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Pitt Lake: May 2013
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Pitt Lake,British Columbia its history,ecology,social uses. Thursday, May 2, 2013. These photos were taken many years ago, (mid 1980's) no idea how these pictographs have fared in the meantime. They are up on the western side of the lake about mid way. Please look at, but do not touch or alter these important pictographs in any way. This image appears to be two people in a canoe, with one standing and pointing a rifle? General view of the most visible pictographs from the lake. DiRp 5. On the western...
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Pitt Lake: August 2014
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Pitt Lake,British Columbia its history,ecology,social uses. Friday, August 8, 2014. Bridal Veil falls, AKA Defrauder falls. Is located where Defrauder Creek. Empties into Pitt Lake, for many generations, centuries, it was known as Bridal Veil falls; on July 3, 1963 the name of Defrauder Creek. Was officially applied, and was an established local name according to Geological Survey of Canada field staff. And then slowly Bridal Veil falls, became Defrauder Falls. As you see this image is vastly superior, a...
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In Search of Slumach: August 2015
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In Search of Slumach. In 1891,in New Westminster BC, an elderly Native man was hanged for murder. Today, legends of epic proportions link him with rich gold findings in the mountains around Pitt Lake and multiple killings. What do we really know about this man and where did the legends come from? Friday, 28 August 2015. On the Web site of the Maple Ridge - Pitt Meadows Times. Is a piece written about "The Curse" with the above picture and caption. Click here. To read the posting. Thursday, 27 August 2015.
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Pitt Lake: Helicopter accident
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Pitt Lake,British Columbia its history,ecology,social uses. Tuesday, January 28, 2014. More common the past few years to have aviation accidents in the Pitt Watershed than marine accidents, very telling about the quality of training of aviators. Overdue for fatalities; the clock is ticking. Helicopter rolls onto riverbank. Sinks at Pitt Lake; pilot, passenger okay. Two taken to Abbotsford Hospital after Pitt Lake crash. Video, but not of crash site ). It was a Schweizer 269. Maps of the area. Vancouver N...
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Pitt Lake: Small & Bucklin
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Pitt Lake,British Columbia its history,ecology,social uses. Wednesday, December 25, 2013. Small and Bucklin was a large logging, sawmilling outfit from the U.S.A., that at one time also had extensive timber lands along Pitt Lake, and also in the Upper Pitt River. They had a sawmill in New Westminster, among other activities elsewhere. Recently I came across an article from 1911, here it is:. 16 April 1911 The Daily Colonist,(Victoria). BODY OF ONE MAN NOT YET FOUND. The bodies of the first three named we...
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Pitt Lake: December 2011
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Pitt Lake,British Columbia its history,ecology,social uses. Sunday, December 4, 2011. Mitchell B-25 crash in 1953. Two photos from the 1953 B-52 crash just north of Widgeon Lake, at the top of a mountain. Both photos from the New Westminster Archives. I have created a PDF file that contains pictures and newspaper articles from the time of the accident. Download the 1130kb PDF. Or view it using the Google viewer. In Google docs. (No sign in needed). Pilot Training Manual For The Mitchell Bomber. Of the cr...
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Pitt Lake: Bridal Veil falls, AKA Defrauder falls
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Pitt Lake,British Columbia its history,ecology,social uses. Friday, August 8, 2014. Bridal Veil falls, AKA Defrauder falls. Is located where Defrauder Creek. Empties into Pitt Lake, for many generations, centuries, it was known as Bridal Veil falls; on July 3, 1963 the name of Defrauder Creek. Was officially applied, and was an established local name according to Geological Survey of Canada field staff. And then slowly Bridal Veil falls, became Defrauder Falls. As you see this image is vastly superior, a...
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Pitt Lake: October 2012
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Pitt Lake,British Columbia its history,ecology,social uses. Tuesday, October 16, 2012. On Monday the 15th of October, a Cessna 172 crashed into Pitt Lake, with the loss of one of the two occupants. One man dead, another hospitalized after float plane crashes into Pitt Lake. Flight instructor was victim of Pitt Lake float-plane crash. Student released from hospital after escaping from wreckage. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Maps of the area. 1965, ; 276 pages. Port Coquitlam, BC, NRC. Canadian Topograph...
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Pitt Lake: December 2013
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Pitt Lake,British Columbia its history,ecology,social uses. Wednesday, December 25, 2013. Small and Bucklin was a large logging, sawmilling outfit from the U.S.A., that at one time also had extensive timber lands along Pitt Lake, and also in the Upper Pitt River. They had a sawmill in New Westminster, among other activities elsewhere. Recently I came across an article from 1911, here it is:. 16 April 1911 The Daily Colonist,(Victoria). BODY OF ONE MAN NOT YET FOUND. The bodies of the first three named we...
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Upper Pitt River: Convicted guide operates in the Upper Pitt
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Rambling notes about the history of the Upper Pitt River. Saturday, March 14, 2015. Convicted guide operates in the Upper Pitt. From the Vancouver Sun: Convicted guide outfitter allowed to continue operating in B.C. Abe Dougan has 20-year ban from hunting and guiding in Yukon. A sane person would hope that the conviction and sentencing in this case, would also automatically trigger censure in Canada, apparently Not. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Maps of the area. 1965, ; 276 pages. Three maps and t...
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