BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//192.124.249.52//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.26.9// CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-FROM-URL:https://oceansidephotographers.ca/wp X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Vancouver BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Vancouver X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Vancouver BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20231105T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 RDATE:20241103T020000 TZNAME:PST END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20240310T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 RDATE:20250309T020000 TZNAME:PDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-3506@oceansidephotographers.ca/wp DTSTAMP:20240329T103247Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en:Field Trip\,Field Trip Outing\,Upcoming Activity CONTACT: DESCRIPTION:This is new for the club\, as most members are retired\, we are meeting on a Wednesday at 10am in Parksville Community Park. Open spaces\ , no enclosed areas and lots of activity. At present Chesipeek Shores is f ilming and most of their equipment is being stored behind the curling rink with lots of filming crew activity. Or you may see the ball players or Ti a Chi practitioners or skateboarders. Enjoy yourselves.\nRemember the the health guidelines and safety protocols. DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210512T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210512T120000 GEO:+49.322574;-124.309351 LOCATION:Parksville Community Park SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:May Field Trip Wednesday May 12 at 10am URL:https://oceansidephotographers.ca/wp/event/may-field-trip-wednesday-may -12-at-10am/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n
\\nThis is new f or the club\, as most members are retired\, we are meeting on a Wednesday at 10am in Parksville Community Park. Open spaces\, no enclosed areas and lots of activity. At present Chesipeek Shores is filming and most of their equipment is being stored behind the curling rink with lots of filming cr ew activity. Or you may see the ball players or Tia Chi practitioners or s kateboarders. Enjoy yourselves.
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\n END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-3511@oceansidephotographers.ca/wp DTSTAMP:20240329T103247Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en:Field Trip\,Field Trip Outing\,Upcoming Activity CONTACT:Gail Courtice and Lynn Page\; gailcourtice@shaw.ca DESCRIPTION:This is an interesting Field Trip that Gail and Lynn have orga nized for June. We are touring around Qualicum Beach village on a Sunday e vening at 7 pm\, meeting at TOSH. Local and familiar\, doesn’t get any bet ter. See you there. DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210613T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210613T210000 LOCATION:Qualicum Beach Village @ Meeting a TOSH SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:June Field Trip URL:https://oceansidephotographers.ca/wp/event/june-field-trip-4/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\nThis is an in teresting Field Trip that Gail and Lynn have organized for June. We are t ouring around Qualicum Beach village on a Sunday evening at 7 pm\, meeting at TOSH. Local and familiar\, doesn’t get any better. See you there.
\n\n END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-3536@oceansidephotographers.ca/wp DTSTAMP:20240329T103247Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en:Field Trip\,Field Trip Outing\,Upcoming Activity CONTACT:Gail Courtice and Lynn Page\; gailcourtice@shaw.ca DESCRIPTION:Here is a wonderful opportunity to enjoy the beach midweek. Hop efully not too congested. Wednesday 14 July at 10:00 meeting around the c offee hut on the Beach. There are many opportunities to to shoot a variety of subjects from the seascapes to portraits or street photography. Peop le\, cars motorcycles and boats in abundance\, use your imagination. DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210714T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210714T120000 LOCATION:Qualicum Beach 'Beach' SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:July Field Trip to Qualicum Beach “Beach” URL:https://oceansidephotographers.ca/wp/event/july-field-trip-to-qualicum- beach-beach/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://www.visitparksvillequalicumbeach.com/ima ger/s3_ca-central-1_amazonaws_com/parksville-2020/images/hero-images/sandd ollar_57ecc2e4a12f3779091251c064b9ce28.jpg\;341\;341\,medium\;https://www. visitparksvillequalicumbeach.com/imager/s3_ca-central-1_amazonaws_com/park sville-2020/images/hero-images/sanddollar_57ecc2e4a12f3779091251c064b9ce28 .jpg\;341\;341\,large\;https://www.visitparksvillequalicumbeach.com/imager /s3_ca-central-1_amazonaws_com/parksville-2020/images/hero-images/sanddoll ar_57ecc2e4a12f3779091251c064b9ce28.jpg\;341\;341\,full\;https://www.visit parksvillequalicumbeach.com/imager/s3_ca-central-1_amazonaws_com/parksvill e-2020/images/hero-images/sanddollar_57ecc2e4a12f3779091251c064b9ce28.jpg\ ;341\;341 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\nHere is a wonderful opportunity to enjoy the beach midweek. Hop efully not too congested. Wednesday 14 July at 10:00 meeting around the c offee hut on the Beach. There are many opportunities to to shoot a variety of subjects from the seascapes to portraits or street photography. Peop le\, cars motorcycles and boats in abundance\, use your imagination.
\n END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-1479@oceansidephotographers.ca/wp DTSTAMP:20240329T103247Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en:General Meeting\,GM Agenda\,Other Club Activity\,Upc oming Activity CONTACT: DESCRIPTION:Our general meetings are held on the first Wednesday of the mon th in the West Hall of the Qualicum beach Civic Centre from 7:00 pm until 9:00 pm. We normally conduct the club’s business\, then review the slidesh ows from the previous month’s assignment\, field trip and favourite shot o f the month. The last half of the meeting is dedicated to having a speaker come and make a presentation or discuss some aspects of their photography DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210804T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210804T210000 EXDATE;TZID=America/Vancouver:20230405T190000 EXDATE;TZID=America/Vancouver:20230503T190000 EXDATE;TZID=America/Vancouver:20230607T190000 EXDATE;TZID=America/Vancouver:20230705T190000 EXDATE;TZID=America/Vancouver:20230802T190000 EXDATE;TZID=America/Vancouver:20230906T190000 EXDATE;TZID=America/Vancouver:20231004T190000 EXDATE;TZID=America/Vancouver:20231101T190000 EXDATE;TZID=America/Vancouver:20240103T190000 EXDATE;TZID=America/Vancouver:20240207T190000 EXDATE;TZID=America/Vancouver:20240306T190000 GEO:+49.345651;-124.449209 LOCATION:Qualicum Beach Civic Centre @ 747 Jones Street\, Qualicum Beach\, BC V9K 1S4 RRULE:FREQ=MONTHLY;BYDAY=1WE SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:General Meeting URL:https://oceansidephotographers.ca/wp/event/general-meeting-2/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://oceansidephotographers.ca/wp/wp-content/ uploads/2013/01/pagephoto1-150x150.jpg\;150\;150\,medium\;https://oceansid ephotographers.ca/wp/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/pagephoto1-150x150.jpg\;15 0\;150\,large\;https://oceansidephotographers.ca/wp/wp-content/uploads/201 3/01/pagephoto1-150x150.jpg\;150\;150\,full\;https://oceansidephotographer s.ca/wp/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/pagephoto1-150x150.jpg\;150\;150 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\nOur general meetings are held on the first Wednesday of the month in the West Hall of the Qualicum beach Civic Centre from 7:00 pm until 9:00 pm. We normally conduct the club’s business\, the n review the slideshows from the previous month’s assignment\, field trip and favourite shot of the month. The last half of the meeting is dedicated to having a speaker come and make a presentation or discuss some aspects of their photography
\n END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-3552@oceansidephotographers.ca/wp DTSTAMP:20240329T103247Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en:Other Club Activity\,Upcoming Activity CONTACT: DESCRIPTION:The Lions Gate Nature Competition is on again this year and the re are a number of changes. The rules have been clarified inline with CAP A and there is a image size limit of 1.8 MB.\nThere are four categories in this competition:\n\n 01 – Botanical – subjects such as wild flowers\, pl ants\, trees\, fungi and algae. Germinated and grown without human assista nce.\n 02 – Nature – subjects such as animals\, birds\, insects\, reptiles and marine subjects – under the control and feeding of humans if not obvi ous – such as zoos\, game farms\, animal preserves\, aquarium\, etc…\n 03 – Landscape – subjects such as weather phenomena\, geological formations\, landscapes\, seascapes and natural phenomena\, planets\, stars and astron omical events – no hand of man.\n 04 – Wildlife – ONLY living and untamed mammals\, birds\, insects\, reptiles and marine subjects – no hand of man. \n\nLink to the CAPA checklist for each category\nLink to the Lions Gate s pecifications\nImages have to be uploaded by October 25th followed by vot ing. You can vote for six images including your own image. The top six i mages will be forwarded to the Lions Gate club by November 1st.\nLook thro ugh your best shots\, be certain there is no ‘hand of man’ in the image\, ensure it is less than 1.8mb and submit it. Images have a maximum width o f 1400 pixels and maximum height of 1050 pixels. \nThis is a unique opport unity for the photography produced by your members to be judged by some of the best nature photographers in Canada. DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210908T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20211025T100000 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Lions Gate Nature Competition – 2021 URL:https://oceansidephotographers.ca/wp/event/lions-gate-nature-competitio n-2021/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://oceansidephotographers.ca/wp/wp-content/ uploads/2014/10/S20200922092320-300x200.jpg\;300\;200\,medium\;https://oce ansidephotographers.ca/wp/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/S20200922092320-300x2 00.jpg\;300\;200\,large\;https://oceansidephotographers.ca/wp/wp-content/u ploads/2014/10/S20200922092320-300x200.jpg\;300\;200\,full\;https://oceans idephotographers.ca/wp/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/S20200922092320-300x200. jpg\;300\;200 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\nThe Lions Gat e Nature Competition is on again this year and there are a number of chang es. The rules have been clarified inline with CAPA and there is a image size limit of 1. 8 MB.
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\nImages have to be uploaded by October 25th followed by voting. You can vote for six images including your own image. The top six image s will be forwarded to the Lions Gate club by November 1st.
\nLook t hrough your best shots\, be certain there is no ‘hand of man’ in the image \, ensure it is less than 1.8mb and submit it. Images have a maximum widt h of 1400 pixels and maximum height of 1050 pixels.
\nThis is a uni que opportunity for the photography produced by your members to be judged by some of the best nature photographers in Canada.
\n END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-3699@oceansidephotographers.ca/wp DTSTAMP:20240329T103247Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en:Other Club Activity\,Upcoming Activity CONTACT:Alan Smith DESCRIPTION: \n\n \nThe club picnic is an old tradition being revived after an absence of many years. This should be a fun event scheduled for Wednes day July 27 at the number 2 Picnic shelter in Rathtrevor Provincial Park. \nBring a chair drink and your lunch. The highlight of the picnic will be a photographic scavenger hunt. This event is outside and should be save f rom Covid.\nNumber 2 shelter should be marked as “Oceanside Photographers” or it may be in my name “Roderick (Rick) Horte” We will attempt to put u p club signs to mark the way. DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20220727T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20220727T150000 LOCATION:Rathtrevor Provincial Park @ 1240 Rath Rd\, Parksville\, BC V9P 2E 2 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Club Picnic at Rathtrevor Provincial Park URL:https://oceansidephotographers.ca/wp/event/club-picnic-at-rathtrevor-pr ovincial-park/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://oceansidephotographers.ca/wp/wp-content/ uploads/2021/07/rathtrevor-beach-autumn_af512fced1a346f80d06df3e00b1acfd.j pg\;500\;373\,medium\;https://oceansidephotographers.ca/wp/wp-content/uplo ads/2021/07/rathtrevor-beach-autumn_af512fced1a346f80d06df3e00b1acfd.jpg\; 500\;373\,large\;https://oceansidephotographers.ca/wp/wp-content/uploads/2 021/07/rathtrevor-beach-autumn_af512fced1a346f80d06df3e00b1acfd.jpg\;500\; 373\,full\;https://oceansidephotographers.ca/wp/wp-content/uploads/2021/07 /rathtrevor-beach-autumn_af512fced1a346f80d06df3e00b1acfd.jpg\;500\;373 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\n\n
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The club pic nic is an old tradition being revived after an absence of many years. This should be a fun event scheduled for Wednesday July 27 at the number 2 Picnic shelter in Rathtrevor Provincial Park.
\nBring a chair drink and your lunch. The highlight of the picnic will be a photographic scavenger hunt. This event is outside and should be sav e from Covid.
\nNumber 2 shelter should be marked as “Oceans ide Photographers” or it may be in my name “Roderick (Ric k) Horte” We will attempt to put up club signs to mark the way.< /p>\n END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-3735@oceansidephotographers.ca/wp DTSTAMP:20240329T103247Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en:Field Trip\,Field Trip Outing CONTACT:Alan Smith DESCRIPTION: \nMorrell Nature Sanctuary\n\n \n \n \n \n \nMorrell Nature Sa nctuary is a privately owned nature reserve. It is leased and managed by t he Morrell Sanctuary Society for Environmental Education\, a non-profit or ganization managed by volunteers who maintain the park and organize many p rograms for school children and the public.\nThe website can be visited at http://www.morrellnaturesanctuary.ca/\n DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20230318T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20230318T120000 LOCATION:Morrell Nature Sanctuary @ 787 Nanaimo Lakes Road\, Nanaimo\, BC\, V9R 3C2 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:March Field Trip to Morrell Nature Sanctuary URL:https://oceansidephotographers.ca/wp/event/march-field-trip-to-morrell- nature-sanctuary/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://oceansidephotographers.ca/wp/wp-content/ uploads/2021/07/Screenshot-2023-03-09-at-7.59.40-AM.png\;1840\;478\,medium \;https://oceansidephotographers.ca/wp/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Screensh ot-2023-03-09-at-7.59.40-AM.png\;1840\;478\,large\;https://oceansidephotog raphers.ca/wp/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Screenshot-2023-03-09-at-7.59.40- AM.png\;1840\;478\,full\;https://oceansidephotographers.ca/wp/wp-content/u ploads/2021/07/Screenshot-2023-03-09-at-7.59.40-AM.png\;1840\;478 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n
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Morrell Nature Sanctuary is a privately owned nature reserve. It is leased and managed by the Morrell Sanctuary Society for Env ironmental Education\, a non-profit organization managed by volunteers who maintain the park and organize many programs for school children and the public.
\nThe website can be visited at http://www.m orrellnaturesanctuary.ca/
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\n END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-3515@oceansidephotographers.ca/wp DTSTAMP:20240329T103247Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en:Other Club Activity\,Upcoming Activity CONTACT:Gail Courtice and Lynn Page DESCRIPTION:Morningstar Farm\, Parksville\nIt’s a great place to socialize and enjoy your friends and enjoy a coffee. DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20230414T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20230414T120000 GEO:+49.31947;+124.31575 LOCATION:MorningStar farm @ 403 Lowrys Rd\, Parksville\, BC\, Canada\, V9P 2B5 RRULE:FREQ=WEEKLY;UNTIL=20230930T235959Z;INTERVAL=2;BYDAY=FR;WKST=SU SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Coffee Klatch on Friday URL:https://oceansidephotographers.ca/wp/event/coffee-klutch-on-friday-at-t he-morningstar-farm/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://oceansidephotographers.ca/wp/wp-content/ uploads/2016/11/coffee-300x218.jpg\;300\;218\,medium\;https://oceansidepho tographers.ca/wp/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/coffee-300x218.jpg\;300\;218\, large\;https://oceansidephotographers.ca/wp/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/cof fee-300x218.jpg\;300\;218\,full\;https://oceansidephotographers.ca/wp/wp-c ontent/uploads/2016/11/coffee-300x218.jpg\;300\;218 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\n
Morningsta r Farm\, Parksville
\nIt’s a great place to socialize and enjoy your friends and enjoy a coffee.
\n\n END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-3774@oceansidephotographers.ca/wp DTSTAMP:20240329T103247Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en:Field Trip\,Field Trip Outing CONTACT:Alan Smith DESCRIPTION:Hand of Man Museum\n \nhttp://handofmanmuseum.com/\n6759 Consid ine Avenue\, Maple Bay\, BC\nMuseum of Natural History\, Cultural Arts & C onservation\nDonation suggestion of $15.00. Lunch is at 12:30 at the Shipy ard Restaurant 6145 Genoa Bay Road.\nPhotos can be submitted to April 28th . Up to 3 images may be submitted DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20230420T103000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20230420T123000 LOCATION:Hand of Man Museum @ 6759 Considine Avenue\, Maple Bay\, BC SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:April Field Trip to Hand of Man Museum URL:https://oceansidephotographers.ca/wp/event/march-field-trip-to-morrell- nature-sanctuary-2/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://oceansidephotographers.ca/wp/wp-content/ uploads/2021/07/HandOfMan-700x525.jpg\;700\;525\,medium\;https://oceanside photographers.ca/wp/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/HandOfMan-700x525.jpg\;700\ ;525\,large\;https://oceansidephotographers.ca/wp/wp-content/uploads/2021/ 07/HandOfMan-700x525.jpg\;700\;525\,full\;https://oceansidephotographers.c a/wp/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/HandOfMan-700x525.jpg\;700\;525 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\n\n
Donation suggestion of $15.00. Lunch is at 12:30 at the Shipyard Restaurant 6145 Genoa Bay Road.
\nPhotos can be submitted to April 28th. Up to 3 images may be submitted
\n\n END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-3943@oceansidephotographers.ca/wp DTSTAMP:20240329T103247Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en:Other Club Activity\,Upcoming Activity CONTACT:Bob Christopher DESCRIPTION:Quality Foods Parksville\nIt’s a great place to socialize and e njoy your friends and enjoy a coffee. DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20231013T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20231013T120000 LOCATION:Quality Foods Parksville @ 371 Alberni Hwy\, Parksville\, BC V9P 1 J9 RRULE:FREQ=WEEKLY;UNTIL=20240531T235959Z;INTERVAL=2;BYDAY=FR;WKST=SU SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Coffee Klatch on Friday URL:https://oceansidephotographers.ca/wp/event/coffee-klatch-on-friday/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://oceansidephotographers.ca/wp/wp-content/ uploads/2016/11/coffee-150x150.jpg\;150\;150\,medium\;https://oceansidepho tographers.ca/wp/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/coffee-150x150.jpg\;150\;150\, large\;https://oceansidephotographers.ca/wp/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/cof fee-150x150.jpg\;150\;150\,full\;https://oceansidephotographers.ca/wp/wp-c ontent/uploads/2016/11/coffee-150x150.jpg\;150\;150 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\n
Quality Foods Parksville
\nIt’s a great place to socia lize and enjoy your friends and enjoy a coffee.
\n\n END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-3934@oceansidephotographers.ca/wp DTSTAMP:20240329T103247Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en:Field Trip\,Field Trip Outing CONTACT:Bob Christopher DESCRIPTION:We will head to the Big Qualicum Fish Hatchery to take in the a nnual salmon run. Most of the hatchery will be accessible for a self guid ed tour\, taking in the various facilities where young salmon are bred and released. In addition\, there are a number of walking paths around the r iver and spawning channels that should be spectacular in their fall colour s. Fishing is allowed on the river above the hatchery so there is also an opportunity to catch fishers catching fish. We will meet in the hatchery parking lot at 11:00 am and follow that up with a lunch at Micky J’s at th e Arrowsmith Golf Club. DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20231013T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20231013T130000 LOCATION:Big Qualicum Fish Hatchery @ 215 Fisheries Rd Qualicum Beach BC V9 K 1Z5 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:October Field Trip – Big Qualicum Fish Hatchery URL:https://oceansidephotographers.ca/wp/event/september-field-trip-big-qua licum-fish-hatchery/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://oceansidephotographers.ca/wp/wp-content/ uploads/2021/07/Screenshot-2023-10-02-at-5.37.09-PM-300x197.png\;300\;197\ ,medium\;https://oceansidephotographers.ca/wp/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/S creenshot-2023-10-02-at-5.37.09-PM-300x197.png\;300\;197\,large\;https://o ceansidephotographers.ca/wp/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Screenshot-2023-10- 02-at-5.37.09-PM-300x197.png\;300\;197\,full\;https://oceansidephotographe rs.ca/wp/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Screenshot-2023-10-02-at-5.37.09-PM-30 0x197.png\;300\;197 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\nWe will head to the Big Qualicum Fish Hatchery to take in the annual salmon run. Most of the hatchery will be accessible for a self guided tour\, tak ing in the various facilities where young salmon are bred and released. I n addition\, there are a number of walking paths around the river and spaw ning channels that should be spectacular in their fall colours. Fishing i s allowed on the river above the hatchery so there is also an opportunity to catch fishers catching fish. We will meet in the hatchery parking lot a t 11:00 am and follow that up with a lunch at Micky J’s at the Arrowsmith Golf Club.
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