I first went to this old timber mill ruins in #Merville in the early 90s - years before it was included as part of the present #HeadquartersTownsite Park. It's one of the easiest accessible #AbandonedPlaces you can visit in the #ComoxValley on #VancouverIsland. I've done many past photoshoots with models here & assisted in shooting some music videos & short films here many years ago.
Some folks built skateboard ramps & rail jumps inside the unroofed building ruins in the late 90s.

The mill was built between 1912-1913 for the Canadian Western Logging Company. There was an entire small mill town at this location with post office, schools, medical clinic & more. The Headquarters townsite survived until the late 1950’s when the school & houses were sold for $1 each with the proviso that they be moved off company property. #Ruins of the mill can be seen at Headquarters Townsite Park. The park is stewarded by local community citizens.

The old concrete building at the entrance to Headquarters Townsite Park from Farnham Road was built as a rough timber mill in 1912-1913. Despite being fully equipped, the mill was never used for reasons that remain unclear. Some say the mill was only built so that the company could gain certain concessions from the BC government. The recession of 1913 may have led the company to abandon it. Parts from the mill were later used to build a new mill in Courtenay.

#BCTimberHistory #BCLoggingHistory #BCHistory #VancouverIslandHistory #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #Cascadia #PNW #graffiti #Urbex #ExploreVanIsle #photography #AdventuresInTrespassing #NatureReclaiming

#Moss covered big leaf maple trees are the main tree species growing in & around the trails & #riparian zones at #HeadquartersTownsite Park in #Merville on #VancouverIsland.

This is a view of part of the #TsolumRiver.

In 1964, Mount Washington Copper Mining Co. moved into its watershed & built a copper mine. By 1966, they left the area after extracting 940,000 tonnes of waste rock. Even though mining lasted only 3 years, repercussions of the mining practices can still be seen today. What was once a river that was sprawling with 15,000 coho salmon depleted to only 14 by 1984. In 1997, Tsolum River Task Force was formed by over 200 local residents with the goal of restoring Tsolum River's health & productivity.

The river previously supported large populations of salmon, steelhead & cutthroat trout & contributed significantly to the local economy. The economic benefit to the community, in 2007 dollars, was estimated at $2.7 million annually. Past remediation efforts have contributed to improved water quality in the Tsolum River. However, further improvement is needed in order to allow restoration of the fisheries resource.

A 6-ways partnership was founded in 2001 between the BC Ministry of Environment, Timber West, Tsolum River Restoration Society, Pacific Salmon Foundation, Environment Canada & Fisheries & Oceans Canada.
This partnership led to a successful wetland project, which reduced the copper levels to the point that fish stocks have now returned to the Tsolum River. The wetland has a limited life of 5-10 years, after which copper leachate will again impact the emerging fish populations.

Recommended reading:

https://thenarwhal.ca/three-years-of-mining-40-years-of-taxpayer-clean-up-for-river-downstream-of-vancouver-island-copper-mine/

https://charlesbrandt.ca/state-of-the-tsolum-report/

https://www.tsolumriver.org/reports.html

https://www.tsolumriver.org/recovery-plan.html

Access to this part of the river is on Farnham Rd.

#ComoxValley #PuntledgeBlackCreek #nature #rivers #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #Cascadia #RiversOfVanIsle #BCRivers #WaterIsLife #watershed #MoodyMonday #ecological #ecosystems #SocialBC #Courtenay #RiverRestoration #NatureRestoration #WaterRestoration #VancouverIslandHistory #BCMiningHistory

Im September bin ich in Urlaub.
Muss ja auch mal sein.
#Frankreich
#Normandie

#Merville

https://www.normandie-cabourg-paysdauge-tourisme.fr/de/Reiseziele/Merville-Franceville-Plage/

#Cabourg

https://www.normandie-cabourg-paysdauge-tourisme.fr/de/Reiseziele/cabourg/

Ile-de-Noirmoutier
#Noirmoutier

https://frankreich-webazine.de/10-tipps-insel-noirmoutier/

Ile-de-Re #iledere #Loix #ile_de_Re

https://meinfrankreich.com/ile-de-re/

La crue de la #Lys atteint son pic ce week-end. Il s'agit d'une #crue majeure à la station de #Merville, dépassant la crue de référence de décembre 1999. La décrue s'amorce à partir de demain dimanche, mais elle s'annonce très lente.

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🕐 06/01 10:14

🌿 FESTIVAL DES ARTS 🌿

Après quelques années d'arrêt pour cause de covid, le festival des arts de Merville, près de Toulouse en Haute-Garonne, reprend cette année avec sa 7eme édition.

Expo de 60 artistes à l'espace Arpège du 14 au 16 avril. Vendredi de 14h30 à 18h, samedi et dimanche de 10h à 17h.

J'y expose 3 nouvelles photos en noir et blanc et jeux de reflets.

#artiste #photographe #exposition #merville #toulouse #exhibition #photographer #artist #hautegaronne #occitanie #art

1er avril 2022

Mon amour aux mains froides
Dans le vent ensoleillé
Cale ton nez gelé
Dans mon cou enchalé

#photo #photodujour #journalphoto #pictureoftheday #defi #quotidien #photographe #artiste #daily #photographer #challenge #artist #escalier #soleil #printemps #froid #ciel #merville #hautegaronne #occitanie