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  Bear Mountaineering - Ski Mountaineering Courses & Trips in Canada
Whether you are looking for demanding mountain experiences—big alpine routes, bagging peaks and climbing steep ice—or hoping to carve turns in deep powder and return to the warmth of a cozy chalet at night, Bear Mountaineering can guide you there.
Open in all seasons, this backcountry lodge is surrounded by incredible terrain for hikers, mountaineers and backcountry skiers.
Accessible only by air, Burnie Glacier Chalet is a European-style mountain lodge and the height of Bear Mountaineering’s offerings.
www.bearmountaineering.ca   (351 words)

  
  Burnie, Tasmania - About Australia
Burnie was once surrounded by dense rainforest, but this slowly disappeared as fortunes were made felling and milling timber.
Burnie was first explored by Bass and Flinders and was known as Emu Bay when it was settled by the Van Diemen’s Land Company in 1827.
Burnie experiences temperate conditions, with an average maximum of 21 degrees Celsius (70 degrees Fahrenheit) in January and 13.5 degrees Celsius (56.5 degrees Fahrenheit) in June.
www.about-australia.com /tasmania/stanley/destinations/burnie   (351 words)

  
  Burnie, Tasmania - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Burnie is a port city on the north-west coast of Tasmania, originally settled in 1827 as Emu Bay.
Burnie is home to the north west campus of the University of Tasmania, and Hellyer College.
Burnie was originally named Emu Bay due to its location and fauna, and was established in 1827 by the Van Dieman's Land Co. as a town to service local farm areas; the first permanent settlers arrived from England in the vessel Caroline on February 2, 1828.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Burnie   (491 words)

  
 Burnie Port Corporation Pty. Ltd. - Port information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
BURNIE is the regional centre for the scenic, diversified towns and cities of the north-west coast of Tasmania and the rich mining settlements of the west coast.
Burnie is a friendly city, occupying a key position on Tasmania's tourist circuit, as the base to visit the historic far north-west or rugged Cradle Mountain and the west coast.
Burnie is blessed with a mild, temperate climate, providingideal living conditions from the seacoast to the hinterland.
www.burnieport.com.au /portinfo.html   (1829 words)

  
 Tour of Tasmania: Burnie   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Burnie Inn (1847), the first licensed pub in Burnie, has been relocated to the park and is now a tearoom.
Burnie's Agricultural Show is combined with the Rhododendron Festival, held in October.
Burnie Airport offers air links to Melbourne, and is located 19 km west of the city at Wynyard.
www.tased.edu.au /tot/nw/burnie.html   (253 words)

  
 Burnie - Tasmania - Australia - Travel - smh.com.au
Located 152 km northwest of Launceston on the Bass Highway, Burnie is characterised by delightful wooden houses which cling to the hills and overlook the bay.
Burnie Park with its lawns, shady walkways, animal enclosures and Burnie Inn is one of the prettiest parks in Tasmania.
Today Burnie is a substantial city (it became a city in 1988) which is driven by its port and by the surrounding timber industry.
www.smh.com.au /news/Tasmania/Burnie/2005/02/17/1108500205678.html   (1049 words)

  
 Tour of Tasmania: Burnie
Burnie Inn (1847), the first licensed pub in Burnie, has been relocated to the park and is now a tearoom.
Burnie's Agricultural Show is combined with the Rhododendron Festival, held in October.
Burnie Airport offers air links to Melbourne, and is located 19 km west of the city at Wynyard.
tourtasmania.com /nw/burnie.html   (253 words)

  
 Burnie
Burnie (as Emu Bay)1885; Cooee 1894, became Burnie Hawks 1987 and entered statewide competition; merged with Burnie Tigers in 1993, and became known as Burnie Dockers in 1995
Burnie 30.21 (201) vs. Penguin in 1963; Cooee 31.22 (208) vs. North Launceston 6.13 (49) in 1982; Burnie Dockers 49.35 (329) vs. Smithton 0.1 (1) in 2001
Fortunes declined somewhat during the first half of the 1930s, and indeed between 1932 and 1933 Burnie left the NWFU and participated in the Burnie Football League once more, but the side was back as a force during the years leading up to the onset of another world war.
www.fullpointsfooty.net /burnie.htm   (1750 words)

  
 The Winchester Star-‘Elegance in the Gardens’ Party Set at Glen Burnie   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
The dream of the late Glen Burnie Curator of Gardens R. Lee Taylor will become a reality when a book dedicated to telling the history of the Glen Burnie Gardens is unveiled at the “Elegance in the Gardens” party from 7 to 9 p.m.
The Glen Burnie Historic House is surrounded by acres of formal gardens and furnished with the eighteenth- and nineteenth-century antiques, paintings and decorative objects collected by Julian Wood Glass Jr.
Glen Burnie is also the home of the Museum of the Shenandoah Valley, the first museum dedicated to interpreting the art, history, and culture of the Shenandoah Valley.
www.winchesterstar.com /TheWinchesterStar/030909/Life_burnie.asp   (775 words)

  
 Glen Burnie - baltimoresun.com
The groundwork for Glen Burnie was laid nearly two centuries ago, when, in 1812, a district attorney by the name of Elias Glenn established a county seat near what is currently known as Harlem Park in Baltimore City.
But perhaps Glen Burnie's most practical point of interest is North Arundel Hospital, which opened its doors on July 4, 1965 as a three-story, 107-bed hospital to serve Anne Arundel residents who previously had to travel to Baltimore or Annapolis for medical care.
Glen Burnie Mall offers a bit more variety, with a Best Buy, Toys R Us, Dick's Sporting Goods, the Chuck E. Cheese-like kiddie playland Jeepers and Sticks and Stuff, a furniture showroom that features bed headboards the size of small elephants.
www.baltimoresun.com /entertainment/visitor/bal-guide-glenburnie,0,4769774.htmlstory?coll=bal-visitor-utility   (1596 words)

  
 The Winchester Star-Glen Burnie Offers Free Admission to Gardens   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Surrounded by acres of formal gardens, the Glen Burnie Historic House is furnished with the 18th and 19th century antiques, paintings, and decorative objects collected by art connoisseur Julian Wood Glass Jr.
A view of the boxwood Knot Garden at Glen Burnie Historic House and Gardens is in the foreground with the Grand Allèe in the background.
In 1997, Glen Burnie opened as a museum, with the Historic House presented exactly as furnished and enjoyed by Julian Wood Glass Jr., the last James Wood descendent to live at Glen Burnie.
www.winchesterstar.com /TheWinchesterStar/030718/Life_garden.asp   (464 words)

  
 Burnie Rail
These cars were purchased by the Burnie City Council for their passenger rail service which has also involved the purchase and refurbishment of the old Emu Bay Railway station.
The Burnie Council purchased trailer car PT5 which was parked at Tullah by the Wee Georgie tramway, in very poor condition.
It is used in a special sponsorship of the Burnie Show and the Burnie community by Burnie Rail and the Burnie City Council.
www.users.bigpond.com /tassteamalive/burnierail.htm   (648 words)

  
 Fujitsu ASP model helps Burnie City Council deliver IT services : FUJITSU Australia
But service provision comes at a price, and for Burnie, it seemed the cost of enhanced delivery would be too high - until it called on experienced local government partner Fujitsu for assistance.
Burnie City Council is using a Fujitsu-enabled ASP model to host and provide information technology services on a commercial basis to four other Tasmanian Local Councils.
The Burnie model, which saw Fujitsu become the first organisation in Australia to deliver an ASP service solutions structure to a local government authority, shows how Councils that previously could not fund infrastructure for new services can benefit by sharing resources under an ASP hosting model.
www.fujitsu.com /au/casestudies/burnie_city.html   (404 words)

  
 TAS Burnie   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Cape Country's largest city, Burnie was originally laid out along the shores of Emu Bay, so named because of the many emus seen by Henry Hellyer when he surveyed the area, but urban sprawl has now extended the city farther along the coast and inland.
Burnie has been a major industrial centre and international deepwater port since the 1930s, exporting local timber, dairy products, vegetables, minerals and fine paper.
Of historic interest are the Pioneer Village Museum in Little Alexander Street, which recreates Burnie as it was 70 years ago and the city's oldest building, Burnie Inn, a single­storey timber building first licensed in 1847 which has been restored and re­sited in Burnie Park.
www.allsydney.com /tas/Burnie.htm   (285 words)

  
 Glen Burnie Community Activists Honored
Corcoran is a long time member of the Glen Burnie Improvement Association and has served in numerous capacities in the Association, including President and Board Member.
He was a member of the Big Glen Burnie Carnival Executive Committee for 14 years.
He served in the armed forces and is actively involved with the Military Order of the World Wars, a member of American Legion Post 40 and VFW Post 434.
www.co.anne-arundel.md.us /News/Archive2002/GBLeaders.cfm   (333 words)

  
 Burnie
This is Burnie (formerly Bruno.) My wife couldn´t bear any longer not to have a dog, so she started prowling the web sites of various animal rescue organizations.
Burnie received a clean bill of health except for a minor infection in his ears.
Burnie is about as threatening as a teddy bear.
mywebpages.comcast.net /fc3other/html/burnie.html   (451 words)

  
 JMU Arboretum Offers Trip to Glen Burnie Museum
Participants will spend two hours touring the Glen Burnie home and gardens, then travel to the Wayside Inn for lunch (meal not included in the trip fee).
Glen Burnie, an 18th century Georgian house, is the historic property of six generations of the Wood-Glass family, including James Wood, founder of Winchester.
He restored the home and brought together a world-class collection of furnishings, paintings and decorative arts, which are displayed as he arranged and enjoyed them.
www.jmu.edu /mediarel/releases/2001/jun/0601museum.html   (270 words)

  
 Burnie, Microtech's Automated, Networkable CD Duplicator   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Designed for small- to medium-size organizations with CD publishing needs, Burnie is the perfect system for creating discs with unique content in a networked, multi-user environment.
Once you think about it, you'll realize that there is probably a great deal of information that would be very useful if only you could quickly get it onto a CD to provide to a client, partner or other associate.
Burnie not only records ("burns") discs; it also prints them, in full color using an inkjet printer.
www.oneoffcd.com /cd/microtech/burnie.cfm   (511 words)

  
 BURNIE
BURNIE is the 'capital' of Tasmania's North West Coast.
The easiest drive to Cradle Mountain is from Burnie through Ridgley.
However, there is plenty to see around Burnie and beyond to the far North West.
www.touringtasmania.info /burnie.htm   (61 words)

  
 Glen Burnie, MD (Maryland) Houses, Apartments, Cars, Mortgage Status, and Residents Info
Back to: Glen Burnie, Maryland main profile, Maryland, Maryland smaller cities, Maryland small towns, Maryland forum, All US cities.
Median gross rent in Glen Burnie, MD in 2000: $695
Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Glen Burnie:
www.city-data.com /housing/houses-Glen-Burnie-Maryland.html   (700 words)

  
 Glen Burnie, Maryland MD, profile (Anne Arundel County) - hotels, festivals, genealogy, newspapers - ePodunk
Glen Burnie is in Anne Arundel County, in the Baltimore metro area.
At the time of the 2000 census, the per capita income in Glen Burnie was $20,170, compared with $21,587 nationally.
Median rent in Glen Burnie, at the time of the 2000 Census, was $606.
www.epodunk.com /cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=2593   (623 words)

  
 Glen Burnie Volunteer Fire Department Station 33   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
In 1925 the Glen Burnie Improvement Association erected a fire station, a 30' by 50' brick and frame building.
In November 1937 the Glen Burnie Volunteer Fire Department joined the Anne Arundel Volunteer Fire Fighters Association, and at a later date joined the Maryland State Fireman's Association.
The Glen Burnie Volunteer Fire Department has progressed over the years through dedication to training, diligence in fundraising, to be able to purchase modern equipment, and the tireless efforts of our wonderful volunteers to always be the
www.toad.net /~gbvfd   (355 words)

  
 Burnie Tasmania
Burnie is a fast growing centre on Tasmania's north west-coast, 200 miles north west of Hobart and 80 miles north west of Launceston.
Burnie has many gardens, parks and nearby riverside walks.
Burnie Tasmania Australia is a vast country, do not try and see it in one go unless you have a few years!
www.auinfo.com /Burnie-Tasmania.html   (297 words)

  
 Burnie Accommodation - Ozstays   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Also three minutes walk from the CBD Jacquie and Tony have four similar Art Deco apartments at Burnie HQ Apartments 158 Wilson Street one of which is suitable for wheelchair access.
Our coast in the Burnie district is a glorious expanse of ocean and sky with a multitude of capes bluffs and headlands linked by stretches of sparkling white beach.
You'll be able to buy fresh produce to prepare a simple dinner when you return to the world of art deco in your apartment or you may prefer a short rest followed by a visit to one of Burnie's varied restaurants.
www.ozstays.com.au /accommodation/burnie_accommodation/8461_burnie_accommodation.html   (528 words)

  
 www.cyclingnews.com - the world centre of cycling
After providing the motive power for a five-man breakaway, Menzies still had enough in the tank to hammer for the line in the finale, coming past American Gui Nellesen and team-mate Wes Sulzberger to take the $2,000 first prize.
The pace was fierce from the gun and after some early jockeying the race settled down to the serious business of belting round the banana-shaped dogbone Burnie Bay course at high speed.
The women's race on the promenade of the seaside town of Burnie
www.cyclingnews.com /road.php?id=road/2004/dec04/burnie04   (786 words)

  
 Australian Job Search - Harvest Trail - Town Detail   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Burnie is a north coast town originally vital as a timber port but now is the largest container terminal in Tasmania.
A tramway was built from the Tin mine to the port with further development of the town continuing when the railway arrived from Launceston in 1901.
Burnie began to grow rapidly as a major port for the region.
jobsearch.gov.au /HarvestTrail/TownDetail.aspx?TownID=106&TextOnly=0   (585 words)

  
 >HEAT: Burnie''s Birthday Was a Blast
Burnie took time to visit his guests on Saturday.
She came extra early with her mom to help Burnie get ready for his big day.
One of Burnie's friends is all grown up, but still loves the animals.
www.nba.com /heat/mascot/burnie_bday_wrap_010323.html   (214 words)

  
 Glen Burnie, Maryland Copywriters - Copy Writer
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 BURNIE, TASMANIA, EMU BAY, THINGS TO DO IN BURNIE, PLACES OF INTEREST IN BURNIE, ACCOMMODATION IN BURNIE, PLACES TO ...
Burnie is a large port situated on Emu Bay, with cargo shipping being the main industry.
Potatoes were a relatively large industry in Burnie, although tin mining took over, when tin was discovered in Waratah.
There are several places to stay in Burnie, including hostels and apartments and a number of good eating places in the area.
www.australianexplorer.com /burnie.htm   (257 words)

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