Fall 2009


Fall 2009

In stock
Price: $8.00 

Quantity:  
Fall 2009

E-mail this product to a friend E-mail this product to a friend

Previous  Up  Next" 

FRONT LINES

Spitfire and true grit

by Anita Willis

Observations from the editor of British Columbia Magazine.

DESTINATION

Rockin’ in Squamish

by Danielle Egan

Midway along the Sea-to-Sky Highway between Vancouver and Whistler, this fast-growing community is welcoming under-40 outdoor enthusiasts keen to climb, paddle, hike, bike, and kiteboard in the natural surroundings.

FIRST NATIONS

Secrets of Klemtu

by David Leach

The ancient culture surrounding this Kitasoo/Xai’xais coastal village holds unexpected magic for travellers lured to the Great Bear Rainforest by its legendary white bears.

PHOTO ESSAY

Sea-to-Sky

by Jenny Manzer

Its beauty is mythical. Its knuckle-whitening turns are legendary. This winter, the upgraded highway between Vancouver and Whistler will bring the world to the 2010 Winter Games, flaunting its bounty of mountains, ocean, rivers, and forests.

PROFILE

Annie Oakley of the Chilcotin

by Danielle Egan

Years before locals carved the “Freedom Road” through this remote backcountry, pioneer cowgirl Gerry Bracewell broke trail and rode shotgun into the Coast Mountains surrounding her Tatlayoko Lake home.

ECOLOGY

Canoeing the Columbia River

by Brian Payton

Stretches of lush wetlands between the Purcell and Rocky mountains are as untamed and aflutter with birds as when explorer David Thompson paddled through 200 years ago.

SCIENCE

GSI: Grizzly Site Investigators

by Dave Quinn

By setting barbed-wire traps to snag tufts of fur for DNA analysis, biologists are able to gather crucial genetic data about West Kootenay grizzlies—without them even knowing it.

ECHOES

Alpine ambassadors

by Frances Backhouse

Swiss guides helped the Canadian Pacific Railway establish a mountain tourism empire in the early 1900s, introducing hundreds of novice climbers to the thrill of the peaks.

OUTDOOR ADVISOR

Planning a greener getaway

by Larry Pynn

Roam close to home and do right by the planet.








Summer 2009
Summer 2009
In stock
Summer 2009Summer 2009
Spring 2010
In stock
Winter 2008
Winter 2008
In stock