About the subject: The Stawamus Chief, or “The Chief”, as it is known in BC, is named after the First Nation village on the Squamish River. It is a 700 meter high granite monolith that dominates the town of Squamish on the Sea to Sky highway on the way to Whistler BC. The main vertical face is 450 meters high. Three summits are accessible to seasoned hikers via a steep hiking route which zigzags its way up from the southern end of the Chief. In summer The Chief is a popular rock-climbing destination and on sunny days it’s not uncommon for over a hundred climbers to make the assent. I have tried to highlight a few of the climbers making the attempt. I may not have located them all, please feel free to add a thumbnail for each one you find

About the image: This Gigapan consists of about 972 individual images. They were taken with a Canon 50D fitted with a Canon EF 200 2.8 EF lens a 2x extender and processed via ACR and PTGui Pro.

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1 – A panorama providing an overall perspective of the City as seen from the North West

gigapan.org/gigapans/83510

2 – A panorama providing a view of the down town waterfront including the Cruise Ship terminal and the Convection Center. Taken from Brockton Point which is a snapshot in panorama 1

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3 – This panorama provides a view of Vancouver’s famous seaplane terminal taken from the grassy roof of the convention canter

gigapan.org/gigapans/82653

4 – A panorama showing Deep Cove at the eastern end of the North shore on Indian Arm.

gigapan.org/gigapans/83616

5 – A Panorama showing the ‘Development Way’ carrying a cargo of scrapped vessels

gigapan.com/gigapans/102528

6 – A panorama showing climbers on the Stawamus Chief near Squamish

gigapan.org/gigapans/102528