Pheasant
Lake:
1980-1990
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Pheasant Lake, a pond dug out of the Pineview clay, 25 kilometres south of Prince George, B.C,. emerged from the bush on a forty acre property and had the brief existence of a decade: 1980-1990. An old Allis-Chalmers bulldozer under the guidance of the Bushman carved it into the surrounding bush. The Bushman dragged a structure custom built for pheasants to the edge of the pond and renamed this new feature “Pheasant Lake.” In this primitive dugout, rainbow trout frolicked for ten years, providing recreation and food for family and invited guests.
For a more complete story of Pheasant Lake see “In the Land of the Black Bear” Parts 8, 9, 10 and 11 from the drop down menu under “categories”.
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- 1979: Start of excavation for Pheasant Lake: Allis Chalmers HD 11, the bulldozer and the Bushman
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- 1979: Start of excavation of Pheasant Lake: The Bushman and Allis Chalmers, the Bulldozer Collaborate
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- Pheasant Lake, The First Year, 1980, Except for a few grasses, scraped clean.
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- Pheasant Lake 1981, Second Year. Disturbed Water in Foreground indicate fish feeding
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- Pheasant Lake is filled for the first time in Spring 1980
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- Last Summer’s work is rewarded. Pheasant house on the far side: May 1980
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- Pheasant Lake, 1982
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- Little boat with a boatload of kids, 1980
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- Allison and Anita and the Bushman , Pheasant Lake,1982
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- Swimming break after making a diving platform
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- Anita and Terry, Summer1983
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- Pair of Ring neck Pheasants
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- Two pairs of Golden Pheasants at Pheasant Lake, 1981
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- Golden Pheasants of Pheasant Lake, 1981.
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- Janice and Coleen Moshenko, Anita and Allison on Pheasant Lake, 1984
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- Pheasant Lake: Autumn 1981
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- Pheasant Lake: One Autumn in Our Life
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- Winter at Pheasant Lake, 1983
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- Winter at Pheasant Lake, 1983
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- Skating on Pheasant Lake, 1981
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- “Pavilion” for the field of the Bushman’s dreams: Philip Pattan in foreground
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- Practice pitch at Pheasan Lake twith netting borrowed from the the trout pond at Pheasant Lake
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- Cricket field of the Bushman’s dreams in the Land of the Black Bear: Tomato growing houses in the background
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- Cricket field of the Bushman’s dreams 1986. Tomato growing houses in the background.
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- Late June 1986
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- 200 Tomato plants in Growing House, July1986
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- Mid June in the growing frame
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- Inside one of the tomato growing frames
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- Inside the cold frame in July
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- Pheasant Lake, Third Year, 1982. Cattails have a foothold around the edges of the pond
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- Pheasant Lake, Fourth Year, 1983.Cattails proliferating, Vegetative base expanding throughout the shallow areas.
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- Pheasant Lake, Sixth Year, 1985. The Island reduced by cattails. Only the deeper parts resist encroachment of vegetation.
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- Growing frames viewed from driveway now 15 years old