{"id":7613,"date":"2025-04-10T05:45:56","date_gmt":"2025-04-10T09:45:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/?page_id=7613"},"modified":"2025-04-11T19:39:30","modified_gmt":"2025-04-11T23:39:30","slug":"photos","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/?page_id=7613","title":{"rendered":"Photos"},"content":{"rendered":"

Go to backlandscoalition.ca\/Artwork & Photos<\/a> for related pages.<\/p>\n

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A few photographs of the Backlands and their inhabitants are shown below. See Geoffrey Grantham’s page on this website with his impressionist landscapes<\/a> for a sense of the place.<\/p>\n

Click on photos for larger versions<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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\"Barrens<\/a>

Barrens Between the Captain Arnell Lands and Piggy Mountain (Geoffrey Grantham)<\/p><\/div><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

\"IMGP3540hobbleMay24_300\"<\/a>


Hobble bush by outflow from Williams Lake, May 24, 2014 (David Patriquin)<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\n
\"The<\/a>
\nSummer in the Jack Pine Barrens (David Patriquin)<\/span><\/td>\n		\"The<\/a>
\nFall heathland (David Patriquin)<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
\"AsetRubbleSm\"<\/a>
\nBoulder field (David Patriquin)<\/span><\/td>\n		\"AsetLMRDSC06863bbLG\"<\/a>
\nWest Pine Island Pond (David Patriquin)<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
\"AsetBigSwHoleDSC09851SM\"<\/a>Swimming spot at East Pine Island Pond (David Patriquin)<\/span><\/td>\n\"AsetMroomIMGP4078SM\"<\/a>This mushroom is not edible! (David Patriquin)<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
\"AsetChMrdsc09784SM\"<\/a>
\nThese chanterelles are definitely edible! (David Patriquin)<\/span><\/td>\n		\"AsetGHDSC01642SM\"<\/a>
\nGolden Heather thrives on the barrens (David Patriquin)<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
\"AsetFireWetIMGP5930SM\"<\/a>
\nIn 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).<\/span><\/td>\n		\"AsetFireWetIMGP5930LGP1280957SM\"<\/a>
\nPassage through wetland between Purcell’s Pond & Flat Lake (David Patriquin)<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
\"AsetWinterIceDSC03827SM\"<\/a>Winter Hues (David Patriquin)<\/span><\/td>\n\"AsetRedStartP1200587SM\"<\/a>
\nSpring brings new visitors (American Redstart) (David Patriquin)<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
\"zdErratcsIMGP5220SM\"<\/a>
\nGlacial erratics litter the Backlands (David Patriquin)<\/span><\/td>\n		\"AsetswimmersP1280991SM\"<\/a>
\nSwimmers at Purcell’s Pond (David Patriquin)<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
\"AsetColpittStrDSC06432SM\"<\/a>Colpitt Lake Outflow forest (David Patriquin) <\/span><\/td>\n\"AsetStTreadP1280986SM\"<\/a>
\nStone tread trail construction over wet spot, Purcell’s Cove Conservation Lands (David Patriquin)<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
\"AsetRhodoraSM\"<\/a>
\nRhodora on Lower Mac Run in May (David Patriquin)<\/span><\/td>\n		\"AsetPMtsouthDSC06546SM\"<\/a>
\nView from Piggy Mt. looking towards Herring Cove (David Patriquin)<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
\"AsetColLkeIMGP8494SM.jpg\"<\/a>Colpitt Lake (David Patriquin)<\/span><\/td>\n\"AsetBigPineSM\"<\/a>
\nFloodplain Pine (David Patriquin)<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
\"ASetSpringAfterBurnSM\"<\/a>
\nSpring blooms one year after fire (David Patriquin)<\/span><\/td>\n		\"AsetLabTeaFlDSC01512SM\"<\/a>
\nLabrador Tea blossoms three years after fire (David Patriquin)<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
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\"Red<\/a>

Red Huckleberry Bushes Near “Gord’s Gold” (Geoffrey Grantham)<\/p><\/div><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
\"AsetJPfallP1090833SM\"<\/a>
\nCanadian Landscape (David Patriquin)<\/span><\/td>\n		\"AsetPurcellsMornP1130264SM\"<\/a>
\nPurcell’s Pond Morning (David Patriquin)<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
\"AsetFenIMGP1045SM\"<\/a>Backlands Fen (David Patriquin)<\/span><\/td>\n\"AsetDSC00530redMapSM\"<\/a>
\nSpring in the Lower Mac Run Woodlands (David Patriquin)<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
\"AsetBurntDSC00417SM\"<\/a>
\nFall sees new life after spring fire (David Patriquin)<\/span><\/td>\n		\"AfallJpHbredDSC01565SM\"<\/a>
\nMagic Woodland (David Patriquin)<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
\"aacGullyDSC05586bbSM\"<\/a>
\n“The Gully” (David Patriquin)<\/span><\/td>\n		\"AsetWmsSM\"<\/a>
\nSun sets on Williams Lake (David Patriquin)<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
\"On<\/a>

On Top of Piggy Mountain, October (Geoffrey Grantham)<\/p><\/div>\n

Note: Photos on this page taken by David Patriquin may be used under the conditions of a Creative Commons License<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Go to backlandscoalition.ca\/Artwork & Photos for related pages. 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. Click on photos … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":136,"menu_order":30,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-7613","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7613","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7613"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7613\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7663,"href":"http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7613\/revisions\/7663"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/136"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7613"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}