Bill Arnott

July 17th, 2025

Footwear, flippers and ferry decks become tools of exploration in A Perfect Day for a Walk by the Water (Arsenal $24.95), the latest travelogue from Bill Arnott. Through a series of engaging excursions, Arnott dives into the cultural, historical and ecological stories of Greater Vancouver’s coastlines—from scuba diving in West Vancouver to tracing Coast Salish traditions and uncovering tales of longshoremen, SeaBus commuters and shipyards past. It’s a follow-up to A Perfect Day for a Walk (Arsenal), the 2024 BC bestseller that explored Vancouver’s communities on foot. Arnott is a fellow of both the Royal Geographical Society and the Royal Canadian Geographical Society. He’s also the writer of the Gone Viking travel series (RMB, 2020) and A Season in the Okanagan (RMB, 2025). 9781834050201

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