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Sean Rusling

Sean Rusling (born 6 October 1986) is a former professional Australian rules football player who played for  in the Australian Football League.

His career was plagued by injuries and only managed a total of seventeen games for Collingwood over the course of six years at the club.

Background
A mid-sized forward with an athletics background, Rusling was educated at Westminster School in Adelaide, South Australia. He was recruited from West Adelaide, and was drafted in the 2004 AFL Draft by Collingwood in the second round, at No. 23 overall. He made his debut in 2005 against Hawthorn in an injury-riddled side, where he played six games before a shoulder injury ended his season, requiring surgery. He showed his explosive pace and impressive vertical leap to suggest he was a player of the future. With 2006 on the fringes, he re-injured the same shoulder in a pre-season match against Sydney, forcing him out for the first three-four months. A return mid-season in the VFL saw him return after the mid-season break.

Career
He played the last four games, including a final in 2006, damaging Port Adelaide in a half with three goals and many marks on the lead to continue his expectations. Expecting big things in 2007, Rusling once again required a shoulder reconstruction (on the other shoulder) in the pre-season, with his season ruled out. He did however play two half games in the VFL, before an encouraging round 20 comeback game against Melbourne. He kicked a goal in his return, but a week later he dominated the Sydney defence with four goals and 9 marks. He missed the next week with a thigh injury, but returned for finals, kicking another three goals against the Sydney Swans at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG). His ten goals in five games kept hope of a start to a great career.

After a somewhat injury-free pre-season, 2008 saw Rusling play round one against Fremantle at the MCG, but he suffered his fourth serious shoulder injury in as many seasons. Scans revealed the need for a reconstruction, and he missed the remainder of the 2008 season.

Rusling had been making steady progress on his rehabilitation during 2009, however during his VFL comeback match in May, Rusling fractured a cheekbone after a marking contest.

At the age of 23, Rusling announced his retirement from the AFL on 8 September 2010.

Following two years living in Canada, Rusling returned to Australia and signed with South Australian Amateur Football League club Adelaide University.

See also
 Collingwood Football Club roster 2006

References

External links
Sean Rusling at the Collingwood Football Club website 

1986 births
Collingwood Football Club players
West Adelaide Football Club players
Living people
People educated at Westminster School, Adelaide
Australian rules footballers from South Australia
Bay Area Conference

The Bay Area Conference is a school athletic conference located in the San Francisco Bay Area. The league is a member of the North Coast Section, one of ten sections that comprise the California Interscholastic Federation.

Leagues 
The athletic conference is composed of four leagues:

Bay Counties League 
The Bay Counties League comprises nine member schools in the Bay Area with enrollments over 400:

 California Crosspoint Academy
 California School for the Deaf, Fremont
 Contra Costa Christian High School
 Fremont Christian School
 Holy Names High School
 Livermore Valley Charter Preparatory
 Making Waves Academy
 Oakland Military Institute

Bay Counties League East 
The Bay Counties League East comprises six member schools in the East Bay with enrollments under 400:

 The Athenian School
 The College Preparatory School
 Head-Royce School
 Redwood Christian School
 Valley Christian School
 Saint Joseph Notre Dame High School

Bay Counties League Central 
The Bay Counties League Central comprises six member schools in the Central Bay Area with enrollments under 400:

 Drew School
 Gateway High School
 Pescadero High School
 Jewish Community High School
 San Francisco Waldorf School
 The Bay School of San Francisco

Bay Counties League West 
The Bay Counties League West comprises seven member schools in the Western Bay Area with enrollments under 400:

 The San Domenico School
 Convent of the Sacred Heart High School
 International High School of San Francisco
 Lick-Wilmerding High School
 Marin Academy
 Stuart Hall High School
 San Francisco University High School
 The Urban School of San Francisco

References

External links
 

 
CIF North Coast Section
Kléber Dadjo

Kléber Dadjo (12 August 1914 – 23 September 1988 or 23 September 1989) was a Togolese politician and military officer who served as Interim President of Togo in his role as Chairman of the National Reconciliation Committee from 14 January 1967 to 14 April 1967 following the overthrow of President Nicolas Grunitzky's government.

Biography 
Kléber Dadjo was born in Siou on 12 August 1914. He was of the Nawde (or Losso) ethnic and linguistic group.

Dadjo served in the British Army during World War II and in the French Army in the Indochina and Algerian conflicts. At the time of Togo's independence in 1960, he was the longest-serving and highest-ranking Togolese in the French Army. He held the rank of Captain and commanded Togo's tiny defence force, the Garde Togolaise. He was promoted to Major and eventually to Colonel after the 1963 coup d'état and served as head of the military cabinet of President Nicolas Grunitzky.

After the second military coup d'état on 13 January 1967, Dadjo was named interim President of Togo (as Chairman of the Comité National de Reconciliation), a position that he held until 14 April 1967, when Lt. Col. Gnassingbé Etienne Eyadéma was named president. From 1967 to 1968 he served as Minister of Justice and as Chef du Cabinet Militaire de la Présidence de la République.

In 1968, Dadjo retired and returned to his home in Siou where he became Chef de Canton.

Dadjo died on 23 September 1988 or 23 September 1989.

In 2006, Dadjo was recognised by the government of President Faure Gnassingbé along with former presidents Sylvanus Olympio and Nicolas Grunitzky and former Vice President Antoine Méatchi as part of a decision to rehabilitate the image of Togo's previous leaders. The former avenue de la Nouvelle Marche in Lomé was renamed avenue Kléber Dadjo in his honor.

Dadjo is frequently and erroneously identified in print as a Kabyé rather than a Nawde (or Losso).

Notes 

British Army personnel of World War II
French military personnel of the First Indochina War
French military personnel of the Algerian War
Togolese politicians
Togolese military personnel
1914 births
1980s deaths
People from Kara Region
Johann Georg

The German given name Johann Georg, or its variant spellings, may refer to:

John George
John George, Elector of Brandenburg (1525–1598)
John George I, Elector of Saxony (1585–1656)
John George II, Elector of Saxony (1613–1680)
John George III, Elector of Saxony (1647–1691)
John George IV, Elector of Saxony (1668–1694)
 Johann Georg Abicht (1672–1740), German Lutheran theologian
 Johann Georg Albrechtsberger (1736–1809), Austrian musician
 Johann Georg Baiter (1801–1877), Swiss philologist and textual critic
 Johann-Georg Bendl (before 1620 – 1680), Baroque sculptor mainly at work in Prague
 Johann Georg Bergmüller (1688–1762), Bavarian painter, particularly of frescoes of the Baroque
 Johann Georg Bodmer (1786–1864), Swiss inventor
 Johann Georg, Chevalier de Saxe (1704–1774), Saxonian General and Governor of Dresden 
 Johann Georg Christian Lehmann (1792–1860), German botanist
 Johann Georg, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels (1677–1712), duke of Saxe-Weissenfels-Querfurt and a member of the House of Wettin
 Johann Georg Estor (1699–1773), German theorist of public law, historian and book collector
 Johann Georg Faust (1466? – c. 1540), itinerant alchemist, astrologer and magician of the German Renaissance
 Johann Georg Fischer (1816–1897), German poet and playwright
 Johann Georg Gichtel (1638–1710), German mystic
 Johann Georg Gmelin (1709–1755), German naturalist, botanist and geographer
 Johann Georg Graevius (1632–1703), German classical scholar and critic
 Johann Georg Grasel (1790–1818), leader of a robber's gang, his name is used in Czech as common term for rascal or villain
 Johann Georg Hagen (1847–1930), German astronomer and Catholic priest
 Johann Georg Hamann (1730–1788),philosopher of the German (Counter-)Enlightenment
 Johann Georg Heine (1771–1838), German orthopedic mechanic and physician 
 Johann Georg Hiedler (1792–1857), German, considered the officially accepted grandfather of Adolf Hitler by the Third Reich
 Johann Georg Jacobi (1740–1814), German poet
 Johann Georg Krünitz (1728–1796), German encyclopedist 
 Johann Georg Palitzsch (1723–1788), German astronomer
 Johann Georg Pisendel (1687–1755), German Baroque musician, violinist and composer 
 Johann Georg Repsold (1770–1830), German astronomer
 Johann Georg Ritter von Zimmermann
 Johann Georg Specht (1728–1795), Swiss philosophical writer and physician
 Johann Georg Sulzer (1720–1779), Swiss professor of mathematics, who later on moved on to the field of electricity
 Johann Georg Tralles (1763–1822), German mathematician and physicist
 Johann Georg von Brandenburg (1577–1624), German nobleman
 Johann Georg von Eckhart (1664–1730), German historian
 Johann Georg von Hahn (1811–1869), Austrian diplomat, philologist and specialist in Albanian history, language and culture
 Johann Georg von Soldner (1776–1833), German physicist, mathematician and astronomer 
 Johann Georg Wagler (1800–1832), German herpetologist
 Johann Georg Walch (1693–1775), German theologian
 Johann Georg Wirsung (1589–1643), German anatomist

Johann George
 Johann George Moeresius
 Johann George Tromlitz

See also
 Johan (given name)
 Johann

Given names
Interchange station

An interchange station or a transfer station is a train station for more than one railway route in a public transport system that allows passengers to change from one route to another, often without having to leave a station or pay an additional fare.

Transfer may occur within the same mode, or between rail modes, or to buses (for stations with bus termini attached). Such stations usually have more platforms than single route stations. These stations can exist in either commercial centers or on the city outskirts in residential areas. Cities typically plan for land use around interchange stations for development. Passengers may be required to pay extra fare for the interchange if they leave a paid area.

History
With the opening of the Woodside and Birkenhead Dock Street Tramway in 1873, Birkenhead Dock railway station in Birkenhead, England probably became the world's first tram to train interchange station.

Examples 

Verney Junction interchange station in Buckinghamshire, England was built at the point of two railway lines intersecting each other in open countryside. The station was built in an open remote field being used from 1868 to 1968.

The Manhattan Transfer (PRR station) on the Pennsylvania Railroad was located outside Newark, New Jersey in a relatively isolated area, and was used primarily for passenger interchange.

Sometimes cross-platform interchange is offered between mainline railways and city metro systems, such as Barking and Stratford stations in London.

In some cases, no dedicated underground passage or footbridge is provided, and therefore passengers have to transfer between two parts of a station through city streets. Examples include Kuramae Station of Toei in Tokyo, Japan and Lexington Avenue-59th Street/Lexington Avenue–63rd Street stations in New York City.  In many cases, electronic ticketing allows transferring passengers re-admission to the transit system without paying fare a second time, as if they had never left the fare control area in the station (this process is called a "free out-of-system transfer").

There are also bus interchanges, where people can change between different bus routes with no extra fare or only the differences of the fares of the two routes. Examples include Tai Lam Tunnel Bus Interchange and Shing Mun Tunnel Bus Interchange in the New Territories, Hong Kong, and in the downtown of Lafayette, Indiana.

In London and Paris, a number of stations on the Underground in London and the Métro in Paris are interchanges between two or more rapid transit lines. Examples include King's Cross St. Pancras in London, an interchange between six lines and Chatelet in Paris, an interchange between five lines.

See also 
 Cross-platform interchange
 Spanish solution

References

Sources
 9

Railway stations by type
Conference of Governors

The Conference of Governors was held in the White House May 13–15, 1908 under the sponsorship of President Theodore Roosevelt. Gifford Pinchot, at that time Chief Forester of the U.S., was the primary mover of the conference, and a progressive conservationist, who strongly believed in the scientific and efficient management of natural resources on the federal level. He was also a prime mover of the previous Inland Waterways Commission, which recommended such a meeting the previous October. On November 13, 1907, the President issued invitations to the governors of the States and Territories to meet at the White House on those dates.  This 1908 meeting was the beginning of the annual governors' conferences, now held by the National Governors Association.

The focus of the conference was on natural resources and their proper use. President Roosevelt delivered the opening address: "Conservation as a National Duty." Among those speaking were leading industrialists, such as Andrew Carnegie and James J. Hill, politicians, and resource experts. Their speeches emphasized both the nation's need to exploit renewable resources and the differing situations of the various states, requiring different plans. This Conference was a seminal event in the history of conservationism; it brought the issue to public attention in a highly visible way. The next year saw two outgrowths of the Conference: the National Conservation Commission, which Roosevelt and Pinchot set up with representatives from the states and Federal agencies, and the First National Conservation Congress, which Pinchot led as an assembly of private conservation interests.

Further reading
Proceedings of a conference of Governors in the White House, Washington, D.C., May 13-15, 1908.

References

Governors
Nature conservation in the United States
Progressive Era in the United States
1908 in Washington, D.C.
Presidency of Theodore Roosevelt
Opus One Winery

Opus One Winery is a winery in Oakville, California, United States. The wine was called napamedoc until 1982 when it was named Opus One. The winery was founded as a joint venture between Baron Philippe de Rothschild of Château Mouton Rothschild and Robert Mondavi to create a single Bordeaux style blend based upon Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon. It is located across State Route 29 from the Robert Mondavi Winery. The creation of this winery venture in 1980 was big news in the wine industry; de Rothschild's involvement added an air of respectability to the burgeoning Napa wine region. The first vintage, 1979 was released in 1984 at the same time as the 1980 vintage. For a while it was the most expensive Californian wine, and to date still ranks among the most expensive red wines produced in the Napa Valley, with the 2014 vintage retailing for $325 per bottle. In 1989 a new winery was built just down the road, the first vintage from the new winery was from 1991 and was released in 1994.

Since 1993,  they have produced a second wine, Overture.

History

The genesis of Opus One wine can be traced to 1970 at the Mauna Kea Beach Hotel on the Big Island of Hawaii where Robert Mondavi and Baron Philippe de Rothschild met for the very first time and began their collaboration to merge old world and new world wine styles into one grand opus.  The joint venture between Mondavi and Baron Rothschild was announced in 1980, though plans for the winery had been developing between the two men since the early 1970s. In 1980, Mondavi sold 35 acres from his To Kalon Vineyard in the Oakville AVA to the joint venture that would serve as the backbone for the blend. The first vintage from this block was released in 1985 and soon the estate built the large limestone winery in Oakville that has become an icon of the Napa Valley.

In the 1990s, Opus One became the California cult wine to be widely sold in Asia and Europe. Following Constellation Brands' 2004 takeover of Robert Mondavi winery, the estate of Baron Rothschild negotiated with Constellation Brands control of marketing, vineyard management, and administration of the winery.

References

External links 
 Opus One Winery website

Wineries in Napa Valley
Companies based in Napa County, California
American companies established in 1980
Food and drink companies established in 1980
Cap Blanc-Nez

Cap Blanc-Nez (, literally "Cape White Nose" in English; from Dutch Blankenesse, white headland) is a cape on the Côte d'Opale, in the Pas-de-Calais département, in northern France, culminating at 134 m. The cliffs of chalk are very similar to the white cliffs of Dover on the other side of the Channel in England. Cap Blanc-Nez does not protrude into the sea like a typical cape but is a high point where a chalk ridge has been truncated by the sea, forming a cliff that is topped by the obelisk of the Dover Patrol Monument, commemorating the Dover Patrol which kept the Channel free from U-boats during World War I.

Cap Blanc-Nez was a vital measuring point for the eighteenth-century trigonometric survey linking the Paris Observatory with the Royal Greenwich Observatory. Sightings were made across the English Channel to Dover Castle and Fairlight Windmill on the South Downs. This Anglo-French Survey was led in England by General William Roy.

Some miles away to the southwest of Cap Blanc-Nez is the Cap Gris-Nez.

See also 
 Cap Gris-Nez

External links

Blanc Nez
Landforms of the Pas-de-Calais
Landforms of Hauts-de-France
Chalk
List of Warped Tour lineups by year

The Vans Warped Tour was a summer music and extreme sports festival that toured annually from 1995 to 2019. The following is a comprehensive list of bands that performed on the tour throughout its history.

References
Citations

Sources

 
 
 

Warped Tour Band attendance by year
 
Music festival line-ups
Tonga Broadcasting Commission

Tonga Broadcasting Commission (TBC) () is the first and largest broadcasting station in Tonga, solely owned by the government of Tonga. It operates two free-to-air TV channels (Television Tonga and Television Tonga 2), one AM commercial radio channel (Radio Tonga), one FM commercial radio channel (Kool 90FM), and a 24-hour Radio Australia relay channel (FM103). TBC relies on profits from its TV & radio advertising sales, and from its retail radio shop outlet located in Vava'u. Its retail radio shop in Nukualofa's Central Business District was among the numerous businesses destroyed in the riots of 16 November 2006.

Mass media in Tonga
Television stations in Tonga
Radio stations in Tonga
1961 establishments in Tonga
Gitmo: The New Rules of War

Gitmo: The New Rules of War is a Swedish documentary about the Guantanamo Bay detention camp by Erik Gandini and Tarik Saleh.
The film features interviews with Janis Karpinski, Mehdi Ghezali and Geoffrey Miller, among others.

Gitmo premiered at IDFA in 2005 and reached mainstream theaters in Sweden on 10 February 2006.

In 2003, a year after Swedish citizen Mehdi Ghezali was detained at "Gitmo", which sparked some media interest in Sweden, Erik and Tarik started filming the documentary and visited the base on a guided tour of selected areas.
Mehdi Ghezali was released in 2004, and was interviewed for the film.

In 2006, the musical score composed by Krister Linder won first prize for music in a TV feature at the Festival international Musique et Cinéma in Auxerre, France.

References

External links

Review in Svenska Dagbladet 

2005 films
Swedish documentary films
2000s Swedish-language films
2005 documentary films
Guantanamo Bay detention camp
Films directed by Erik Gandini
Films directed by Tarik Saleh
2000s Swedish films
Gabriola Sands Provincial Park

Gabriola Sands Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada. The park is located on an isthmus between Taylor Bay and Pilot Bay, and includes the beaches and waters of each. It has a day-use area with a fielded area that can be used for picnicking.

External links

BC Geographical Names: Gabriola Sands Park

 

Regional District of Nanaimo
Provincial parks of British Columbia
Year of establishment missing
Garden Bay Marine Provincial Park

Garden Bay Marine Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada at the northwest end of the Sechelt Peninsula on the lower Sunshine Coast, near the community of Madeira Park. Established in 1969, it contains approximately 163 ha.

See also
List of British Columbia provincial parks

References
Garden Bay Marine Park
BC Parks infopage

Provincial parks of British Columbia
Sunshine Coast (British Columbia)
1969 establishments in British Columbia
Protected areas established in 1969
Marine parks of Canada
Gibson Marine Provincial Park

Gibson Marine Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada, located on the southeast end of Flores Island in the central Clayoquot Sound region of Vancouver Island. The park was created on 13 November 1967. It contains approximately  and is adjacent to Flores Island Provincial Park.

See also
Hot Springs Cove, British Columbia
Marktosis, British Columbia
Maquinna Marine Provincial Park
Sydney Inlet Provincial Park
Sulphur Passage Provincial Park

References

 http://www.bclaws.ca/civix/document/id/lc/billsprevious/36th3rd:gov86-1#18

Clayoquot Sound region
Provincial parks of British Columbia
1967 establishments in British Columbia
Protected areas established in 1967
Marine parks of Canada
Gilnockie Provincial Park

Gilnockie Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada. This 2842-hectare park is situated southeast of Cranbrook and just north of the U.S. border. It includes the upper portion of Gilnockie Creek. Gilnockie Provincial Park protects some of the oldest fir and larch stands in the region where bears, moose, elk, white-tail and mule deer are found.

Although Gilnockie Park has low recreation values, this steep densely wooded and small wet valley encompasses wide-ranging species and habitat diversity and provides north south connectivity for many animals and birds. No facilities are provided. Visitors should be self-sufficient and proficient in backcountry travel practices.

References

Provincial parks of British Columbia
Parks in the Regional District of East Kootenay
Year of establishment missing
Gitnadoiks River Provincial Park

Gitnadoiks River Provincial Park (formerly Gitnadoix River Recreation Area) is a 58,000 hectare provincial park in British Columbia, Canada. It is centred on the Gitnadoix River, a tributary of the Skeena River in Northwestern British Columbia, 50 km west of Terrace.

Within the traditional territory of the Tsimshian people, the park is in a remote, wilderness setting in the Kitimat Ranges of the Coast Mountains and is inaccessible by road.

References

External links
BC Parks - Gitnadoiks River Provincial Park
Great Wild Spaces - Gitnadoix River Recreation Area

Skeena Country
Provincial parks of British Columbia
Kitimat Ranges
Year of establishment missing
Gladstone Provincial Park

Gladstone Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada, surrounding and north of the north end of Christina Lake in that province's Boundary Country.

History
The park was established July 1995. Gladstone Park includes the former Ole Johnson and Texas Creek parks.

Conservation
The park aims to protect blue-listed California bighorn sheep, Grizzly bear and the red-listed Northern leopard frog.

Recreation
The following recreational activities are encouraged: Camping, hiking (there are over 48 km of trails in the park), fishing (for Kokanee, Rainbow Trout and Small-mouth Bass), swimming, canoeing and kayaking.

Location
Located 20 kilometres northeast of Grand Forks, British Columbia on Hwy 3 at the north end of Christina Lake in the Monashee Mountains.

Size
39,387 hectares in size.

References

External links
Gladstone Provincial Park

Provincial parks of British Columbia
Monashee Mountains
Boundary Country
1995 establishments in British Columbia
Protected areas established in 1995
Goat Range Provincial Park

Goat Range Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada.

The park was established to protect unique species such as the (protected) Gerrard Rainbow Trout (the largest in the world-up to 50 lb) and the distinct color group of "White Grizzly" for which some hoped the park would be named. There are no facilities in this wilderness park, other than rudimentary trails and backcountry campsites. The park is 879.47 km2 in size, is located between Slocan Lake (S) and Trout Lake (N), bordering Kootenay Lake  The regions surrounding the park are known for its mining ghost towns from the days of the "Silvery Slocan" silver and galena rush to its south and also in the Lardeau country around Trout Lake and the north end of the Arrow Lakes.

References

Provincial parks of British Columbia
West Kootenay
Slocan Valley
1995 establishments in British Columbia
Protected areas established in 1995
God's Pocket Marine Provincial Park

God's Pocket Marine Provincial Park is a provincial park in southwest British Columbia, Canada, established July 12, 1995. It is well known as a cold water scuba diving and kayaking destination. The park is 2,036 hectares in size, and includes two main islands, Hurst and Bell islands respectively, and many smaller isles.

References

BC Parks - God's Pocket Marine Provincial Park

Provincial parks of British Columbia
Central Coast of British Columbia
Marine parks of Canada
Gold Muchalat Provincial Park

Gold Muchalat Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada, located between the Gold and Muchalat Rivers.

References

Provincial parks of British Columbia
Northern Vancouver Island
Vancouver Island Ranges
1996 establishments in British Columbia
Protected areas established in 1996
Shake It (disambiguation)

"Shake It" is a 2008 song by Metro Station.

Shake It may also refer to:

Albums
 Shake It..., by Endorphin, or the title song, 2004
 Shake It (EP), by Sistar, or the title song, 2015
 Shake It, by Gal Level, 2004

Songs
 "Shake It" (Iain Matthews song), 1978
 "Shake It" (Kaylan song), 2000
 "Shake It" (Kay Flock song), 2022
 "Shake It" (Sakis Rouvas song), representing Greece at Eurovision 2004
 "Shake It", by Aaron Carter from Aaron Carter, 1997
 "Shake It", by Bella Thorne, 2021
 "Shake It", by Bow Wow from New Jack City II, 2009
 "Shake It", by Caesars, 1995
 "Shake It", by Charli XCX from Charli, 2019
 "Shake It", by David Bowie from Let's Dance, 1983
 "Shake It", by Bomb the Bass from Into the Dragon, 1988
 "Shake It", by MC Shy D from Comin' Correct in 88, 1988
 "Shake It (Move a Little Closer)", by Alex Cartana, 2003

Other uses
 Shake It Records, an Ohio record label and record store established in 1979
 Wario Land: Shake It!, a 2008 video game for the Wii

See also
 Shake (disambiguation)
 Shake It Off (disambiguation)
 Shake It Up (disambiguation)
Goldpan Provincial Park

Goldpan Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada, located on the Trans-Canada Highway between Lytton (W) and Spences Bridge (E), on the Thompson River.  The park has camping above the highway and a picnic area and riverfront below.

See also
Shaw Springs
Bighorn, British Columbia

References

Provincial parks of British Columbia
Thompson Country
1956 establishments in British Columbia
Protected areas established in 1956
Gordon Bay Provincial Park

Gordon Bay Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada.

Geography
Gordon Bay is located on the western shore of the south end of Cowichan Lake.  The 49-hectare park of second-growth Douglas fir forest is in one of Vancouver Island's sunniest valleys, and is a popular campsite in the Cowichan Valley area.  There are many species of birds, such as juncos, Steller's jays and chestnut-backed chickadees as well as mergansers and golden eye ducks.  Wildlife includes deer, raccoons and red squirrels. Rainbow, Dolly Varden, and cutthroat trout live in the lake, and chum, coho and spring salmon spawn in the lake and in its tributaries. Steelhead spawn in the Cowichan River.

References

External links
BC Parks - Gordon Bay Provincial Park, Cowichan Lake

Provincial parks of British Columbia
Cowichan Valley
Year of establishment missing
Gowlland Tod Provincial Park

Gowlland Tod Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada. The park protects 1,219 hectares (3,012 acres) of mixed forest of Douglas-fir, Arbutus, western redcedar, western hemlock, shore pine, grand fir, red alder, and Garry oak within the District Municipality of Highlands and the Juan de Fuca Electoral Area. Rocky outcroppings support Manzanita, Scotch broom, and Oregon grape. The peaks of the Gowlland Range, from which the park derives its name, loom over  above Saanich Inlet, providing vistas of The Malahat to the west. Farther north, the park curves around inland, bounded to the north by the municipality of Central Saanich. The park also encompasses the rural community of Willis Point. There are  of maintained trails within the park, accessible in the south from roads leading to the park from Highlands, as well as from trails alongside Tod Inlet and McKenzie Bight to the north. Trails connect to Mount Work Regional Park and Lone Tree Hill Regional Park.

References

External links
 Photographs of the park

Provincial parks of British Columbia
Saanich Peninsula
Year of establishment missing
Graham-Laurier Provincial Park

Graham-Laurier Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada. It is part of the larger Muskwa-Kechika Management Area. The main recreation activity in the park is hunting. The park is a remote wilderness area located approximately 145 km northwest of Fort St. John.

References

See also
List of British Columbia Provincial Parks

Peace River Regional District
Provincial parks of British Columbia
Year of establishment missing
Granby Provincial Park

Granby Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada. It is located north of Grand Forks and contains the northern portion of the Granby River. The park is 411.56 km2 in size.

Granby Park is one of the least-known and least-explored wilderness areas in southern British Columbia. This undeveloped park encompasses the headwaters of the Granby River and several adjacent basins, and is one of the last major watersheds in the Boundary region to be protected from logging.

This 40,845-hectare park is very new, having just opened up to the public in 1995. The park is so new that is lacks adequate signage and formal facilities. There are no facilities in the park, not even an outhouse. All camping in the park is wilderness camping, and visitors are expected to practice 'no trace' camping. Visitors need to be self-contained and prepared to wait for help in case of emergency.

References

Provincial parks of British Columbia
Boundary Country
Monashee Mountains
1995 establishments in British Columbia
Protected areas established in 1995
Graystokes Provincial Park

Graystokes Provincial Park is a provincial park located on the border between the regional districts of Central Okanagan and North Okanagan in south-central British Columbia. It was established on 18 April 2001 to protect a large area of the ecologically diverse Okanagan Highland east of the Okanagan Valley.

Description
Graystokes Park is set in the Okanagan Highland, a plateau featuring a rich collection of alpine wetlands, meadows, and riparian habitats set within the larger Okanagan dry forests ecoregion. The highland provinces critical mid-to-late summer habitat for local wildlife when the valley floor is no longer productive.

The park is underdeveloped with no dedicated trails or running water. Motorized vehicles are forbidden from entering the park, with the exception of snowmobiles during winter months. Hunting is a popular activity during open season. Despite its backcountry nature, the park is rated as a Category II protected area by the IUCN.

Ecology
Greystokes Provincial Park protects an extensive old growth forest dominated by subalpine fir, Engelmann spruce, and Douglas fir. Large mammals found within the park include grizzly bear, mountain caribou, moose, mule deer, and white-tailed deer.

See also
Granby Provincial Park

References

External links
 Graystokes Protected Area

Monashee Mountains
Provincial parks of British Columbia
2001 establishments in British Columbia
Protected areas established in 2001
Great Glacier Provincial Park

Great Glacier Provincial Park is a provincial park located in the Stikine Country region of British Columbia, Canada. It was established on January 25, 2001 to protect Great Glacier and the surrounding mountainous terrain. The park lies in the traditional territory of the Tahltan First Nation about  south of the Tahltan community of Telegraph Creek.

History
According to the legends of the Tahltan and Tlingit First Nations, Great Glacier once spanned the entire width of the Stikine River to meet the toe of Choquette Glacier on the eastern side of the valley. The glacier was also the site of the last major battle between the Tahltan and Tlingit First Nations many generations ago.

Geography
Great Glacier Park is located in the Boundary Ranges of British Columbia between the lower Stikine River and the Canada–United States border with Alaska. Immediately across the river from Great Glacier Park is Choquette Hot Springs Provincial Park, which protects a collection of hot springs and associated wetlands.

See also
Stikine, British Columbia

References

Stikine Country
Glaciers of British Columbia
Provincial parks of British Columbia
Boundary Ranges
Stikine River
2001 establishments in British Columbia
Protected areas established in 2001
Green Inlet Marine Provincial Park

Green Inlet Marine Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada, located in the North Coast region to the southeast of Butedale and containing 33 ha.

References

North Coast of British Columbia
Provincial parks of British Columbia
1992 establishments in British Columbia
Protected areas established in 1992
Marine parks of Canada
Green Lake Provincial Park

Green Lake Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada, located around Green Lake in the South Cariboo-Interlakes district just east of 70 Mile House.

References

Provincial parks of British Columbia
Geography of the Cariboo
Year of establishment missing
Greenstone Mountain Provincial Park

Greenstone Mountain Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada, located south of Kamloops Lake on the northern edge of the Thompson Plateau.

References
BC Parks page

Provincial parks of British Columbia
Thompson Country
1997 establishments in British Columbia
Protected areas established in 1997
Grohman Narrows Provincial Park

Grohman Narrows Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada.

It is named after  William Adolf Baillie Grohman.

External links
Grohman Narrows Provincial Park

Provincial parks of British Columbia
Regional District of Central Kootenay
Year of establishment missing
Gwillim Lake Provincial Park

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

External links
Gwillim Lake as featured on DiscoverThePeaceCountry.com
BC Geographical Names: Gwillim Lake Park

Peace River Regional District
Provincial parks of British Columbia
Year of establishment missing
Bat Country

"Bat Country" is a song by American heavy metal band Avenged Sevenfold, released in August 2005 as the second single from their third album, City of Evil. Avenged Sevenfold won 'Best New Artist Video' at the 2006 MTV Video Music Awards for "Bat Country" and on May 4, 2021, the single was certified platinum by the RIAA. For these reasons, "Bat Country" is often believed to be the band's most commercially successful song.

Background and content 
The song's main influence comes from Hunter S. Thompson's 1971 novel Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, with the title itself being a direct quote from the book in which Raoul Duke (the alter-ego pseudonym of Thompson) is on his way to Las Vegas while being affected by various drugs. The character hallucinated  huge bats and manta rays in the sky, and gasps to his companion Dr. Gonzo, "We can't stop here. This is bat country."

The following quote, also included at the beginning of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, is referred to twice throughout the song (at the beginning and the bridge before the last chorus) and is shown at the beginning of the music video.
"He who makes a beast of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man." – Samuel Johnson

Also referenced in the song is a lyric derived from the final words spoken about Dr. Gonzo at the end of the film adaptation.  The lyric is used at the end of the second breakdown of the song, as the final lyric of the song.
"There he goes. One of God's own prototypes. A high-powered mutant of some kind never even considered for mass production. Too weird to live, and too rare to die." – Raoul Duke

Shortly after the writing of the song, Thompson committed suicide.

Chart performance 
Throughout 2008, "Bat Country" was in the top 40 of the UK Rock Chart,  and shared the chart with up to three of the band's other songs (including but not limited to: Afterlife, Burn It Down and Dear God). The song was on and off the charts throughout 2008, and eventually peaked at number 9 in December of that year.

Track listing

Legacy 
The song was ranked at number 20 on Loudwires Top 21st Century Hard Rock Songs. It also was rated as number 9 on Ultimate Guitar's list of Top 25 Best Songs With Guitar Duels. In 2020, Louder Sound and Kerrang! both rated it as the fifth greatest Avenged Sevenfold song.

Charts

Weekly charts

Certifications

Personnel 
Personnel listing as adapted from album liner notes.

Avenged Sevenfold
 M. Shadows – lead vocals, backing vocals
 Zacky Vengeance – rhythm guitar, co-lead guitar, backing vocals
 The Rev – drums, backing vocals
 Synyster Gates – lead guitar, backing vocals
 Johnny Christ – bass, backing vocals

Production
Produced by Mudrock and Avenged Sevenfold, with additional production by Fred Archambault and Scott Gilman
Mixed by Andy Wallace
Pro Tools by John O'Mahony, assisted by Steve Sisco
Mastered by Eddie Schreyer
Additional vocal production by the Rev, Synyster Gates and M. Shadows
Drum tech – Mike Fasano
Guitar tech – Stephen Ferrara-Grand

References 

2005 songs
2005 singles
Avenged Sevenfold songs
Music videos directed by Marc Klasfeld
Warner Records singles
Hai Lake–Mount Herman Provincial Park

Hai Lake–Mount Herman Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada. Established in 2004, it is 323 ha. and protects regionally significant bog ecosystems and old-growth forests. The park caters to outdoor pursuits such as day hiking, camping, fishing, and hunting.

References

Skeena Country
Provincial parks of British Columbia
Year of establishment missing
World Volleyball Championship

World Volleyball Championship may refer to
 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship
 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship
Halkett Bay Marine Provincial Park

Halkett Bay Marine Provincial Park is a provincial park off Gambier Island in British Columbia, Canada.

References

External links
 http://www.env.gov.bc.ca/bcparks/explore/parkpgs/halkett_bay

Provincial parks of British Columbia
Sunshine Coast Regional District
Gambier Island
Year of establishment missing
Harbour Dudgeon Lakes Provincial Park

Harbour Dudgeon Lakes Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada, located west of the Adams River, northwest of Celista Mountain. It was established on April 30, 1996. The park is located approximately 175 km northeast of Kamloops.

References

Provincial parks of British Columbia
Parks in the Shuswap Country
1996 establishments in British Columbia
Protected areas established in 1996
Hardy Island Marine Provincial Park

Hardy Island Marine Provincial Park is a provincial park located near the southern tip of the Hardy Island in British Columbia, Canada. The park as created by BC Parks on 6 March 1992 to protect local flora and fauna. The park itself becomes a small island during high tide.

Facilities
The park provides a safe anchorage for people recreating in Blind Bay. The park features no developed trails or potable water.

References

Provincial parks of British Columbia
Sunshine Coast Regional District
Year of establishment missing
Marine parks of Canada
Harmony Islands Marine Provincial Park

Harmony Islands Marine Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada, located on the east side of Hotham Sound, which is a side-inlet of the lower reaches of Jervis Inlet, on that inlet's north side roughly opposite the mouth of Sechelt Inlet.

References

Provincial parks of British Columbia
Sunshine Coast Regional District
1992 establishments in British Columbia
Protected areas established in 1992
Marine parks of Canada
Harry Lake Aspen Provincial Park

Harry Lake Aspen Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada, located northwest of Ashcroft near the upper basin of Hat Creek.

See also
Bedard Aspen Provincial Park
Blue Earth Lake Provincial Park
Cornwall Hills Provincial Park

References

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

sw̓iw̓s Provincial Park  (formerly Haynes Point Provincial Park) is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada, located on the west side of Osoyoos Lake in the town of Osoyoos, which is on the Canada-United States border at the southern end of the Okanagan region of British Columbia. Approximately  in size, the park was originally created in 1939. The name was changed from Haynes Point to sw̓iw̓s, the original Okanagan (Syilx'tsn) name for the region, meaning "narrowing of the waters".

Haynes Point and adjacent Haynes Creek were named for John Carmichael Haynes (1831–1888).  Haynes was "an Irishman who came to BC in 1858 and was police officer, customs officer, magistrate, assistant gold commissioner, government agent and county court judge in Similkameen, Osoyoos and Kootenay Districts for many years; member of the legislative council [of the Colony of British Columbia], 1864–66, rancher at Osoyoos, 1866–88, accumulating 22,000 acres. Generally known as Judge Haynes."

Heritage and culture
sw̓iw̓s Provincial Park is an archaeological and cultural heritage site located within the traditional territory of the Osoyoos Indian Band. The Osoyoos Indian Band and BC Parks work in partnership to ensure the long-term protection of the archaeological and cultural heritage resources within the park.

In 2014, ancestral remains dated to approximately 1,224 years ago were unearthed and then reburied in the park, making the remains the oldest on record in the Osoyoos region. Radiocarbon dating of animal materials recovered from an ancient midden provided insights about the diet of Osoyoos Indian Band ancestors who lived in the area 3,265 – 4,475 years ago. Obsidian flakes retrieved from the park were determined to be from Oregon, affirming that travel and trade routes of indigenous people occurred extensively along the Columbia River Basin thousands of years ago before the arrival of European settlers in the area in the 19th century. The Hudson's Bay Fur Brigade Trail also passed through the area nearly two centuries ago.

Flora and fauna
The park protects ecosystems at risk and endangered species, such as peach leaf willow, antelope brush, and desert grasses and wetlands. The marsh area and self-guided interpretive trail are maintained as park features. The park species of concern include the tiger salamander, various rare bats, barn owl, American spadefoot toad and painted turtle. Bullfrogs are considered an invasive species in the park, which is also a habitat for mule deer, American black bear, ospreys, bald eagles, and various other species.

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References

Provincial parks of British Columbia
Provincial parks in the Okanagan
1939 establishments in British Columbia
Protected areas established in 1939
Helliwell Provincial Park

Helliwell Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada located on a headland at the northeast end of Hornby Island.

The land, formerly a farm belonging to the Acton family, was donated by Mr. J. L. Helliwell.  The park was established by Order in Council 2681 on September 16, 1966 and expanded several times thereafter.  Its  now include Flora Islet and part of Lambert Channel.

There are facilities for hiking, canoeing, picnicking, sightseeing, and scuba diving.  Restroom facilities consist of four pit toilets.

The park has large old-growth Douglas-fir trees and rare Garry oak ecosystems. A trail loops around the bluffs that overlook the Strait of Georgia and links-up with Tribune Bay.  The Garry oak meadow ecosystem is one of the many microclimates located within British Columbia and is considered an endangered habitat.

The cliffs in the southern part of the park form a unique microclimate that local community groups are attempting to protect .  These cliffs are also nesting areas for the pelagic cormorant.

See also
Tribune Bay Provincial Park

References

External links

Tribune Bay Provincial Park – B.C. Ministry of Environment Site
Helliwell/Tribune Bay Provincial Park – Commercial Site
Garry Oak Ecosystem – Province of British Columbia Ministry of Environment

Provincial Parks of the Gulf Islands
Provincial parks of British Columbia
Protected areas established in 1966
1966 establishments in British Columbia
Hemer Provincial Park

Hemer Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada. It is located south of Nanaimo.

References

Regional District of Nanaimo
Provincial parks of British Columbia
1981 establishments in British Columbia
Protected areas established in 1981
Herald Provincial Park

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

Herald Park is located on the north shore of the Salmon Arm of Shuswap Lake, in the Southern Interior of British Columbia, Canada. The park is approximately 30 minutes northeast of the city of Salmon Arm (by road). Herald Park contains a popular camping area, as well as a day use/picnic area. Large pebble beaches stretch along the southern boundary of the park. Walking and hiking trails exist throughout the park, including an easy 10-minute hike to the spectacular Margaret Falls.

The site of Herald Park was originally settled by the Herald family at the turn of the century and remained a family farm until the 1970s. The land was then turned over to the Provincial Government with the exception of the "homesite", where Ms. Jesse Herald continued to reside until her death.

External links
BC Government website for Herald Provincial Park

References 

Parks in the Shuswap Country
Provincial parks of British Columbia
1975 establishments in British Columbia
Protected areas established in 1975
Hesquiat Lake Provincial Park

Hesquiat Lake Provincial Park is a provincial park located on the west coast of Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada. It was established on April 5, 2001 to mature coastal forests of Western hemlock, western red cedar and lodgepole pine along the eastern shores of Hesquiat Lake.

See also
Clayoquot Sound Biosphere Reserve
Hesquiat Peninsula Provincial Park

References

Clayoquot Sound region
Provincial parks of British Columbia
Year of establishment missing