Expedition Canada

Gibsons - Highest number of Breweries Per Capita Thu Mar 24th  Moody morning off Hopkins Landing We thought obtaining a Visitor Record (an IMM 1442) would be plain sailing now that we had our Super Visas in place.  The form is issued automatically if you extend a 6 month visitor stay beyond the initial period and it allows you to obtain a BC driving licence and therefore open a bank account.   When we 'flagpoled' around the Peace Arch border crossing to have the Super Visas added to our passports we asked for the Visitor Record and were told they would only stamp the passport, allowing our initial two year stay until Feb 2024.  Neither of the Canadian Border Services Agency (CBSA) officers we dealt with had ever heard of a Super Visa, so they wouldn't issue the Visitor Record which we were entitled to.  Our visitor extension approval to stay from 3rd Oct 21 to 2nd Oct 22 has still not come through and we are still without a Visitor Record. No problem our im...

Boys Day Out Hopkins Landing - Sunrise Tue Dec 21st The winter solstice has arrived and the days will soon start getting longer and nights shorter.  If we on the Coast needed a reminder that Dec 21st is the start of winter the -1c outside left us in no doubt, that's 6c below average.  Snow is due later in the day.   Six months ago it was 27.6c; the start of the heat dome that engulfed west coast North America and pressaged the 1600 fires that destroyed 8,700 sq km of BC forests, the third worst season on record.  That's five and half times the area of Greater London.   The lack of rain that accompanied the  warm summer led to water restrictions on the coast.  Locally, the Gibsons Well supplied water without problem, as distinct from Chapman Lake reservoir that serves Sechelt and the northern west coast.  Gibsons actually piped water to Sechelt at the height of the restrictions.  The dry summer was closely followed by a very wet Oct ...