Date: Sat, 7 May 2016 08:19:38 -0700
Reply-To: Alistair Bel <albell@SHAW.CA>
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From: Alistair Bel <albell@SHAW.CA>
Subject: Re: Vancouver Island
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Forbidden plateau is as like a basin as Scott's prose is like Fitzgerald's.
:-)
I've spent some time hiking and ski touring in that area, before and after the ski area was built. There are mountains, lakes, rolling alpine, and an impressive canyon. No real basin.
Alistair
> On May 5, 2016, at 3:33 PM, Scott <SCOTTDANIEL@TURBOVANS.COM> wrote:
>
> Thanks Phil..
> great info , including historical background...
> stuff I didn't know about Vancouver Island.
> ( and 'plateau' sounds so dramtic too...it's more like a Basin )
>
> on a real Fridae re Vancouver Island and history ..
> perhaps we'll talk about the name or wqrd Nootka.
>
>> On 05/05/2016 09:00 AM, Phil Zimmerman wrote:
>> 'Forbidden Plateau' appears a rather broad and misnomer named region to an area west of Courtenay, BC and north of Comox lake.
>> There is no plateau only sloping meadows, ridges and hills at an altitude of between 2,000 to 4,000 feet. Most of this region is contained
>> with the larger Strathcona BC Provincial Park.
>>
>> The forbidden part of the name comes from the Comox First People stories. When raiding parties were in the area; woman and children fled to the plateau and hid until the raiders left. Another thread of this story has West Coast Bands hunting Elk, encountering Comox people and killing them. Both these stories lend the name "forbidden" to the area and a place to be avoided.
>>
>> Accessible from Courtenay by two roads. One gravel, up to the now abandoned Wood Mt Ski area. A few hiking trails and mt. bike trails begin there.
>> A paved road climbs up to Mt. Washington Ski area with access to the sub alpine trails of the Paradise Meadows Trailhead. The Paradise Meadows loop trail, ~ 8 Km circles splendid meadows and alpine lakes which, when in bloom, are worth the walk to see. Take the chairlift to the top of Mt Washington on a clear day, the view is worth the cost of admission… A wonderful place to drive your Westfalia. The parking lot at the abandoned Wood Mt Ski area is free of charge overnight parking …
>>
>> Pz
>> -------------------
>>
>> On 2016-05-04, at 11:33 PM, Scott wrote:
>>
>> Question ..
>> I have a fairly large laminated wall map of Vancouver Island.
>>
>> on it is a place called Forbidden Plateau .
>> it's half up the east side, inland some.
>>
>> anybody ever been there or know anything about it.?
>> ( duh..I'll just google ! )
>>
>> thanks for any comments.
>>
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