Canada D’eh
God, it’s nice to visit a country where half the population doesn’t uncritically believe everything a power-mad narcissist says. Sorry, just had to get that off my chest. In late…
Canada
The Ninth Wonder of the World
It’s been said that the thousands of kilometers of dry stone walls found in the United Kingdom and Ireland might be considered the Eighth Wonder of the World because of…
Rocks, rocks, rocks… Trees, trees, trees…
We met a woman who had been in the Broughtons for several months and was ready to go home. “After a while”, she said, “it’s just rocks, rocks, rocks, trees,…
The Floating World
During Japan’s Edo period the phrase “the floating world” evoked an imagined universe of wit, stylishness, and extravagance—with overtones of naughtiness, hedonism, and transgression. But that’s not the floating world…
Billy Proctor’s Museum
Bill Proctor has lived all of his 85 years in the Broughton area. He worked as a logger, trapper and fisherman for many years. Later in life, he became a…
Tsatsisnukwomi
That this native village , better known today as New Vancouver, exists is a testament to the vision and determination of one man. A combination of government policy and economics…
Alive and Well
After hearing the sad story of Port Harvey, I thought you might enjoy seeing a marina that is thriving. Lagoon Cove, run by the Ryan family, features a communal “happy…
The Zombie Marina
We had to cheat a little on the “run rapids at slack” rule in order to get to the Broughtons today. We hit Green Point rapids about an hour before…
Getting close!
We ran the Gillard and Dent rapids early and uneventfully, bound for Blind Channel marina. This will be our last stop before heading into the Johnstone Strait and making for…
A Story Problem
Did you have story problems when you were in school? Microsoft used to think that the ability to solve them was a good measure of programming ability. Some of their…