Pavilion - Marble Canyon Provincial Park

Usually, our Cariboo trip is in May. In 2014, our May was booked with London and Portugal. So it was that we visited Quesnel in the middle of June. Coming south on this day (2014-06-18), we opted for a break at the Marble Canyon Provincial Park. Surprisingly, the picnic area was deserted.

Marble Canyon picnic area...

Steveston - Finn Slough

On a foggy January afternoon, after some fish and chips along the Steveston Wharf, we took a drive out to Finn Slough. I had once read that Finn Slough is one of the most photographed locations in British Columbia's Lower Mainland. Whether true or not, CLICK!, one postcard view after another. I think "quaint" and "unique" sum up this area.

 Finn Slough in Steveston (Richmond, BC) 2014-01-26

Vancouver - The Trans Canada Trail at Coal Harbour

Felix and I did a quick one-day tour of Vancouver in early January. For the previous few days, the west coast of British Columbia had been shrouded in fog. This day was no exception. Nonetheless, Vancouver showed itself in true postcard fashion. Here we see the Trans Canada Trail at Coal Harbour.

The Trans Canada Trail at Coal Harbour 2014-01-20

Barkerville - Miner's Log Cabin

Our visit to Barkerville, the historic Cariboo goldrush town, would not have been complete without a postcard of the log cabins so characteristic of this region in the 1860s. Here's one with an added lean-to.

Miner's log cabin in Barkerville 2014-06-14

Barkerville - St. Saviour's Anglican Church

On a chilly mid June day, we drove out to Barkerville. Although we've been here many times before, this old historic goldrush town is always worth a visit. For the photographer, there are hundreds of opportunities to get nice pictures. In this case, the subject of the postcard is St. Saviour's Anglican Church, an historic one-storey rustic Carpenter Gothic Anglican building.  Construction of the church began in 1868, once transport routes to this remote Cariboo location had been improved. The church was not finished until after the first service, held on September 18, 1870. Today it is part of Barkerville Historic Town.

St. Saviour's Anglican Church;  one-storey rustic Carpenter
Gothic Anglican church in Barkerville 2014-06-14