Antler Lake recreation site near Gold River, featuring old-growth Douglas-fir and Hemlock forest architecture.
Interpretive guide Thomas Jeffery Barnes overlooking a riparian zone and sub-alpine forest.
A glacial fjord landscape near Gold River (Muchalat Lake), featuring the steep U-shaped valley architecture of the North Island's mountain watersheds
Vibrant atmospheric scattering over a North Island lake at dusk, highlighting the intersection of the coastal rainforest and mountain terrain.
Guided eco-tour participants hiking through primary second growth near Gold River.
The Antler lake valley at low flow, showing a productive riparian corridor and thriving coniferous forest succession.
Pet-friendly interpretive trail walk through a primary growth forest near Gold River, focusing on forest succession and understory biodiversity.
Guided hike through a Coastal Temperate Rainforest featuring ancient Western Red Cedars and diverse epiphytic mosses on Vancouver Island.
Exploring the dense riparian vegetation and complex 'architecture' of the Antler lake trail during a science-led eco-tour.
Lead guide Thomas Jeffery Barnes identifying a saprobic fungus on an old western red cedar, illustrating the nutrient cycling of the North Island ecosystem.
Ancient land slide created shelter for locals.
Natural Pier - dead hemlock jetting out into the Antler Lake.
Guided tour around Antler Lake.
View over the bottom of crest mountain, 10 km outside of Gold River.
Saunders from crest mountain, Gold River
Woodpecker marks along dead Western Red Cedar tree.
Forest textures growing on bark.
Barren and frozen scout lake.
Frozen Scout Lake at the view point.
Lead guide Thomas touring around scout lake trail with dense second growth trees.
The guided tour along scout lake trial.
Morning sun rays warming up the morning frost along Scout lake trail.