Fishing Derby

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Spring Carnival week just finished and I couldn’t be more relieved. Here are some pictures from the Fishing Derby at Trout Lake.

I caught a trout! It was not only my first time ice fishing, but my first time ever fishing. It only took 4 hours of standing in the cold to earn it. Good times.

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Google Street View

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Back when I first moved to Tulita, Parks Canada was getting Google Trekker imagery for national parks all over the country, including Nááts’ihch’oh. On my very first trip into the park, the Trekker came along and got hiked around a few locations in the park.

That imagery has been processed, and is now live on Google Maps!

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Drag and drop the little yellow man in one of these areas

While the team was in Tulita, they also drove the Trekker around town, so Tulita is now on Google Street View!

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You can “drive” anywhere highlighted in blue

Here’s your Tulita “Where’s Waldo?” checklist:

  • Two separate occurrences of Faye & Laani in Parks uniform in different parts of town
  • Faye doing a silly walk in each of these occurrences
  • Maciek
  • A wolf
  • A fox

Snowshoe up Bear Rock

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We finally got around to trekking up Bear Rock.

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Took the quad down the winter road to our starting point
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It was a long approach to the base
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Then it got steeper…
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…and steeper…
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…and steeper.
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View of Tulita from the top, over on the far side of the Bear River.
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Trout Lake, where the fishing derby takes place every year.
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The Mackenzie River, still solidly frozen.