Category Archives: Georgian Bay

Hogg Bay Trestle Bridge 2141 feet long, 1908-1978

scan of an old print of a photo I took back in 1975 — Spanning the waters of Hogg Bay, a great wooden trestle bridge was built in 1908 to carry the Canadian Pacific Railroad from grain elevators at Port … Continue reading

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Hogg Bay Trestle Bridge photos

was torn down before 1980, near Victoria Harbour, Ontario   Spanning the waters of Hog Bay, a great wooden trestle bridge was built in 1908 to carry the Canadian Pacific Railroad from grain elevators at Port McNicoll. 2141 feet long … Continue reading

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well along

well along Originally uploaded by canuckshutterer “Bill” (W.J. Gibson) three shots taken yesterday down on my “wild“ shore line on Georgian Bay, water level is down this year which is the pattern for the last ten years at least.

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Georgian Bay in reduced colour image, manipulated

I posted this on flickr some time ago it has rec’d 9 comments, which is a lot for my work

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Monday

I am trying an experiment with Word 2007. Using it to prepare my blog posting. The highlight of the morning a visit by several Canada Geese families to the shore in front of my house. The goslings are getting to … Continue reading

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morning sighting

I spent five minutes yesterday morning watching the shoreline antics of a mink. The mink was swimming in the shallow water of Georgian Bay in front  of my home. It was checking along about 120 feet of shoreline for its … Continue reading

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bald eagle

The highlight of my week: sighting a juvenile bald eagle out on a large rock in the water in front of my place. He/she was about 40 yards away. Had a large stick in one foot. It was a little … Continue reading

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a week of snow

Western NY has had it worse, but we have had 120 centimetres. Our normal snow fall in this season is 160 centimetres total. The newspaper reports that part of the abnormally large lake effect snowfall this winter is due to … Continue reading

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snow, snow, and more snow

Not world record setting but a lot has fallen in the past 24 hours and the forecast calls for more. First thing this morning I went out to brush off my various bird seed feeding spots and surfaces in the … Continue reading

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Trumpeter Swans still around

Heard them last night as I was sitting reading on the closed in (insulated and heated) sun porch. The kittens and the dog were keeping me company. I cracked open a window and could hear clearly, many trumpeters “playing” their … Continue reading

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