Probably the main cycle trail on Southern Vancouver Island is the Galloping Goose (named after the rail line it follows through much of its ...

Usually I spend Canada Day out in one of our nearby wilderness areas because, much as I like my fellow Canadians, I don't enjoy the huge...

The natural range of the species Sequoia sempervirens (Giant Redwood) doesn't extend beyond southern Oregon but a number of these glori...

I've been thinking about why I like this photo and also why I derived such pleasure out of the Wood Ducks I've been posting photos o...

We're getting more night shots lately partly because there's more night lately but mainly because I am getting addicted to the Sony ...

Yesterday's big snowfall (about 6 or 8 inches) transformed our landscape from early spring back to early winter. I walked down to Banfie...

A few days ago I posted a photo of Tillicum Bridge , the fourth bridge to cross the Gorge. Moving upstream westward the next and final bridg...

Last month I posted some photos of the Bay Street Bridge , noting that it was the second bridge to cross The Gorge when moving away from the...

From beneath the Bay Street Bridge the view above is looking north and slightly west up the Gorge towards the Selkirk Waters. The house on t...

Residents of Victoria West, like myself, are lucky in that we have access to waterfront both to the north (The Gorge) and to the south (the ...

This photo is meant to serve as an introduction to the next few days' posts. Here we are looking up the Gorge from the Craigflower Bridg...

Actually I know this is not a parrot. But I've just spent an hour searching through my Peterson's Field Guide to Western Birds with...

The Gorge is a splendid feature of Victoria and is well used by residents who like to be on the water. This is a fairly typical scene in the...

Though it has yet to freeze here the nights are cold enough to turn the leaves on these trees on the banks of the Gorge. Here we are looking...

Here's another panorama stitched from two photos taken from Bayview Residences. Yesterday's pano was the view facing eastwards acros...

This view is from the eastern bank of the Gorge looking towards the city and the Inner Harbour. Beyond the Bay Street or Point Ellice Bridge...

A visitor commented yesterday that all that was missing from Saturday's photo was some of Victoria's friendly people so here's a...

This small rocky island lies in the middle of the Gorge just east of the Selkirk Trestle (to the right in the photo). It was originally a b...

Photos: Above, Craigflower Manor. Below, Craigflower Manor on the left, Craigflower Bridge in the centre, Craigflower School on the right. B...

The Craigflower Schoolhouse (originally called Maple Point School), the oldest surviving school building in Western Canada, was built on ord...