Nature Vancouver

28 January, 2023 Update Both weeks of the drive-in camp at Big Bar have filled. However, we are taking a few names for the waitlist on week one and two. If you wish to be on the waitlist Email Elena.K.NVcamp@outlook.com. Once we have enough names on each waitlist we will stop collecting names. Waitlisted applicants need not send any money until they have been notified that they have been placed into camp.  2023 CAMP FEES Adults $ 780 / person      Child < 18 yrs $ 390/  person Refund Policy          Upon confirmation,…

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The Nature Vancouver camp committee works hard to organize Summer Camps. If NV camps are going to be offered each summer we need help to keep things moving forward. We need more members to serve on the Camp Committee. We also need members to take on specific roles which do not require attending meetings, or rarely attending meetings. Some of the specific needs are: Book-keeping – This person does NOT have to handle any of the funds but is involved in…

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The 2019 Nature Vancouver summer camps were held in the spectacular Niut Range, just to the west of Tatlayoko Lake, or two hundred kilometres west of Williams Lake.  Located at the tree line at 2000 metres, the camps offered abundant opportunities for botanizing, birding and rambling ranging from easy strolls to more vigorous all-day hikes.  The first camp ran from July 21st to  28th with the second camp running from July 28th to August 4th. Camp managers were Nigel Peck for week one…

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This year we celebrated 100 year anniversary of Nature Vancouver. Two camps were held at McGillivray Pass, from, Sunday, July 22 to Sunday, July 29, 2018 and Sunday, July 29 to Sunday, August 5, 2018. McGillivray Pass is located in the Bendor Range of the Coast Mountains, between the village of Bralorne and Anderson Lake. The camp was located at 1800m elevation in a beautiful subalpine valley at the transition from Coast to Interior. The campsite was a fine destination itself, yet also offered…

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Photo Album – Elena Klein Photo Album – Wolfgang Hauser Photo Album – Daryl Sturdy Camp Report and Photos by Liz Dohan Driftwood Lodge in Smithers was a magnificent setting for Nature Vancouver’s drive in camp. Due to forest fires in the province, and closures along Highway 97, most of us made the trek in our vehicles along the Yellowhead Highway, adding perhaps an hour or two to the approximately 1200 kilometer trip. Gabi and Norbert Gust, the young couple…

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In 2015, two camps were held from August 2 to 9 and from August 9 to 1, 2015. The camp site was located next to a pristine alpine lake near Mount Renshaw, just to the northeast of McBride. The location, which connects with the National Hiking Trail, featured spectacular alpine meadows and terrain suitable for rambling ridge walks and circumnavigation of Mount Renshaw on the NHT. Located at an altitude of 1890 m (6200 ft), the area had great botanizing, birding…

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Photo Album  – Roy Klein

Photo Album – Kelly Sekhon Photo Album – Cathy Walker Photo Album – Harvey Dueck

Photo Album – Cathy Walker Photo Album – Roy Klein Photo Album – Kelly Sekhon

Photo Album – Peter Cawsey