On Sunday the family went to the British Columbia Museum of Mining (Britannia Beach Mine) near Squamish and then to Shannon Falls and then later to some family in West Vancouver.
The mine is still undergoing renovations as they got some of the stimulus money from the government, but it is already much improved. They added a new roof and siding to main building while preserving the original roofing and siding on the inside. The tour was also interesting and it was near to hear about the history of the mine and how the mine came to be and how it operated back in its time. They demonstrated some of the equipment that they used to mine, and how it progressed over the years. Check out their website at
http://www.bcmuseumofmining.org/
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| Shannon Falls |
Next we went to Shannon Falls which is nearby and another great stop to get out and enjoy the beautiful scenery that surrounds us here on the west coast. Parking is $1 for an hour, or $3 for the day, and well worth it. Its a pretty short walk up to the main viewing area, and then a few minutes farther to the second viewing area. But we went even farther making our way onto the rocks to get just a few meters away from the falls and climb onto some of the rocks (like the one I am standing on below). Another hike that is off the same trail is the Stawamus Chief trail which is about 2.5KM with 550m elevation gain. But I'l have to do that some other day.
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| Me on a rock next to the falls |
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| English Bay with Stanley Park on the left |
Finally we made our way to some relatives in West Vancouver where we had dinner and an awesome view as you can see here. I created these shots using long exposures of like 6 seconds or so. As much as I wish I had a DSLR (eying the upcoming Nikon D3100 at the moment), these shots were all taken on our Canon PowerShot SD750.
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| Lighthouse Park out in the distance |
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