Riverbend Stories

Written stories

Longer pieces, illustrated with our own photographs.

Three stories from the bank

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  • What the high-water mark remembers

    A line of pale silt on a concrete wall is the only public record of the 2018 flood. We asked four neighbours what they remember.

  • The man who counts the salmon

    Every October, Ray Whitfield walks the same 800 metres of gravel bar with a tally counter in his pocket. We walked it with him.

  • Six mornings at the boat launch

    We set up at the public boat launch at 6am, six days running, and talked to whoever showed up. Here is who showed up.

Adding your own story

Go to Posts → Add New. Write the piece, drop images in wherever they belong, then in the sidebar set a Featured image — that is the picture shown in the grid above — and tick the Written stories category. Publish, and it appears here on its own.