Comments on: Northern B.C.: Swim the Skeena http://www.mywestworld.com/people/swim-the-skeena/ Share Your World with the World Tue, 25 May 2010 04:48:03 +0000 hourly 1 By: Anne Rose http://www.mywestworld.com/people/swim-the-skeena/#comment-1123 Anne Rose Sat, 06 Feb 2010 23:35:21 +0000 http://www.mywestworld.com/?p=3735#comment-1123 Hey, thanks for letting me know, Annie!! The video/blog are great. Wish I'd been there. I can still hear the water lapping under the boardwalks whenever I think about the North Pacific Cannery, and see the inlet in my mind's eye. Haunting. note: we've got a story on the cannery coming up in the spring issue, which hits homes the week of February 19; we'll also post on MyWestworld. Any updates on the cannery you might have in the meantime -- I'll add to the site. Video welcome! It's such a stellar reminder of B.C.'s history. We could add a box re: info on where folks can donate to refurbishment efforts/fund, if so inclined. Cheers/Anne Hey, thanks for letting me know, Annie!! The video/blog are great.
Wish I’d been there. I can still hear the water lapping under the boardwalks whenever I think about the North Pacific Cannery, and see the inlet in my mind’s eye. Haunting.
note: we’ve got a story on the cannery coming up in the spring issue, which hits homes the week of February 19; we’ll also post on MyWestworld. Any updates on the cannery you might have in the meantime — I’ll add to the site. Video welcome! It’s such a stellar reminder of B.C.’s history. We could add a box re: info on where folks can donate to refurbishment efforts/fund, if so inclined.
Cheers/Anne

]]> By: Annie http://www.mywestworld.com/people/swim-the-skeena/#comment-1120 Annie Sat, 06 Feb 2010 01:51:12 +0000 http://www.mywestworld.com/?p=3735#comment-1120 It was on the wharf of the old cannery. Isn't it a stunning spot? Now imagine the pierred boardwalks lined with people and the local native band drumming as Ali and her team come up from the water's edge. Incredible! I blogged about it here: http://annie.paxye.com/?p=1579 Later in the evening we attended the party in Prince Rupert and again blown away by the slideshow showing the whole trip. I believe it must be just as you describe, Dave. It was on the wharf of the old cannery. Isn’t it a stunning spot? Now imagine the pierred boardwalks lined with people and the local native band drumming as Ali and her team come up from the water’s edge. Incredible!

I blogged about it here: http://annie.paxye.com/?p=1579

Later in the evening we attended the party in Prince Rupert and again blown away by the slideshow showing the whole trip. I believe it must be just as you describe, Dave.

]]> By: Dave Quinn http://www.mywestworld.com/people/swim-the-skeena/#comment-1118 Dave Quinn Fri, 05 Feb 2010 14:51:03 +0000 http://www.mywestworld.com/?p=3735#comment-1118 To know a river intimately, from headwaters to sea, as Ali knows the Skeena, is a really powerful experience I'm sure! To be there for any part of it is to share the journey and show respect for both Ali and the watershed she is trying to protect - I'm glad you got to be there at the Pacific. Watching my Kootenays change almost by the day with new roads, as well as recreational, and industrial developments into was, until recently, wilderness, makes me all the more aware of the value of the Sacred Headwaters. Thanks for reading! Dave Quinn To know a river intimately, from headwaters to sea, as Ali knows the Skeena, is a really powerful experience I’m sure! To be there for any part of it is to share the journey and show respect for both Ali and the watershed she is trying to protect – I’m glad you got to be there at the Pacific. Watching my Kootenays change almost by the day with new roads, as well as recreational, and industrial developments into was, until recently, wilderness, makes me all the more aware of the value of the Sacred Headwaters. Thanks for reading!
Dave Quinn

]]> By: Anne Rose http://www.mywestworld.com/people/swim-the-skeena/#comment-1116 Anne Rose Fri, 05 Feb 2010 09:03:34 +0000 http://www.mywestworld.com/?p=3735#comment-1116 Annie, was the finish line just off the wharf of the old cannery? I was just up there in the fall and it's an incredible heritage site with an amazingly tranquil, expansive vista...so hard to believe the site is so big and still intact in the middle of such seclusion. I wish I'd been there to see the race if that's the case . . . the perfect setting. When I was up the site was strapped financially, but a recent grant is fab news. What an iconic B.C. landmark. Anne Editor/MyWestworld.com/Westworld Annie, was the finish line just off the wharf of the old cannery? I was just up there in the fall and it’s an incredible heritage site with an amazingly tranquil, expansive vista…so hard to believe the site is so big and still intact in the middle of such seclusion. I wish I’d been there to see the race if that’s the case . . . the perfect setting. When I was up the site was strapped financially, but a recent grant is fab news. What an iconic B.C. landmark.

Anne
Editor/MyWestworld.com/Westworld

]]> By: Annie http://www.mywestworld.com/people/swim-the-skeena/#comment-1112 Annie Thu, 04 Feb 2010 17:54:56 +0000 http://www.mywestworld.com/?p=3735#comment-1112 I was so pleased to be able to see Ali finish her swim in Port Edward! It was a marvellously touching moment. I was so pleased to be able to see Ali finish her swim in Port Edward! It was a marvellously touching moment.

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