Photos of "Not Just Nanaimo"

[riverrat]

Where was that river photo taken? Definitely not Nanaimo River...

Don, that old trestle picture is so great. Where's that?

And Soup, is that Kennedy Lake?

[Don]

They are around Horne Lake...

Here is another one, not so blurry...

[Soup Dragon]

And Soup, is that Kennedy Lake?

1st one is Sproat Lake, 2nd is Kennedy Lake

[Eric]

@Dragon, you´re taking really good pics!

[Apathy]

Here is some from me

[Bunky]

Has anybody besides me noticed the commercial shot from Little Mountain in Errington? It's an automobile commercial of some type and as soon as I saw the opening scene, I knew where it was shot from. Such a cool view! Dangerous though. We used to party up there untill a couple of people I knew stepped off @ night. Good view-bad scene.

[riverrat]

Wow, Bunky, I'm curious about that story! I've felt vertigo while standing on Little Mountain, and I always wonder how anybody could be anything BUT super careful up there. How did it happen? When?

[Bunky]

Hi Riverrat.
This accident happened probably about 1982 to 1983 somewhere in that time frame. A bunch of us used to drive up to Little Mountain and sit up there and party sometimes. At night we would shine a spot light from a truck so we could see and then light a fire and just hang out.
I was supposed to go up this particular time but I never made it for whatever reason. The next day I heard that a vehicle had parked up there close to the edge, closer than they realised. They hopped out and well obviously the people getting out on the passenger side stepped right off. I think the two deceased were brother and sister. I'm not sure of this detail. I remember it took a bit of time to locate them. \
I never went back up there at night after that. Whenever I get back over to Parksville I still like to go up there and enjoy that amazing spot in the a.m. hours.

[riverrat]

Hey Bunky, thanks for the story. What a thing to happen!

I might as well post a "not in Nanaimo" pic. Here's camping last spring at Raven Creek on Pitt Lake.

[fitz]

Out in the same area, Pitt Polder with Golden Ears in the back:


...and this is heading up Golden Ears from the other side of the mountain: