#chilcotin

[johnnyslittleanimalblog]

Grizzly in the fog by Spirithills Via Flickr: Chilko River, Chilcotin (British Columbia, Canada )

[markwateneymemorialcrater]

I went on a bit of a road trip on the weekend. This is all from the first day. Exploring some of the chilcotin region along the Fraser River. It is truly an awesome place. I was hoping to make it to an old fire watch tower at the top of a mountain but my Honda CR-V couldn’t quite Make it all the way to the top. The road got pretty rough and I couldn’t quite climb through.

[practicingwild]

Land, then, is not merely soil, it is a fountain of energy flowing through a circuit of solid, plants, and animals. Food chains are the living channels which conduct energy upward; death and decay return it to the soil. The circuit is not closed; some energy is dissipated in decay, some is added by adsorption from the air, some is stored in soils, peats, and long-lived forests; but it is a sustained circuit, like a slowly augmented revolving fund of life.

Aldo Leopold, ‘A Sand County Almanac With Essays on Conservation From Round River

[katerimarie]

Pork chops, rice, beans, apple sauce and mom’s bannock. She’s finally happy with her recipe for bannock. It was tasty. I had three pieces! Ha! Nothing like bannock and jam for dessert!

[2t2r]

VTT: la folle descente de Farwell Canyon par Kilian Bron [vidéo]

Nouvel article publié sur https://www.2tout2rien.fr/vtt-la-folle-descente-de-farwell-canyon-par-kilian-bron-video/

VTT: la folle descente de Farwell Canyon par Kilian Bron [vidéo]

[newsfromstolenland]

Emergency officials say flash floods are "imminent" and could happen within 24 or 48 hours after a landslide blocked the Chilcotin River in British Columbia's Cariboo region.

On Wednesday, the Tŝilhqot'in National Government said a slide of soil and debris blocked the river at Nagwentled, also known as Farwell Canyon, around 285 kilometres north of Vancouver.

"Flooding is building up above the dam created by the landslide, so it's like a lake," Cariboo Regional District chair Margo Wagner said at a virtual news conference Thursday.

"There is a high risk of a flash flood downstream if the river breaches that landslide — which it is expected to do eventually."

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Tagging: @allthecanadianpolitics

[allthecanadianpolitics]

The B.C. government says it's "extremely unsafe" to be near the banks of the Chilcotin and Fraser rivers both upstream and downstream from a massive landslide after water started flowing through the slide early Monday.

Emergency Management Minister Bowinn Ma said Monday that the water breaching the dam caused by the slide will cause river bank instability, although the chances of a worst-case scenario are "decreasing."

Ma says people should stay away and off the waters as officials monitor the flow downstream of the slide, which may impact the Farewell Canyon Bridge, about 22 kilometres downstream.

[...]

Officials said about 15 properties in the Cariboo and Thomson River Regional Districts are on evacuation order or alert.

Connie Chapman with the province's water management branch said the "pulse" of water from the dam breach will likely erode river banks, and carry debris from the slide.

She said the water started flowing through the debris slide, cutting about a 15 metre channel through the dam, and then began widening with water flows increasing by the hour.

She said some places along the rivers will see higher than spring runoff levels and cause the rivers to swell downstream in the coming days.

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Tagging: @newsfromstolenland

[acelessthan3]

The Chilcotin River landslide last night (Aug 1, 2024) is fucking wild.

Thankfully not super near densely populated areas but there's for sure gonna be massive flash flooding when the "dam" breaks. And the town of Hope, BC is on high alert.

[dopescissorscashwagon]

Chilcotin Region of British Columbia by Blake Randall

[propicsmedia]

CBC News: The National | Massive B.C. landslide prompts flood fears

[johnnyslittleanimalblog]

Who's going first? by Spirithills Via Flickr: Grizzly cubs in Chilcotin (British Columbia)

[lostinhistory]

Heritage News of the Week

Discoveries!

One of the biggest and most important iron age hoards ever found in the UK has been revealed, potentially altering our understanding of life in Britain 2,000 years ago.

Lost manuscript of Merlin and King Arthur legend read for the first time after centuries hidden inside another book

An intriguing sequel to the tale of Merlin has sat unseen within the bindings of an Elizabethan deeds register for nearly 400 years. Researchers have finally been able to reveal it with cutting-edge techniques.

A 3,000-year-old settlement turns up in a business park in France

Archaeologists in northern France have discovered a vast Bronze and Iron Age settlement that may once have been a regional hub and gathering place.

Ancient Egyptian pyramids, thought to contain only the elite, may also hold laborers

At the site of Tombos, archaeologists have found that less-affluent laborers may be buried with upper-class people in pyramid tombs.

Sutton Hoo helmet may actually come from Denmark, archaeologist suggests

A discovery by a metal detectorist in Denmark has raised questions about the origins of the iconic Sutton Hoo helmet, thought for decades to have links to Sweden.

Over 70 archaeological sites identified in Canada’s Chilcotin region

In the first phase of the study, a total of 70 archaeological sites were identified, including 31 pre-contact Secwépemc villages and seven sites with sacred features.

2,200-year-old mysterious pyramid structure filled with coins and weapons found near Dead Sea

The purpose of a mysterious pyramidal structure in the Judaean Desert is unknown, but excavators are finding many well-preserved artifacts there.

3,000-year-old Bronze Age daggers discovered near Kutenholz

A pair of 3,000-year-old Bronze Age daggers have been discovered by archaeologists near Kutenholz, a municipality in the district of Stade, Lower Saxony, Germany.

Unique 6,000-year-old sacred hearths and Karaz pottery discovered at Tadım Mound in Elazığ

Archaeological excavations at Tadım Castle and Tadım Mound, located within the borders of Tadım Village in Elazığ, continue to uncover significant findings that illuminate the region’s history.

13,000-year-old Clovis stone tool found beneath Maryland churchyard

A team of volunteers and archaeologists from the Maryland Historical Trust unearthed a 13,000-year-old stone tool from a churchyard in Reisterstown.

Archaeologists may have finally discovered famous 'lost' canal built by Julius Caesar's uncle

Scientists in France may be hot on the trail of a long-lost canal that the Romans built over two millennia ago while battling the Celts.

A U.K. monolith turns out to be part of a prehistoric stone circle

For a while now, a standing stone tucked away in a Berkshire woodland was believed to be a lone monument. New findings, however, have revealed the artifact to be but one piece of an immense prehistoric complex.

Archaeological mission advances research in the “Bench of the Pharaoh”

A joint Polish-Egyptian archaeological mission has conducted further studies in the tomb of Shepseskaf, located in the Saqqara necropolis near Cairo.

Earliest known stone mold for coin production in Roman Hispania unearthed

Researchers from the University of Jaén have made a groundbreaking discovery at the archaeological site of Obulco, modern-day Porcuna, revealing the earliest known stone mold used for coin production in the Roman province of Hispania.

Human sacrifices found in a Bronze Age tomb in Turkey were mostly teenage girls

Five millennia ago, Bronze Age people in Mesopotamia built elaborate stone tombs full of spectacular grave goods and human sacrifices. Researchers are unsure of the meaning of this ritual, but a new study of the skeletons points to a clue: the age at which people were sacrificed and their biological sex.

110 megaliths discovered in Kerala and inscriptions revealing ancient pilgrimage center in Andhra Pradesh

The Archaeological Survey of India has unearthed a significant number of megalithic structures near the Malampuzha dam in Palakkad, Kerala.

A 'landmark finding': Homo naledi buried their dead 250,000 years ago, according to newly updated research

Controversial claim that Homo naledi buried its dead gets new proof from 2025 research study.

Archaeologists find traces of British rule in Florida

Archaeologists excavating in St. Augustine on the northeast coast of Florida have uncovered a rare remnant of British rule: a redoubt, a fortified military outpost constructed in 1781.

700-year-old Lord Vishnu sculpture washes ashore on Pedda Rushikonda beach

R. Phalguna Rao, the Assistant Director of the department, speculates that the sculpture may date back to the 13th or 14th century, although it is unlikely to have originated from North Andhra Pradesh.

Unraveling the mystery of the Nescot ritual shaft: dogs, sacrifice, and Roman Britain

In 2015, an archaeological excavation at the former Animal Husbandry Center of Nescot College in Ewell, Surrey, uncovered a remarkable and perplexing discovery. Beneath the ground lay an ancient Roman quarry pit, its layers holding a fascinating story of ritual, sacrifice, and cultural traditions in Roman Britain.

Museums

The Manhattan museum’s Gilded Age mansion reopens next month, bringing its world-famous collection of works by the likes of Vermeer and Rembrandt back on public view.

A glimpse of eternity at the Carnegie Museum’s Hall of Architecture

The assembling of these plaster casts of masterpieces more than a century ago must be understood as a work of art in its own right, a bizarre and beautiful triumph.

Los Angeles wildfires put museum-lender relationships in spotlight

As fires approached the Getty and Norton Simon Museum campuses in early January, those museums’ leaders called far-away lenders to reassure them that their art was safe

The Museum of English Rural Life, of "Look at this absolute unit" fame, now has a podcast, called (naturally) Absolute Units

Listen to this absolute unit

Repatriation

Among of the new trustees appointed to the British Museum is an academic expert opposed to the return of antiquities taken from their country of origin in colonial contexts, such as the museum’s most contested holding, the Parthenon Marbles.

Mowachaht/Muchalaht First Nation repatriates more than 100 cultural items from New York museum

On Tuesday, a delegation from the Mowachaht/Muchalaht First Nation in B.C. took back possession of culturally significant items from the American Museum of Natural History in New York. The items from the Whalers Washing House, or shrine, are expected to arrive back in the community, about 250 kilometres northwest of Victoria on Vancouver Island, Monday.

The 30-year quest to catch a national records thief

How did thousands of historical documents that belong in Scotland's national archives end up across the Atlantic Ocean in Canada? The answer is that they were stolen. By one man. With a particular interest in stamps.

Russia seizes hoard of ancient gold coins stolen from French museum

Russian authorities announced the seizure of a collection of ancient gold coins stolen from the Saint-Remi Museum in Reims, northeastern France, after an attempt to sell them on the Moscow antiquities market, according to Le Figaro. The discovery marks a development in a case that remained unsolved for several years since the coins went missing.

US authorities return two Khmer artefacts to Cambodia

The two statues were seized during investigations into international smuggling networks including that of notorious trafficker Subhash Kapoor

Heritage at risk

President Donald Trump on Thursday revealed his intention to force changes at the Smithsonian Institution with an executive order that targets funding for programs that advance “divisive narratives” and “improper ideology,” the latest step in a broadside against culture he deems too liberal. Trump claimed there has been a “concerted and widespread” effort over the past decade to rewrite American history by replacing “objective facts” with a “distorted narrative driven by ideology rather than truth,” adding that it casts the “founding principles” of the United States in a “negative light.” The order he signed behind closed doors puts Vice President JD Vance, who serves on the Smithsonian Institution’s Board of Regents, in charge of overseeing efforts to “remove improper ideology” from all areas of the institution, including its museums, education and research centers, and the National Zoo.

You can read the order here

So anyway, this is horrifying

What Is revisionist history?

If you read history or engage with historians on social media, you may have seen the phrase “revisionist history” in replies or comments. Much of the time, this is meant as a criticism of the history being presented and the historians and organizations presenting it. But what does it mean? And is it a problem?

‘Ravaging shared heritage’: South Korea wildfires destroy ancient temple and threaten Unesco site

The Unesco-listed Hahoe Folk Village in South Korea has been evacuated and a 1,300-year-old Buddhist temple burned to the ground after wildfires tore through southern parts of the country this week.

Alleged leader of Egyptian antiquities trafficking ring returns to Germany with French court summons

Serop Simonian, the alleged leader of an Egyptian antiquities trafficking ring, mysteriously left Paris for Hamburg during his jail sentence in January.

Sudan official accuses RSF of looting gold, destroying artifacts at national museum

The director of Sudan’s National Corporation for Antiquities and Museums (NCAM), Ghalia Garelnabi, said on Thursday that the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) stole all archaeological gold from the National Museum in Khartoum amid widespread destruction.

There's a video on Bluesky showing the destruction and it's devastating

Odds and ends

Dozens of unique, centuries-old manuscripts have gone on display, showcasing medieval ideas of how to cure disease and live a healthy life. The cures include the use of crushed weasel testicles to help women conceive and mixing stewed apples with quicksilver (mercury) to rub on the body to destroy lice.

Dredging up the ghostly secrets of slave ships

A global network of maritime archaeologists is excavating slave shipwrecks - and reconnecting Black communities to the deep.

Rags-to-riches hero or villainous torturer? The truth about Henry VIII's scheming right-hand man Thomas Cromwell

With her award-winning Wolf Hall series of books, Hilary Mantel made Tudor bad guy Thomas Cromwell sympathetic. But as TV adaptation Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light premieres in the US, the question is: did she also 'sidestep crucial matters'?

Going underground: Experts clash over 'hidden city' beneath Egypt pyramids

A heated debate has erupted among Egyptologists after researchers claimed to have found an “underground city” beneath the Pyramids of Giza. Is the discovery, based on radar images, groundbreaking or exaggerated?

(it's viral poop)

John Malkovich is an ancient Roman philosopher with a death sentence in long-delayed new film

When considering who could play an ancient Roman philosopher, few great actors come to mind more quickly than John Malkovich. He has the ability to easily slide into regal, careful, sometimes pompous, sometimes painfully self-aware performances befitting of archaic geniuses. From the trailer and images, it looks like he's bringing all that to his portrayal of the eponymous stoic in the film Seneca

Window cleaner in quest to confirm priceless Shakespeare portrait

Window cleaner Steven Wadlow has spent more than a decade trying to prove he is in possession of a priceless, authentic Shakespeare portrait. His quest is now being told in a Netflix documentary. What is the story behind the find?

AAR honors pioneering women of Rome’s archaeological golden age through photographic exhibition

The American Academy in Rome, a recognized institution devoted to interdisciplinary collaboration among artists and scholars, will open an exciting exhibition. Women and Ruins: Archaeology, Photography, and Landscape, to be held from May 14 through November 9, celebrates pioneering women who, in the early 20th century, employed photography as a means to document and interpret ancient sites and landscapes.

'It didn't express the real horror': The true story of The Great Escape

On 24 March 1944, 76 allied officers broke out of a German prisoner-of-war camp, Stalag Luft III – a mission that was memorialised in a classic film, The Great Escape. In 1977, a key member of the escape team, Ley Kenyon, was interviewed on the BBC's Nationwide.

Decades-old CIA documents on Ark of the Covenant resurface amid classified group text spat

The CIA used experimental intelligence methods to attempt to locate the Ark of the Covenant, but the revelations are about 25 years old. In "recently resurfaced" documents, as reported by right-wing British outlet the Daily Mail, the CIA outlines how it used a "remote viewer" to mentally locate the site of the artifact, which has remained a mystery for centuries.

Why would you need to find it when you already know where it is?

Unique two-clawed dinosaur discovered

A rare new species of two-clawed dinosaur has been discovered by scientists in Mongolia's Gobi Desert. The species, named Duonychus tsogtbaatari, was unique within a group of dinosaurs called Therizinosaurs, which stood on their hind legs and usually had three claws. It was medium-sized, with an estimated weight of approximately 260kg.

'Inside-out, headless wonder' fossil discovered

A professor has published details of a rare "inside-out, legless, headless wonder" fossil from 444 million years ago, which belonged to a previously undiscovered species.

[markwateneymemorialcrater]

Driving around the small First Nations community of Dog Creek. Was hoping to find the remainins of an old RCAF aerodrome build in WWII as a supplementary airstrip. Sadly I didn’t find it. Was in the right field, but the landing strips are pretty much completely overgrown and I didn’t go far enough into the field. But I think it still is used occasionally for people flying into ranches up there or wildfire fighters.

I was told that there is a water tower and a few old concrete foundations still around. But I missed the road that leads to them. Maybe another trip I’ll find them.

[pam3pr]

meandering Slim Creek

South Chilcotin, BC, Canada

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[rabbitcruiser]

Raft River Viewing Park, Clearwater (No. 1)

Prior to European settlement, the area that is now occupied by the village was occupied by the Okelhs First Nations. They were eventually superseded by the Chilcotins in the 1870s.

The fur trade brought the earliest settlers to the area. The Overlanders expedition to the Cariboo goldfields rafted down the North Thompson River in 1862. When they first arrived at the mouth of the Clearwater River, they named it for its distinct clarity compared to the relatively muddy waters of the North Thompson. The Overlanders also named Raft Mountain, which rises northeast of Clearwater to a height of 2,450 m (8,038 ft).

1914 - Rail access was established. Previously access had been by steam boat or overland.

1953 - Transmountain pipeline completed through area.

1970s -Yellowhead Highway complete through area.

1968 - Clearwater is incorporated as a settlement.

December 2007 - Municipal government is incorporated.

Source: Wikipedia

[must-be-mythtaken]

ask game: 7, 9, 37 :3

7. what scares you the most and why?

Hmm probably mold and tiny bugs in large quantities. I'm really not sure...I think it's almost a body horror thing? Like I imagine the bugs getting under my skin, and the mold spores growing in me. bleh making myself feel icky.

9. tell a story about your childhood When I was about 8 or 9, maybe 10? My dad took me and my sister up to Canada to spend a week on a horse ranch that specialized in having these Chilcotin mountain ponies that you could ride up into the hills and mountains and whatnot. I was HEAVEN for tiny horsegirl Andrea. We did shorter rides to build up our confidence, and then on the last day we were doing an all-day ride up the mountain.

Now of course, what do I do the day before that ride? If you guessed "failed to stick the dismount and twisted my ankle," congrats! Take 10 points!

But I didn't say anything, and subtly limped my way to dinner and bed and got ready the next morning. Now, going up the mountain was just fine. With the steepness of the trails and the sureness of the ponies, I could even often leave the injured foot out of the stirrup while I leaned forward as counterweight.

Lunch on the peak was a panorama of wildflowers, dry summer grasses, and dark rich evergreens. But then my helll began.

Remember those steep trails? Going back down meant resting my weight solidly in the stirrups and leaning back, once again counterweight for my lovely pony. My injured ankle would NOT take weight, so for the entire ride down, I help up my whole weight in one stirrup and by supporting myself with my arms on the pommel of the saddle. I vividly remember sitting in the lodge that evening, ice on my ankle, arms too weak to even pick up a glass of water.

And then I went back to reading my smutty historical fiction / romance novel about Mary Queen of Scots.

37. share a secret

One of my friends in New Zealand has a few ladders from the bigature of Helm's Deep. Except no they don't, that would be ridiculous, you didn't hear it from me.

Ask me some questions!