Ottawa Family - Feb 17, 2010 When my brother and his family came to Vancouver for the 2010 Winter Olympics, I took the opportunity to take them out cruising on a sunny day. We cruised down the Nicomekl River from Ward's Marina into Boundary Bay. At White Rock Pier, we had lunch and then the girls were picked up by car to go shopping. The boys cruised back to the launch point. It felt like spring was in the air but of course we all realized this was our false spring that comes briefly in February. After all, this is Canada: Six months of winter followed by six months of bad mosquitoes!