CREATURES FROM THE RUBY LAKE LAGOON: A menagerie of leeches, bugs and larvae make a riveting afternoon for young people. The Lagoon Society provides handson ecological education on-site, 10 minutes south of Earl’s Cove, for all ages. Drop in this summer to gorge your brain on nature. photos by Steven Marx recently purchased a bus to provide transportation to and from the Centre – something for Powell River groups to keep in mind. Currently, the Society is fundraising to build an aquarium in Pender Harbor that will be a major teaching and research facility, to be completed by 2020. They are well on their way to raising the $10 million needed to bring it to completion. As we left I asked myself whether here at Ruby Lake, out on the furthest margin of the Sechelt Peninsula, it’s
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