ON THE COVER: Van Vliet house by Mike Davis. DEPARTMENTS View From the Editor’s Desk: Facing Winter Mike’s View: Being in the Right Place, at the Right Time, With a Camera Readers & Viewers Events Along the Rock Gazette Featured View: Blue Mountain near Collingwood by Mike Davis Eating & Staying Along the Niagara Escarpment […]Read More
The United Way of Halton Hills held its annual Holiday House Tour on Nov. 22. Tickets were $30 each, and let you take a self-guided tour of six Georgetown houses that had been decorated inside and out, for Christmas. In addition, the ticket price included a light lunch at Knox Presbyterian Church, where vendors offered […]Read More
As we show in the Winter issue of Niagara Escarpment Views, Mike Davis, co-publisher and principal photographer, took interesting photographs while on the Credit Valley Explorer train ride. One of the photos went “viral” and was picked up by The Toronto Star and other newspapers. Here is his update with recent photos of the train trestle and the […]Read More
Much has been going on along the Escarpment since our Autumn issue was published. Here are some recent events, all photographed by Mike Davis except where noted. The Bruce Trail Hike-a-thon, a fundraising activity for the Bruce Trail Conservancy’s 50th Anniversary Milestones Project, had a kick-off event on Aug. 2 at Limehouse Conservation Area. Photo […]Read More
For more information on Friends of Island Lake’s [FOIL] Close the Gap trail fundraising campaign, see www.cvcfoundation.ca. Here is another important news item: Introducing Giant’s Rib Escarpment Education Network (GREEN) Giant’s Rib Discovery Centre has been renamed Giant’s Rib Escarpment Education Network (GREEN). GREEN has also received a grant of $12,000 from Friends of […]Read More
An interview by Gloria Hildebrandt with Sarah Yates, author of Playing a Deadly Patent Game: Your main character, Virginia Hopper, writes pornography for tabloid publications in Montreal. It seems very unusual for a female to write porn, and ironic for her to have the name Virginia. Why did you give this character this career? […]Read More
Here are links to more information about the stories in the Gazette section of our Autumn issue: Carson Visser Giant’s Rib Discovery Centre Chance to Play Home to Home Bed & Breakfast Network Hamilton’s Downtown Localicious Foodstuffs Williams Mill Visual Arts Centre Read More
On the cover: Floyd Elzinga. Photo by Mike Davis Departments View From the Editor’s Desk: Angels of the Flat Tires Mike’s View: Diversity in the Marketplace Readers & Viewers Events Along the Rock Gazette Featured View: Fallbrook north of Georgetown by Mike Davis Room With a View Eating & Staying Along the Niagara Escarpment Coming […]Read More
We are pleased to be a sponsor of this special event. Here is the news about who & what will be featured this year. “The Grande Dame” of organic food festivals, Feast of Fields (www.feastoffields.org), celebrates its 25th anniversary Sunday September 7 at the TRCA’s Cold Creek Conservation Area in King Township. With a star […]Read More
We are honoured and so happy that Mike Davis, hard-working co-publisher, accounts manager and principal photographer for Niagara Escarpment Views, has received a Conservation Halton Award “for being a Conservation Hero in the Media/Blogger Category.” His years of dedication and tireless efforts in bringing the most interesting and beautiful photography of this World Biosphere Reserve […]Read More
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