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White Pine Beach is a beach on Sasamat Lake in Belcarra Regional Park in Port Moody, British Columbia. TransLink provides seasonal bus service. It's a popular beach in the area and many people come here from all over the lower mainland to swim, walk, or just enjoy the sun.
At Warm Springs, State Route 375 (SR 375), also known as the "Extraterrestrial Highway", departs to the southeast and US 6 assumes a northeasterly alignment across the Reveille, Pancake, Grant, and White Pine ranges. Rainfall increases eastward, so valleys become less barren and peaks over 11,500 feet (3,500 m) add scenic interest.
At the south end of the lake there is a floating bridge, used for fishing or swimming. At the north end of the lake is White Pine Beach. Seasonal transit service is provided by TransLink to White Pine Beach. Lake, land and surrounding park are owned and operated by the Imperial Oil Corporation (IOCO)
To crest some of the passes along US 50 requires navigating steep 8% grades and hairpin turns through pine forests to reach elevations of over 7,000 feet (2,100 m). [ 3 ] In the stretch of highway between Fallon and Delta, Utah , a span of 409 miles (658 km), there are three small towns: Austin , Eureka , and Ely . [ 4 ]
The smaller and more northeasterly Humboldt National Forest is located in eastern and northern Nevada, in parts of Elko, White Pine, Humboldt, Nye, and Lincoln counties. The section of the national forest is named after Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859), a famous early / mid- 19th century Prussian / German multi-talented scientist and ...
Before there was Camp Sasamat, there was Camp Wallace. Originally on what is today White Pine Beach, Camp Wallace was a very wilderness-oriented camp. The first season of Camp Wallace was summer 1978. The camp consisted of tents and tarps with a few cabins for the campers, day camps were not offered at this camp.
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In 1878, Vermont resident J. W. Long came to White Pine County and soon set up a camp known as "Ely", after discovering gold. [7] The name "Ely" has been credited to several possible origins: Long's hometown of Ely, Vermont; [8] a New York Congressman with the surname Ely, who sent Long as a representative according to local historians; [7] Smith Ely, a Vermont native who financed one of the ...