• Price $150.00 per person + tax
• Includes 2 boat dives, 2 shore dives, tanks weights & cabin style accommodations
• Additional shore dives available @$7.00 per air fill
• Food and Ferry costs not included
• Trip date is May 9th – 11th, 2008

For more information visit Suncoast Diving or call 866.740.8006 or 604.740.8006 Don’t miss out…the Diving is amazing!! Plus I will most likely see you there

Photo Credit: Private Collection

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Just as appealing is viewing the community of Ladner from the water where one gets an appreciation of the Pacific Maritime appeal of this historic community.

So if this is for you everyone will be meeting at Wellington Park – River Road West, Delta. For more information call 604.535.7985 or email nwcakayak@telus.net

Photo Credits: Image 1 SXC.HU
Image 2 SXC.HU

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Just a small example of the beautiful marine life that can be found on the West Coast of Canada. This image was taken during a shore dive off Tuwanek Beach in Sechelt BC

Photo Credit: My Private Collection

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Location:
Capilano River Regional Park, North Vancouver – just minutes from downtown Vancouver

Directions:
Capilano Road north (Capilano Road exit from Hwy #1 or North Vancouver exit off Lions Gate Bridge, then left up Capilano Road) .5 km past the Suspension Bridge. Turn left on to Capilano Park Road (look for sign “Capilano River Regional Park“) and proceed down 1 km to end of the road.

Hours of Operation:

• Nov – Mar 8am – 4pm
• Apr 8am – 4:45pm
• May 8am – 7pm
• Jun – Aug 8am – 8pm
• Sept 8am – 7pm
• Oct 8am – 4:45pm

The hatchery office hours are from 8am – 4pm, Monday to Friday. For more information please visit the Fisheries and Oceans Canada Website

Photo Credit: Fisheries and Oceans Canada 

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Photo Credits: From my Personal Library.

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The Pacific Northwest: See playful sea otters, an octopus gliding silently from crack to crevasse and scuba divers feeding hungry halibut.

Arctic Canada: Watch beautiful beluga whales interact with each other and lear about our fragile northen environment with fascinating interactive exhibits.

The Amazon Rainforest: Search for the snoozing sloths, and enjoy one of the hourly rainstorms that is created.

Sea Lions: The boisterous steller sea lions at the Vancouver Aquarium are part of an international research project designed to uncover the answer to this disappearing marine mammal.

The Indonesian Reef Exhibit: Indonesia’s Bunaken National Park is re-created behind a floor-to-ceiling panoramic window.

Tropical Pacific Gallery: See what scuba divers love diving in the brilland waters off of Australia or Hawaii

Giant Fishes on the Amazon: Discover the impressive giant fish the flooded forest in the Amazon .

These are only a few wonderful, exhibits you will find waiting for you!

Be sure to catch the daily Beluga Whale, Dolphin and Sea Otter shows, as well make sure you check out the daily feeding schedule at the front entrance.

Winter Hours:
9:30 am – 5:00 pm

Summer Hours:
9:30 am – 7:00

General Admission Rates

Adults: $19.95
Seniors/Youths (13 – 18)/Studen: $14.95
Children (4 1- 12): $11.95
Children 3 years & under: Free

Photo Credits: Corelands, Gwu, and Sea Otters

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From October through to December of each year, Goldstream is treated to one of nature’s spectacles as Chum, Coho and Chinook salmon, begin their journey to reach their spawning grounds in Goldstream river which is fed from the Pacific Ocean. With the closure of the river to fishing, there has been a return of the Bald Eagle, which is always a treat to view, especially during feeding time.

Goldstream Park’s day-use area has a Park Visitors Information Center, that is open daily in the fall/winter from 9am – 4:30pm. Weekend activities include Gyotaku (Japanese fish painting), salmon slide shows, videos and interpretive programs. Hot coffee and baked goods are available at the bookstore and the fire is usually lit to warm you after a walk along the river to see the spawning salmon.

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Scuba Dive, in BC? What are you nuts!! The water is way to cold. That certainly is a possibility, however we still do it. British Columbia has some of the premier cold water diving in the world! From marine life to wreck dives, salt water to fresh water we certainly have it all.

Some of the best diving can be found on Vancouver Island. In particular Campbell River, Barkley Sound, the Greater Victoria and anywhere in between. One dive site that I hold near and dear to my heart is the HMCS Saskatchewan. It lies near Snake Island, Nanaimo, co-ordinates: 49 12.96N, 123 53.70W. She is sitting upright on the sandy bottom with depths from 45ft/14m – 130ft/40m.

The HMCS Saskatchewan was commissioned on 16 February 1963, in Esquimalt. The second of the Mackenzie class warships to enter service, she was my firs ship while serving in the Navy.

There are many different dive centers in the area that would be more than happy to take you out for a day of diving on the Saskatchewan and the Cape Breton, another ship resting near Snake Island.

If you are interested in Diving, the Dive BC web site is an excellent site for Dive centers and dive attractions in British Columbia.

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