These are not recent but from back in March, however I think that Port Moody gets way too little attention. It was a nice spring Sunday in Rocky Point Park.
The gent in the foreground is apparently asleep... I'd likely be into the zzzzzz's too sitting by the water like that (it's always had that effect on me). Nice set of photos
The day begins with the lowering to half mast of our current provincial/national flags at Signal Hill. It's at sunrise, though, so I never go. Via Signal Hill National Historic Site on Facebook:
The parade begins with a commemoration at the Sergeant's Memorial on Queen's Road.
Then it marches down Church Hill to Duckworth Street. Locals generally don't wait here to watch, so you end up being surrounded by bewildered tourists.
The parade stops at the National War Memorial between Water and Duckworth Streets for the main ceremonies, which are basically the same as Armistice (Remembrance) Day but specific to WWI and lots of talk about the Dominion of Newfoundland.
The ceremony includes reciting In Flander's Fields and our version:
Quote:
The stars shone so bright that last of June night,
In our trenches we crowded like cattle;
But sleep wouldn't come as I lay with my gun,
For tomorrow we face our first battle.
As the morning sun danced o'er the green fields of France,
The captain said, "Boys, no more sermons;
The talking must stop, now it's over the top,
We must take this land from the Germans."
The craters they grew as the mortar shells flew,
The ground like the back of the camel;
With orders in hand, we crossed no man's land,
Near the town that they called Beaumont-Hamel.
We came under fire as we cut the barbed wire,
My comrades are falling by dozens;
These corpses I see are not strangers to me,
But uncles and brothers and cousins.
As I lie in the mud, the memories flood,
And that old danger tree's silhouetted;
In it's shade I'll not rest, though I gave it my best,
For Newfoundland, lest you forget it.
Only one tree, that's all we could see,
Only one shelter from danger;
Only one tree, that's all we could see,
As we faced down the guns of the stranger.
? Is the Canadian flag flown at half-mast in the rest of Canada as well on July 1st?
I don't recall seeing this here...
Very nice set of pics, St. John's looks as fine as always
Flags return to full-mast at noon for the remainder of the day. Memorial Day on July 1st is strictly a Newfoundland practice, to remember all those lost during the Battle of the Somme. Usually the day is split; once the initial flag rising and anthem is sung during the sunrise ceremony on Signal Hill, the morning is dedicated to Memorial Day, with the afternoon and evening being dedicated to celebrating Canada Day.
Last Saturday we made a trip to Delta to do some geocaching there. Our first stop was in Fred Gingel Park in Tsawwassen. Vancouver Island in the distance.
I have never before descended down to the beach, but it is quite nice down there.
North Shore Mountains in the distance.
We continued our trip to Centennial Beach which was super busy.
Mount Baker makes for a pretty amazing backdrop while swimming.
The path along the beach through Boundary Bay is very nice. We have to return to do the whole path with bicycles some other time.
On our way back we made a stop on Deas Island. I have never been to this place, but it is very green and quiet little park outside of the area near the George Massey Tunnel entrance.
Entrance to the tunnel. You can tell how dry it is from the color of the grass.
Alignment of the tunnel under Fraser River.
Path leads to the southern tip of the island.
Finally, the tunnel entrance from north in evening sun. Not very busy at 8pm on Saturday evening.
I would guess Edmonton because the second last picture has some buildings that I recognize, but apart from that one picture I would have no idea where this was.
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I assume all the flags are back up now. It's part of the ceremony to raise them up. The Union flag at the NWM is full mast again. 
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