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Image of the Month — Canada Lynx (Lynx canadensis)
Posted by Phil Paine
on April 1, 2024
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Image of the Month — A Meeting of the School Trustees
Posted by Phil Paine
on March 1, 2024
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Kate Henderson was a teacher in a one-room school in Long Creek, Prince Edward Island in the 1880s. Henderson told local painter Robert Harris of a confrontation she had had with school trustees. While they preferred that she teach with traditional methods, she persuaded them of the efficacy of more (at the time) modern teaching techniques. This event inspired Harris to paint “A Meeting of the School Trustees.” The painting is the subject of one of the best “Heritage Minutes” broadcast by the CBC and resides in the National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa.
Image of the Month — Mt. Logan, Canada’s Highest Peak
Posted by Phil Paine
on December 1, 2023
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This is Canada’s highest peak [5,959 m (19,551 ft)] surrounded by a vast area of mountains and glaciers in Kluane National Park, Yukon. Unknown until 1890, when it was visually identified from the peak of Mt. St. Elias, it was first climbed in 1925 by the Alpine Club of Canada. The trek to the mountain and the ascent took 65 days. [see September 2020 Image of the Month for another view of the mountain]
Image of the Month — The Party Crasher
Posted by Phil Paine
on October 1, 2023
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Hernan Bas, “The Party Crasher” (2014)