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><channel><title>Island Nature&#187; Central Vancouver Island</title> <atom:link href="http://islandnature.ca/category/central-vancouver-island/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://islandnature.ca</link> <description>Nature Writing and Photography on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada</description> <lastBuildDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 07:15:43 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1</generator><itunes:summary>Nature Writing and Photography on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada</itunes:summary> <itunes:author>Island Nature</itunes:author> <itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit> <itunes:image href="http://islandnature.ca/wp-content/plugins/powerpress/itunes_default.jpg" /> <itunes:subtitle>Nature Writing and Photography on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada</itunes:subtitle> <itunes:keywords>Nature, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Birding, Botany</itunes:keywords> <image><title>Island Nature&#187; Central Vancouver Island</title> <url>http://islandnature.ca/wp-content/plugins/powerpress/rss_default.jpg</url><link>http://islandnature.ca/category/destinations/central-vancouver-island/</link> </image> <itunes:category text="Education" /> <item><title>Pipers Lagoon Park</title><link>http://islandnature.ca/2012/01/pipers-lagoon-park/</link> <comments>http://islandnature.ca/2012/01/pipers-lagoon-park/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 29 Jan 2012 08:28:18 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Dave Ingram</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Central Vancouver Island]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Destinations]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Garry Oak Meadows]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Landscapes]]></category> <category><![CDATA[British Columbia]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Garry Oak]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Nanaimo]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Pacific Sanicle]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Pipers Lagoon Park]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Shack Island]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Spreading Stonecrop]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Vancouver Island]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://islandnature.ca/?p=7305</guid> <description><![CDATA[I was in Nanaimo this Friday and decided to take the &#8220;scenic route&#8221; through the suburbs along Hammond Bay Road when heading back up-Island. This area of Nanaimo is heavily developed, but fortunately there is a small city park that makes the drive worthwhile. Pipers Lagoon Park is about 8 hectares in size and includes [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://islandnature.ca/2012/01/pipers-lagoon-park/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Searching for Salmon</title><link>http://islandnature.ca/2011/12/searching-for-salmon/</link> <comments>http://islandnature.ca/2011/12/searching-for-salmon/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 04 Dec 2011 04:58:16 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Dave Ingram</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Central Vancouver Island]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Destinations]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Fish]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Nature Viewing]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Big Qualicum River Hatchery]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Big Qualicum River Regional Trail]]></category> <category><![CDATA[British Columbia]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Chum Salmon]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Coho Salmon]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Oncorhynchus keta]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Oncorhynchus kisutch]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Salmon]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Spawning]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Vancouver Island]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://islandnature.ca/?p=7192</guid> <description><![CDATA[If you want to experience the awe inspiring spectacle of a salmon run, consider making a trip up to the hatchery on the Big Qualicum River in the next week or so. I headed down island and checked out the Big Qualicum River Hatchery and was amazed at the number of Chum Salmon (Oncorhynchus keta)  [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://islandnature.ca/2011/12/searching-for-salmon/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Exploring Enos Lake</title><link>http://islandnature.ca/2011/08/exploring-enos-lake/</link> <comments>http://islandnature.ca/2011/08/exploring-enos-lake/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 05 Aug 2011 22:50:39 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Dave Ingram</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Amphibians]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Central Vancouver Island]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Destinations]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Fish]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Landscapes]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Nature Viewing]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Wetlands]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Alisma plantago-aquatica]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Brasenia schreberi]]></category> <category><![CDATA[British Columbia]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Dragonflies]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Enos Lake]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Enos Lake Stickleback]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Hyla regilla]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Nanoose Bay]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Pacific Tree Frogs]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Ponds]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Vancouver Island]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Water-plantain]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Watershield]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://islandnature.ca/?p=6692</guid> <description><![CDATA[After a hot couple of hours on Notch Hill we drove a short distance back along Fairwinds Road to the trail head for Enos Lake. There&#8217;s a network of trails around a series of ponds and ultimately Enos Lake itself which makes for easy walking. We found the trails to be a little confusing and [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://islandnature.ca/2011/08/exploring-enos-lake/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Notch Hill</title><link>http://islandnature.ca/2011/08/notch-hill/</link> <comments>http://islandnature.ca/2011/08/notch-hill/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 04 Aug 2011 05:49:23 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Dave Ingram</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Central Vancouver Island]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Destinations]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Garry Oak Meadows]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Hiking]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Landscapes]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Arbutus]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Arbutus menziesii]]></category> <category><![CDATA[British Columbia]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Garry Oak]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Meadows]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Nanoose]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Nanoose Bay]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Notch Hill]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Quercus garryana]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Satureja douglasii]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Vancouver Island]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Yerba Buena]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://islandnature.ca/?p=6680</guid> <description><![CDATA[Jocie and I had a rare day without the kids and took full advantage of being able to explore an area that we haven&#8217;t visited before. After dropping the kids off at day care we packed a couple of water bottles, some lunch and headed south towards Nanoose Bay. The weather was definitely iffy and [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://islandnature.ca/2011/08/notch-hill/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Waterfall Gets Stamp of Approval</title><link>http://islandnature.ca/2011/07/waterfall-gets-stamp-of-approval/</link> <comments>http://islandnature.ca/2011/07/waterfall-gets-stamp-of-approval/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 24 Jul 2011 04:29:14 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Dave Ingram</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[BC Parks]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Central Vancouver Island]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Destinations]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Fish]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Nature Viewing]]></category> <category><![CDATA[British Columbia]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Port Alberni]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Salmon]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Stamp River Provincial Park]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Vancouver Island]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Waterfalls]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://islandnature.ca/?p=6606</guid> <description><![CDATA[We had originally planned a family trip to the spectacular Little Qualicum Falls in Little Qualicum Falls Provincial Park but by the time we arrived (approximately 45 minutes from Courtenay) both of the kids were asleep in the back of the car and we were faced with a dilemma: wake the kids or drive further [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://islandnature.ca/2011/07/waterfall-gets-stamp-of-approval/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> </channel> </rss>
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