About the Tick

All across Canada ticks of different shapes, sizes and varieties can be found. There are over 20 species but  only 3 posing an ongoing threat to humans. Tick bites can often be very painful and slow healing however if properly taken care of the chance of major infection and the potential of contracting a disease is minimal. Adult ticks are generally half the size of your pinkie fingernail. Ticks can be… Read the rest

Vancouver Coast & Mountains BC: Weaver Creek Spawning Channel (Map 4/E1)
Weaver Creek spawning channel is one of the biggest in the area. An average of 32,000 sockeye salmon and 2,500 chum salmon use the channel, depositing an estimated 76 million eggs. Next to the Adams River, this is the best site in British Columbia to see sockeye spawning in September. In winter, the channel and surrounding streams are terrific places to look… Read the rest

Cariboo Chilcotin BC: Alexander MacKenzie Heritage Trail (Maps 19, 29, 30, 31, 41, 42, 43, 44)
The name Alexander MacKenzie resonates throughout the Chilcotin Plateau. The trail that bears his name is an east-west thread that ties the region together. Mackenzie was the first European to cross North America, reaching the Pacific in 1793. Just south of where the Blackwater River flows into the Fraser, he began his trek by land. This… Read the rest