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isPermaLink="false">http://islandnature.ca/?p=6878</guid> <description><![CDATA[I really didn&#8217;t have enough time to explore the beaches and sandstone on Hornby Island during my brief visit this afternoon, but did find some interesting sandstone patterns at the far end of Tribune Bay. The light was less than ideal and I think that it would be fascinating to return and really explore the [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://islandnature.ca/2011/09/sandstone-patterns/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>The Nature of Texada Island</title><link>http://islandnature.ca/2010/09/the-nature-of-texada-island/</link> <comments>http://islandnature.ca/2010/09/the-nature-of-texada-island/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 05 Sep 2010 04:06:04 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Jocie Ingram</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Destinations]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Natural History]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Gulf Islands]]></category> <category><![CDATA[British Columbia]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Giant Chain Fern]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Stickleback Gasterosteus sp.]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Texada Island]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Vancouver Island]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Woodwardia fimbriata]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://islandnature.ca/?p=713</guid> <description><![CDATA[With a warm, sunny weekend weather forecast, my mother and I decided to go camping on Texada Island. Boarding the ferry from Comox at Little River, we crossed Georgia Strait to Powell River, then re-entered the terminal for the shorter passage to Texada. The largest of the Gulf Islands, Texada is 50 km long, and [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://islandnature.ca/2010/09/the-nature-of-texada-island/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>The Beauty of Arbutus</title><link>http://islandnature.ca/2010/08/the-beauty-of-arbutus/</link> <comments>http://islandnature.ca/2010/08/the-beauty-of-arbutus/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 02 Aug 2010 01:51:37 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Jocie Ingram</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Natural History]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Gulf Islands]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Arbutus]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Arbutus menziesii]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Berries]]></category> <category><![CDATA[British Columbia]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Helliwell Provincial Park]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Hornby Island]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Peeling Bark]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Trees]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Vancouver Island]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Wildflowers]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://islandnature.ca/?p=641</guid> <description><![CDATA[A painting called “The Sunbathers” (by Daphne Stevens) hanging on my kitchen wall depicts a group of smooth, orange-barked arbutus trees basking in the sun on a hot, rocky hillside from BC’s southern Gulf Islands. There is something mesmerizing about this tree, with its sinuous limbs and distinctive orangey-cinnamon peeling bark. Leaning out over bluffs [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://islandnature.ca/2010/08/the-beauty-of-arbutus/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>4</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Sandy Island Marine Provincial Park</title><link>http://islandnature.ca/2010/06/sandy-island-marine-provincial-park/</link> <comments>http://islandnature.ca/2010/06/sandy-island-marine-provincial-park/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 07 Jun 2010 21:30:16 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Krista Kaptein</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Destinations]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Gulf Islands]]></category> <category><![CDATA[BC Parks]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Beach]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Birdwatching]]></category> <category><![CDATA[British Columbia]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Chocolate Lily]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Denman Island]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Field Chickweed]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Killdeer]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Menzies' Larkspur]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Red-flowering Currant]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Sand Dunes]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Sandy Island Marine Provincial Park]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Seablush]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Tree Island]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Vancouver Island]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Wildflowers]]></category><guid
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