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><channel><title>Island Nature&#187; Pacific Rim</title> <atom:link href="http://islandnature.ca/category/pacific-rim/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, 17 May 2012 05:43:18 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2</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; Pacific Rim</title> <url>http://islandnature.ca/wp-content/plugins/powerpress/rss_default.jpg</url><link>http://islandnature.ca/category/destinations/pacific-rim/</link> </image> <itunes:category text="Education" /> <item><title>Dunes at Wickaninnish Beach</title><link>http://islandnature.ca/2012/03/dunes-at-wickaninnish-beach/</link> <comments>http://islandnature.ca/2012/03/dunes-at-wickaninnish-beach/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 25 Mar 2012 16:12:49 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Dave Ingram</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Destinations]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Dunes]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Landscapes]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Nature Photography]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Pacific Rim]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Parks Canada]]></category> <category><![CDATA[British Columbia]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Pacific Rim National Park Reserve]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Vancouver Island]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Wickaninnish Beach]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Wickaninnish Beach Dunes]]></category><guid
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isPermaLink="false">http://islandnature.ca/?p=7357</guid> <description><![CDATA[I have worked off and on at Pacific Rim National Park Reserve as a Heritage Interpreter and loved being able to combine my passion for photography with my work. In 2010 I developed a program called West Coast Walkabout that was the perfect way to introduce park visitors to the landscape and ecology of the [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://islandnature.ca/2012/03/capture-the-coast/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Tofino Botanical Gardens</title><link>http://islandnature.ca/2011/05/tofino-botanical-gardens/</link> <comments>http://islandnature.ca/2011/05/tofino-botanical-gardens/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 16 May 2011 08:08:48 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Dave Ingram</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Destinations]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Nature Viewing]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Odds and Ends]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Pacific Rim]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Accommodations]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Birding]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Botanical House]]></category> <category><![CDATA[British Columbia]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Nature]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Tofino]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Tofino Botanical Gardens]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Vancouver Island]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://islandnature.ca/?p=6259</guid> <description><![CDATA[Last weekend while visiting Tofino for the 2011 Tofino Shorebird Festival we stayed at the fantastic Botanical House located within the Tofino Botanical Gardens. If you&#8217;re looking for an unique place to base your nature related explorations of Pacific Rim National Park Reserve and the towns of Tofino and Ucluelet this is definitely worth considering, [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://islandnature.ca/2011/05/tofino-botanical-gardens/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Monkeys and Mist Maidens</title><link>http://islandnature.ca/2011/05/monkeys-and-mist-maidens/</link> <comments>http://islandnature.ca/2011/05/monkeys-and-mist-maidens/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 12 May 2011 00:07:17 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Dave Ingram</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Botany]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Flowers]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Pacific Rim]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Parks Canada]]></category> <category><![CDATA[British Columbia]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Mimulus guttatus]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Pacific Rim National Park Reserve]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Romanzoffia tracyi]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Schooner Cove]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Tracy's Mist Maiden]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Vancouver Island]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Yellow Monkey-flower]]></category><guid
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