#76 Howard O’Hagan
LOCATION: Lucerne, B.C., Yellowhead Highway, inside Mount Robson Park Born in Lethbridge in 1902, Howard O’Hagan spent his pre-teen years… FULL STORY
Author Archive
#75 George Nicholson
LOCATION: Zeballos, west coast of Vancouver Island, at the head of Zeballos Inlet, named by Captain Alejandro Malaspina in 1792… FULL STORY
#74 Peter Murray
LOCATION: Metlakatla village, at Metlakatla Pass, west of Prince Rupert. 54° 20′ 9″ N, 130° 26′ 36″ W. Approachable from… FULL STORY
#73 Bridget Moran
LOCATION: Bridget Moran statue, northwest corner, Third Avenue & Quebec Street, Prince George. Prince George-based social worker Bridget Moran consistently… FULL STORY
#72 Susan Mayse
LOCATION: Mount Ginger Goodwin, 18 km. west of Cumberland; 5 km. west of Comox Lake, west of the Cruickshank River,… FULL STORY
#71 Lee Maracle
LOCATION: False Creek (aka Snauq), beneath the Burrard Bridge, Vancouver In her story ‘Goodbye Snauq’ which appeared in West Coast… FULL STORY
Super 8 Motel detectives
Nelson-based Rachel M. Greenaway will make her debut as an author at the first annual CUFFED Crime Writers Festival program… FULL STORY
#70 Richard Mackie
LOCATION: Sugar Lake, north of Cherryville, in the Monashee Mountains. Directions: From Vernon, drive 50 km east on Highway #6… FULL STORY
#69 Pete Loudon
LOCATION: Anyox, Observation Inlet. 55 24′ 00″ 129 47′ 00 SE of Granby Point. Of the numerous ghost towns in… FULL STORY
#68 Mark Leiren-Young
LOCATION: Willliams Lake Tribune, 188 1 Ave North, Williams Lake [52°7’46” N, 122°8’18” W] In 2009, Mark Leiren-Young won the… FULL STORY
#67 JJ Lee
LOCATION: Modernize Tailors, 5 W Pender Street, Vancouver Established by Wong Kung Lai in 1913, Modernize Tailors is where JJ… FULL STORY
#66 Hamilton Mack Laing
LOCATION: Mack Laing Nature Park, 70 Orchard Park Drive, Comox, on Vancouver Island. The nature preserve can be accessed from… FULL STORY
Doyle compares Riel to Marti
David Doyle, Powell River historian and author (FROM THE GALLOWS – the lost testimony of Louis Riel – Canada 150 Edition)… FULL STORY
#65 Vladimir Krajina
LOCATION: Vladimir J. Krajina Ecological Reserve, west coast of Graham Island, Haida Gwaii (southwest of Masset, 35 km. west of… FULL STORY
Coyote to the rescue
Margery Fee’s Literary Land Claims: The “Indian Land Question” from Pontiac’s War to Attawapiskat (Wilfrid Laurier University Press $29.24) examines… FULL STORY
#64 Cliff Kopas
LOCATION: 438 MacKenzie Street, at Dean Avenue, Bella Coola The main historian of the Bella Coola area was storekeeper Cliff… FULL STORY
#63 Des Kennedy
LOCATION: 1670 Pickles Road, Denman Island Des Kennedy is a West Coast original–when he writes about how everyone can live… FULL STORY
#62 Betty Keller
LOCATION: Festival of the Written Arts, 5509 Shorncliffe Avenue, Sechelt. Directions: A half-hour from Gibsons, via Sunshine Coast Highway, turn… FULL STORY
#61 Deanna Kawatski
LOCATION: Ningunsaw Valley, B.C. DIRECTIONS: Find Highway 37 on a map of northern B.C. If you squint, you will see… FULL STORY
#60 Conrad Kain
LOCATION: Conrad Kain Hut, south of Golden, B.C., northwest of Invermere, B.C. This alpine refuge is located in Bugaboo Provincial… FULL STORY
