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Drowned excavator
The C.P.R. has yet to remove the wrecked flatcar from the bank or the excavator from the Lake, each resulting from the train wreck at Atbara on Friday, March 30 (also Wreck, stage one √ and Wreck, Sunday). I suppose … Continue reading
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Wreck, Sunday
I was wrong when I guessed that the track was repaired last evening. This morning was spent doing this. I expect that this afternoon will be more interesting if they lift the flat car and excavator. Images of that will … Continue reading
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Wreck, stage one √
After Saturday’s saga, it now looks as if the track has been restored. Today promises to be interesting as the flat car is removed from the bank and the excavator is removed from the Lake. At 9:30 pm Saturday, work … Continue reading
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Train wreck
I normally explore nature, but when a train car travels down the bank across from one’s home, I notice it. This is on the C.P.R. line between Nelson and Procter and about a kilometer east of Atbara. This page shows … Continue reading
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Pictographic seachange
Pictographs are at once art and narrative. Pictographs—rock paintings—were created by Aboriginal people over millennia. Alas, many have become obscured by time, suffering fading, erosion, lichen, and sometimes vandalism. There is now often difficulty in discerning many of the shapes depicted. … Continue reading
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Local lost language
On Thursday, I gave a talk to the Kootenay History Interest Group. These folk take delight in exploring a wide range of local history: artifacts, buildings, characters. It struck me that historical language might be grist for this mill. Language … Continue reading
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Raptor rapture
The expedition began with an inquiry from Michael McMann: would I like to accompany him to the Creston flats to photograph Rough-legged Hawks? I grab any opportunity to head into the field with such a knowledgeable naturalist, so on Friday we crossed Kootenay … Continue reading
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Procter to Nelson
When I was a child, the CPR ran a passenger service between Procter and Nelson (and beyond). From early in the century until 1953, the train was pulled by steam engines—thereafter diesel. Although I watched both frequently, I only rode … Continue reading
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Fraser’s Landing
Dynamite ended the career of Fraser’s Landing in 1947. The landing (or where it used to be) was the first place on an historical tour of Balfour given yesterday by Peter Bartl. He guided a dozen history buffs from the … Continue reading
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Excavator out
This posting follows the earlier ones about: Train wreck, Wreck, stage one √, Wreck, Sunday, and Drowned excavator. This morning, a large barge and crane arrived from the Nelson side. By 3:30 pm the excavator was no longer under water, but was … Continue reading →