Thinking of hiking the Skookumchuck in January or February? The gals at the Sechelt Visitor Centre are just getting the 2013 best viewing times together, but they know there’s always the hardy types wanting to see this impressive tidal surge during the winter, when some of the highest tides and ranges make for some of [...]
The Sunshine Coast Museum and Archives is proud to announce the launch of Time Travel Sunshine Coast, a heritage smart phone walking tour that allows users to explore the fascinating histories of the Sunshine Coast on their mobile phones. The tour will be launched and available for download on Friday, October 12th, 2012. Funded by [...]
I stumbled across a fabulous site this week – Sunshine-Coast-Trails.com. Created by Sunshine Coaster Becky Wayte as a labour of love (hey, I SO get that), Sunshine Coast Trails has an ever-expanding compendium of both hiking and biking trails across the Sunshine Coast. A phenomenal amount of work has gone into this web site – [...]
Every time I get an email, Facebook message, or calendar event posting request, I am reminded of how lucky the Sunshine Coast is to have attracted – and retained for almost 4 years now – Kimiko Hawkes as the Manager & Curator. Kimiko seems to have boundless energy, and a contagious enthusiasm for history, culture [...]
Storm season on the Sunshine Coast is one of my favourite times of year for coastal living. Trees whip and sway, branches fly sideways, snowy rain blows at a 45 degree angle, the southeasterly gale creates monster storm surges that combine with winter’s higher tides for truly dramatic scenes of nature’s strength. My friend Marshall [...]
Photo courtesy of Katrin Harry, Powell River Ten giants quietly floating in their final resting-place, proud ships, now stripped and silent, nevermore to travel the seven seas. Doomed to lie at anchor, calming the pounding seas as the breakwater for our pulp mill. These are the incredible hulks. Within the picturesque community of Powell River [...]
A sculpted and somewhat voluptuous example of the tidal art of sandcastle building at uncrowded Welcome Beach. A word to the wise: park up on redrooffs or at the welcome beach hall – there’s only room for 4 cars at the bottom, I kid you not. Unless you’re here early don’t tie the Gordian Knot [...]
Wow, exciting times on the Sunshine Coast. Whales are back along the shore for the first time in many years, drawing crowds out to piers, swim docks, beaches and walking paths hoping for a glimpse. There was some Facebook buzz earlier in the week that there had been a live birth of a baby (calf) [...]
by Laurie McConnell Editor/Publisher, Bigpacific.com’s Guide to the Coast Every weekend April through October, I love visiting the Sechelt Farmer and Artisans Market at the Ravens Cry Theatre lot just across from St. Mary’s Hospital. For one thing, I always stop at Greta’s for freshly made bannock with home preserves (today it was blackberry/blueberry – [...]
by Laurie McConnell, Editor/Publisher Lund. A four letter word loosely translated into ‘the end of the road’, as the stone cairn marker in the centre of this tiny Sunshine Coast BC village declares, marking the northern terminus of Highway 101, which begins here and ends at the tip of South America in Castro, Chile – one of [...]
By Laurie McConnell, Editor What do locals do when the sun comes out? Same as the visitors sometimes… we go out and become tourists in our own town. For Haley and I, the brilliant sunshine coupled with a brisk southeasterly equated to perfect picture taking weather. We ambled down to the heart of Roberts Creek [...]