Icefields Parkway Drive and the Athabasca Glacier in the Canadian Rockies, Alberta, Canada

The Athabasca Glacier is one of the six principal ‘toes’ of the Columbia Icefield, located in the Canadian Rockies. The glacier currently moves back at a rate of about 5 metres (16 ft) per year and has moved back more than 1.5 km (0.93 mi) and lost over half of its volume in the past 125 years. Easily accessible,…

Strathcona Provincial Park, Canada

The Clayoquot Sound Biosphere Reserve, established in 2000, includes three watersheds in the western area of the park. Although there are no commercial tourist facilities in the park, the nearby Strathcona Park Lodge and Outdoor Education Centre provides outdoors education. Visitor facilities are available in the nearby communities of Campbell River and Gold River. The…

Oyster farm on Lemmens Inlet in Clayoquot Sound, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada

Clayoquot Sound is located on the west coast of Vancouver Island in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It is bordered by the Esowista Peninsula to the south, and the Hesquiaht Peninsula to the North. It is a body of water with many inlets and islands. Major inlets include Sydney Inlet, Shelter Inlet, Herbert Inlet, Bedwell Inlet, Lemmens Inlet, and Tofino Inlet. Major islands include Flores…