A few photographs of the Backlands and their inhabitants are shown below. See Geoffrey Grantham’s page on this website with his impressionist landscapes for a sense of the place.
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 Water Flowing Over Rocks, Flat Lake (Geoffrey Grantham) |
 Barrens Between the Captain Arnell Lands and Piggy Mountain (Geoffrey Grantham) |
Hobble bush by outflow from Williams Lake, May 24, 2014 (David Patriquin)
 Summer in the Jack Pine Barrens (David Patriquin) |
 Fall heathland (David Patriquin) |
 Boulder field (David Patriquin) |
 West Pine Island Pond (David Patriquin) |
 Swimming spot at East Pine Island Pond (David Patriquin) |
 This mushroom is not edible! (David Patriquin) |
 These chanterelles are definitely edible! (David Patriquin) |
 Golden Heather thrives on the barrens (David Patriquin) |
 In the distance, burnt land can be seen. A wetland just ahead stopped movement of the fire towards Purcell’s Pond (and Purcell’s Road) (David Patriquin). |
 Passage through wetland between Purcell’s Pond & Flat Lake (David Patriquin) |
 Winter Hues (David Patriquin) |
 Spring brings new visitors (American Redstart) (David Patriquin) |
 Glacial erratics litter the Backlands (David Patriquin) |
 Swimmers at Purcell’s Pond (David Patriquin) |
 Colpitt Lake Outflow forest (David Patriquin) |
 Stone tread trail construction over wet spot, Purcell’s Cove Conservation Lands (David Patriquin) |
 Rhodora on Lower Mac Run in May (David Patriquin) |
 View from Piggy Mt. looking towards Herring Cove (David Patriquin) |
 Colpitt Lake (David Patriquin) |
 Floodplain Pine (David Patriquin) |
 Spring blooms one year after fire (David Patriquin) |
 Labrador Tea blossoms three years after fire (David Patriquin) |
 Above Colpitt Lake, February (Geoffrey Grantham) |
 Red Huckleberry Bushes Near “Gord’s Gold” (Geoffrey Grantham) |
 Canadian Landscape (David Patriquin) |
 Purcell’s Pond Morning (David Patriquin) |
 Backlands Fen (David Patriquin) |
 Spring in the Lower Mac Run Woodlands (David Patriquin) |
 Fall sees new life after spring fire (David Patriquin) |
 Magic Woodland (David Patriquin) |
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 Sun sets on Williams Lake (David Patriquin) |
On Top of Piggy Mountain, October (Geoffrey Grantham)