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Traditional Occupations - Pictures Lumbering and Pulp & Paper Meat & Fish and Sea Life Processing Plants Merchandising Merchant Marine Mining (coal, copper, iron ore, gold, oil & tar sands, sand & rock & gravel, silver) Railway Restaurants - Catering & Cooking Sanitation (taking care of garbage, water treatment systems, sewage disposal, land fills) Silva Culture Ship Building Tourism, Trade (import - export) Transportation of Goods along Rivers, Coasts, Lakes and Harbours Water Supply Management (plus water main construction and maintenance)
Vision - A wintry picture of a logging camp nestled in the midst of the forest. See the smoke from the chimneys gently curling into the frosty air. Notice the rosy-cheeked lumberjacks with their toques, checkered shirts and axe in hand. Listen to the chain saw rasp and growl as it chews through a tree trunk. There is a call of " TIMBER." The tree gives out a squeak and groan as it begins falling. There is a rushing sound and crashing as it strikes obstacles. With a violent THUMP it hits the snow covered ground. Old fashioned image by Ray Wegner.
Logging truck near Revelstoke, BC
Logs along the Fraser River, BC
Pulp and Paper Mill at Hinton, Alberta
Beef Processing Plant
Lilydale Poultry Processing Plant - Edmonton
Fish Processing Plant - Lions Gate Fisheries - Tofino, BC
Merchandizing - Hudson's Bay Store in Calgary, Alberta
Bay Incorporated in 1670
Oil well in Southern Alberta (Longview) - oil well pump jack
Oil field near Wainwright, Alberta
Three working oil well pump jacks very close together just East of Lloydminster, Alberta
Oil Drilling Rig in Aldersyde, Alberta
Images - The picture is of the tall drilling rig with its roaring engines. Also a picture of the tar sands with giant digging machines. Trucks loaded with sticky sand. The thought of making quick bucks on the rigs, and living it up. Included in this scene is the typical boom and bust business cycle. When oil prices are high people flock into the region from everywhere. Prices for land are driven sky high. Immigrants or citizens are encouraged to buy, buy, buy. It seems you can't go wrong. Wages are high and prosperity seems assured. So the people buy. Then the bottom falls out of the market and the boom becomes a big bust. Lots of citizens lose their shirts or get stuck with a lifetime mortgage. Losing your job in this situation is a disaster. Perception by Ray Wegner that old cynic.
Gas Plant
Production of sulphur - bottom picture. Where does most of the sulphur produced in Canada come from ? Almost 90 per cent of sulphur produced in Canada comes from sour gas processing.
Vancouver Wharves are located on the north shore of the Port’s inner harbour, and offers a variety of inbound and outbound services for bulk material including sulphur - as shown in this picture below.
Natural Gas Compressor Station
Oil Refinery - Edmonton, Alberta
Oil Refineries on Refinery Row, Edmonton, Alberta
Mining Tar Sands (the tar sand deposits are located in the Fort McMurray area in N.E. Alberta).
Tar Sands processing at Syncrude site North of Fort McMurray, Alberta
CP train going through the Spiral Tunnels in the Rocky Mountains, BC
Restaurants - Catering and Cooking
Tourism (tour buses at Calgary Stampede)
Image - The traditional picture is of an American tourist driving a big car, and flashing a thick wad of money. See the restaurants fawning over him. This is done to encourage the vacationer to spend, spend, spend. People are lolling around in the hot sun enjoying themselves. Listen to the students talking about the possibilities of employment at one of the resorts. The scenic national parks of Jasper and Banff come to mind. Here is a vision of a tourist trap. Image by Ray Wegner
Lake Louise and Chateau Lake Louise
Prince of Wales Hotel, Waterton, Alberta
Astoria Hotel - Jasper, Alberta
Banff Springs Hotel - as seen from Mt. Rundle,
Busy Downtown Banff at the height of the summer tourist season - July 25, 2010.
Tourist Ray Wegner - at Sand Point, Idaho
Sandpoint, Idaho - USA
Trade (import-export) Ship carrying containers (Vancouver Harbour)
Ship approaching container terminal at Vancouver Harbour for unloading containers.
Ships waiting to unload, or pick up cargo.
Transportation of Goods along the Rivers, Coasts and Harbours
Tugboat (at Burrard Inlet, Vancouver)
Tugboat pulling barge
Crossing the mighty Mackenzie River by ferry at Fort Providence crossing, North West Territories
Veterinary Clinic
Waste Management Land fill - Calgary, Alberta
Hungry gulls squabbling over food at the dump.
Water Treatment Plant
Water Supply Management
This web site built, designed, and owned by Ray Wegner. All photos (unless otherwise clearly stated) are original pictures, taken, built, edited and owned by Ray Wegner and his kids. Copyright.
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When
the former United
States President George Bush was in Canada for an official visit. He
attended a dinner where the Canadian hosts served him beef. The beef for the
President's meal came from the XL Beef Processing Plant here in Calgary,
Alberta. 
