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Norman Tokar

Norman Tokar (November 25, 1919 – April 6, 1979) was an American director, actor and occasionally writer and producer of serial television and feature films, who directed many of the early episodes of Leave it to Beaver, and found his greatest success directing over a dozen films for Walt Disney Productions, spanning the 1950s to the 1970s.

Career
On Broadway, Tokar acted in The Magic Touch (1947), The Life of Reilly (1942), Delicate Story (1940), and See My Lawyer (1939). After that, Tokar moved into radio, most notably The Aldrich Family, where he played Henry Aldrich's friend Willie and wrote several episodes as well. Tokar then went into television direction on such sitcoms as The Bob Cummings Show and The Donna Reed Show, and the drama Naked City.

In the early 1960s, Tokar's success working with the juvenile actors on 93 episodes of the TV sitcom Leave it to Beaver encouraged Walt Disney to hire him to direct family features for his studio, which frequently used children in key roles. His first feature film assignment was the Western Big Red (1962), followed by the Old Yeller sequel Savage Sam (1963) and Those Calloways (1965). After directing the Fred MacMurray picture Follow Me, Boys!, and the Dean Jones/Suzanne Pleshette slapstick comedy The Ugly Dachshund (both 1966), Tokar's next directorial assignment (Walt Disney's last before his death) was the roadshow musical The Happiest Millionaire (1967). With a Sherman Brothers score and a cast including Fred MacMurray, Greer Garson, Tommy Steele, Lesley Ann Warren, and John Davidson, the studio hoped the film would do as well with critics and audiences as Mary Poppins (1964) had done. When it failed to do so, the studio cut the nearly three-hour film down to 144 minutes and again to 118 minutes for general release; the cut footage went unseen until it was restored in the 1990s.

Tokar followed Millionaire with more examples of the high-concept comedies that became the mainstay of the studio in the 1960s and 1970s: The Horse in the Gray Flannel Suit (1968), The Boatniks (1970), and Snowball Express (1972). After directing his only non-Disney feature Where the Red Fern Grows (1974), Tokar made his most commercially successful film; the comedy western The Apple Dumpling Gang (1975). Following Candleshoe (1977), on Tokar's final film before his death, The Cat from Outer Space (1978), he gained a co-producer credit.

Death
On April 6, 1979, Tokar died of a heart attack in his sleep at his studio apartment in Hollywood, California.

Filmography

References

External links

1919 births
1979 deaths
20th-century American male actors
American male stage actors
American television directors
Disney people
Artists from Newark, New Jersey
Male actors from Newark, New Jersey
Film directors from New Jersey
Robert Brewer (figure skater)

Robert Lee Brewer (born March 1, 1939) is an American former figure skater. He is a two-time U.S. national bronze medalist (1959, 1960) and competed at the 1960 Winter Olympics, placing seventh. After retiring from competition, he became a Marine fighter pilot, flight surgeon, and a psychiatrist.

Competitive highlights

References

1939 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Alhambra, California
American male single skaters
Olympic figure skaters for the United States
Figure skaters at the 1960 Winter Olympics
20th-century American sportsmen
1892 in association football

The following are the association football events of the year 1892 throughout the world.

Events

Clubs founded in 1892

Chile
Club de Deportes Santiago Wanderers

Czech Republic
Slavia Prague

England
Bromley F.C.
Droylsden F.C.
Liverpool F.C.
Newcastle United F.C.
Old Castle Swifts F.C.

Netherlands
Vitesse Arnhem

Germany
Hertha BSC

National champions
England: Sunderland
Ireland: Linfield
Scotland:
Football League – Dumbarton
Scottish Cup – Celtic

International tournaments
1892 British Home Championship (February 27 – April 7, 1892)

Births
April 29: Henri Bard, French footballer (d. 1951)

References 

 
Association football by year
Charles Brinkman

Charles Brinkman (1928-2003) was an American figure skater.  He competed in pairs and won two bronze medals at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships, the first with Patty Sonnekson in 1946 and another with Carolyn Welch the following year.  Also in 1946, he won the Middle Atlantic men's figure skating title. He was later a ski instructor.

Results
(Pairs with Brinkman)

(Pairs with Welch)

References 

1928 births
2003 deaths
American male pair skaters
World Sprint Speed Skating Championships for Men

The International Skating Union has organised the World Sprint Speed Skating Championships for Men since 1970. The first two years (1970–1971), they were called the ISU Sprint Championships.

Medal winners

Sprint championships

Medal table

Team sprint

Medal table

Combined medal table

World champions (individual sprint)
As of 2022.

See also
 World Sprint Speed Skating Championships for Women
 World Allround Speed Skating Championships
 World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships

References

 
 

Sprint
Recurring sporting events established in 1970
World Sprint Speed Skating Championships for Women

The International Skating Union has organised the World Sprint Speed Skating Championships for Women since 1970. The first two years (1970–1971), they were called the ISU Sprint Championships.

Medal winners

Sprint championships

Medal table

Team sprint

Medal table

Combined medal table

World champions (individual sprint)
As of 2022.

See also
 World Sprint Speed Skating Championships for Men
 World Allround Speed Skating Championships
 World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships

References

 
 

Sprint
Recurring sporting events established in 1970
Patty Sonnekson

Patty Sonnekson (1927 - December 18, 1951) was an American figure skater.  She competed in pairs and won the bronze medals at the 1946 U.S. Figure Skating Championships with partner Charles Brinkman.

Sonnekson married Richard E. Pfeiffer. She died in 1951 following surgery.

Results
(Pairs with Brinkman)

References

1927 births
1951 deaths
American female pair skaters
20th-century American women
Carolyn Welch

Carolyn Mae Welch (September 11, 1922 - May 7, 2020) was an American figure skater.  She competed in pairs and won the bronze medals at the 1947 U.S. Figure Skating Championships with partner Charles Brinkman.

Results
(Pairs with Brinkman)

References

1922 births
2020 deaths
American female pair skaters
21st-century American women
20th-century American women
Nová Paka

Nová Paka (, ) is a town in Jičín District in the Hradec Králové Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 9,000 inhabitants.

Administrative parts
Villages of Heřmanice, Kumburský Újezd, Podlevín, Přibyslav, Pustá Proseč, Radkyně, Štikov, Studénka, Valdov, Vlkov, Vrchovina and Zlámaniny are administrative parts of Nová Paka.

Geography
Nová Paka is located about  northwest of Hradec Králové. It lies in a hilly landscape of the Giant Mountains Foothills. The highest point is a contour line at  above sea level.

History
The first written mention of Nová Paka is from 1357 with regard to the installation of new vicar to the Church of Saint Nicholas. During these times the town was called Mladá Paka ("Young Paka").

In 1563, the almost entire town was destroyed by fire. In 1586, the plague killed approximately half of the citizens. Another 450 people died of plague in 1625. In 1643, during the Thirty Years' War, the town was pillaged by the Swedish army. A fire in 1666 destroyed the northern part on the town square.

Demographics

Economy
In Nová Paka there is the Nová Paka Brewery.

Sights

The Church of Saint Nicholas was first mentioned in 1357 and rebuilt in the Neo-Gothic style in 1872. The Marian Holy Trinity column is from 1716 and is the oldest statue in the town. On the square there is a fountain from 1814 and monument to Jan Hus from 1898.

Thanks to the legend of finding a miraculous statue of the Virgin Mary, the Minim monastery was established in the second half of the 17th century. The Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary was built in 1709–1724 and made Nová Paka a pilgrimage site. After the religious reform of Joseph II, the monastery was closed in 1785. From 1872, the premises served as a hospital. Today it houses social services.

Cemetery Chapel of Our Lady of Sorrows comes from 1700–1709. The wooden Greek Catholic Church of the Transfiguration of Jesus and Saint Nicholas was transferred from Carpathian Ruthenia in 1930. 

Sucharda's House is a Neorenaissance house from 1895–1896. It belonged to the Sucharda family, from which many notable sculptors, woodcarvers and painters came. Nowadays there is a historic exposition and a gallery of artists from the region.

Notable people
Stanislav Sucharda (1866–1916), sculptor and professor of arts
Anna Boudová Suchardová (1870–1940), artist
Bohumil Kafka (1878–1942), sculptor
Vojtěch Sucharda (1884–1968), sculptor, woodcarver and puppeteer
Ladislav Zívr (1909–1980), sculptor
Miroslav Hák (1911–1978), photographer
Naďa Urbánková (1939–2023), singer and actress
Jiří Horáček (born 1945), theoretical physicist

References

External links

Cities and towns in the Czech Republic
Populated places in Jičín District
Yekaterina Lobysheva

Yekaterina Alexandrovna Lobysheva (; born 13 March 1985) is a retired Russian speed skater. She won bronze medals in the team pursuit at the 2006 and 2014 Winter Olympics.

Career
In the season of 2005–06 Lobysheva acted for the first time in the European Championships Allround. After good results on the short distances (1st in 500 m, 4th in 1500 m) she finished sixth in the rankings. Thus she placed herself for the World Allround Speed Skating Championships in 2006 where she, despite her good 500 m (second) did not qualify for the final 4th distance. She was the thirteenth in the ranking.

In the same year she won three matches at the 1500 World Cup in the B group. She placed herself for the 1000 and 1500 meters at the Olympic Winter Games in Turin. She became the eleventh and sixth respectively.

At the European Championships Allround 2007 Lobysheva, thanks to third place in the 500 m, was thirteenth in the final rankings. She was with this class its second World Cup Championship Allround skating together in 2006 and ended on the thirteenth place in the rankings.

At the European Championships Allround 2008 she ended (in her hometown Kolomna) in tenth place. In the 500 m, she was in first place as in the year 2006. She ensured that these rankings show places for the World Allround Championship and finished this time in the fourteenth place in the rankings.

In the season of 2008–09 she skated in no European Allround Championship nor in the World Allround Championship, since this season she decided to work more on her sprint qualities (500 m, 1000 m and 1500 m) for next year's Olympics in Vancouver. Her trainer was Sergey Klevchenya.

In 2009 the World Sprint Championship was in her home country, Russia (Moscow). This was her second World Sprint Championship and she ended as 19th in the rankings.

At the 2014 Winter Olympics she was a member of the bronze medal winning Russian pursuit team.

References

External links

 
 
 

1985 births
Russian female speed skaters
Speed skaters at the 2006 Winter Olympics
Speed skaters at the 2010 Winter Olympics
Speed skaters at the 2014 Winter Olympics
Olympic speed skaters for Russia
Medalists at the 2006 Winter Olympics
Medalists at the 2014 Winter Olympics
Olympic medalists in speed skating
Olympic bronze medalists for Russia
People from Kolomna
Living people
Sportspeople from Moscow Oblast
List of protected areas of British Columbia

The following list of protected areas of British Columbia includes all federally and provincially protected areas within the Canadian province of British Columbia. As of 2015, approximately 15.46% of the province's land area and 3.17% of the province's waters are protected.

International recognition

Three UNESCO World Heritage Sites are entirely or partially located in British Columbia: 
 Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks (shared with Alberta)
 Kluane / Wrangell–St. Elias / Glacier Bay / Tatshenshini-Alsek (shared with Yukon and Alaska, United States)
 SG̱ang Gwaay

Two UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserves are in British Columbia: 
Clayoquot Sound
Mount Arrowsmith

Federally protected areas

Parks Canada

Seven National Parks of Canada are located in British Columbia, more than any other province or territory:
Glacier National Park
Gulf Islands National Park Reserve
Gwaii Haanas National Park Reserve
Kootenay National Park
Mount Revelstoke National Park
Pacific Rim National Park Reserve
South Okanagan—Similkameen National Park Reserve (proposed)
Yoho National Park

One National Marine Conservation Area of Canada is located in British Columbia:
Gwaii Haanas Reserve
Southern Strait of Georgia Reserve (proposed)

There are numerous National Historic Sites of Canada in British Columbia, with 13 being operated by Parks Canada:

Chilkoot Trail
Fisgard Lighthouse
Fort Langley
Fort Rodd Hill
Fort St. James
Gitwangak Battle Hill
Gulf of Georgia Cannery
Kicking Horse Pass
Kootanae House
Nan Sdins
Rogers Pass
Stanley Park
Twin Falls Tea House

Canadian Wildlife Service

Six National Wildlife Areas of Canada are located in British Columbia:
 Alaksen
 Columbia
 Qualicum
 Scott Islands Marine
 Vaseux-Bighorn
 Widgeon Valley

Seven Migratory Bird Sanctuaries of Canada are located in British Columbia:
 Christie Islet
 Esquimalt Lagoon
 George C. Reifel
 Nechako River
 Shoal Harbour
 Vaseux Lake
 Victoria Harbour

Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Three Marine Protected Areas of Canada are located in British Columbia:
Endeavour Hydrothermal Vents
Hecate Strait and Queen Charlotte Sound Glass Sponge Reefs
SGaan Kinghlas-Bowie Seamount

Three Marine Refuges of Canada are located in British Columbia:
Gwaxdlala/Nalaxdlala (Lull/Hoeya)
Offshore Pacific Seamounts and Vents
Strait of Georgia and Howe Sound Glass Sponge Reef

Provincially protected areas

BC Parks

Ministry of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development
 
The British Columbia Ministry of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development (FLNRORD) manages a system of 31 Wildlife Management Areas throughout the province:

See also
List of municipal and regional parks in British Columbia

References

External links
BC Parks - A complete list of BC Parks managed land.

 
 
Protected areas
British Columbia
Articles containing video clips
1891 in association football

The following are the association football events of the year 1891 throughout the world.

Events
Royal Arsenal turn professional, renaming themselves Woolwich Arsenal in the process.

Clubs founded in 1891

Denmark
Vejle Boldklub

England
Harpenden Town F.C.
Redditch United F.C.

Greece
Panachaiki

Northern Ireland
Belfast Celtic F.C.

Scotland
Vale of Leithen F.C.

Sweden
 Allmänna Idrottsklubben
 Djurgårdens IF

Uruguay
C.A. Peñarol (as Central Uruguay Railway Cricket Club)

National Championship Winners

Argentina
Primera División Winners:
Saint Andrew's

Denmark
Football Tournament Winners:
Kjøbenhavns Boldklub

England
Football League Winners:
Everton
FA Cup Winners:
Blackburn Rovers

Ireland
Football League Winners:
Linfield
Irish Cup Winners:
Linfield

Netherlands
Football League Winners:
HVV Den Haag

Scotland
Football League Winners:
Dumbarton
Scottish Cup Winners:
Heart of Midlothian

Wales
Welsh Cup Winners:
Shrewsbury Town

International tournaments
1891 British Home Championship (28 March – 6 April 1891)
England

Births
 22 September – Charlie Buchan (d. 1960), England international forward in six matches (1913–1924), scoring four goals.
 15 December – David Wijnveldt (d. 1962), Netherlands international (1912).

Footnotes

 
Association football by year
Ellen Brockhöft

Ellen Brockhöft, née Rehra, (29 April 1893 – 19 December 1977) was a German figure skater. Competing in ladies' singles, she was a two-time world silver medalist and a seven-time German national champion. She represented Germany at the 1928 Winter Olympics and finished ninth. Brockhöft was a member of Berliner Schlittschuhclub. During her skating career she claimed to be younger than her real age, believing this would help her career. She retired from amateur sport in 1929 and became a coach in St. Moritz.

Results

References

Further reading
 

1893 births
1977 deaths
German female single skaters
Figure skaters at the 1928 Winter Olympics
Olympic figure skaters for Germany
World Figure Skating Championships medalists
Figure skaters from Berlin
Berlinguer

Berlinguer is a surname originating in Catalan language (while the name itself has Frankish and Lombardic origins) now found mainly in Italy (especially in Sardinia, in Sassarese territory). Notable people with the name include:

Bianca Berlinguer (born 1959), Italian journalist, daughter of Enrico
Enrico Berlinguer (1922–1984), Italian Communist Party leader
Giovanni Berlinguer (1924–2015), Italian Democrats of the Left politician, son of Mario and brother of Enrico
Giuliana Berlinguer (1933–2014), Italian film director
Luigi Berlinguer (born 1932), Italian politician, brother of Sergio and cousin of Enrico
Mario Berlinguer (1891–1969), Italian lawyer and politician from Sardinia, father of Enrico and Giovanni
Sergio Berlinguer (1934–2021), Italian diplomat, brother of Luigi and cousin of Enrico

Notes

Catalan-language surnames
Italian-language surnames
Central Collegiate

Central Collegiate is a high school in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada. It has approximately 520 students and 40 staff and is currently one of the oldest operating public schools in Saskatchewan. Central originally opened its doors in 1910.

Central is a progressive and diverse school. It offers a wide variety of courses in various disciplines: business, technology, fine arts, math, sciences, applied arts, wellness, humanities, and languages. There is also an English as a second language program for many Moose Jaw residents.

External links
School website

High schools in Saskatchewan
Educational institutions established in 1909
Buildings and structures in Moose Jaw
1909 establishments in Saskatchewan
Uncha Mountain Red Hills Provincial Park

Uncha Mountain Red Hills Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada, comprising two parcels of land on the north and south shores of Francois Lake.  Total area of the park is 9,421 hectares.

Climate

See also
Francois Lake Provincial Park

References

Provincial parks of British Columbia
Nechako Country
Regional District of Bulkley-Nechako
Murder of Ardeth Wood

Ardeth Mary Margaret Wood (October 28, 1975 – August 6, 2003) was a Canadian graduate student who was killed in a forcible drowning in Ottawa. The initial search for Wood was one of the largest search efforts in the city's history, and the two-year search for her killer was one of the largest manhunts in Canada.

Biography
Ardeth Wood was the first daughter born to Brenden Wood and Catherine Ashley on October 28, 1975, in Saint John, New Brunswick. Wood spent most of her life in Ottawa, where she graduated from Lester B. Pearson Catholic High School in 1994 and studied philosophy and history at Carleton University. After earning a B.A. in 1999 and an M.A. in 2001, she began pursuing a PhD in philosophy at the University of Waterloo. There, Wood was recognized as an exceptional student and was co-editor of Eidos: The Canadian Graduate Journal of Philosophy.

Murder
In the summer of 2003, Wood was on leave from her doctoral studies and was visiting her family in Ottawa. She was last seen on August 6 riding her bicycle on a path along the Rockcliffe Parkway in the city's east end. News of her disappearance was reported widely in Canada, and the entire city of Ottawa rallied around a search effort that involved the police, the military and hundreds of volunteers. Her body was found in the woods around Green's Creek on August 11. Her clothes were never found and no foreign DNA was found on her body. Ottawa police received many tips that a man on a bicycle was seen luring women into the woods along the path where Wood was last seen. A composite sketch of the murder suspect was compiled soon thereafter, and was widely distributed across Canada.

On October 20, 2005, police arrested 25-year-old Chris Myers near Renfrew. Myers had been previously charged with assaults in Ottawa and North Bay. Staff Sgt. Randy Wisker led the investigation into Wood's murder, and relied on a loose collection of tips prior to the arrest.

On January 8, 2008, Myers pleaded guilty to Ardeth Wood's murder as well as five unrelated assaults. He was sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole for ten years. Myers was denied parole in 2020.

Aftermath
Carleton University and University of Waterloo both established scholarships in Wood's name. A 109-year-old Bebb's oak tree in Ottawa's Dominion Arboretum was dedicated to Wood in 2007. The tree was split in half by a violent windstorm on September 27, 2017.

Wood's murder case was featured in a 2010 episode of Murder She Solved entitled "The Pathway Predator".

See also 
List of solved missing person cases

References

External links
Analysis of the arrest
CBC news story on arrest
Memorial page for Ardeth Wood (Archived 2009-10-25)
Ottawa Citizen story on Plea

1975 births
2000s missing person cases
2003 deaths
Canadian murder victims
Crime in Ottawa
Deaths by drowning in Canada
Deaths by person in Canada
Female murder victims
Formerly missing people
Kidnapped Canadian people
Missing person cases in Canada
Murdered students
People from Saint John, New Brunswick
People murdered in Ontario
Violence against women in Canada
Women in Ontario
Space, Love, & Bullfighting

Space, Love, & Bullfighting is a studio album released by the American eclectic rock band Havalina in 2002.

Track listing
 "Space And Mexico" (2:44)
 "Losing You" (4:36)
 "Leica" (1:40)
 "Pluto" (4:42)
 "I Feel Nothing" (1:35)
 "You Got Me Cry'n" (4:30)
 "Rocket Ship" (3:01)
 "Worst Days" (3:26)
 "If You'd Like..." (5:02)
 "Bullfighter" (4:27)
 "Carlos" (4:43)
 "Spaces And Places" (5:36)
 "Space, Love And Bullfighting Suite" (6:03, in 5 parts):
Powerful Mexi Radio (Wignall)
That Bohemian Music (Maust)
Untitled (Nieto)
Space Cabana (Stevens)
The Other World Is Present (Greenhill)

All songs written by Havalina.

Credits

Havalina lineup
 Matt Wignall: Guitar, primary vocalist, reel, noise
 Orlando Greenhill: Bass guitar and double bass, noise, timpani
 David Maust: farfisa, Moog and hurdy gurdy
 Erick Nieto: drums, violin
 Mercedes Stevens: guitar, vocals, cello, castanets, shaker

Guest musicians
 Steve Hodges: marimba, clave, and other percussion on "Losing You", glockenspiel on "Leica", percussion on "Bullfighter", congas, shakers, and other percussion on "Carlos".
 Ivor Vejar: vocals on "You Got Me Cry'n" and "Powerful Mexi Radio"
 Curly Allsup: vocals on "You Got Me Cry'n"
 Mark Cole: bongos on "Worst Days"
Matt Clatterbuck: Violin on "If You'd Like..." and "Bullfighter"
Paul Justice: Trumpet on "Bullfighter"
Kevin Laurence Barrans: Theremin on "Powerful Mexi Radio"
Tim Stevens: guitar sounds and bird calls on "Space Cabana"

Other
Recorded and produced at Tackyland LBC by Matt Wignall.
All songs mixed by Matt Wignall, except "Space and Mexico", "Bullfighter", "You Got Me Cry'n", "Rocketship", and "Pluto" mixed by Anthony Arvisu.
Mastered by Mike Mierau at Vision Mastering.
Grady McFerrin - Cover illustration.

References

2002 albums
Havalina albums
Concept albums
Tooth & Nail Records albums
Union Passage Marine Provincial Park

Union Passage Marine Provincial Park is a provincial park within the asserted traditional territory of the Tsimshian First Nations.
The marine protected area is located at the southwest end of Grenville Channel straddling Pitt and Farrant Islands, in British Columbia, Canada.

The park conserves  of North Coast Fjords Marine Ecosection, and protects sensitive aquatic habitats of importance for harbour porpoises, orca, humpback whales, Pacific white-sided dolphins, Dall's porpoises, and Harbour seals

References

Provincial parks of British Columbia
North Coast Regional District
Marine parks of Canada
Upper Adams River Provincial Park

Upper Adams River Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada.

References

Provincial parks of British Columbia
Parks in the Shuswap Country
Monashee Mountains
Upper Lillooet Provincial Park

Upper Lillooet Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada. The 19,996-hectare park was established on July 28, 1997, under the National Parks Act.

See also
Mount Meager massif
Lillooet River

External links 
Official park website from the Canadian Ministry of Environment
  

Provincial parks of British Columbia
Pemberton Valley
Upper Seymour River Provincial Park

Upper Seymour River Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada. Located in an isolated area in the interior of the province, 40 kilometres north of the community of Seymour Arm. It protects at the headwaters of the Seymour River, which is the major drainage system into the Seymour Arm of Shuswap Lake.

History 

The 10,672 hectare park was proposed via the Okanagan-Shuswap Land and Resource Management Plan (LRMP) process and was later established as a Class A Park on April 18, 2001.

Geography 

A large mountain valley that extends from a low river floodplain at an elevation of 600 metres to steep and narrow headwaters that culminate at Seymour Pass with an elevation of 1200 metres. The valley sides are steep with slide paths and streams leading from ridges and basins. The southern section of the park is the main entrance into the park via forest service road from Seymour Arm, this section has a floodplain ecosystem with the meandering Seymour river forming extensive wetlands of shallow ponds, marshes, wet meadows, fens and shrub carr habitats. While the northern section is vast pristine wilderness, with no apparent sign of human use.

Nature 

A very wet climate in the upper Seymour valley creates optimal growing conditions for interior cedar and hemlock forests with some of the oldest and largest old growth cedars (600 to 1,000 years old) in the southern Interior. is home to mule deer and moose while is seasonal habitat for mountain caribou and grizzlies. The river has native stocks of rainbow trout, and a small number of swans can be seen during the summer.

Recreation 

Steep slopes and thick forest understory pose difficult and challenging terrain conditions for hiking although the high glaciers and alpine tundra of the northern Columbia Mountains are used for heli based tourism activities: skiing, touring, mountaineering, fishing and hiking.

References

Parks in the Shuswap Country
Provincial parks of British Columbia
Monashee Mountains
Upper Violet Creek Provincial Park

Upper Violet Creek Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada.

References
BC Parks infopage

Parks in the Shuswap Country
Monashee Mountains
Provincial parks of British Columbia
Walhachin Oxbows Provincial Park

Walhachin Oxbows Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada.

References

See also
Walhachin, British Columbia

Provincial parks of British Columbia
Thompson Country
Wallace Island Marine Provincial Park

Wallace Island Marine Provincial Park is a provincial park in the Gulf Islands of British Columbia, Canada. The park includes almost all  of Wallace Island. Land on the northern side of Princess Cove extending north towards Chivers is private. This long, thin island lies in Trincomali Channel south-west of Galiano Island, and about  northeast of Saltspring Island. There are a few hiking trails, and camping is permitted in designated areas.

Conover Cove, on the western side, and Princess Cove, slightly north of Conover on the western side, are the two anchorages used by pleasure boaters. Conover Cove has a small dock which can accommodate shallow-draft vessels. The island is accessible by private boat. There is no public ferry service.

Panther Point, at the south end, has dangerous rocky reefs which extend well past the island. Following the local tradition of naming hazardous reefs after the ships that found them, Panther Point is named after the Panther, a merchant coal-carrier, which ran aground there in 1874, carrying a full load of coal from Nanaimo. Divers still visit what remains of the ship.

Between 1947 and the mid-1960s the island was developed as a vacation resort. One cabin remains standing and intact, and the remains of a few other guest cabins are still present. David Conover wrote a book, Once Upon an Island, which describes this period of the Island's history. Conover continued the tale in One Man's Island and Sitting on a Salt Spring.

The increasing popularity of the island has attracted tourists and animals alike. Within the last decade there has been a bear and a cougar scare.

The island was named for Captain Wallace Houston of HMS Trincomalee who served in the area in 1853.

See also 
Once Upon an Island by David Conover.  Publisher: San Juan Publishing (November 2003)

References

External links
BC Parks, Wallace Island

Provincial Parks of the Gulf Islands
Provincial parks of British Columbia
Marine parks of Canada
Walloper Lake Provincial Park

Walloper Lake Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada. Walloper Lake is a small lake located on the Trans-Canada Highway,  from the city of Kamloops.

Facilities
The park is a day use lake side facility and is equipped with a boat launch and a recently extended pier.

Fishing
The lake is known as a family fishing lake because of the readily catchable fish. The fish caught in Walloper lake spawn in a small creek on the south side of the lake. They vary in size from very small to three pounds.

References

Provincial parks of British Columbia
Thompson Country
Walsh Cove Provincial Park

Walsh Cove Provincial Park is a provincial park in located on the northeast corner of West Redonda Island in British Columbia, Canada.  The park is approximately 85 ha. in size and overlooks Waddington Channel.

References

Provincial Parks of the Discovery Islands
Provincial parks of British Columbia
Wapiti Lake Provincial Park

Wapiti Lake Provincial Park is a  provincial park in British Columbia, Canada.  It is  south of Tumbler Ridge, at the headwaters of Wapiti River, including its watershed from the Wapiti Pass to Wapiti Lake in the Canadian Rockies.  The area contains significant amounts of fossils (ichthyosaurs) and fossil beds. There is habitat for grizzly bears, mountain goats, and bull trout.  It was established as a Provincial Park on June 26, 2000. It is recognized by the provincial government as being an area traditionally used by First Nations people. Hunting and fishing are permitted in the park.

See also
List of British Columbia Provincial Parks
List of Canadian provincial parks
List of National Parks of Canada

References
British Columbia. Ministry of Employment and Investment (March 1999). Dawson Creek Land & Resource Management Plan, p.43.

Parks in the Canadian Rockies
Provincial parks of British Columbia
Democratic Organization of African Workers' Trade Union

The Democratic Organization of African Workers' Trade Union was a regional organisation of the World Confederation of Labour. It has a membership of 35 unions and eight 'pan-African federations' in 29 countries.

In 2007, the federation merged with the ICFTU African Regional Organisation, forming the African Regional Organisation of the International Trade Union Confederation.

Pan-African federations

Fédération Panafricaine des Travailleurs de l’Industrie (FPTI)
Fédération Panafricaine des Syndicats des Services Publics (FPSSP)
Fédération Panafricaine des Travailleurs de l’Agriculture et de l’Alimentation (FEPATAA)
Fédération Panafricaine des Syndicats de l’Education (FEPASE)
Fédération Panafricaine des Employés (FPE)
Fédération Panafricaine des Travailleurs du Transport (FPTT)
Fédération Panafricaine des Travailleurs du Textile et de l'Habillement (FPTTH)
Fédération Panafricaine des travailleurs de la Construction et du Bois (FPTCB)

References

External links
www.odsta.org

World Confederation of Labour
Trade unions disestablished in 2007
Wardner Provincial Park

Wardner Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada. It is located on the edge of the Kootenay River at the border of Wardner's townsite.

References

Provincial parks of British Columbia
Parks in the Regional District of East Kootenay
Wasa Lake Provincial Park

Wasa Lake Provincial Park is a provincial park in southeastern British Columbia, Canada.

References

Provincial parks of British Columbia
Parks in the Regional District of East Kootenay
Weewanie Hot Springs Provincial Park

Weewanie Hot Springs Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada, located on the east bank of Devastation Channel opposite the north end of Hawkesbury Island, in the Gardner Canal region south of Kitimat on the province's North Coast.

History

Baths were built at these hot springs by A.A. Creed, Commodore of the Kitimat Yacht Club, for the benefit of travellers, and a preserve set aside by the provincial government.  The site was created as a Class A provincial park in May 2004.

Name origin

The name derives from that of nearby Weewanie Creek, which is to the south of the hotsprings.  "Weewanie" is an adaptation of a Haisla word meaning "many creeks".  The spring's traditional uses by the Haisla are hygienic, medicinal, ritual and recreational.

Access
The park and hot springs are located approximately  south of Kitimat.  Access is by boat only.

See also
List of hot springs
List of British Columbia provincial parks

References

Haisla
Provincial parks of British Columbia
Hot springs of British Columbia
North Coast of British Columbia
West Arm Provincial Park

West Arm Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada.

References

Provincial parks of British Columbia
Regional District of Central Kootenay
West Lake Provincial Park

West Lake Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada.

External links
British Columbia Parks
British Columbia Adventure

Provincial parks of British Columbia
West Shawnigan Lake Provincial Park

West Shawnigan Lake Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada.

References

Provincial parks of British Columbia
Cowichan Valley
Weymer Creek Provincial Park

Weymer Creek Provincial Park, formerly Weymer Creek Karst Provincial Park, is a provincial park located on the west coast of Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada, just southeast of the community of Tahsis in the region of Nootka Sound. Its most important feature is its karst topography and some of the deepest caves in Canada. Caving is currently not permitted in the park and visitors to the area are requested to practice "no trace" camping.

References

External links
 BC Parks webpage

Provincial parks of British Columbia
Nootka Sound region
Karst
Caves of British Columbia
Whaleboat Island Marine Provincial Park

Whaleboat Island Marine Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada, located just southeast of Ruxton Island, to the southeast of the city of Nanaimo.

References

Provincial parks of British Columbia
Provincial Parks of the Gulf Islands
Marine parks of Canada
Whiskers Point Provincial Park

Whiskers Point Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada and is located beside McLeod Lake approximately 20 km south of the community of McLeod Lake.

While primarily focused on recreational opportunities, Whiskers Point Provincial Park also provides significant conservation value as it is 1 of only 5 protected areas in McGregor Plateau ecosystem, all of which all small. Whiskers Point contributes 2.24% of the overall representation of this ecosection.

Recreation
The park's location beside the lake allows access to swimming, windsurfing, waterskiing, boating and fishing. There is also lakeside hiking, picnicking, and camping.

References 

Regional District of Fraser-Fort George
Provincial parks of British Columbia
1956 establishments in British Columbia
Protected areas established in 1956
White Lake Provincial Park

White Lake Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada and is located 10 kilometres northeast of Balmoral, British Columbia. Established in 1965, the park is just west of Cedar Creek Camp, a park owned by the not-for-profit organisation of People In Motion.  The lake is popular with anglers fishing for rainbow trout; in terms of angler days, it is one of the top three fishing lakes in the province.

Recreation 
The following recreational activities are available: camping, swimming, canoeing, kayaking, boating, rainbow trout fishing and ice fishing.

References

External links
White Lake Provincial Park

Parks in the Shuswap Country
Provincial parks of British Columbia
White Pelican Provincial Park

White Pelican Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada and is located 31 km northeast of Alexis Creek.

Habitat
The park hosts the only nesting colony of the American white pelican in British Columbia, an endangered species. As such, boating, hiking and recreational activities are restricted within the park for much of the year. It is managed for the protection of the American white pelican, which is an endangered species in British Columbia.

External links
 BC Parks - White Pelican Provincial Park

Provincial parks of British Columbia
Geography of the Chilcotin
White Ridge Provincial Park

White Ridge Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada, and is located 4 km east of Gold River on Vancouver Island.

Geography
Adjoined to Strathcona Provincial Park, White Ridge forms the backdrop for the town of Gold River. It got its name from  the white limestone and karst topography of the area.

Recreation
Hiking and wilderness camping are permitted within park boundaries. There may also be potential for caving in the area.

References

External links
 BC Parks - White Ridge Provincial Park

Provincial parks of British Columbia
Northern Vancouver Island
White River Provincial Park

White River Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada. It is located 27 km south of Sayward on Vancouver Island.

Recreation
Fishing and hiking is available within park boundaries. A short loop-trail to the White River allows viewing of giant old-growth Douglas Fir and Western Red Cedar trees. This area has apparently been referred to as the Cathedral Grove of northern Vancouver Island. Kelsey Bay Division (MacMillan Bloedel Ltd) fallers refused to fall this area in 1990 and it was left. This did not happen very often.

References

External links
 BC Parks - White River Provincial Park

Northern Vancouver Island
Provincial parks of British Columbia
Windermere Lake Provincial Park

Windermere Lake Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada, located 10 km south of Windermere.

Geography
The park offers protection to scarce tracts of local native grasslands and habitat along the western shore of Windermere Lake. White-tail deer, mule deer, and elk use the area for winter range.

References

External links

Provincial parks of British Columbia
Parks in the Regional District of East Kootenay
Wire Cache Provincial Park

Wire Cache Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada, located 90 km northeast of Clearwater.

In 1874 the provincial government contracted with F.J. Barnard to build a telegraph line from Cache Creek to Edmonton.  A lawsuit ensued when the government cancelled the contract in 1878.  A great deal of wire was abandoned in this area as a result.

Recreation
The park offers boating and fishing on the North Thompson River.

Geography
The park is located on a series of riverbends. There is an assortment of wildlife and wetland habitat, as well as cottonwood, spruce and cedar tree ecosystems.

References

External links
 BC Parks - Wire Cache Provincial Park

Provincial parks of British Columbia
Thompson Country
Protected areas established in 1996
1996 establishments in British Columbia
Wistaria Provincial Park

Wistaria Provincial Park is a provincial park in the Canadian province of British Columbia, located 60 km southwest of Burns Lake and approximately 80 km southeast of Houston, BC.

Climate
Protected by the Coast Mountains and with a high plateau, the climate is subarctic continental (Köppen: Dfc) with long cold winters and warm summers, but spring can be very dry.

Recreation
The 40-hectare park provides boating and fishing access to Ootsa Lake. There is also a picnic area.

References

External links
 BC Parks - Wistaria Provincial Park

Provincial parks of British Columbia
Regional District of Bulkley-Nechako
1981 establishments in British Columbia
Protected areas established in 1981
Woss Lake Provincial Park

Woss Lake Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada, located 75 kilometres southeast of Port McNeill, near the community of Woss, which is also known as Woss Lake.

History
The park was established 1995. Woss Lake Provincial Park is within the traditional territory of the Namgis First Nation. The park contains a portion of a First Nations traditional cross-island trade route known as the Grease Trail, which made its way over the Tahsis divide.

Geography
The park is 66.34 km2. The park landscape includes the southern portion of Woss Lake, as well as very steep forested slopes above the lake and the permanent snowfields and north facing slopes of Rugged Mountain, part of the Haihte Range.

Conservation
Woss Lake Provincial Park is a very steep, forested, seldom visited wilderness area. The park contains Roosevelt elk populations, a salmon fishery and potentially, habitat for the endangered Vancouver Island marmot. The park also contains a nameless, intact secondary watershed of 16 km2 that drains into the head of Woss Lake. This unnamed drainage contains valuable Chinook salmon and steelhead spawning habitat and a sensitive delta area with a variety of rare plant species.

Recreation
There are no recreation facilities in Woss Lake Provincial Park, but visitors with a boat, canoe or kayak can enjoy various activities ranging from backcountry hiking, skiing and mountaineering to camping, fishing, First Nations and nature appreciation and hunting.

See also
List of British Columbia Provincial Parks
List of Canadian provincial parks

References

External links
Woss Lake Provincial Park at BC Parks

Provincial parks of British Columbia
Northern Vancouver Island
Wrinkly Face Provincial Park

Wrinkly Face Provincial Park is a provincial park 16 kilometres north of Winfield in British Columbia, Canada.

History
The park was established May 20, 2004.

Geography
The park is 43 hectares in size. It encompasses a southern-facing cliff along with a series of dry meadows above the cliff and wetter meadows below. The cliff edge provides views of Okanagan Lake and the land toward Kelowna. The High Rim Trail passes through the park along the upper edge of the cliff.

Conservation
The primary role of Wrinkly Face Park is to protect the series of dry meadows at the top of the cliff and the wetter meadows at its base, along with the interior Douglas fir forest. The dry, seasonally-wet, diverse meadows are extremely fragile. Five red/blue-listed vascular plants are known to occur including red-listed Obscure Cryptantha (Cryptantha ambigua) and Needleleaved Navarretia (Navarretia intertexta) and blue-listed Northern Linanthus (Linanthus
septentrionalis), False-mermaid (Floerkea proserpinacoides) and Awned Cyperus (Cyperus
squarrosus).

Recreation
Wrinkly Face Park provides low-impact recreational opportunities, such as hiking or horseback riding, for nature study and contains part of the regionally-significant 50 km long High Rim Trail.

Rock climbing is also possible here, with upwards of 21 established climbs on basalt cliffs.

Images

See also
List of British Columbia Provincial Parks
List of Canadian provincial parks

External links
Rock climbing route info at RockClimbing.com

References

Provincial parks of British Columbia
Regional District of Central Okanagan
Provincial parks in the Okanagan
Svetlana Vysokova

Svetlana Yuryevna Vysokova (;  born 12 May 1972) is a Russian speed skater, who won a bronze medal in the Women's Team Pursuit at the 2006 Winter Olympics.

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1972 births
Living people
People from Krasnokamsk
Speed skaters at the 1998 Winter Olympics
Speed skaters at the 2006 Winter Olympics
Speed skaters at the 2010 Winter Olympics
Olympic bronze medalists for Russia
Olympic speed skaters for Russia
Olympic medalists in speed skating
Russian female speed skaters
Medalists at the 2006 Winter Olympics
Sportspeople from Perm Krai
Ralph Inzunza

Ralph Inzunza (born c. 1969) is a former city councilman from San Diego. He was elected in March 2001 to represent City Council District 8. He resigned in July 2005 along with Councilman Michael Zucchet after both were convicted on federal corruption charges. The conviction against Zucchet was overturned on November 10, 2005, citing lack of evidence. However, the convictions against the two co-defendants were upheld.

Personal life
Inzunza graduated from Saint Augustine High School in San Diego in 1987. He comes from a political family. His father, Ralph Inzunza Sr., was a city councilman in National City and his brother Nick served as National City mayor.

City Council
Inzunza served as chief of staff to his predecessor as city councilman, Juan Vargas. Vargas resigned in 2001 after being elected to the California State Assembly and Inzunza won in a special election to replace him, receiving 70 percent of the vote. He was re-elected to a full term in the 2002 elections.

One of Inzunza's first actions as a city councilman was to challenge the way Mayor Dick Murphy was making appointments to an Ethics Committee. The mayor eventually agreed to give the City Council more of a role in the process. Murphy later named him Deputy Mayor and appointed him to the San Diego County Regional Airport Authority. Inzunza also fought against the expansion of a homeless facility in his district.

Federal charges
Inzunza and two other city councilmen,  Charles L. Lewis and Michael Zucchet, were indicted on August 23, 2003, on federal charges of extortion, wire fraud, and conspiracy to commit wire fraud for taking campaign contributions from a strip club owner and his associates, allegedly in exchange for trying to repeal the city's "no touch" laws at strip clubs. Inzunza and Zucchet were convicted by a jury on July 18, 2005; the conviction forced them both to resign from the city council. Inzunza filed multiple appeals for the next six years while working as a consultant for nonprofit agencies. Finally in January 2012 his final appeal was denied and he was ordered to start serving a 21-month prison sentence.  Zucchet's conviction was overturned November 10, 2005 and on September 1, 2009, the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld Zucchet's acquittals emphasizing the lack of evidence against him.  Inzunza served time in a federal penitentiary in Atwater, California and was released in April 2013.

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Living people
1960s births
San Diego City Council members
California politicians convicted of crimes