#80 Stan Persky
LOCATION: 1018 Burnaby Street, Vancouver, former location of Buddy’s Bar. Born in Chicago in 1941, Stan Persky was easily one… FULL STORY
Literary Landmarks
#79 Juan Pérez
LOCATION: San Cristoval Range, Moresby Island, Haida Gwaii According to coastal place names expert Andrew Scott, the oldest surviving European… FULL STORY
#78 Bud Osborn
LOCATION: Insite Supervised Injection Site, 139 East Hastings Street, Vancouver Downtown Eastside activist Bud Osborn was an originator of North… FULL STORY
#77 Richard Olafson
LOCATION: Breezy Bay Bed ‘n’ Breakfast, Saturna Island. After arrival at the Lyall Harbour ferry dock, take the second right… FULL STORY
#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
#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
#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
#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
#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
