Quiet places and Halloween outings
Stanley: The Ghost Town on the Road to Barkerville
Discover Stanley on the Barkerville road through its surviving hotel, Chinese businesses and the working community behind the ghost-town name.
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Stories from Prince George and northern BC
Forest science, mountain landscapes and local history. Find another reason to get outside.
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The Lightning Hotel in Stanley during restoration in September 2010. This is a historical view, not a record of current access or condition.Mark LaFleur · CC BY 3.0 · Retain attribution and licence. Any adaptation must follow the source licence. Quesnel Forks in a modern photograph from August 2021, using the photographer’s monochrome and distressed treatment. This is not an archival image.Crusty Da Klown · CC0 · Retain attribution and licence. Any adaptation must follow the source licence. Quiet places and Halloween outings
Quesnelle Forks: Empty Cabins Where Two Rivers Meet
Explore Quesnelle Forks through its riverside buildings, Chinese Canadian history and the community work that keeps this Cariboo townsite legible.
3 min readSeebach and Huble General Merchandise at Huble Homestead. This daylight photograph was uploaded in 2025; its warm colour and aged texture are part of the photographer’s original image. It does not depict a Halloween event.Crusty Da Klown (₡ґǘșϯγ Ɗᴀ Ⱪᶅŏⱳդ) · CC0 1.0 · Credit retained voluntarily. Preserve the entire frame. Do not describe as an archival or night photograph. Quiet places and Halloween outings
Huble After Dark: What Happens When the Homestead Lights Go Down
Discover Huble After Dark’s mix of history and spooky storytelling, and how it differs from the homestead’s larger Halloween Spooktacular.
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Halloween on the Rails: Prince George's Pumpkin Express
A family Halloween outing at Prince George’s railway museum, with pumpkins, a miniature train and the industrial stories behind the celebration.
3 min readGhost pipes on the forest floor at Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore in Michigan, August 2017.U.S. National Park Service · Public domain (U.S. government work) · Retain attribution and licence. Any adaptation must follow the source licence. The eerie side of nature
Ghost Pipes: The Pale Plants Hiding in Prince George's Forests
A record from Forests for the World leads into the hidden life of a flowering plant that gets its carbon through fungi.
3 min readWitch’s butter (Tremella mesenterica) on a dead branch, January 2021. The photographer combined 21 exposures in a focus stack; the location is not established.Agnes Monkelbaan · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Retain attribution and licence. Any adaptation must follow the source licence. The eerie side of nature
Witch's Butter: The Strange Yellow Thing on a Fallen Branch
A yellow jelly fungus can reveal a second fungus, a microscopic encounter and the reason a fallen branch deserves a closer look.
3 min readA barred owl photographed on Bench Row Road in Vernon, British Columbia, February 2012.Alan D. Wilson · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Retain attribution and licence. Any adaptation must follow the source licence. The eerie side of nature
That Scream in the Woods: The Unsettling Voices of Owls
Cackles, gurgles and piercing cries belong to the owl repertoire too. Listening carefully reveals much more than a familiar hoot.
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