Yep. It's Winter.

Go over the turquoise coloured wooden bridge to Westham Island and take the first left and you'll find yourself on a very narrow strip of asphalt that runs for maybe ½ a kilometer before dead-ending at this place. This shot was taken about mid-way off the side of the road (which is on a dike) early on Saturday morning. The white stuff was, I think, a mixture of left-over snow from the previous weekend and ice. I was a little surprised to find this snow/ice: although it has been 'cold' (by local standards) for the past week or two I'd have thought that there'd be at least some salt content in the water here (thus preventing it from freezing) so close to where the Fraser mixes with the straight of Georgia.

One thing I noticed when I took a look at the full-resolution shot (not visible in this version) was that some of the homes across the water have docks/boats within feet of their front doors - talk about convenient. Wonder what they do in stormy weather though - some of them look to be extremely vulnerable to flooding.

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