He deployed two times to the Persian Gulf in support of Operation Iraqi and Enduring Freedom. Marines, and a remote tour as the Senior Medical Officer to Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean. Navy onboard two ships, an overseas tour with the U.S. He returned to active duty service with the Navy as a Medical Officer and went on to complete internships in both Family Practice and Surgery, a year of Orthopedic Residency training, and a Family Practice Residency at Naval Hospital Bremerton. Marshal Harpe attended and graduated from Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences, with a Doctor of Osteopathy degree in 2000. After a short tour as a Naval Supply Officer, Dr. This experience derailed flying plans but opened his eyes and inspired him to a future in medicine. Dreams of being a pilot were quickly dismantled when he sustained several serious medical conditions and ended up spending an extended period of time in the hospital recovering. He was part of the “Top Gun” era, and had planned on flying jets upon graduation, like most of the other Midshipmen. Naval Academy upon graduation from high school. Circle Tours in British Columbia.Marshal Harpe grew up on a small farm in Amboy Washington before heading off to the U.S. From Golden, head south through the Columbia Valley to Creston, and west through Boundary Country and the Southern Okanagan to complete the loop. Travel the sunny interior of British Columbia, north through the Okanagan to Sicamous, following Highway 1 into the mountains of the BC Rockies. The largest trout in the world may be seen around Mother’s Day, but leave your fishing kit in the car, as these beauties are protected by law!Ĭircle Tour: See the best of the area on the Okanagan and Kootenay Rockies Circle Tour. South of the village, where the highway crosses the Lardeau River at Gerrard, another once was town, you may see some of the huge 4 to 5 feet Gerrard rainbow trout returning to spawn. Ferns grow thickly on the steep sides, the river tumbles over huge boulders, and in still pools, the water is a translucent jade green. The once bustling townsite of nearby Beaton is worth a short side trip to see the shady little canyon where the Incomappleaux River empties into Arrow Lake. Strike out on the Silver Cup Trail, a popular 40-km network of hiking, mountain biking and horse riding trails through the alpine meadows of the Silver Cup Ridge, to the east of Trout Lake. You may be fortunate enough to arrive when some of the fish are being released into Hill Creek.
Take a self-guided tour of the nearby Hill Creek Hatchery, and its large tanks of kokanee salmon, rainbow trout and bull trout. Trout Lake itself, narrow, icy cold and over 750 feet deep in places, offers great fishing for rainbow trout to 2 kg. Ghost Towns: The village is a good base from which to explore the area’s many Ghost Towns, like Ferguson, Canborne and Goldfields. It is still very much open for business year-round. Take an easy stroll to the Windsor Hotel, built in 1892 and lovingly restored. Access to Trout Lake is via Galena Bay on the Upper Arrow Lake, or from Kaslo in the south. Location: The community of Trout Lake is located on Highway 31 in the Kootenays, at the northern end of Trout Lake, and southeast of Revelstoke. The store still uses a pair of tall, slender old-fashioned glass-topped gas bowsers, where the fuel is handpumped into a see-through top compartment, then gravity feeds into your car’s gas tank! The Trout Lake General Store sells everything from soup to nuts, but it’s outside at the gas bar that a difference is noted. A boisterous mining town a century ago, Trout Lake has since been transformed into a quite backwater frequented by cottagers and fishermen.
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