New Website

The new Strathcona Wilderness Institute website has been launched! Blog posts as well as background info will now all be available at www.strathconapark.org Check the latest post here!

First Rain

The first sprinkles of rain in more than seven weeks fell at Paradise Meadows yesterday - but luckily not till after the photo walk with Chris Carter. In fact overcast days are great for photographing many subjects as this example shows.

Rich colours & textures are enhanced in the diffused light.

Numerous king gentian and leafy aster are flowering in the meadows right now. There is a good patch of northern bedstraw blooming on the east Centennial trail, and still a lot of orchids, cottongrass, & Menzies' burnet. Sitka burnet & partridgefoot are mostly finished.

A blue heron was reported in the meadow ponds, an unusual occurrence , although it also happened last year.

Among the many visitors were a group of Junior Rangers from Tahsis & Port Hardy, enjoying several days of activities around the Park.

Photos in Paradise

Join nature photographer Chris Carter tomorrow at 1 p.m. for a photo walk around Paradise Meadows , looking for photo opportunities & compositions. Chris is known for his panoramas including the one featured on the interpretive signs on the deck of the Wilderness Centre.

 

 

More of Chris' work can be found on his website , viewed in person at the Centre, or the Comox Valley Art Gallery Shop.