West shore of Okanagan Lake, near Penticton, British Columbia (B.C.), Canada, North America

The rocky western shore of Kootenay Lake in the evening, near Kaslo, British Columbia (B.C.), Canada, North America

Cow Bay harbour reflections, Prince Rupert, Kaien Island, Inside Passage, North West British Columbia, Canada, North America

Cow Bay harbour reflections, Prince Rupert, Kaien Island, Inside Passage, North West British Columbia, Canada, North America

Misty sunrise, waterfront and mountains of Prince Rupert, Inside Passage, North West British Columbia, Canada, North America

A small pod of killer whales (Orcinus orca) encountered off West Craycroft Island in Blackfish Sound, British Columbia, Canada

Sunrise over Prince Rupert, from the sea, Kaien Island, Inside Passage, North West British Columbia, Canada, North America

Olympic Cauldron, Jack Poole Plaza, Convention Centre West, Vancouver City, British Columbia, Canada, North America

Marina, Squamish Town, west Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, North America

Atkinson lighthouse, west Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, North America

Yagim Mask at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA. Yagim Mask, 1920-25 Vancouver Island, British Columbia. Wood, paint. George Walkus (kwakwaka'wakw, ca 1875-1968). A furtive aggressive sea creature known as Yagim was part of the dramatic Tseyka performance cycle, which took place during the dark winter when life on the North West coast moves largely indoors

North False Creek and West End, Granville St, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, North America

West End, yacht harbour and Burrad Bridge, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, North America

Icon, information sign post at Cedars Mill Trail in Lynn Valley Canyon, North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Downtown looking North-West over False Creek and Granville Island, Vancouver, British Columbia