{"id":195,"date":"2013-10-04T10:47:16","date_gmt":"2013-10-04T10:47:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/philippemonthoux.com\/blog\/?p=195"},"modified":"2020-03-19T13:20:10","modified_gmt":"2020-03-19T13:20:10","slug":"rice-lake-north-vancouver-b-c","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/philippemonthoux.com\/blog\/rice-lake-north-vancouver-b-c\/","title":{"rendered":"Rice Lake, North Vancouver, B.C."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The fourth instalment of my Canadian trip report is about\u00a0 Rice Lake. It is a calm, quiet man-made lake in North Vancouver, B.C.\u00a0 It used to be a reservoir of drinking water for the residents of North Vancouver. Today it is a wildlife refuge.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_196\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-196\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/philippemonthoux.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Rice-Lake-Reflections.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-196\" src=\"http:\/\/philippemonthoux.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Rice-Lake-Reflections.jpg\" alt=\"The quiet and calm Rice Lake in North Vancouver makes for some beautiful reflections.\" width=\"800\" height=\"536\" srcset=\"https:\/\/philippemonthoux.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Rice-Lake-Reflections.jpg 800w, https:\/\/philippemonthoux.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Rice-Lake-Reflections-624x418.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-196\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The quiet and calm Rice Lake in North Vancouver makes for some beautiful reflections.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A relatively short hike will take you all around Rice Lake for you to enjoy its natural beauty. The lake is also a popular fishing ground.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_197\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-197\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/philippemonthoux.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Rice-Lake.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-197\" src=\"http:\/\/philippemonthoux.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Rice-Lake.jpg\" alt=\"The hiking trail around Rice Lake allows you to enjoy some beautiful scenery\" width=\"800\" height=\"536\" srcset=\"https:\/\/philippemonthoux.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Rice-Lake.jpg 800w, https:\/\/philippemonthoux.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Rice-Lake-624x418.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-197\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The hiking trail around Rice Lake allows you to enjoy some beautiful scenery<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The pictures above were taken in the early to mid afternoon, which is not usually the best time to shoot landscape photographs. However, the cloudy skies provided some nice diffuse light, and the calm lake made for some beautiful reflections. On a cloudy day the sky can be quite bright and bland relative to the landscape. In that case, it is usually best to avoid showing the sky in the photographs.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The fourth instalment of my Canadian trip report is about\u00a0 Rice Lake. 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