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On this day

On this day (June 23) in 1940, the RCMP schooner St. Roch left Vancouver on its historic voyage through the Northwest Passage. St. Roch was the second ship to complete the Passage and the first to complete it from west to east.

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Not actually Canadian Disneyland

Kiweki Point, Ottawa, Canada

June 15, 2025

View of Majors Hill Park and Chateau Laurier Hotel from above the Alexandra Bridge.

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Work in progress

Due South/C6D Big Bang entry loading! While searching for Franklin’s lost expedition, Fraser and Ray get a ghostly visit from the captain himself, who can’t move on without their help.

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A peace-building project

Parliament Hill, Ottawa, Canada

June 15, 2025

IYKYK.

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Sunset on the Rideau Canal

Ottawa Locks, Rideau Canal National Historic Site

Ottawa, Canada

June 13, 2025

Just east of Parliament Hill, the Rideau Canal begins in a staircase of locks.

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Bird Attack!

Elk Mountain

Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada

May 31, 2025

Don’t eat and photograph when there’s a gray jay in the area.

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Love it when we remind people this show existed.

Fraser Before Chicago (Pilot)

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Mountie on the St. Roch: A Follow-Up

Libraries are magical places. Like exploring unknown country, when you browse the shelves, you’ll find things you weren’t even looking for.

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The raging river

Cheakamus River, Whistler Interpretive Forest

Whistler, British Columbia, Canada

May 17, 2025

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Rainbow-Sproatt Flank Trail

Whistler, British Columbia, Canada

May 18, 2025

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Taking the high road

Rainbow-Sproatt Flank Trail

Whistler, British Columbia, Canada

May 18, 2025

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Misty Mountains

Crater Rim Trail

Whistler, British Columbia, Canada

May 17, 2025

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Mountie on the St. Roch: Bonus Video

The Vancouver Maritime Museum archive contains an 80-year-old documentary filmed during the St. Roch's 1940-42 Northwest Passage voyage. It features rare footage of traditional Inuit lifestyles, including fishing and igloo-building*, as well as of Tuktoyaktuk and other areas of the north in the 1940s. And plenty of Arctic wildlife!**

*The language in the video is of the era.

**Includes hunting of Arctic wildlife.

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Mountie on the...St. Roch?: Life on Board

Part 5 of 5

Christmas dinner, 1928

[Parks Canada, Vancouver Maritime Museum, HCSR-20-01]

Although the ships looks very stable when frozen in at Christmas, the ship's builders clearly anticipated rough seas.

Like any World War II era vessel, the exhibit was well-equipped with cigarettes and magazines.

A little glimpse of the officers before we say goodbye.

Sgt. Anderton, Inspector James & Sgt. Larsen

[Parks Canada, Vancouver Maritime Museum, HCSR-30-27]

This is Part Five of my St. Roch series. Read Part One here, Part Two here, Part Three here, and Part Four here.

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Mountie on the...St. Roch?: A Winter Voyage

Part 4 of ?

During the St. Roch's journeys to the Arctic, the ship functioned as a mobile RCMP outpost. When the sea froze the ship in place, the Mounties took to the ice in dog sleds. On the 1944 Northwest Passage voyage, 17 sled dogs joined the crew!

From the archives - St. Roch frozen in at winter quarters, between 1930 and 1933

[Parks Canada, Vancouver Maritime Museum, HSFR-30-12]

This is Part Four of my St. Roch series. Read Part One here, Part Two here, and Part Three here.

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Mountie on the...St. Roch?: Franklin Connections

Part 3 of ?

The journeys of the St. Roch took the ship through the same channels that Franklin tried to traverse on his Arctic expeditions. So it's fitting that the exhibit includes a few Easter eggs for Arctic exploration nerds and fans of The Terror.

On the exhibit's lowest floor, around the ship's hull, there's a large map showing the paths of the St. Roch through the Northwest Passage alongside the major milestones of other expeditions. Including that one.

Upstairs, in the wheelhouse, there's another chart showing St. Roch's main service area in the western Arctic. This time, there's an Easter egg for the Due South fans.

The crew of the St. Roch weren't dispatched to find Franklin, but it seems they still did their searching.

(Henry Larsen was the captain of the St. Roch for 20 years)

This is Part Three of my St. Roch series. Read Part One here and Part Two here.

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daydreaming // april 2025