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Stephen Roper

Hiking Travel

Jones Falls

Jones Falls is a small 12 metre high cascading waterfall, which flows over the escarpment into the Pottawatomi River,found on the outskirts of Owen Sound, Ontario. It is within the Pottawatomi Conservation Area, which encompasses 116 hectares of land along…

Creative Direction Scuba Diving

Two If By Sea

We met Stu and Fran while managing the Inn at Robert’s Grove in Belize. Yim and I were overseeing the construction of a dive shop and a marina at the resort and we went down one weekend to where all…

Travel

Vancouver Island

Vancouver Island lies off southwestern mainland British Columbia, Canada. With an area of 12,079 square miles, it is the largest island on the Pacific coast of North America. Vancouver Island is separated from mainland Canada by the straits of Georgia,…

Conservation Creative Direction

Swan Lake Sanctuary

Swan Lake Christmas Hill Nature Sanctuary is an oasis in the heart of the urban landscape and includes two distinct ecosystems: the beautiful marshland of Swan Lake and the rocky, oak-forested highlands of Christmas Hill. The Sanctuary is a…

Creative Direction

Angel Accessibility Solutions

2008 – 2013 – Our initial mandate with Angel Solutions was to design them a website with lead generation tactics but over a five year period, we took on a far greater role, creating all their marketing materials including…

Life & Stories

A Goodbye to my sister, Donna

Memorial to my sister, Donna. California, 2013. — Hello everyone. My name is Steve Roper. Donna was my little sister. And I was lucky enough to know her longer than anyone else here… I am here today to thank…

Hiking Travel

Avatar Grove

Avatar Grove is a phenomenal stand of giant old-growth red cedar and Douglas fir alongside the Gordon River, approximately fifteen minutes away from Port Renfrew within the traditional territory of the Pacheedaht First Nation. The area was recently declared off…

Hiking Travel

Mount Baker

Mount Baker in Washington State is an impressive 10,781 foot volcano that can be seen for hundreds of miles away. At the time we were living in Victoria and could almost always see Mount Baker in the distance so…

Hiking Travel

Koksalah River

The Koksilah River (Xwulqw’selu Sta’lo’, Watershed) is located south of Duncan on Vancouver Island and lies within the traditional territories of Cowichan Tribes, Malahat Nation and other First Nations. It originates on the slopes of Waterloo Mountain, southwest of…

Hiking Travel

Mystic Beach

Mystic Beach, ocated close to Jordan River in the Juan De Fuca Provincial Park, is one of the best hikes on Vancouver Island and is well known for its coastal beach waterfall that flows right into the ocean and…