Summer snapshots

In our fourth annual gallery of vacation pictures, we've compiled over 100 snapshots taken by McGill students, staff and faculty as they travelled the world or just enjoyed a little staycation.

August 31, 2016

Matira Beach at Bora Bora island. Photo: Sophie Brosseau

The summer of 2016 will be remembered as being a little late in arriving but once it got here, wow. In our fourth annual gallery of vacation pictures, we’ve compiled over 100 snapshots taken by McGill students, staff and faculty as they travelled the world or just enjoyed a little staycation. You can also see the galleries from 2015, 2014 and 2013.

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: Moraine Lake, AB / Photo: Alice Norris

: Geishas in Gion, Japan / Photo: Jonah Dabora

: Overlooking Mediterranean Sea in Thira, Santorini / Photo: Jessica Hunter

: Osaka Castle, Japan / Photo: Jonah Dabora

: Windmills at sunset in Mykonos, Greece / Photo: Jessica Hunter

: Machu Picchu in Peru / Photo: Paige Hunter

: Head over heels at the Chutes-de-la-Chaudière, Levis, Quebec / Photo: Neale McDevitt

: On the flight back from Lyon / Photo: Joëlle Grundman

: Kiyomizu-dera temple, Japan / Photo: Jonah Dabora

: Moon rising over the Ottawa River, Greece’s Point, Quebec / Photo: Ian Edward Dorion

: Near Rivière Saguenay, Quebec / Photo: Hugo Viladevall

: Squamish, BC / Photo: Harman Malhi

: Rideau Canal in Smith’s Falls, Ontario / Photo: Gayle A. Shinder

: Fo Guang Shan Buddha Memorial Center, Taiwan / Photo: Jonah Dabora

: Sand Banks / Photo: Neale McDevitt

: Summer job cleaning airport AC units / Photo: Elise Lacoste

: Stone crocodile chows down on water plants at Lac Dufresne, Quebec / Doug Sweet

: St. Agathe, Quebec / Photo: Gayle A. Shinder

: Daughter Molly above an oxbow in the Michipicoten River south of Wawa, Ontario / Photo: David Krawitz

: Hiking in Skógafoss, Skógar, Iceland / Photo: Diana Sarai

: Beach near the village of Vík í Mýrdal, Iceland/ Photo: Diana Sarai

: Bullfrog at Lac Dunbar, Réserve Faunique du Saint-Maurice / Photo: David Krawitz

: Whale watching / Photo: Cindy Mancuso

: Pride Parade in Greenwich Village / Photo: David Krawitz

: Summer internship at Critter Care Wildlife Society in Langley, BC / Photo Cory Waheed

: Sky following a nearby tornado, Winnipeg Beach, Manitoba / Photo: David Krawitz

: Gullfoss waterfall in canyon of the Hvítá river, Iceland/ Photo: Diana Sarai

: Cindy Mancuso and mom Suzanne in Newfoundland / Photo: Cindy Mancuso

: Iceberg off coast of Newfoundland / Photo: Cindy Mancuso

: Summit of Mount Fuji, Japan / Photo: Jonah Dabora

: The Chutes-de-la-Chaudière, Levis, Quebec / Photo: Neale McDevitt

: Cabot Trail, Nova Scotia / Photo: Christopher Nzediegwu

: Macnab Burial Ground on Inchbuie in River Dochart, Killin, Scotland / Photo: Carolyn Ells

: Cindy Mancuso and mom Suzanne in Newfoundland / Photo: Cindy Mancuso

: Beach bound, Saco, Maine / Photo: Caroline Arpin

: Family holiday aboard Harmony of the Seas, Mediterranean cruise / Azra Karmali

: Cathedral Rock, Sedona, Arizona / Photo: Aditya Mahajan

: Geyser in Bolivia / Photo: Isabelle Pean

: Laguna, Bolivia / Photo: Isabelle Pean

: having fun in Canoe Cove, PEI / Photo: Carolyn Baglole

: The New World Trade Center in New York / Photo: Andra Armasu

: Cassis, French Riveira / Photo: Apolline Moulaire

: Isla del Sol, Bolivia / Photo: Isabelle Pean

: Spain’s Montserrat National Park / Photo: Lois Miraucourt

: Matira Beach at Bora Bora island. Photo: Sophie Brosseau

: Lac Titicaca, Bolivia / Photo: Isabelle Pean

: Arial view of the Rangiroa atoll / Photo: Sophie Brosseau

: Wascana Park, Regina, Sask. / Photo: Yujing Zou

: View over the lagoon at Maupiti island / Photo: Sophie Brosseau

: Purulhá, Baja Verapaz, Guatemala / Photo: Tamara Yang

: The Parthenon in Athens, Greece. / Photo: Stephanie Wereley

: Overwater bungalow in Tikehau atoll / Photo: Sophie Brosseau

: Luging at Mont Tremblant / Photo: Silvana Di Lollo

: Lemon sharks at Bora Bora Island / Photo: Sophie Brosseau

: Harvest / Photo: Silvana Di Lollo

: Sunset at Taha’a island / Photo: Sophie Brosseau

: Mont Tremblant Lake / Photo: Silvana Di Lollo

: Sleeping dog on Patong Beach, Phuket Island, Thailand / Photo: Siyu Ma

: Oqunquit, Maine / Photo: Paula Domingues

: Beach in Punta Cana / Photo: Sacha Young

: Mountain overlooking Seljavallalung Pool in Iceland / Photo: Sean Cohen

: Ausable Chasm New York / Photo: Paula Domingues

: Sunset at Sand Banks / Photo: Neale McDevitt

: Oqunquit, Maine / Photo: Paula Domingues

: Santo Domingo fresco, Dominican Republic / Photo: Sacha Young

: Ausable Chasm New York / Photo: Paula Domingues

: Calella de Palafrugell, Costa Brava, Spain / Photo Nely Gaulea

: Oqunquit, Maine / Photo: Paula Domingues

: Sunset in Malaga, Spain / Photo Nely Gaulea

: Baddeck, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia / Photo: Michèle Paquette

: Ausable Chasm, New York / Photo: Paula Domingues

: Château de Chillon on Lake Geneva near Montreux, Switzerland / Photo Nely Gaulea

: La Pocatière, Quebec / Photo: Michèle Paquette

: Monte San Salvatore, Ticino, Switzerland / Photo Nely Gaulea

: Cabot Trail, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia / Photo: Michèle Paquette

: Bras d’Or Lake, seen through cottage back door / Photo: Michèle Paquette

: Plaza de España, Seville, Spain / Photo Nely Gaulea

: On top of Mount Franey, the highest peak in the Cape Breton highlands / Photo: Michèle Paquette

: Air Canada’s inaugural flight to Lyon / Photo: Martine Dolmiere

: La Pocatière, Quebec / Photo: Michèle Paquette

: Black-legged Kittiwake colony in Conche, Newfoundland / Photo: Megan Lalli

: White-beaked dolphin off Newfoundland coast / Photo: Megan Lalli

: Bras d’Or Lake, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia / Photo: Michèle Paquette

: Sunset over Red Bay, Labrador / Photo: Megan Lalli

: The Library of Celsus, Ephesus, Turkey / Photo: Mala Doan

: Wasaga Beach, Ontario / Photo: Marcella Casella

: Morning in Red Bay, Labrador / Photo: Megan Lalli

: Flowerpot Island, Georgian Bay / Photo: Marcella Casella

: Sunset in Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue / Photo: Manjurul Haque

: Iconic windmills of Mykonos, Greece / Photo: Mala Doan

: Motorcycle trip from Montreal to Cape Breton Island / Photo: Martin Duval

: Humpback whale feeding off the coast of Conche, Newfoundland / Photo: Megan Lalli

: Mykonos, Greece / Photo: Mala Doan

: Hudson Museum, Maine. / Photo: Lanrewaju Adetunji

: Quintessentially Venice II / Photo: Mala Doan

: Quintessentially Venice / Photo: Mala Doan

: Camps Bay, South Africa / Photo: Lilly Gates

: On the beach in Tel Aviv, Israel / Photo: Justin Fletcher

: Magnificent Mile, downtown Chicago / Photo: Karim Al-Dahdah

: On the Sea of Galilee, Tiberias, Israel / Photo: Justin Fletcher

: Beautiful Burano, Italy / Photo: Mala Doan

: The Font de Canaletes, La Rambla, Barcelona / Karin Lornsen

: Washington Monument, Washington, DC / Photo: Justin Fletcher

: Hudson Museum, Maine. / Photo: Lanrewaju Adetunji

: Entrance of Huangyaguan, a section of the Great Wall, in Tianjin, China / Photo: Julia Qi

: Lookout from Mount Arbel, Israel / Photo: Justin Fletcher

: Sitting on the edge, Triund Point, India / Photo: Joshua Jung

: Washington Monument, Washington, DC / Photo: Justin Fletcher

: Gavarnie, France / Photo: Julie Fortier

: The Bean, Chicago, Illinois / Photo: Justin Fletcher