Images Dated 22nd August 2007

Island on river, Turret Rock, Nakwakto Rapids holding world record for fastest current of any navigable waterway, Northern British Columbia, Canada

Slingsby Channel is a strait on the north side of Bramham Island in the Queen Charlotte Strait region of the Central Coast of British Columbia. It is one of only two entrances to Seymour Inlet and the associated maze of waterways inland, which lie to the northeast of Bramham. The other entrance is Schooner Channel, formerly Schooner Passage, on the east side of that island. Through the Slingsby Channel flows the world's strongest current, the Nakwakto Rapids, that has been measured at speeds up to 18.4 miles per hour. The current is so fast at times, that people have tied a rope to Turret Rock, which is located right in the middle of the rapids, and then water-skied

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THOMAS NAST: CHRISTMAS. Children tracing Santa Claus route from the North Pole

THOMAS NAST: CHRISTMAS.
Children tracing Santa Claus route from the North Pole. Wood engraving, 19th century, after a drawing by Thomas Nast

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Hyrdo eletcric dam

The Loch Droma dam south of Ullapool, a barrage dam preventing water from running west and channeling it back south east into Loch Glascarnoch. Both lochs are part of the Conon Hydro-electric scheme, Highlands of Scotland

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