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WHY HIKE IN WINTER!? ❄️ from today; frozen waterfalls and other water features are at their absolute best right now, giv...
01/29/2025

WHY HIKE IN WINTER!? ❄️ from today; frozen waterfalls and other water features are at their absolute best right now, given the fact that Canada’s “banana belt”, our sweet Niagara Region, has been through a recent deep freeze… creating scenery like this that I took photos of today. Winter is also excellent for: cleaner fresh air, spotting mammals and birds from afar, print tracking and peacefulness on our trails. On this winter ice hike, we pas over Niagara’s healthiest creek and discuss the remarkably rare brook trout that still survive here.
Why not book an exciting and memorable winter ice hike experience!? Please contact me while these conditions still persist :)
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My Google E(art)h exploration, continued! 1) These island offshore of South Korea had all of these odd vertical lines ou...
01/28/2025

My Google E(art)h exploration, continued!
1) These island offshore of South Korea had all of these odd vertical lines out in the water, so neatly organized. It’s actually not odd at all- those are manmade frames for aquaculture (such as growing edible seaweed) and fish holding facilities.
2) A river in mainland South Korea empties into the sea, carrying hundreds of tons of sediment which when seen from above showcase undulating, strange wavy deposition patterns.
3) We’ve got a defecating dog amidst so many vivid colours, typical of the buildings in their tiny village on an island called Swaraj Dweep in the Indian Ocean.
4) and 5) are located kitty corner to one another in Memphis, Tennessee- depicting a currently challenged neighbourhood while artfully reminding us of a challenging past.

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The recent cold snap in Canada’s “banana belt” has left us with stunning ice sculptures and epic vibes at  the world fam...
01/14/2025

The recent cold snap in Canada’s “banana belt” has left us with stunning ice sculptures and epic vibes at the world famous Niagara Falls, which attracts MILLIONS of people every year. Yet, I think we saw 10 people total on this evening. The world’s mightiest waterfall cascades in peace when the off season hits, but it rewards those who venture to it with a unique and powerful icy experience. I can’t wait to do guided tours here this 2025 with a BRAND NEW, one of a kind nature-themed Niagara Falls tour. You won’t get it anywhere else. More to come within the next two weeks.

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Last night when I emerged out of the tree line, I was greeted with a cold yet beautiful night time vista featuring a swe...
01/03/2025

Last night when I emerged out of the tree line, I was greeted with a cold yet beautiful night time vista featuring a sweet slice of the moon. I was following deer trails in Shorthills Provincial Park! Whenever I follow deer trails, I’m always astonished at how much thorns those animals effortlessly walk through. Speaking of sharpness, scroll right and look at the MASSIVE and alarming thorns on the honey locust tree. These obnoxiously large spikes evolved to protect the tree from being head rammed by large Pleistocene era megafauna (massive extinct animals, like the mastodon) from destroying the tree and its seeds prematurely. Shorthills Provincial Park has so much to offer- let’s go!!!
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CHRISTMAS IDEAS- hiking with wine and biologist 🍷🤓, canoeing with a loved one ❤️🛶, chasing waterfalls with your friends ...
12/10/2024

CHRISTMAS IDEAS- hiking with wine and biologist 🍷🤓, canoeing with a loved one ❤️🛶, chasing waterfalls with your friends 🌊🧍🏽‍♂️🧍‍♀️, backyard survival skills fun 🏕️🎉, and so much more!!!
Simply send me a message or comment below, and I will gladly get a gift certificate set up for you. I want to make your shopping easier and your loved ones smile with an adventure they will never forget!
Plus, when you support local, everyone in the community wins!
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I’m particularly pleased with the first photo: modern day symbology / a message? 🤨😅🏙️ anyhow, Niagara Falls is AWESOME t...
11/19/2024

I’m particularly pleased with the first photo: modern day symbology / a message? 🤨😅🏙️ anyhow, Niagara Falls is AWESOME to photograph due to its multiple layers of foreground and background. With a nice zoom lens, you can really paint some interesting contrasts! People looking like ants… massive Vs small… old Vs new… so fun to shoot my own “backyard” from a different perspective!

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Today, I decided to play tourist in my own backyard. I hit up Niagara Falls on foot for several hours and attempted to g...
11/18/2024

Today, I decided to play tourist in my own backyard. I hit up Niagara Falls on foot for several hours and attempted to get some photos from different perspectives (I mean, how different could I possibly get with millions of visitors and their cameras every year!?) I took so many photos I was stoked about today, so instead of posting them all, I’ll start with ones that are strictly about the waterfall itself for now 🤘🌎 when you slow down to look at this place as local, you really do comprehend why it’s as popular as it is…… the Canadian side of the falls fills up 1 million bathtubs per MINUTE!

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Apparently some of you are already Christmas shopping! 🎅🧑‍🎄🎁 with just a a couple clicks, you can check that family, fri...
11/14/2024

Apparently some of you are already Christmas shopping! 🎅🧑‍🎄🎁 with just a a couple clicks, you can check that family, friend, or love’s gift idea off with EASE.
Message me about one of the following:
1) which tour you’re like to purchase, based on descriptions and highlights: https://owenshikingandadventures.com/hiking-packages.php
2) tell me a price point you can spend, and bank it for an adventure of your recipient’s preference!

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An INCREDIBLE and much needed weekend in southern Bruce Peninsula at Camp Whippletree with  and crew! What a beautiful a...
11/12/2024

An INCREDIBLE and much needed weekend in southern Bruce Peninsula at Camp Whippletree with and crew! What a beautiful area of land, complete with bears, deer and red squirrels (by the millions) it seemed. We didn’t see any big animals, but we enjoyed the peace and solitude of fresh air and good laughs in a forested setting 🤘🏡 that’s therapy!

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My Google E(Art)h series, continued, featuring incredible examples of humans shaping the earth and remote regions galore...
11/08/2024

My Google E(Art)h series, continued, featuring incredible examples of humans shaping the earth and remote regions galore.

1) United Arab Emirate’s city of Dubai is a consistent boundary pusher in terms of engineering and “landscaping” at a colossal scale. These shapes are areas that are either settled or at least destined to be with riches that are unfathomable. Sea dredging pulls up earth, while other earth is imported, to make these urban landscapes out in the water (at the detriment of sea life, of course)

2) Incredibly arranged red sand dunes near Karlamilyi National Park, Western Australia. The cream coloured blobs are areas where perhaps once every handful of years water will temporarily reside.

3) Circular irrigation crops in the desert near Farmington, New Mexico, USA. Water from irrigation canals/dams is brought into these arid areas for agricultural purposes- in the middle of a desert.

4) The streets if Jarkarta, Indonesia- one of the world’s most densely populated cities, and home of what is arguably the most polluted river in the world. Everyone here hustles to work, and works to live in this concrete jungle, or perhaps jungle or concrete?

5) Botswana’s Okavango Delta is the world’s largest inland delta- the water actually never reaches the sea, ocean or a lake. It simply fans out and dissipates into a desert when heavy rains come, which are critical for wildlife such as elephants.

6) A mysterious unnamed settlement located in the centre of a massive crater in Madagascar known as Anosibe Ambohiby

7) A corner store in Taiwan- much like we have corner stores in our neighbourhoods here, just with different language and goods and honest people working them.
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More incredible (and sad) patterns and themes I found and imaged from Google E(art)h!1) Near the Iran / Iraq border, the...
10/30/2024

More incredible (and sad) patterns and themes I found and imaged from Google E(art)h!

1) Near the Iran / Iraq border, the Shadegan Nature Reserve has its brackish waters (salt and freshwater combo) snake through erosive valleys into the Persian Gulf.
2) The furthest predominant ridge in the west of the Appalachian Mountains gives way to THOUSANDS of valleys in what is called the piedmont region of the Appalachian region in Kentucky, USA.
3) When people think of Canada, they regard British Columbia and the Territories as the wildest regions of the country. Ontario may be the most populated Province, but look at this abyss of wilderness- I see a visual of a bird facing to the left!
4) Lake Huron in Michigan, USA- many creeks meander and carve their way through a myriad of woodlots and farms to empty to themselves into the 3rd largest Great Lake.
5) A disheartening image of homelessness and suffering in Vancouver, Canada’s East Hasting’s Street district. If you get mad at me for posting this, get mad first at your beloved Google for publicizing this reality.
6) I took the previous image I captured and went aerial. From above, you can see blue tarp encampments on the rooftops of this Vancouver neighbourhood. Both homelessness and addiction have skyrocketed since pandemic restrictions from 2020 onwards in Canada and in other parts of the world.

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An EPIC blustery fall campout 🏕️ with my amazing pal  ! Lake Ontario’s waves were so loud we half yelled at each other a...
10/30/2024

An EPIC blustery fall campout 🏕️ with my amazing pal ! Lake Ontario’s waves were so loud we half yelled at each other all night. That is normal for Rob and I considering how many concerts we have attended together. Sparks flew horizontally but our tents didn’t catch fire. Thank goodness, as it was nearly zero degrees that night. We had sloppy joes and a roasted sandwich for dinner 🥘 it was amazing to take a break from online school and get back to a “wild” night out for the first time in a while!!!

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From today’s tour 🍁 birthday boy repping an Owen’s Hiking And Adventures brand new hoodie while we explored the Niagara ...
10/20/2024

From today’s tour 🍁 birthday boy repping an Owen’s Hiking And Adventures brand new hoodie while we explored the Niagara Gorge for his birthday outing! These three kids were so remarkably smart and adventurous, and this paired well with the INSANELY beautiful peak fall colours in the 12,000 year old gorge with 400+ million year old rocks! This was a tour for the books :) the amazing mother who booked with me 4 times now was one of my first customers in 2016. It’s so cool to watch these families grow and stay immersed in nature 💪 thanks for having ME be a part of YOUR birthday!

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🚨🍁🍃Fall colours are about to PEAK in Niagara Region!!! What an excellent time to get outside with reasonable temperature...
10/18/2024

🚨🍁🍃Fall colours are about to PEAK in Niagara Region!!! What an excellent time to get outside with reasonable temperatures, no more mosquitoes, and visually stunning ambience. This is usually my “second busy season” for all of the reasons mentioned above. I took these photos from my doorstep- imagine what even wilder areas of the Niagara Peninsula must look like at this time of year!? Let me show you while we learn about these nationally rare environments and species. Contact me for a hike or canoe tour amidst the colours 🤘🇨🇦

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I love this particular collection of “Google E(art)h” that I have been tinkering with! 🤯🌍🌎🌏 I want to hear which one is ...
10/11/2024

I love this particular collection of “Google E(art)h” that I have been tinkering with! 🤯🌍🌎🌏 I want to hear which one is your favourite! Here’s what we’re looking at- or, firstly, what’s looking 👁️ at us?

1) I thought this looked remarkably like some sort of colossal, abysmal eye. Funny enough, I looked into it, and it is called the Eye of Sahara, or the “Richat Structure”. It is about 40 Km wide is an eroded geological dome located in the country of Mauritania.
2) Mt. Kelimutu is a quiet but technically active active volcano on Flores Island, Indonesia. The three lakes are known to change colours multiple times, sometimes in the span of months- this is due to volcanic activity stirring the pot of minerals and temperatures in the area at all times.
3) A man made watering hole in outback Queensland, Australia. This is cattle country- you can see the routine paths the animals take to get to the water.
4) It looks like some sort of ominous blob monster or amoeba coming to take a bite out of the shore, but these are the Belcher Islands in Canada, part of the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement (Sanikiluaq Inuit Owned Lands). There are 3 tiny and very isolated communities on the islands.
5) The mesmerizing yet environmentally agonizing practice of the palm oil plantation- oil from these trees “help” us eat junk food and wear cosmetics at the expense of tropical rainforest and orangutan 🦧 populations in Indonesia on the island of Borneo.
6) A remarkable exposed rock cascade somewhere in northern Nigeria- the green water is likely full of algae due to its exposure to the hot African sun.

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