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Iron Mountain Cedars

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The Iron Mountain area is located along Dewdney Trunk Road at the border between Maple Ridge and Mission. The ground here and along Wilson Avenue to Lougheed Highway has high concentrations on iron in the bedrock and soil which can interfere with cell phone reception. Many people living in this area still have to have landlines installed in their homes in order to have phone service.

​A short distance from where I live there is a grove of cedar trees. If you have drive along Dewdney Trunk Road in Maple Ridge, British Columbia, heading east, you will pass this spot on your lefthand side. What is unique, and often overlooked, is that there is a small creek flowing invisible in the undergrowth. Along this waterway lived a family of beaver, which would often dam the creek causing the grove to flood and overflowing onto Dewdney Trunk Road. City workers would then destroy the beaver dam, and then the beavers return and rebuild it. It was this ongoing flooding that caused the cedars in this grove to slowly die. Several of the living cedars depicted in this painting have since perished.

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Painting Specifications:
  Medium:
Acrylic paint & black ink
  Size: 11w x 14h-inches
  Surface: Illustration Board
  Completed:  December 2019

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    • Natural History >
      • Lighthouse Park
      • Kanaka Creek
      • Hicks Lake No.1
      • Queen Elizabeth Park
      • Yellow Rose
      • Fire Red Rose
      • Wild Pink Rose
      • Deer Lake Trail No.2
      • Rolley Lake Forest
      • Gold Creek
      • Blue Mountain Railway Trail
      • Deer Lake Trail No.1
      • Deer Lake Trail No.4
      • The Three Sisters
      • Mushroom No.1
      • Lake at Dawn
      • Fraser River
    • Children's Book Art >
      • Turtle
      • Bumblebee
      • The Deadline
      • Field Mouse
      • Shrew
      • Douglas Squirrel
      • Dear Santa
      • The Crab
      • Forest Toad
      • Carp
    • Pen & Ink >
      • Magic Ring
      • Shelves
      • Monster Hunter
      • Foot Soldier, 1099AD
      • Ancient Cauldron
      • Monk At Work
      • Artifact
      • Faeries and Steel
      • Medieval Warriors
      • Treasure Tree
      • Medieval Door
      • Medieval Knight
      • Priest
      • Medieval Church
    • Colored Prints >
      • Heraldry Bookplate
      • Fruit Seller
      • The Scribe
      • Medieval Stained Glass No.1
      • Medieval Stained Glass 2
      • Almanac
      • The Balrog
      • Hare
      • Gold Dragon
      • Christmas Card
    • Ink Prints >
      • The Roc
      • Evil vs Good
      • Summoning Cthulhu
      • Cave Trolls
      • Letter I
      • Magic Tiles
      • Good vs Evil
      • Minotaur
      • Rich Merchants
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