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Stephen Roper

Creative Direction

The Institute of Southern Georgian Bay

Early on in the conceptual phase of The Institute of Southern Georgian Bay, after taking part in a local community event and speaking about the importance of creating a local Accelerator Program in Collingwood, I was asked to create…

Travel

St. Thomas, USVI

St. Thomas is the gateway island of the U.S. Virgin Islands in the Caribbean but we used it as our launching point to the British Virgin Islands and to enjoy our last two days in the islands. The territorial…

Scuba Diving Travel

The Wreck of The Rhone

The Wreck of The Rhone lies within the Rhone National Park off the western coast of Salt Island in the British Virgin Islands. The area is teeming heavily with marine life and it’s common to see stingrays, turtles, sharks…

Scuba Diving

British Virgin Islands

A year after Yim and I left Belize, our friends, Stu and Fran, who chartered Two If By Sea, had also left and made their way to the British Virgin Islands, where they established their chartering operation again and…

Hiking Travel

Bruce Caves

The Bruce Caves were formed by the wave action of post-glacial Lake Algonquin – 7,000 to 8,000 years ago. The cave formations are dramatic illustrations of the weathering processes and impresses upon us the magnitude of the post-glacial lake…

Conservation Creative Direction

Ogden Point Breakwater

The Ogden Point Enhancement Society was established in 1996 to beautify the Ogden Point Terminal and create public space. The Plan took into consideration the importance of creating an aesthetically pleasing public facility and developing tourism activity. In 2007,…

Travel

New Orleans

On November of 2015, we decided to take an impromptu getaway to New Orleans and we had a ball. What a place. It was impossible to visit without staying up much too late, drinking too much and listening to…

Hiking Travel

Tobermory

This post spans almost 9 years of hiking around Tobermory on The Bruce Trail and showcases a bit of every season. Tobermory is located at the top of the Bruce Peninsula and offers visitors fresh, clean air, gorgeous scenery,…

Conservation Creative Direction

Craigdarroch Castle

I remember moving to Victoria in 2007 and we bought a house a few blocks from Craigdarroch Castle, which we visited and thinking… This is a place that could use some creative help. I’d like to do some work…