Comments on: Lynn Canyon, Vancouver, B.C.

By: The Chief

The Chief — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 03:35:37 +0000

I loved this park, and thank god most people respect the adage: take only memories – leave only footprints. I also remember squirrels as well as the luscious green moss, and gnarled roots made visible by erosion. Great photo ops and time-bending memories. The Chief

By: Sonja

Sonja — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 16:09:50 +0000

Hi, came accross your photos through Lolly Knitting around, I am a knitter, live in North Vancouver, found the pics from your olympic visit, great shots, our surroundings are so beautifull – you made me want to go hiking!!!!which I love, but knitting is my new obsession so it’s hard to devote/split the time…….thank you for making my coffee break so enjoyable!!!! Sonja

By: Mark F.

Mark F. — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 14:37:57 +0000

I’m glad to see that the B.C. rainforest made a good recovery from the drought it was experiencing when I was there last fall – it was still beautiful when I was there, but a lot of moss was turning brown in places (most trees and ferns seemed to be doing fine, although there was one species of pine that was really struggling).

I did see submerged mosses growing in streams in some of the places I went hiking (a bit further north, and slightly inland, from where you were), but they were in very cold, highly oxygenated water – don’t think they’d fare well in a typical planted aquarium!

I definitely concur with your comments in the previous post about the Vancouver Aquarium – their local biotope displays were really excellent, as was most of the scaping in the other tanks. I’d like to know what species of Nymphaea they had growing in their Mexican livebearer tank – do you happen to know?

By: Christa Giles

Christa Giles — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:43:10 +0000

Lovely photos, and that was a fun day! Hope your shoes recovered

By: Lolly Knitting Around » Take a Hike

Lolly Knitting Around » Take a Hike — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:41:51 +0000

[...] more photos – including some lovely macros of the mosses and more of the river and trees are over on Kris’s blog. He also did a great post about one of our other events – our trip to the Vancouver [...]

By: guitarfish

guitarfish — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 23:48:57 +0000

Nah, left everything in place… I’m pretty sure they were all terrestrial mosses, but who knows….

By: Ghazanfar Ghori

Ghazanfar Ghori — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 23:34:34 +0000

That moss looks way cool! Hope you, er, collected a sample for purely scientific purposes.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 01:10:30 +0000

As a Vancouverite, I’ve taken several visitors through Lynn Valley myself as it’s one of my favourite places to explore. I’m glad to hear you liked visiting the city….perhaps you’ll can visit again sometime.

The mosses that grow here are quite beautiful. I’ve often thought about creating a terrarium of sorts using different types of local mosses but I haven’t ever gotten around to trying it out. I think you may have just pushed me over the edge with that moss closeup photo.