This page was last updated: February 5, 2010 Welcome to a website dedicated to sharing aspects of the natural part of Moorecroft Camp in Nanoose Bay British Columbia, Canada. Every exploration of the property gives an opportunity to notice something new. For me, currently the caretaker of the property, my little rugged Olympus Stylus 850 SW pocket camera is usually with me, so keeping a pictorial record of things observed is easily done. For instance, in late December 2009 I came across an area of saplings which the beavers had pretty well clear-cut logged to store up winter food. I have pictures! These interesting and exciting discoveries about this amazing world God has put us in cry out to be shared, hence this space to do just that. Moorecroft Camp of course also functions as a kids summer camp. Those experiences of the camp get shared in other ways (follow the underlined link in the camp name to see the official camp website) This site is just about natural aspects of the camp. We could use help from informed nature people in gathering information and details about the phenomenon and creatures depicted here. If you have such information, such as proper names for things, or details about them, we welcome your input. We hope you enjoy this visual journey and that you appreciate God's gifts in nature all the more from seeing these pages. Pete Caretaker, Chaplain, Image capturer Remember, worship the Creator not the creation itself.
 The above picture is taken just up from the entrance into the Camp, looking back up the road. The next one is of the sign at the actual entrance at the end of the long winding road.  When you enter the property you enter a natural world where there seems to be no limit to natural things that can be noticed. But you have to be careful not to move too fast. For instance, have you ever noticed the bell shaped flowers on the Salal plant growing on the top of the post as you entered in June?   The above shot is a stitched-together panorama (connecting several pictures) of the main plaza and below are some of the flowers that grew in or around the camp this summer. The White Iris is not natural to the camp. The tall pink one known as Foxglove, is not native but it has become "naturalized"
throughout the west coast area and grows wild. It was brought here by early
settlers for its much-prized digitalis (a natural remedy for heart
problems). The red and yellow flower is a native one. It is called Columbine. If you see it in other colours it is an introduced type.
 
As the seasons change, so do the colours we see. These are Fall or Winter pictures.    These next two pictures are taken standing on shore by the boathouse looking out over the inner bay, the greener one out to the swimming area, the other out toward Gerald Island.   You are hereby cordially invited to look at some of the smaller details of this spectacular place by looking through the camera lenses that captured these images, seeing as if for the first time. The top of the left column has a navigation window that will take you to the various pages with their differing themes. One set of pages deals with land, another with inland waters, and the third set with outland (?) waters. Each of these has subpages. Take time to explore each and renew your amazement and gratitude for God's creation! - ALL THE PICTURES SHOWN BELONG TO MOORECROFT CAMP OR MYSELF, Pete VanderBeek. If you want to use them for some reason we are likely to be permissive if you ask, but mainly we just want to know that you are using them and what for so we can be excited about it. Some of the pictures shown were taken by Tristan Yip with his amazing little Sanyo HD camera. A couple of other things to note: - Attempts have been made to avoid any particular picture being used more than once, so you won't find many repeats. - A few pictures were taken near Moorecroft but not exactly on the property. - We welcome comments. Email camp.moorecroft@gmail.com - You can also comment through the official camp website. We love to hear from people! - This site has been "monetized," partly as an experiment, and partly to see if doing that earns enough to be worthwhile. So you will see ads to the left below the Navigation map. We have some say in what gets advertised, but not full control. It is interesting to see what ads show up, as the Google computers try to figure out what might be relevant. ENJOY! |
