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Book Synopsis Sea Kayak Desolation Sound and the Sunshine Coast by : Heather Harbord
Download or read book Sea Kayak Desolation Sound and the Sunshine Coast written by Heather Harbord and published by Rocky Mountain Books Ltd. This book was released on 2005 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This paddling guide to Desolation Sound and the Strait of Georgia provides historical travel information on a part of the Inner Passage between Vancouver Island and the BC mainland. Follow the Marine Trail up the east coast of Vancouver Island with perhaps a digression to Hornby or Denman islands. Or tackle the savage inflow-outflow winds of Jervis Inlet to reach the jewel of Princess Louisa Inlet.
Book Synopsis Desolation Sound by : Heather Harbord
Download or read book Desolation Sound written by Heather Harbord and published by Harbour Publishing Company. This book was released on 2007 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beautiful Desolation Sound, 150 km north of Vancouver, has for many years been the most popular cruising destination on the BC coast, but is today almost as devoid of local occupants as it was in 1792 when the dyspeptic Captain George Vancouver gave it its misleading name. It has not always been this way. Thick clamshell middens in remote bays, rotted pilings on silent estuaries, ambitious stone terraces on vacant hillsides, overgrown fences around deserted fields, even abandoned railroads--all contribute to an impression that this is an area full of ghosts, an area with a storied past. In Desolation Sound, author Heather Harbord details that remarkable past and brings those ghosts back to unforgettable life. We meet Mike Shuttler, the Homer-quoting hermit who figured in famous books by Stuart Edward White and M. Wylie Blanchet. We meet his illiterate neighbour Phil Lavigne, who said, when Shuttler died, "All dem words, and 'e 'ad to die like all de rest of us!" We meet "the Cougar Queen of Okeover Arm," who said, "Living in the bush like I do, a gun is as much a part of my household tools as a vacuum cleaner is in the city." We visit Baloney Bay, a sprawling Depression-era logging camp where human life had so little value they piled accident victims in a heap and didn't bother moving them until the end of the working day. We meet Sliammon chief Joe Mitchell, whose ancestors had an aboriginal city with buildings 200 feet long in now-deserted Grace Harbour. Harbord assiduously tracks down all the old legends that cling to the shoreside trees like Spanish moss, debunking some, confirming many. Desolation Sound is a captivating book full of great characters, heroic deeds, humorous anecdotes and well-researched fact. It fills a crucial hole in the history of the BC coast.
Download or read book Desolation Sound written by Marion Jensen and published by FriesenPress. This book was released on 2016 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is about recovery from loss. In the aftermath of a death, Ann Patterson's family is becoming unglued. To save it, the hot-tempered librarian splurges on a trip to Desolation Sound. The trip turns out far different from her expectations. With the help of a ghostly adviser, Ann must face her own shortcomings and get a grip on the realities of her life.
Book Synopsis Adventures in Solitude by : Grant Lawrence
Download or read book Adventures in Solitude written by Grant Lawrence and published by Harbour Publishing. This book was released on 2015-06-15 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Captain George Vancouver to Muriel “Curve of Time” Blanchet to Jim “Spilsbury’s Coast” Spilsbury, visitors to Desolation Sound have left behind a trail of books endowing the area with a romantic aura that helps to make it British Columbia’s most popular marine park. In this hilarious and captivating book, CBC personality Grant Lawrence adds a whole new chapter to the saga of this storied piece of BC coastline. Young Grant’s father bought a piece of land next to the park in the 1970s, just in time to encounter the gun-toting cougar lady, left-over hippies, outlaw bikers and an assortment of other characters. In those years Desolation Sound was a place where going to the neighbours’ potluck meant being met with hugs from portly naked hippies and where Russell the Hermit’s school of life (boating, fishing, and rock ’n’ roll) was Grant’s personal Enlightenment—an influence that would take him away from the coast to a life of music and journalism and eventually back again. With rock band buddies and a few cases of beer in tow, an older, cooler Grant returns to regale us with tales of “going bush,” the tempting dilemma of finding an unguarded grow-op, and his awkward struggle to convince a couple of visiting kayakers that he’s a legit CBC radio host while sporting a wild beard and body wounds and gesticulating with a machete. With plenty of laugh-out-loud humour and inspired reverence, Adventures in Solitude delights us with the unique history of a place and the growth of a young man amidst the magic of Desolation Sound.
Book Synopsis Biophysical Suitability of the Sunshine Coast and Johnstone Strait/Desolation Sound Areas for Salmonid Farming in Net Cages by : Karl E. Ricker
Download or read book Biophysical Suitability of the Sunshine Coast and Johnstone Strait/Desolation Sound Areas for Salmonid Farming in Net Cages written by Karl E. Ricker and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report evaluates the biophysical suitability for net-cage salmon farming of nearshore areas on the British Columbia coast between Vancouver Island and the mainland. The base biophysical information was obtained by interviews with patrol officers and specialist scientists, as well as by reviewing library information and file data. Data on 16 biophysical criteria important to net-cage rearing of salmonids were compiled on base maps and each criterion was assigned a ranking from good to not acceptable for fish farming. The report includes a general oceanographic overview of the study area, a description of the study methodology and data compilation methods used, comments on the criteria used for rating the capability of salmon farming areas, and detailed descriptions and appraisals of the biophysical environments of the waterways evaluated. Areas requiring additional field investigations are also listed.
Book Synopsis The Curve Of Time by : M. Wylie Blanchet
Download or read book The Curve Of Time written by M. Wylie Blanchet and published by Pickle Partners Publishing. This book was released on 2016-01-27 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Time did not exist; or if it did it did not mater. Our world then was both wide and narrow—wide in the immensity of the sea and mountain; narrow in that the boat was very small, and we lived and camped, explored and swam in a little realm of our own making...” This is the fascinating true adventure story of a woman who packed her five children onto a twenty-five-foot boat and explored the coastal waters of British Columbia summer after summer in the 1920s and 1930s. Acting single-handedly as skipper, navigator, engineer and of course, mother, Muriel Wylie Blanchet saw her crew through exciting—and sometimes perilous—encounters with fog; rough seas, cougars, bears and whales, and did so with high spirits and courage. On these pages an independent woman with a deep respect for the native cultures of a region, and a refreshing wonderment about the natural world, comes to life. In The Curve of Time, she has left us with a sensitive and lyrically written account of their journeys and a timeless travel memoir not to be missed.
Book Synopsis Following the Curve of Time by : Cathy Converse
Download or read book Following the Curve of Time written by Cathy Converse and published by TouchWood Editions. This book was released on 2008 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: M. Wylie 'Capi' Blanchet has accompanied many a seafarer on the B.C. coast-her bestselling book, The Curve of Time, introduced us to a resilient, adventurous, and enigmatic woman ahead of her time. Widowed in 1926, Capi cruised the coast in her 25-foot boat, the Caprice, with her five children and their dog. Beyond this incredible story, however, little is known about the rest of her life. What tied Capi to the West Coast, despite her upbringing and family ties in EasternCanada? What made her see possibility in a boat that had been sunk to the bottom? Insiders' recollections, and her own travels along Capi's route help Cathy Converse explore this very private woman. In revisiting these villages, inlets and islands described in The Curve of Time, Converse evokes Capi's spirit and enriches the impressions she left behind.
Book Synopsis Women on Board Cruising by : Lisa Targal Favors
Download or read book Women on Board Cruising written by Lisa Targal Favors and published by Favors Ventures. This book was released on 2010-01-01 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using many different perspectives to tell of the trials and tribulations of long-distance cruising, 25 women share their unique experiences. This book offers the reader a chance to find out what might work for them under similar situations, or they may take comfort in the sharing and supportive accounts by this warm and amusing group of women who are each seasoned, long-distance cruisers. Collectively, they tried to show how this kind of lifestyle could be invigorating, rewarding and life changing. One of the major things these 25 women have in common is the willingness to learn and take a risk at an unknown challenge sometimes for their partner or, more importantly, themselves. This is not a shy group; they have a lot to say. You don’t have to be a woman or even a boater to enjoy reading this book; every reader will appreciate the warmth, humor, and resourcefulness shared within.
Book Synopsis Vancouver's Discovery of Puget Sound by : Edmond Stephen Meany
Download or read book Vancouver's Discovery of Puget Sound written by Edmond Stephen Meany and published by . This book was released on 1907 with total page 454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chapters 5-12 (p. 61-334) include a portion of Vancouver's journal, reprinted from v. 2 of his Voyage of discovery to the north Pacific Ocean, and round the world, 2nd edition, London, 1801. The reprint "is designed to follow the explorer from the time he strikes the shore of the present state of Washington ... on into Puget Sound, and around Vancouver Island, and, finally, through the negotiations at Nootka."
Download or read book 2004 Pacific Boating Almanac written by and published by ProStar Publications. This book was released on 2004 with total page 802 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 2004 PBA: Pacific Northwest, Volume 1 covers Oregon and the Columbia River, Washington coast, Puget Sound, the San Juan Islands, and British Columbia up through Vancouver Island. Within the text is information about U.S. coastal piloting, tide and current tables, electronics, maps and charts, weather, navigation, and first aid.
Download or read book Cruising World written by and published by . This book was released on 2008-01 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis H.O. Pub by : United States. Hydrographic Office
Download or read book H.O. Pub written by United States. Hydrographic Office and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 596 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis British Columbia Pilot by : United States. Hydrographic Office
Download or read book British Columbia Pilot written by United States. Hydrographic Office and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 594 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Cruising World written by and published by . This book was released on 2005-01 with total page 2038 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Cruising World written by and published by . This book was released on 2007-08 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Sessional Papers by : British Colombia. Parliament
Download or read book Sessional Papers written by British Colombia. Parliament and published by . This book was released on 1918 with total page 1002 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Annual Report of the Minister of Lands of the Province of British Columbia for the Year Ending ... by : British Columbia. Dept. of Lands
Download or read book Annual Report of the Minister of Lands of the Province of British Columbia for the Year Ending ... written by British Columbia. Dept. of Lands and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 612 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
