#Kamloops Lake

[rabbitcruiser]

Apple Tree Day

Apple Tree Day could also be called ‘Put a Doctor Out of Business Day’ simply because of the health benefits contained in this delightful fruit! However, the origin of this day is quite different. Apple Tree Day started as a celebration of an old apple tree almost two centuries old, and has grown to become a celebration of the apple itself.

History of Apple Tree Day

The apple tree is a deciduous tree that, somewhat surprisingly, hails from the same family as the rose. Its ancestor is the Malus sieversii, a tree that is still grown to this day. Originating in Central Asia, apples then made their way to Europe where they grew for many years before European colonists brought them over to North America during the 17th century. It is possible that apple trees are the oldest tree to have been cultivated.

When considering the long journey that apples have gone on around the world and the fact that they are still one of the most popular foods of today, it is not hard to see why they deserve to be celebrated!

Apple Tree Day started off as a celebration of an old apple tree, which had been around for two centuries. As time went on, this day morphed into a celebration of the fruit itself.

How to Celebrate Apple Tree Day

Celebrating Apple Tree Day is easy with these ideas to get started:

Join in on an Apple Tree Day Event

It is a good idea to take a look online and see whether there are any events that are going on in your local area. A lot of communities may host local village festivals on Apple Tree Day, selling the most delicious homemade apple treats. This might include everything from apple pies to apple cider. It’s a great way to be a part of the community and enjoy some of the local produce.

Even for people who don’t have access to an organized function on Apple Tree Day, it’s still possible to participate – just eat an apple, drink apple cider or eat meals with apple in them.

Read an Apple Themed Book

Whether there are children around–or just children at heart–take a look at some of these delightful books themed around the idea of apples and apple trees:

The Apple Pie Tree by Zoe Hall (1996) This delightful book follows the two sisters and they discover the various seasons and progressions an apple tree goes through before it renders fruit fit for making pies.

Apples, Apples, Apples by Nancy Elizabeth Wallace (2004) This children’s book tells the story of a family of bunnies who visit the apple orchard. The book also includes a recipe for applesauce.

Who Was Johnny Appleseed? by Joan Holub (2005) This biography tells the legendary story of John Chapman, who was responsible for bringing apples to the midwestern United States.

How Do Apples Grow? by Betsy Maestro (1993) An introduction to environmental science, this children’s book addresses kids’ questions and informs them on facts about apple trees and their fruit.

Plant an Apple Tree

Traditionalists might want to take apple tree cuttings and plant them, but for those who don’t have a green thumb it’s just as acceptable to plant an apple tree bought from a plant nursery. For those who live in regions where January isn’t quite the right season for tree planting, get a head start on taking care of that apple tree by signing up for a course on fruit tree pruning.

Pick Apples and Bake with Them

Depending on the particular location, some people might be able to spend Apple Tree Day picking some fresh apples and using them to bake an incredible creation. There are so many different desserts that call for the use of apples. This includes traditional desserts, such as Apple Cake, Apple Crumble, and Apple Pie.

There are also modern recipes that can be found online and in cookbooks today. Examples of these delicious treats might include Apple Crumb Cheesecake Pie, Salted Caramel Apple Crisp, Apple Cider Cupcakes with Cinnamon Buttercream, and much more. All that is needed is to do a quick search online and anyone is bound to come across plenty of delicious apple-based treats!

Don’t forget, when peeling those apples, to hold a competition to see who can peel an apple to make the longest ‘Slinky’ – people don’t even have to eat the apples to be involved in the process!

Try Making Apple Cider

You could even try your hand at making your own apple cider. You have two options here. You can go down the easy route of purchasing one of the apple cider making kits that are available in stores. The other option is to make your own apple cider from scratch. This does require quite a lot of hard work, but it will all be worth it in the end!

Participate in Apple-Based Traditions

And since this day comes just once a year, those who are in love can declare it by throwing a Golden Delicious at the ‘apple of your eye’ and see if they reciprocate those affections by catching it. If they don’t, there’s always next year!

Learn About the Benefits of Eating Apples

On this day, everyone is encouraged to learn more about apples and the importance of including them into their diet. In fact, there are a lot of benefits that are associated with eating apples! Perhaps this has something to do with the old adage declaring that “an apple a day keeps the doctor away”.

Apples contain a variety of different antioxidants, including chlorogenic acid, phloridzin, catechin, and quercetin. There have been a number of different studies into the links between eating apples and lowering your cholesterol, reducing the risk of certain diseases and helping with managing weight.

Learn About Different Types of Apples

One way to pay honor to the Apple Tree on this day is by delving deeper into the different types of apples that are available (there are more than 7500 different varieties worldwide!), understanding the unique benefits they provide and the unique taste experience they have to offer. Here are some interesting apple varieties to get started with:

Gala Apples Currently the most popular apple variety in the United States, Gala apples are mildly flavored, sweet, and juicy. These apples are great for just eating whole or baking into a delicious treat.

Red Delicious This classic apple is what many people think of when it comes to taking an apple for the teacher’s desk! These were the most popular in the US for many years, but have fallen to second in deference to something a bit crunchier and sweeter.

Granny Smith This green apple is native to Australia and has a super tart flavor that makes it perfect for baking with.

Fuji Apples This variety was named for Mt. Fuji in Japan in the 1930s, but is now super popular with Americans as it has been around since the 1980s. Its yellow and red color gives it a distinctive look and it’s delightfully sweet, juicy flavor is great for eating.

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[postcardaday]

Kamloops Lake, B.C.

[short-wooloo]

Lake Superior’s Greatest Mystery: SS Kamloops

[onemilliondraculas]

Red Lake, Kamloops BC

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Episode 123: The SS Kamloops Tragedy & the Corpse of Old Whitey Photodump

Image 01: shark statue submerged at the bottom of Lake Neuchatel in Switzerland. Image 02: The Titanic’s famous stairway before and after sinking to the bottom of the ocean. Image 03: Two lost shipping containers that sank to the bottom of the ocean floor and now make me want to cry. Image 04: A video that really just embodies what the spirit of submechanophobia is, as filmed by a man walking down a pier in Norway. Image 05: A sunken yacht (or is it a plane?) in an unknown location. Image 06: Map showing the Great Lakes (top) + Zoomed in map showing the final route of the SS Kamloops (middle) + Even more zoomed in map showing the Kamloops resting place Image 07: Kamloops Artist Perspective Composite drawing by C. Patrick Labadie, Scott McWilliam, and Jerry Livingston Image 08: One of the only images of “Old Whitey”, via Doug Bell on YouTube + an illustration of what divers have reported seeing when diving down with Whitey following them around the ship Image 09: Ghost ship sighting, via Jason Asselin on YouTube Image 10: Video of a diver exploring the shipwreck, showing clips of Old Whitey and misc. cargo items, via Doug Bell on YouTube (Anything white you see in the video is a body in a state of adipocere - there are 3 bodies in this clip)

[grimm-the-tiger]

I’m back on my shipwreck bullshit again. This time, I’ve decided to draw this wreck, the Kamloops as it looked when it was still afloat. It looks kinda wonky, but eh. Too late to fix it now, I guess. 

[allthecanadianpolitics]

A First Nation in B.C.'s Interior has received more than $147 million from the federal government after more than 20 years of fighting for the acknowledgement of its water rights. The Esk'etemc (pronounced es-KET-em) First Nation, located southwest of Williams Lake, B.C., first filed with Specific Claims, which deals with past wrongs against First Nations in Canada, in 2003, raising issues arising from being prevented from completing an irrigation ditch in the 1890s.  In 1881, land was set aside for Wycott's Flat Indian Reserve #6 and the agreement noted that all the water flowing out of a nearby lake was reserved for the Esk'etemc Nation, according to Anispiragas Piragasanathar, a spokesperson for Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada.  The Esk'etemc Nation said all the water from Vert Lake, southeast of the reserve, was promised to the Esk'etemc for irrigation as part of a reserve land agreement. The First Nation started digging in the 1890s, but after two years of work and just one kilometre away from completion, it was told it had to stop.  "It was devastating," lawyer Stan Ashcroft told CBC's Daybreak Kamloops guest host Doug Herbert. "I mean, after all that effort to be told you can't continue, when I talked to the elders, they said it was completely devastating." The irrigation ditch has lain dormant since, according to the First Nation. 

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[sergeifyodorov]

Mild gripe of course but I feel like many fic writers are unaware that major junior teams will only play teams from other leagues during the Mem Cup finals. Your Mississauga Steelhead or Kingston Frontenac is not going to see the Blazers on a regular basis. Do you know how far Lake Ontario is from Kamloops

[whereifindsanity]

John Gould

Daybreak over Kamloops Lake on the last day of March, 2024.

[mutant-distraction]

Valerie Walsh

The Sentinel, watching over the herd. Above Kamloops Lake, B.C. Rocky Mountain Big-horned Sheep. July 27, 2024.

[rabbitcruiser]

Apple Tree Day

Apple Tree Day could also be called ‘Put a Doctor Out of Business Day’ simply because of the health benefits contained in this delightful fruit! However, the origin of this day is quite different. Apple Tree Day started as a celebration of an old apple tree almost two centuries old, and has grown to become a celebration of the apple itself.

History of Apple Tree Day

The apple tree is a deciduous tree that, somewhat surprisingly, hails from the same family as the rose. Its ancestor is the Malus sieversii, a tree that is still grown to this day. Originating in Central Asia, apples then made their way to Europe where they grew for many years before European colonists brought them over to North America during the 17th century. It is possible that apple trees are the oldest tree to have been cultivated.

When considering the long journey that apples have gone on around the world and the fact that they are still one of the most popular foods of today, it is not hard to see why they deserve to be celebrated!

Apple Tree Day started off as a celebration of an old apple tree, which had been around for two centuries. As time went on, this day morphed into a celebration of the fruit itself.

How to Celebrate Apple Tree Day

Celebrating Apple Tree Day is easy with these ideas to get started:

Join in on an Apple Tree Day Event

It is a good idea to take a look online and see whether there are any events that are going on in your local area. A lot of communities may host local village festivals on Apple Tree Day, selling the most delicious homemade apple treats. This might include everything from apple pies to apple cider. It’s a great way to be a part of the community and enjoy some of the local produce.

Even for people who don’t have access to an organized function on Apple Tree Day, it’s still possible to participate – just eat an apple, drink apple cider or eat meals with apple in them.

Read an Apple Themed Book

Whether there are children around–or just children at heart–take a look at some of these delightful books themed around the idea of apples and apple trees:

The Apple Pie Tree by Zoe Hall (1996) This delightful book follows the two sisters and they discover the various seasons and progressions an apple tree goes through before it renders fruit fit for making pies.

Apples, Apples, Apples by Nancy Elizabeth Wallace (2004) This children’s book tells the story of a family of bunnies who visit the apple orchard. The book also includes a recipe for applesauce.

Who Was Johnny Appleseed? by Joan Holub (2005) This biography tells the legendary story of John Chapman, who was responsible for bringing apples to the midwestern United States.

How Do Apples Grow? by Betsy Maestro (1993) An introduction to environmental science, this children’s book addresses kids’ questions and informs them on facts about apple trees and their fruit.

Plant an Apple Tree

Traditionalists might want to take apple tree cuttings and plant them, but for those who don’t have a green thumb it’s just as acceptable to plant an apple tree bought from a plant nursery. For those who live in regions where January isn’t quite the right season for tree planting, get a head start on taking care of that apple tree by signing up for a course on fruit tree pruning.

Pick Apples and Bake with Them

Depending on the particular location, some people might be able to spend Apple Tree Day picking some fresh apples and using them to bake an incredible creation. There are so many different desserts that call for the use of apples. This includes traditional desserts, such as Apple Cake, Apple Crumble, and Apple Pie.

There are also modern recipes that can be found online and in cookbooks today. Examples of these delicious treats might include Apple Crumb Cheesecake Pie, Salted Caramel Apple Crisp, Apple Cider Cupcakes with Cinnamon Buttercream, and much more. All that is needed is to do a quick search online and anyone is bound to come across plenty of delicious apple-based treats!

Don’t forget, when peeling those apples, to hold a competition to see who can peel an apple to make the longest ‘Slinky’ – people don’t even have to eat the apples to be involved in the process!

Try Making Apple Cider

You could even try your hand at making your own apple cider. You have two options here. You can go down the easy route of purchasing one of the apple cider making kits that are available in stores. The other option is to make your own apple cider from scratch. This does require quite a lot of hard work, but it will all be worth it in the end!

Participate in Apple-Based Traditions

And since this day comes just once a year, those who are in love can declare it by throwing a Golden Delicious at the ‘apple of your eye’ and see if they reciprocate those affections by catching it. If they don’t, there’s always next year!

Learn About the Benefits of Eating Apples

On this day, everyone is encouraged to learn more about apples and the importance of including them into their diet. In fact, there are a lot of benefits that are associated with eating apples! Perhaps this has something to do with the old adage declaring that “an apple a day keeps the doctor away”.

Apples contain a variety of different antioxidants, including chlorogenic acid, phloridzin, catechin, and quercetin. There have been a number of different studies into the links between eating apples and lowering your cholesterol, reducing the risk of certain diseases and helping with managing weight.

Learn About Different Types of Apples

One way to pay honor to the Apple Tree on this day is by delving deeper into the different types of apples that are available (there are more than 7500 different varieties worldwide!), understanding the unique benefits they provide and the unique taste experience they have to offer. Here are some interesting apple varieties to get started with:

Gala Apples Currently the most popular apple variety in the United States, Gala apples are mildly flavored, sweet, and juicy. These apples are great for just eating whole or baking into a delicious treat.

Red Delicious This classic apple is what many people think of when it comes to taking an apple for the teacher’s desk! These were the most popular in the US for many years, but have fallen to second in deference to something a bit crunchier and sweeter.

Granny Smith This green apple is native to Australia and has a super tart flavor that makes it perfect for baking with.

Fuji Apples This variety was named for Mt. Fuji in Japan in the 1930s, but is now super popular with Americans as it has been around since the 1980s. Its yellow and red color gives it a distinctive look and it’s delightfully sweet, juicy flavor is great for eating.

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[starswallowingsea]

anyway i got a book on ghost ships on the great lakes from the library and i started it the other day and i completely missed that it was published in 1968 which puts it at such a weird time in great lakes shipping history. the most famous wreck wouldnt happen for another 7 years (the edmund fitzgerald sank in 1975 and was the last major wreck on the lakes) and was in the middle of a decade of huge losses for freighters on the lakes (the carl d bradley, the daniel j morrell, and the cedarville all sank within 10 years of each other with significant losses. only two and one survivors respectively from the first two ships). and one of the chapters is on the ss kamloops which would actually be found less than 10 years later in 1977 making it no longer a ghost ship. idk just fascinating. i'm excited to read more of it

[oldcrowshag]

i would be super interested in hearing more about michigan bc i live up north ^.^ thanks for making that post, i didn't grow up here so i hadn't heard that legend before!!

Up North

apologies in the delay.

"Up North" in itself is such a liminality. ask a michigander where in the state the landscape turns into "Up North" (bonus points if you get them to point out places on their map-hands) and you'll probably get a different answer from everyone. Up North becomes analogous for the old ways-- an escape from Life and the sales tax of living it, diving headfirst into the woods just like the perfect arc you practiced on the dock behind your grandparents' cottage every summer. it's an encounter with the Lakeshore, because when you're Up North you have your pick of small seas to commune with. it's also foggy dawn meadows, and barren lonely winters, and small gas stops on a rural corner, and bears, and cougars, and wolves if you're lucky, and yes the fucked up deer. Up North has a smell, and honestly it's probably just fresh air. you live in a land of conservatives, anon, but also of wonder. keep your wits and learn its ways!!

anyway, speaking of lakes. as I said you could honestly reside anywhere in half of the state, so I'm electing to go Way Up North until I hit the beastly Lake Superior (gichi-gami in ojibwe). when you speak on her, you cannot help but let a certain reverence enter your voice. she's the deepest lake on the continent and holds 10% of the world's fresh water, and we have a saying about her:

Lake Superior never gives up her dead.

she's cold. most plants and animals don't survive on the bottom. it's the land of sponges and darkness. it's too cold for bacteria, so when a soul ends up down there, it stays there. if you aren't aware of the wreck of the edmund fitzgerald (rip gordon lightfoot) give it a listen if you want a good sea ballad. something similar happened to the USS Kamloops, and her captain went down with the ship. he remains preserved in the wreck to this day and can only be visited by expert divers. Superior has claimed an estimated 10000 lives, and many of those bodies are never seen again. she acts as psychopomp, a void you can slip into on a warm summer day. the deep water has long been associated with death energy-- in my personal practice I link waters in helping to venerate my ancestors and commune with certain deities. how would you use Her water and Her stones? when you greet Her after dark, and face the roaring yawn of the dark surf with no opposite shore, what do you hear within yourself? do you acknowledge the death She wears on a proud brow while birthing life out on the windswept shores? what would you consecrate in Her waters? yourself?

high summer is coming for us, anon. I suggest you hit the lake if you can, any one will do 😊

(I intend on writing more about Michigan craft and lore when I have the time but lmk if anyone is interested in that in my asks because hearing encouragement is nice lol)

[letsgethaunted]

Gordon Lightfoot - Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald

1976 hit song written, composed and performed by Canadian singer-songwriter Gordon Lightfoot to commemorate the sinking of the bulk carrier SS Edmund Fitzgerald on Lake Superior on November 10, 1975. Lightfoot drew his inspiration from Newsweek's article on the event, "The Cruelest Month", which it published in its November 24, 1975, issue. Lightfoot considers this song to be his finest work.

[lovetransaction]

happy dadfucker friday! as a fellow canadian, if you had to set a d/j story in canada, where would it be?

AAAAAAAAAAAAH IN MOTHAFUCKIN TRANQUILLE

I mean more properly in Kamloops but they'd be there in order to break into Tranquille. My friends and I once drove out there onto the lands and it was creepy as shit and we didn't break in because we were in our thirties and didn't want criminal records lol but--

john and dean would go there and they'd be cranky because john sold it to the boys as a trip, a family vacation, hey there's this weird place we'll drive past that's a buncha polka-dot lakes, bet that'll be cool. but the spotted lake, you can't really go down into and it's underwhelming, and they're tired of feeding off boxes of timbits, and sam is scrunched down in the backseat with his arms folded loudly declaring periodically that this isn't a vacation it's just MORE DRIVING and it's BORING, and john takes them onto a service road that seems to go on forever.

until he pulls up and shuts the car off and says, sam, go to sleep. your brother and me are gonna be back in three hours. if we take longer than that, get the mossberg and the blessed rosary and come to the solarium. dean's heart leaps in excitement and sam finishes drinking the last clearly canadian and grumbles and burrows under the jacket dad throws over him.

it's an abandoned asylum like any other but john talks about his theories out loud and dean nods with a thoughtful frown at each one. he even manages to make an observation about the ectoplasm behind some of the rotted peeling paint on the wall and dad scuffs his hair. the ghost turns out to be a boy who was sent to the nuthouse by his father as a convenient way to avoid the mounting suspicions that the father was molesting the boy. dean feels sorry for him but also disdainful. they get back to the car with eighteen minutes to spare, and sam wakes up long enough to say, i thought you forgot me.

let's find some breakfast, john says as he starts up the car and eases it out in reverse, arm slung across the passenger seat with his fingers brushing the ends of dean's hair. blueberry pancakes, whaddyou boys think?

sam's already asleep again now that he knows he's not needed. dean reaches for the timmy's cup with two inches left of a cold double double and feels very grown-up as he says, we could keep driving a while longer.

[katblu42]

Day 11 - Rocky Mountaineer part 1

I'm behind again! Mostly because I've been busy experiencing stuff, and not connected to tech!!

Anyway, Day 10 started pretty early - coach pick up at the hotel was 7:50am, but our luggage had to be outside our rooms for collection an hour before that.

Our coach was the first to arrive at the station, so we had about half an hour to hang around before the welcome (which involved bagpipes), and then boarding.

(This is a Gold Leaf carriage - I was travelling on Silver Leaf)

We set off at 8am, and while we were still slowly trundling out of Vancouver the first refreshments were served - coffee and tea, then a 2 course breakfast!

We had an unexpected and sudden stop when the emergency brake was pulled due to "an issue with the crossing ahead." Not sure what the issue was, but when the emergency brake is pulled the whole length of train has to be walked to check the brake has been released. I think we were stopped for about 10 minutes.

(The stop also caused a service cart at the back of our carriage to topple. These carts basically never to that, so this was definitely unusual according to our 3 cabin hosts!)

Not long after that we had a glimpse of Mt Barker (which is over the border in the US - Washington).

At this point I feel the need to point out 2 important things: 1. I took over 200 photos today 2. All photos were taken through the windows of the train, and are therefore subject to reflections off the glass - watch out for the little UFOs, they are reflections of the lights in the carriage ceiling!

I also should point out seeing mountains like these is kinda exciting for me - Australia's mountains aren't like this! And the train follows the Fraser River pretty closely. The grey-green colour of the water is apparently due to the sediments it carries - they never get a chance to settle.

Speaking of colours . . . this mixture of blues and greens is because it's part of where the Fraser meets the Thomson River, which the train then follows to our eventual overnight stop in Kamloops.

This train trip is like being in a moving restaurant - we were supplied with drinks and a snack, then a 3 course lunch by the time we hit this point!

Rainbow Canyon - the colours of the rocks caused by oxidation of iron, copper and sulfur (I think that's what they said!)

I was really on the wrong side of the train to get shots of the rapids on the Thompson, where some of the rocks have names! Can you spot the rock called the frog? (right pic above)

Murray Creek Falls . . .

On one of our many stops while waiting on a siding for a freight train to pass in the opposite direction, we had a Bald Eagle circling beside us. Not easy to snap pics!

Somewhere near Black Canyon we had one of the best chances to shoot pics of the front of the train - my carriage was the second last of 22 "pieces of equipment" (engine, carriages inc non-passenger cars), and the last passenger car. (I still had trouble getting a decent shot without reflections or telephone wires in the way!)

We spent much of the day spotting Osprey nests! (And one or two eagle nests)

Does anyone recognise Rainbow Bluffs? Apparently they appeared in the X-Files. (right pic above)

After many, many delays pulling into sidings for freight trains (the two I counted cars for were 150 and 194 cars long - so not short trains!), and our afternoon snack and drink, we finally came up along Kamloops Lake. Lots of winding track as the train closely follows the shoreline.

And that's my 30 image limit!

We were late getting into Kamloops - so many stops along the way we even got a second afternoon snack!! So, when we finally reached our hotels it was around 9pm. That's basically a 13hr train trip! Certainly not boring though.