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CASCADES | CENTENNIAL { 29 images } Created 20 Dec 2021

Part of the Canadian Shield, Cascades Conservation Area is but a sliver of the 8 million square km (3 million square miles) of geological rock spread over eastern, central, and northwestern Canada into the U.S.A.

The beautiful movement of the Current River, along with wind and rain, smooths out some of the rough edges of rock…. shaping and moving it. Surrounding trees and foliage of the forest cycles through season to season.

Some of the charm of the Cascades Conservation Area.
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  • While walking back to my car after wrapping this shoot, the top of the poplar trees were dancing in the wind. With just the right amount of wind the sound closely resembled that of the rushing rapids I had just left behind. This type of symbiotic synchronicity is something I often see around me. <br />
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There is much colour, reflection and movement in this image that I love. Produced as a single capture (i.e., no photo stacking etc), the challenge in creating this type of image is ensuring what is important is in focus while still allowing for movement. Sunlight was popping in and out of the clouds, and bouncing off the water’s slowly swirling surface. Captured with a shutter of 1.3s allowed for just a bit of blur where I felt it worked best.
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  • The forest of Centennial Park in Northwestern Ontario. Pictured in the distance is Current River. This panoramic image was produced by combining nine still images.
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  • The Current River flows across geological rock in the forest of Cascades Conservation Area.<br />
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This panoramic image was created by combining nine still photographs.
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  • The Current River flows across geological rock in the forest of Cascades Conservation Area. This panoramic image was created by combining nine still photographs.<br />
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I'm like a kid in a candy shop when it's time to make photographs. Venturing across geological rock millions of years in the making makes me a happy camper.
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  • Current River, Thunder Bay: Spring has arrived! The river's name is the English version of the name given it by early French explorers: "Rivière aux courants", referring to the river's currents.
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  • The forest of Centennial Park in Northwestern Ontario. This panoramic image was produced by combining thirteen still images.
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  • The forest of Centennial Park in Northwestern Ontario. Pictured is one of several hiking trails located throughout. This panoramic image was produced by combining twenty-two still images. Prints available as a special order. Please contact the studio.
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  • As the sun begins its descent to sunset, golden streams of light reach into the forest of Centennial Park.
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  • Spring is finally in the air with new life bursting at the seams. The Paper White Birch Tree sprouted its greenery in only two weeks. Thunder Bay experienced an unusually long winter this year. In fact, the first five months of 2022 were the coldest on record since 1952. Once it departed, spring arrived with what could be described as a beautiful vengeance, claiming its rightful place for this time of year.
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  • I love how the geological rock formations rise to the occasion and display a singular birch tree amidst a collection of poplar tress.
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  • Typically, using one’s camera at high noon in the summer presents many challenges. The bright sun can make for burned out highlights and harsh shadows, creating a challenging climate for photography. Using a camera phone adds to the challenge.<br />
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This is exactly what I did. While I was generally happy with the composition captured at Cascades Conservastion Area, I knew I’d want to revisit the photograph.<br />
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The forest of the Cascades Conservation Area surrounds geological rock and bodies of water formed by rapids of the Current River. I wanted to capture this.<br />
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And this is what you see here. Much happier.
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  • One can only imagine how this scene appeared hundreds of years ago. The visible layers of rock, probably laying flat, may have been hidden from view under the Earth’s surface. Mother Nature realigned the rock over time, pushing it up to the angle where it now sits. <br />
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When surrounded by rock as far as the eye can see, it’s easy to overlook story before one’s eyes. I love the vast expanse of geological rock under my feet when exploring the area. There is a multitude of colour, life, shape, sound and texture. After a heavy rain, the smell of the surrounding forest is unmistakable.
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  • Cascades Conservation Area (Thunder Bay, ON) is a great choice for a quiet hike in the beautiful poplar and birch forest. Two highlights for many people is the spectacular rapids along the Current River and the various geological formations in the area.
    Thunder Bay_95A0416F.tiff
  • Cascades Conservation Area (Thunder Bay, ON) is a great choice for a quiet hike in the beautiful poplar and birch forest. Two highlights for many people is the spectacular rapids along the Current River and the various geological formations in the area.
    Thunder Bay_95A0391b_Pan_4panel_Fina..tiff
  • Cascades Conservation Area (Thunder Bay, ON) is a great choice for a quiet hike in the beautiful poplar and birch forest. Two highlights for many people is the spectacular rapids along the Current River and the various geological formations in the area.
    Thunder Bay_95A0391a.tiff
  • Cascades Conservation Area (Thunder Bay, ON) is a great choice for a quiet hike in the beautiful poplar and birch forest. Two highlights for many people is the spectacular rapids along the Current River and the various geological formations in the area.
    Thunder Bay_95A0391_Pan_ee.tiff
  • Part of the Canadian Shield, Cascades Conservation Area is but a sliver of the 8 million square km (3 million square miles) of rock spread over eastern, central, and northwestern Canada into the U.S.A.
    Thunder Bay_95A0398a.tif
  • Heavy rains have resulted in small bodies of water across geological rock formations at Cascades Conservation Area, located just outside of Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada.
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  • A seemingly endless supply of freely flowing fresh water. Stoic, jagged, geological rock formations. At least this is what appears at first blush. <br />
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Over time the flow of Life is evident. The beautiful movement of water, along with wind and rain, smooths out some of the rough edges of rock…. shaping and moving it. Surrounding trees and foliage of the forest cycles through season to season. All together. Complementing and supporting each other. The ebb and flow of synchronicity that is… Life.
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  • A storm was brewing when I photographed this scene. I made it back to the car before the downpour.<br />
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I love the vast expanse of geological rock under my feet when exploring the area. There is much to discover.<br />
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When visiting, be sure it hasn’t recently rained. The rock can be very slippery when wet, which can be very dangerous if you’re close to the edge of the Current River rapids.<br />
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Part of the Canadian Shield, Cascades is but a sliver of the 8 million square km (3 million square miles) of rock spread over eastern, central, and northwestern Canada into the U.S.A.<br />
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Cascades is a great choice for a quiet hike in the beautiful poplar and birch forest. Two highlights for many people is the spectacular rapids along the Current River and the various geological formations in the area.
    Thunder Bay_95A0417b.tif
  • Cascades Conservation Area (Thunder Bay, ON) is a great choice for a quiet hike in the beautiful poplar and birch forest. Two highlights for many people is the spectacular rapids along the Current River and the various geological formations in the area.
    Thunder Bay_95A0407b.tif
  • THE FOREST is neat, laid out with beautiful symmetry. Is it a perfect balance of harmony and form? Or is it a big tangled mess of branches and twigs, scattered about by light striking from various angles as the sun begins it late afternoon descent?<br />
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Interpretation and perspective. How we view things one day may not be the same as the next.<br />
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Centennial Park is located in Thunder Bay in Ontario’s Superior Country. Trails include the blue and red trail: a 6.5 mile (10.5 km) loop within a portion of the 147 acres of Centennial Park. The trail begins at the park’s parking lot and follows along the shores of Current River, through the park and Trowbridge Falls.
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  • I wonder why, in nature, the Paper Birch grow in a cluster. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a solitary Paper Birch tree. Perhaps it’s because they have shallow roots. If they’re all close together, their roots intertwine, just as their branches do as they reach for the sky. There’s strength in that.
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  • When a tree stump is left in the ground, its wood and roots will decay. It may take a decade or more. During this time it becomes home to a number of insects, organisms, fungi, and possibly disease.<br />
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Captured in Cascades Conservation Area, Thunder Bay, ON (Canada).
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  • The beauty of change. These photographs, presented as multiple exposures, capture the bare branches of the White Birch tree as they begin to blossom. Framed against evergreens and cold-blue sky, the subtle blend of colour highlight the seasonal transition of winter to spring.<br />
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Mother Nature is full of grace during this change of season when cold acquiesces to warmth.
    Thunder Bay_IMG_2921f.tiff
  • The beauty of change. These photographs, presented as multiple exposures, capture the bare branches of the White Birch tree as they begin to blossom. Framed against evergreens and cold-blue sky, the subtle blend of colour highlight the seasonal transition of winter to spring.<br />
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Mother Nature is full of grace during this change of season when cold acquiesces to warmth.
    Thunder Bay_IMG_2921f_trifold.tiff
  • The beauty of change. These photographs, presented as multiple exposures, capture the bare branches of the White Birch tree as they begin to blossom. Framed against evergreens and cold-blue sky, the subtle blend of colour highlight the seasonal transition of winter to spring.<br />
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Mother Nature is full of grace during this change of season when cold acquiesces to warmth.
    Thunder Bay_IMG_2921f_4panel.tiff
  • Overhead view into decayed tree stump found at Cascades Conservation Area.<br />
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I love what I feel is the indescribable bond Mother Nature has with Earth. <br />
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This aged tree stump is beautiful in its own way. Its wood has been stained green over time by moss, and the trunk’s core is all but gone, etc. <br />
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Even after man has cut down a tree, nature still has a natural process for its remaining life cycle, with its roots still deeply embedded in the earth. This process can last more than a decade as the tree stump and its root structure decays, nurturing new life such as insects and foliage.
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  • Overhead view into tree stump found at Cascades Conservation Area.
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