Category: Cemeteries

Thursday, June 18th, Day 21 of our trip and the 14th day in Newfoundland, was so amazing it’s taking me two posts to tell you about it. This first one is about a hike, the next will be about our spectacular iceberg boat tour. After a good experience with...

Sunday, June 14, Day 17 of our trip and the 10th day in Newfoundland, was intended to be a partial day to explore Port au Choix before moving on, but we very soon decided to stay another night. As I write this, it’s our favourite community so far. My...

This is blog post #20 from our tour of northern Europe. Monday, July 14th, was technically our third “at sea” day from Iceland – that is, we didn’t touch land. But as with yesterday’s incredible day in Prince Christian Sound, today offered much more than open sea. We got...

On Tuesday, November 19th, my daughter and I visited the Hi Jolly Cemetery at Quartzsite, then made the easy 85-mile drive to Yuma, where we visited the grave of one of the Yukon’s best-known early characters, “Arizona Charlie” Meadows. See an interactive map of the basic route here. At...

Over the past couple of days (Tuesday and Wednesday, September 17th and 18th), I finally completed a project that I began in August 1991. Well, it wasn’t a “project” in 1991, that was just the first time I photographed some of the graves at the Atlin Pioneer Cemetery. In...

In my wanders around Vancouver last week, I came across a memorial to the victims of the Indian residential school system. It was initially created by First Nations artist Tamara Bell with 215 pairs of children’s shoes, but it appears to have become less an organized effort than a...

I haven’t been getting out much, but last Wednesday (May 20th) I got a call from a fellow in Tagish, offering me a collection of aerial photos, maps, and other material that he had acquired. That was all the reason I needed for a drive. And Bella and Tucker...

One would think that, because it’s so close in both physical and emotional ways, that the Pioneer Cemetery in Whitehorse would have been a prime focus in my cemeteries project. But it had been neglected for so many decades that my heart just wasn’t in it. That has all...

I’m writing this post while parked at a rest area high on the Top of the World Highway, with a panoramic mountain view to the north. It’s Day 5 of this RV trip, and I’ve decided to make a major change in the itinerary I had planned. Rather than...

I did a two-part visit to the historic coal-mining town of Nordegg. The first was a quick look on Day 44 of the trip – Friday, June 8th – then I returned the next day to do the Upper Mine Tour at the Brazeau Collieries. I had my first...