Collection by Dara Poon
The Salmon Connection, Sep-Oct 2026
6 routes
106:43
1,460km
15,110m
My fall calendar for 2026 was shaping up to be quite busy, with three events coinciding in a week:
- My friend Jim Spurr proposed doing a bike ride for World Rivers Day (the fourth Sunday of September).
- National Day for Truth and Reconciliation falls on September 30 every year, and I would like to continue doing a ride to visit a residential school site each year to observe the holiday.
- The BC Randonneurs Cycling Club, which hosts…
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Anyone
Activities
441km
36:15
5,390m
5,220m
In the 1950s, there was a proposal to build a hydroelectric dam on the Fraser River north of Lillooet.¹ While it would have become the largest hydroelectric generator in North America, and would also have been useful for controlling flooding downstream, it would also have had serious environmental consequences. The…
274km
15:11
3,260m
3,120m
As I ate breakfast in bed, I scrolled around the map on my phone and picked Clearwater as my target for the day, via the Pavilion – Kelly Lake – Clinton gravel shortcut. (Why not explore that new route, since I rarely ride this way with my bike configured for…
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126km
08:42
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The Kamloops Indian Residential School¹, on the territory of the Tk̓emlúps te Secwépemc First Nation², was operated by the Catholic Church from 1890 to 1969, then by the Canadian government until 1978, as part of Canada's system to assimilate indigenous peoples by forcibly raising their children away from their families.…
283km
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1,970m
2,990m
Doing a descent on rough gravel at 1100 m elevation and 4 ℃, I couldn't stay warm with body heat, so I stopped in the middle of nowhere to bundle up.* At Stump Lake Recreation Site, I deployed my bivy and sleeping pad to sleep, but woke up at 3…
156km
08:21
1,120m
1,180m
The 200 km brevet today (database.randonneurs.bc.ca/event/5613) did not align with my travel plans. However, I thought I would ride 85 km of its route in contraflow so that I could wave hello to everyone, just for LOLs.
Turnabout is fair play, though! Randonneur Mike Martin and I had…
Collection Stats
Activities
6
Distance
1,460 km
Duration
106:43 h
Elevation
15,110 m
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