If you stay here awhile, I will promise you strange sights. You shall walk on water; all these brooks and rivers and ponds shall be your highway. (Henry David Thoreau)
Most of these pictures are from Nova Scotia (45N 64W),
but some are from Alberta near my sisters home (52N 113W)
The photos on this page were taken in 2005 or earlier, newer
photos are on separate pages. Photos before 2003
were taken on 35 mm slide or print film and digitalling scanned.
Photos newer than 2003 are taken with a digital camera.
NEW photos from ice season 2017-2018: Ice 2018
photos from ice season 2015-2016: Ice 2016
photos from ice season 2014-2015: Ice 2015
photos from ice season 2013-2014: Ice 2014
photos from ice season 2012-2013: Ice 2013
photos from ice season 2011-2012: Ice 2012
photos from ice season 2010-2011: Ice 2011
photos from ice season 2009-2010: Ice 2010
photos from ice season 2008-2009: Ice 2009
photos from ice season 2007-2008: Ice 2008
photos from ice season 2006-2007: Ice 2007
photos from ice season 2005-2006: Ice 2006
photos from Christmas 2005 in Alberta: Alberta Ice XMAS 2005
Action on Panuke Lake, Feb 2004
Relaxin' On Panuke Lake, Feb 2004
Ice Falls, Panuke Lake, Nova Scotia, Feb 2004
Old tree stump, Panuke Lake,Feb 2004
Old tree stump, Black River Lake, Nova Scotia, Feb 2004
Tree root, Black River Lake, Nova Scotia, Mar 2003
Five Mile Lake , Nova Scotia, Feb 2004
Five Mile Lake , Nova Scotia, Feb 2004
Grand Pre, NS, After Jan 1998 ice storm, sparked 5 km to Wolfville
Sunset, Gaspereau Lake, NS, Mar 2000
Sunset, Long Lake, Halifax , NS, Mar 1997
Ice sculpture, Gaspereau Lake , Nova Scotia,
Mar 2002
Gaspereau Lake, NS, Mar 2000
Nice Ice, Gaspereau Lake, NS, Mar 2000
Skerries, Gaspereau Lake, NS, Mar 2002
Winter-summer comparison, Gaspereau Lake, NS
Canada Holly, First Ice Dec 7 2004, Gaspereau Lake, NS
Flooded beaver area, Dec 2004, Greenfield
Canada Holly, "Ilex verticillata", Dec 2004, Gaspereau Lake
Sliding animal tracks, Dec 16 2004, Gaspereau Lake, an otter slides on the ice
smooth ice, Gaspereau Lake, NS, Jan 16 2005
marble ice, Gaspereau Lake, NS, Jan 16 2005
marble ice, Gaspereau Lake, NS, Jan 16 2005
marbling patterns, Gaspereau Lake, NS, Jan 16 2005
mushroom shaped sluk-hole, Gaspereau Lake, NS, Jan 16 2005
towing spark with skates, Gaspereau Lake, NS, Jan 16 2005
(I must untangle the tow rope first!)
Lesley's turn to tow spark for 11 km, Gasp. Lake, Feb 19 2005
Lesley on her new skates , Gasp. Lake, Feb 19 2005
big rock , 3 sparks and Lesley, Gasp. Lake, Feb 19 2005
Lesley and Sheila in sunshine, Gasp. Lake, Feb 19 2005
Skate tracks in 5 cm snow, Gasp. Lake, Feb 20 2005
Skate tracks in 3 cm snow, Five Mile Lake, Feb 24 2005
Duck nesting box, Black River Lake, Mar 10 2005 (photog. Sheila McCurdy)
Avon River, Upper Falmouth, NS, Feb 21 2005 I did a 8 km round trip on the spark, then repeated the same stretch on skates
Shubenacadie Grand Lake , Nova Scotia, Mar 2004
Porters Lake near Halifax, Nova Scotia, Feb 2005
Shubenacadie Canal,Dartmouth, NS, Mar 2003
Big Rock with eyes, Long Lake, Halifax, NS, Mar 5, 2005
Strips of smooth ice, Long Lake, Halifax, NS, Mar 5 2005
Kejimkujik National Park, NS, Lat 44-23N, Long 65-15W, Lesley and David, Mar 25-27 2005
One of many islands on Keji Lake , Mar 25 2005
Ice is good, so put on skates, Keji Lake , Mar 26 2005
.. and tow spark about 10 km across Keji lake , Mar 26 2005
Ice is softer by noon, but sun feels nice! , Mar 26 2005
Sunset on Keji Lake , Mar 25 2005
Classic octopus sluke-hole , Mar 26 2005
Ice forms, Keji Lake , Mar 26 2005
"Glacier", Keji Lake , Mar 26 2005
Trips to Alberta at Christmas time
NEW photos from Christmas 2005 in Alberta: Alberta Ice 2005
Barrier Lake, Rocky Mtns, Alberta, Jan 2004
Barrier Lake, Rocky Mtns, Alberta, Jan 2004
Twins on Ice (my nieces), Alix Canal, Alberta, Jan 2004
Canal runs 25 km from Alix to Buffalo Lake
Skating on canal
Ice Ridge, Dec 2003, Sylvan Lake, Alberta
Sylvan Lake Ice Marathon
Later that winter (Feb 28 2004) my sister and nieces went back to Sylvan Lake to watch the 200km skating race, an "Alternative Elfstedentochte"
My sister sent me
these pictures (I wish I was there!!):
200 km skate race, Feb 28 2004, Sylvan Lake, Alberta (photog. Marie Payne)
My nieces watching skate race, Sylvan Lake, Alberta (photog. Marie Payne)
Replica of Bartlehiem bridge, Sylvan Lake, Alberta (photog. Marie Payne), original bridge
in on the original Elfstedentochte in Friesland
NEWS FLASH!! Sylvan Lake Ice Marathon ) has been reborn after a several year absence!
My skates: Almgrens(metal base) and Zandstra(wood base) skates on ice
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