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      <image:title>Welcome - The qathet Canoe Route - Nanton Lake</image:title>
      <image:caption>Paddling the qathet Canoe Route - Photo by Joseph LeBlanc</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>A Canoe Rest on The qathet Canoe Route - Photo by Joseph LeBlanc</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Camping on The qathet Canoe Route. Photo by Joseph LeBlanc.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>A Portage on the qathet Canoe Route. Photo by Joseph LeBlanc</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Gallery - Enjoying the View</image:title>
      <image:caption>Inland Lake in Powell River, British Columbia. Photo taken by Tomas Jirku</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Inland Lake in Powell River, British Columbia. Photo taken by Tomas Jirku</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Gallery - Clear Skies on Inland Lake</image:title>
      <image:caption>Inland Lake in Powell River, British Columbia. Photo by Tomas Jirku.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Gallery - Paddling Tandem</image:title>
      <image:caption>Paddling tandem in Powell River, British Columbia. Photo by Tomas Jirku.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Gallery - A Canoeing Break</image:title>
      <image:caption>Enjoying the sun on Inland lake in Powell River, British Columbia. Photo by Tomas Jirku.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Gallery - On the Powell Forest Canoe Route</image:title>
      <image:caption>A large stump on the Powell Forest Canoe Route. Photo by Dave Sinclair.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Gallery - A dock on the Powell Forest Canoe Route</image:title>
      <image:caption>Becky Fishburn taking a breather on The Powell Forest Canoe Route in Powell River, British Columbia. Photo by Stan Fishburn.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Gallery - Lois Lake in Powell River British Columbia</image:title>
      <image:caption>Lois Lake in Powell River British Columbia. Photo by Kurt Klischuk</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Gallery - Dancing Stumps in Lois Lake.</image:title>
      <image:caption>A collection of stumps in Lois Lake, Powell River, British Columbia</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Gallery - Lois Lake shoreline</image:title>
      <image:caption>Lois Lake was dammed in 1942 . This dam supplies water through a large penstock to a 37.4 MW generating station at Stillwater. Photo by Kurt Klischuk.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Unique stumps on Lois Lake in Powell River British Columbia. Photo by Kurt Klischuk</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Gallery - Khartoum Lake in Powell River</image:title>
      <image:caption>Khartoum Lake in Powell River, British Columbia. Photo by Kurt Klischuk</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Gallery - The sun over Lois Lake in Powell River</image:title>
      <image:caption>The sun shining over Lois Lake in Powell River, British Columbia. Photo by Kurt Klischuk</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Gallery - Learning to make fire without matches</image:title>
      <image:caption>My youngest, Drew, learning how to make fire without matches from his Grandpa at the Lower Powell Campsite</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Drew successfully makes fire without matches</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Gallery - Zunga fun at the Lower Powell Campsite</image:title>
      <image:caption>My oldest, Jayce, enjoying a twilight zunga over Powell Lake in Powell River British Columbia.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Gallery - Powell to Inland Portage</image:title>
      <image:caption>My sons at the end of a cedar boardwalk on the Powell to Inland portage trail</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Gallery - Nanton Lake</image:title>
      <image:caption>Canoeing over a beaver dam in Nanton Lake in Powell River British Columbia</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Gallery - Sailing catamaran canoes</image:title>
      <image:caption>My father put this canoe catamaran together. We sailed down Powell Lake on the Powell Forest Canoe Route in Powell River, British Columbia</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Gallery - Cedar Stump Outhouse</image:title>
      <image:caption>The cedar stump outhouse at Windsor Lake on the Powell Forest Canoe Route in Powell River British Columbia</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Gallery - Learning how to clean a trout</image:title>
      <image:caption>My younger brother learning how to clean a fish at Little Beaver Lake</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Gallery - Portaging along the Powell Forest Canoe Route</image:title>
      <image:caption>Taking their backpacks through the portage first, then returning for the canoes.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Gallery - Breaking before a portage</image:title>
      <image:caption>Breaking before a portage on the Powell Forest Canoe Route in Powell River, British Columbia. Photo by Olivier Maurel.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Gallery - A canoe at rest</image:title>
      <image:caption>Canoe packed for a multi-day adventure on the Powell Forest Canoe Route. Photo by Olivier Maurel.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Gallery - Glass water and snow-capped mountains</image:title>
      <image:caption>Serene shot of a calm lake with majestic BC mountains.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Gallery - Misty Morning Lake</image:title>
      <image:caption>Mist over the lake on the Powell Forest Canoe Route in Powell River, British Columbia. Photo by Olivier Maurel.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Gallery - The Powell Forest Canoe Route</image:title>
      <image:caption>The Powell Forest Canoe Route. Photo by Olivier Maurel.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Gallery - Nanton Lake Portage</image:title>
      <image:caption>An ultralight canoe at the Nanton Lake portage. Photo by Stan Fishburn.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Gallery - Sunset over Dodd Lake</image:title>
      <image:caption>Sunset over Dodd lake. Photo by Stan Fishburn</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Gallery - View across Nanton Lake</image:title>
      <image:caption>A glass-water shot across Nanton Lake in Powell River, British Columbia. Photo by Stan Fishburn</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Gallery - Lois Lake</image:title>
      <image:caption>Magical and eerie Lois Lake on the Powell Forest canoe Route in Powell River, British Columbia.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Gallery - Canoeing together</image:title>
      <image:caption>Ireland Lake on The Powell Forest Canoe Route in Powell River, British Columbia.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Gallery - A colorful Powell River sunset</image:title>
      <image:caption>A colorful Powell River sunset.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Gallery - Canoeing in a marsh</image:title>
      <image:caption>Canoeing in a marsh in Powell River, british Columbia.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Gallery - Lois Lake</image:title>
      <image:caption>Another glass-water morning on Lois Lake on the Powell Forest Canoe Route in powell River, british Columbia.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Gallery - Driftwood</image:title>
      <image:caption>Driftwood on The Powell Forest Canoe Route in Powell River, British Columbia. Photo by Joseph leBlanc</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Gallery - Campsite and campfires</image:title>
      <image:caption>Relaxing around the campfire on The Powell Forest Canoe Route in Powell River, British Columbia. Photo by Joseph LeBlanc.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Gallery - Paddling a Glasslight Canoe</image:title>
      <image:caption>Paddling a glasslight canoe on The Powell Forest Canoe Route in Powell River, British Columbia. Photo by Joseph LeBlanc.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Gallery - Canoes at Rest</image:title>
      <image:caption>Done with their Kevlar canoes for the day on The Powell Forest Canoe Route in Powell River, British Columbia. Photo by Joseph LeBlanc.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Gallery - Mid-stroke in a Glasslight Canoe</image:title>
      <image:caption>Paddling a Glasslight Canoe on The Powell Forest Canoe Route in Powell River, British Columbia. Photo by Joseph LeBlanc</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Gallery - Packing a canoe with gear</image:title>
      <image:caption>Packing a canoe with gear on The Powell Forest Canoe Route in Powell River, British Columbia. Photo by Joseph LeBlanc.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Gallery - Paddling through a Narrows</image:title>
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      <image:caption>Whether you reel in dinner or simply watch the sun set over a quiet lake, fishing is one more reason the qathet Canoe Route is unlike anywhere else in British Columbia.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The rhythm is simple: paddle, portage, repeat.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The qathet Canoe Route includes approximately 8 kilometres of rugged portages—one of the features that makes this adventure so iconic.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Long after you've unpacked your gear, it's the quiet moments between the kilometres that stay with you.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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