Yesterday, I traveled to an area of the province I don’t visit often. My destination was the Crowsnest Pass, an area in Southwest Alberta consisting of five small municipalities. It’s primary industry has always been mining, including coal mining, now very much in decline. The area is bisected by a main transportation corridor, consisting of…
Category: Water
Elbow Lake Scenes
Last week I made a return trip to one of my favourite venues, Elbow Lake, located in the Highwood Pass area of Kananaskis Country. I was invited to join fellow members of the Canmore Camera Club on the trip, Harv Emter and George Dlask, two very accomplished photographers. We spent a long day there, hiking…
Icefields Parkway
Just yesterday, I made a photo trip along the Icefields Parkway, accompanied by my friend and fellow photographer, Bob Bear. We set out from Canmore at 7:00 am, travelling northwest on Highway 1 toward Lake Louise, before branching off onto Highway 93, the “Icefields Parkway”. It’s named for the expansive icefields and glaciers prominently visible…
Sunset at Watson Lake
Earlier this week, I went on a photo excursion that included two sites, the Town of Jerome and Watson Lake. I was accompanied by two friends and fellow photographers, Alex Skoczen and Paul Staley. Today, I will share photos from Watson Lake only and will devote a future post to our visit to Jerome. Watson…
Horseshoe Dam
The Horseshoe Dam is located on the Verde River, 58 miles northeast of Phoenix. It’s is an earthfill structure, 202 feet high, with a reservoir capacity of 131,500 acre-feet. The dam was built from 1944-1946 by the Phelps-Dodge Corp. for the Salt River Valley Water Users’ Association under a water exchange agreement. The Horseshoe Dam and…