. John Brewer

Central Park                      Mrs. M. J. Coburn             Park Avenue

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Chilliwack                        H. L. Johnson
Chilliwack                        J. Brannick
Chilliwack                        Mrs. M.S. Davies          P.O. Box 229
Chilliwack                        Isaac Kipp
Chilliwack                        Hy. Kipp

Coburn                Parker Williams     AKA Burnaby

Colquitz               Ernest Etheridge
Colquitz               H.D. Van Decar      AKA   Saanich  Mental Asylum

Comox                 H. Bourne
Comox                 *** Smith               Little River

Courtenay            James McKenzie
Courtenay            Richard Creech

Cranbrook           T.S. Gill

Cranbrook          Wm. Hamilton         Box 93
Cranbrook          Chas. Potvin
Cranbrook          W.L. Whitney

Creston             Walter V. Jackson

Cumberland     Thomas Pierce

Denman Island          Jas. Ormiston

Dewdney         Alister Thompson
Dewdney         S. Smith
Dewdney         R. Gourlay
Dewdney         Fred. Newton

Duncan           Mrs. Hy. Smith
Duncan           *** Duncan
Duncan           *** Price

East Burnaby       Mrs. E. C. Morley
East Burnaby       W. H. Lewis Box 317

East Sooke           T. Oldershaw

Eburne                Henry Keeper           AKA Marpole

Enderby              James Emery

Epworth             Edward Flynn         AKA  Oak Bay
Epworth            W.G. Sutton             

Esquimalt         Jos. Robinson           Fraser Street
Esquimalt         ***   Lea                  Lampson Street
Esquimalt        W.F. Corfield            Head Street

Ganges Harbour     J. T. Collins
Ganges Harbour     H. Caldwell

Glen Valley             Geo. R. Arthur

Glenwood               G. Shelby-Hele

Gordon Head           *** Gray

Grantham               Alex. Salmond

Hall's Prairie          Wm. Brown              AKA Halls Prairie
Hall's Prairie          H.G. Lawrence
Hall's Prairie          D. Brown & Sons.

Harrison Mills       Anthony Lambery

Hazelmere             F.J. Hardwick
Hazelmere             P.O. Green
Hazelmere             H. Hamel

Howser                  H.R. Board
Howser                  H. Hincks
Howser                  Messrs. Mathews

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Hatzic                    J.H. Lawrence
Hatzic                    E. McTaggart
Hatzic                    A. McTaggart
Hatzic                    ***      Slack Bros.
Hatzic                    ***      Hodson Bros.
Hatzic                    J. Edmons
Hatzic                    T. Cattewood

Kamloops              ***     Smith Bros.

Kaslo                    Archdeacon Beer
Kaslo                    G.S. Ehle      Box 34


Keating                  ***    Young                      Saanich
Keating                 Xavier Rey                        

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Kelowna               W.S. Fuller     Box 155
Kelowna               H.B.D. Lyons
Kelowna               James Harvey
Kelowna               Geo. Thompson
Kelowna               Chas. Lodge


Keremeos             J.J. Armstrong


Ladner                  R.C. Abbott
Ladner                  J. Reagh


Ladysmith           John Irvine


Langley               Alex. Holding
Langley               Frank Baxter
Langley               ***    Briges

Langley Prairie     Mrs. John Wilson
Langley Prairie     Geo. Blair
Langley Prairie     Geo. Trigg
Langley Prairie     *** Savage

Lytton                   Alex. Lochore
Lytton                   Alf. Ruddock


Malakwa               J.H. Johnson


Maywood P. O., Victoria      G. F. Dunn
Maywood P. O., Victoria      R.R. Watson
Maywood P. O., Victoria      J. H. Hughes


Mayne Island          James Bennett


Mayne Island          *** Padden
Mayne Island          Miss Padden


Beach Wash  2013  Oil on Canvas 30" X 54"   ©  Joe Cash

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Metchosin               W. Fisher
Metchosin               J. Parker
Metchosin               J.D. Reid
Metchosin               C. Field
Metchosin               Stanley Clark
Metchosin               A.T.M. Inverarity        Box 407 Victoria


Millstream              G.M. Bernard


Milner               John Maxwell


Mission City           J.A. Catherwood
Mission City              J. Mitchell
Mission City             T.R. Smith


Mount Tolmie          Robert Russell
Mount Tolmie             James Townsend


Nanaimo                     Charles G. Stevens
Nanaimo                     Joseph Deconer
Nanaimo                    John Skinner
Nanaimo                        F.H. Jones


Nelson                      Charles G. Gansner            Box 187
Nelson                      D. La Bau
Nelson                      A.J. Laviolette


New Denver             J.C. Harris


New Westminster     Wm. Anderson        Box 48
New Westminster     E. Stude
New Westminster     Frank Davies


Okanagan Centre     H.N. Caesar


Peachland                W.E. Morsch


Pender Island           A. H. Menzies


Port Guichon           Felix Guichon


Proctor                     William Harg-Smellie


Renata                      E.L. Redhead

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Revelstoke               Rev. C.A. Prounier
Revelstoke               Thos. W. Bradshaw      C.P.R.
Revelstoke               Geo. G. Staffner
Revelstoke               H.E.R. Smith
Revelstoke               H. Cameron
Revelstoke               B.A. Lawson
Revelstoke               Geo. Laforme
Revelstoke               W. Haner
Revelstoke               G. Raleigh


Rocky Point             Tom Parker


Roseberry                 S.Z. Brockmann


Rossland                  Edgar Charles         Box 114
Rossland                  James S. Gow         Box 74
Rossland                  Archie McMillan


Rutland                    Thos. Barber
Rutland                    *** McDonald


Salmo                      James F. Westby

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Sandwick                Rev. Thomas Menzies        AKA  Courtenay
Sandwick                Hugh Clark
Sandwick                W.H. Grieve
Sandwick                John Shopland
Sandwick                 L. Cliffe
Sandwick                T. Bridges
Sandwick                W. Duncan
Sandwick                 S.J. Perry
Sandwick                 Rev. Willimar Sardis Jas. Higginson


Seymour Arm          F.N. Daniels


Sidney                      Chas. Armstrong


Sooke                       John A. Murray
Sooke                       John A. French


South Vancouver       Mr. Pacey                  Wilson Road & Pacey Avenue


Strawberry Vale         Rob. Clark

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Summerland              F.J. Nixon P.O. Box 3
Summerland              Miss V. Cartwright
Summerland              R. Pollock
Summerland              M. Tait
Summerland              B.H. Sherk
Summerland              A. Fraser
Summerland              W.H. Hayes
                                   Elaine Watts       
Summerland              P. Thornber
Summerland              A. Stewart
Summerland              J. Gartell
Summerland              Alf. Aveson            Box 38
Summerland              F.W. Bentley           Box 138
Summerland              B.H. Sharp
Summerland              H. Briston
Summerland              T. Niven
Summerland              J. Dunsdon
Summerland              Dr. Sawyer
Summerland              Rev. J. White
Summerland              Geo. Sinclair


Trail                        Thos. Heath


Union Bay               Geo. H. Roe

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Vancouver             J.B. Lee                    2644 Manitoba Street
Vancouver             Norman N. Reid      1019 Davie Street
Vancouver             Geo. Schofield         1641 8th Avenue
Vancouver             Wm. Jefferson         1555 Westminster Avenue


1935 Snow on Pender  © Tom Carter



Vancouver           M.J. Henry    3010 Westminster Road AKA Kingsway
Vancouver           Mrs. R. J. Fisher         1037 Denman Street
Vancouver           Wm. Rennie Seed Co.
Vancouver           Herman M. Alpine      1550 7th Avenue

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Vernon                 Rev. R. J. Vaus
Vernon                 Arthur T. Kirkpatrick
Vernon                 E. Leonard Harris
Vernon                 C.M. Watson                Box 447
Vernon                 John Freeman
Vernon                 Rev. G. Kunke
Vernon                 Lloyd Quick
Vernon                 R.E. Tennant
Vernon                 John Kidston
Vernon                 J. Webster
Vernon                 T.A. Norris
Vernon                 *** Watson

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Victoria               G.A. Borthwick          Drawer 664
Victoria               *** Brinkman            Washington Avenue
Victoria               E. Flemming              Government Street
Victoria               T.J. Evans                  William Street V.W.
Victoria               J. Griffin                    1121 Langley Street
Victoria               W.H. Nelson              Brunswick Hotel
Victoria               E.F. Robinson            417 Young Street
Victoria               S.M.A. Savory           13 Broad Street
Victoria               F.D. Todd                   743 Market Street
Victoria               J.R. Grice                   48 Second Street
Victoria               W.R. Palmer               Box 534
Victoria               Miss E. C. Saunders   Victoria West
Victoria               Arthur C. C. Stratford
Victoria               A.J. Woodward           Ross Bay
Victoria               Thos. Shotbolt            Druggist
Victoria               W. Hardy                    Catherine Street, V.W.


Wellington           A. Willey                  AKA  North Nanaimo
Wellington           Jos. Carr


Yale                     Mrs. J.M. McQuarrie


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An Earlier Post:
Steven Spielberg's "War Horse"???  How about "The Cyclist" Canadian Cyclist Battalion's Nelson A. Zettergreen?


Nelson A. Zettergreen
 Canadian Corps Cyclist Battalion
Date of Birth: June 17, 1897
 Age at enlistment: 18
Age at Death: 21
 April 7, 1919

Vancouver's Mountain View Cemetery
Google Search Criteria: Condensed History of the Canadian Corps Cyclist Battalion

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  Dedicated to the Study of the Canadian Expeditionary Force The Great War of 1914 - 1919

Cyclist Summary


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As the Department of Agriculture is very frequently asked about the possibilities of bee-keeping in British Columbia, an effort has been made to get definite information from those engaged in the industry.  There was one great difficulty, the absence of a list of bee-keeps to who appeals could be sent.  However, there were gathered together from various sources the names of fully 200 apiarists on Vancouver Island, along the Fraser River, and in the Districts of East and West Kootenay.  To these was sent a series of questions covering thoroughly the climatic conditions, source of the winter protection of the hives.

The replies received cover these regions fairly well, sufficient to at least give an indication of the possibilities in different localities.  Snip

In sixty cases there was learned the number of colonies owned, the total being 667, suggesting an average of eleven hives to each apiary.  This is a much higher figure than was anticipated.  Snip

Only one report has been recieved from East Kootenay, the writer being a resident of Cranbrook.  He has secured as high as 100 pounds of extracted honey a hive in a good season, and altogether seems satisfied with the returns.  Snip.

In West Kootenay, Revelstoke reports 40 to 56 sections per hive; Proctor a little more; while Kaslo bee-keeper with ten years' experience gets 50 sections adding that his source is entirely from the clover in the town, there being no nectar-bearing plants in the vicinity.  One apiarist in Revelstoke believes there is sufficient pasturage for 200 colonies in the neighbourhood.  Snip

From the Fraser River, in Yale District, two reports were recieved.  At Lytton the principal source is alfalfa, the yield being 50 pounds extracted a hive.  At Agassiz the source is clover and fruit blossoms, giving 25 pounds surplus in a good season.

Speaking broadly, the dry-belt region of the Province is far ahead of the coast districts for the purpose of bee-keeping.  Snip.

Race of Bees.

A few have blacks, all others Italians.  There is little warmth occasionally shown on this rather interesting and controversial subject.  The blacks have their defenders, but many of those who favour the others want to see the dark bees wiped out, one enthusiast going so far as to wish the Provincial Parliament to pass and Act ordering the decapitation of every black queen within its jurisdiction, in order to keep the Italian stock pure.  Hybrids seeminly have no friends, on account of their vicicious disposition.  Snip.

Market Place of Honey.

From Dominion statistics we learn (Gary Mason are you reading this) that during the year 1909 there was imported through the ports of Vancouver and Victoria a grand total of 81,431 lbs. of honey.  These figures indicate a demand in the Province it will take a long time for the beekeepers to supply.

Plants required for Bees.

The list given below contains all plants in the reports; the dates show when they bloom in Victoria  in 1911

Feb. 21.   Willow.    Pollen carried in.
Mar. 17.   Much willow.    A few dandelions.
Mar. 25.   Oregon grape.
Mar. 25.   Brood in four frames.
Apr. 7.      Dandelions plentiful.
Apr. 11.    Wild strawberry.
Apr. 12.    Early pears.
Apr. 15.    Pollen becomes plentiful.
Apr. 18.    Early plums, apples.
May.  1.    Broom: a very fine pollen plant.
May. 12    Cultivated strawberry.
                  Wild sunflowers.   Bloom May 15th at Cranbrook.
May.  20.  Bees often need feeding about this date.
May. 24.   Chestnut.
May. 24.   Vetch.  Bees work on stems.
May. 24.   White clover and hawthorn.
June   7.   Snowberry, chokeberry, mustard, stonecrop.
June 22.   Bees rushing on snowberry.  Goldenrod, buckwheat, fireweed, sage, sweet    clover,  and alfalfa are reported from various parts of the Province, but dates of blooming are not given
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