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Fisch on Tour

Sabbatical 2023 June to December in Western Canada and the US Read more
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    A miracle

    August 19, 2023 in Canada ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C

    On Saturday I get back on the road, after my niece Isabelle’s 6th birthday party. And a miracle occurs - after several calls and insistence with Edmonton Police, I actually get my bike back. Thanks to the AirTag I knew where it is. Initially, I had thought somebody had removed the attic, as I did not find the bike at the indicated location, but while in Germany, the attic moved. That indicated that it was still on the bike, and the bike had moved. So if you don’t have tracking devices on your gear yet - I heartily recommend it .Read more

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    The famous Spirit IslandMedicine Lake - it drains naturally in the summer

    Jasper NP - Maligne Lake

    August 20, 2023 in Canada ⋅ ☀️ 12 °C

    A boat tour on Maligne Lake - unfortunately, the view is not very good as it’s very smoky due to all the wildfires in BC

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    Mt Robson
    Kinney LakeOverlander FallsRearguard Falls

    Mt Robson Provincial Park

    August 22, 2023 in Canada ⋅ ☀️ 12 °C

    Traveling west from Jasper into British Columbia, Mount Robson, is the highest mountain in the Canadian Rockies. With the bad visibility due to smoke, unfortunately, I don’t really see the mountain. The bike ride to Kinney Lake is beautiful though.Read more

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    McBride - authentic northern town

    August 24, 2023 in Canada ⋅ ☁️ 10 °C

    I drive into McBride more by chance than by plan and truly fall in love with this very authentic Northern forest town. Especially with the beanery café in the train station and the characters there. The power goes out while I’m waiting for my breakfast, a scheduled interruption, I feel like I’m in South Africa.Read more

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    Ancient forest provincial park
    Salmon in the Blue RiverRiver Safari with canoe-catamaran and speedboat on the Mud River / Mud Lake

    Interior temperate rainforest

    August 24, 2023 in Canada ⋅ ☁️ 14 °C

    Coastal climate with lots of rain in between the coastal and rocky mountain ranges creates a rainforest environment. And the salmon have started to come into the cello rivers to spawn - I hope to see more of this in the coming week.Read more

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    Valemount Museum
    McBridePrince George Railway & Forestry Museum

    On the move

    August 24, 2023 in Canada ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C

    I am on the Yellowhead Highway, one of only 2 road fully transversing the Rocky Mountains in Canada. This is the northern road, only fully completed in 1972. People followed the railroad here, once transportation was established, forestry industry and mining followed. Once in area, it was no longer attractive, everything was picked up and moved. Still today.Read more

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    Barkerville Gold Rush Town

    August 25, 2023 in Canada ⋅ ☀️ 14 °C

    I’m in Gold country, the Cariboo region. Barker like once was the second biggest town in the west after San Francisco! It turned into a ghost town, then into a Historic Village, but Gold is still mined hereRead more

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    Fort St. James

    August 28, 2023 in Canada ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C

    75% original Hudson’s Bay Company Trading Fort on Stuart Lake. A vast majority of central and western Canada was discovered by the white man through trappers and traders. I also witnessed the first and probably last chicken race of my life. The truth, I think: Fort St. James is so far out of the way that the caretakers needed to come up with something fun to lure people hereRead more

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    My view for a day in HazeltonMy home for 2 nights

    Car issues - I’m stuck in Hazelton and S

    August 30, 2023 in Canada ⋅ ☁️ 20 °C

    While getting gas at a full service gas station, the idiots there put regular gasoline into my diesel tank. Believe me, you do NOT want that to happen. The engine sounds very unhealthy. I managed to roll it to a stop in front of Hazelton public library (WiFi!!!!) at 6 pm and spent an uncomfortable night there before being able to to call towing services, garages and insurance company. And as Hazelton is a small village in the middle of nowhere, it took until the late afternoon before a tow truck arrived and pulled me into the next biggest town, Smithers, where I had found a mechanic who could take a look at my car the next day, and not 2 to 4 weeks out. Big thank you to OK Tire in Smithers! I got lucky, after draining, and cleaning the tank, the engine runs fine, and in the end I lost only two days, and the insurance is going to cover most of the cost.Read more

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    Reconstructed longhouses in K'San (Hazelton)

    Totem country

    September 1, 2023 in Canada ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C

    This area of British Columbia has a very high percentage of indigenous population, and their rich culture. They mainly lived off fish, spending the winters in longhouses, and commemorating the ancestors in history in totem poles. A selection of images of the many villages and totem poles I’ve visited over the last couple of days.Read more

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    I’m in Alaska!

    September 2, 2023 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 14 °C

    A 600 km detour to Stewart (Canada) - fairly large and sort of thriving- and neighbor Hyder (Alaska) - almost ghost town. Here the Americans don’t control immigration, but the Canadians do! Images are all from HyderRead more

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    Salmon die after spawning, you can see dead fish on the top of the imageThe black cloud are all fishView over lunch

    Fish Creek & Salmon Glacier

    September 2, 2023 in Canada ⋅ ☁️ 9 °C

    2 big reasons to make the journey to Stewart / Hyder: bears feeding on salmon in Fish Creek, and the huge, unbelievably beautiful Salmon Glacier. Unfortunately, even though I spent about three hours over four different visits at the fish creek wildlife viewing site no bears showed up 😞 still, seeing the unbelievable amount of salmon, was definitely worth it. The black ones are pink salmon, and the greenish chum salmon.Read more

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    Premier Mine

    Stewart

    September 3, 2023 in Canada ⋅ ☁️ 9 °C

    Fishing, forestry, tourism and especially mining keep this remote town alive. The only food can be bought in a small bakery in to General stores.

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    Demolition Derby!

    September 3, 2023 in Canada ⋅ ☁️ 18 °C

    After I heard from the tow truck driver (see below) about the race day, I wanted to see it. And it was A LOT of fun! Turn the sound up in the videos…

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    Fair in Terrace - about as big and exciting as in HerdeckeHeritage Village, very nice, but already closed, I take pictures across the fenceThe mighty Skeena RiverLakelse LakeSockeye salmon spawning in Williams Creek

    Terrace, British Columbia

    September 3, 2023 in Canada ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C

    I explored the economically important, but touristically pretty boring town of Terrace. Very nice campground close by, Lakelse Lake - for them and many other places, this is the last weekend of business, Labor Day weekend is considered the end of summer. School starts…Read more

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    North Pacific Cannery Historic Site

    September 5, 2023 in Canada ⋅ ☁️ 13 °C

    Want to know why salmon were decimated in the Pacific? There were over 800 Canneries like the historic site I visited today between San Francisco and Prince Rupert from about 1880 to 1980. Add to that dammed rivers, water pollution etc… anyhow, the canneries were real cities, often only accessible by boat, employing 800-1200 people per season. I don’t want to imagine the smell…Read more

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    Prince Rupert

    September 5, 2023 in Canada ⋅ ☁️ 14 °C

    This place is all about fishing and tourism. And the Museum of Northern British Columbia has an incredible collection of indigenous art from the area. After I’ve already visited so many villages, thus was great to seeRead more

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    Leaving Prince Rupert
    Industrial Port of Prince Rupert on Ridley IslandFirst whale!Lots of whales around between islandsBoat Bluff Lighthouse, first human structure after 6 hoursStop im Klemtu, a First Nations community very very far away from everythingGetting to Bella Bella, almost a townSunset whales

    A day on the ferry

    September 6, 2023 in Canada ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C

    Today I took the ferry from Prince Rupert to Port Hardy at the north end of Vancouver Island. 16,5 hours + be there 2 hours early + 1 hour to get off and go to the campground! I got up at 5 am. Fortunately, the weather improved along the way and we saw lots of humpback whales.Read more

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    Alert Bay

    September 8, 2023 in Canada ⋅ ☀️ 11 °C

    A famous First Nations (indigenous) community, 45 min on the ferry from Port McNeill. Carvings, totem poles, artifacts… and the ocean

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    Whale Watching

    September 8, 2023 in Canada ⋅ ☀️ 16 °C

    Out of Alert Bay. An unbelievable day! We saw resident orca, transient orca (2 separate species), sea otters, lots of humpback whales, Dall’s porpoise and Pacific white-sided dolphins. I can only load 2 videos, and all my Fotos are on the big cameraRead more

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