Snow falls heavily outside, while inside the potbelly stove burns hot. The fragrant smell of fresh cedar shavings fills the...
The Alaska Highway, known as Highway 97 in British Columbia and Highway 1 in Yukon, meanders west along the 60th...
On a summer day in 1995, John Harper, a BC marine geologist, realized there was something he was repeatedly seeing...
“Deserts are where people go when they’re thrown out of Paradise.” —poet-laureate George Bowering, on Okanagan grasslands Climbing upward...
Nothing makes a person forget winter quicker than a walk through Vancouver’s delicate pink-and-white canopy of cherry blossoms, exploring colourful...
If there’s one thing we should all have realized from the near daily news reports of climate change phenomena—from fracturing...
High above the Trans-Canada Highway, where it cuts across the continental divide on the BC-Alberta border, there’s a small fossil...
The VHF radio call comes early in the morning. “I’ve spotted a mother humpback with a young one who’s dragging...
In early July of 1791, during a first European exploration of the Salish Sea, Spanish naval officer José María Narváez...
Located in Cultus Lake Provincial Park, Teapot Hill is a whimsical hike made for anyone that needs a bit of...
The blue heron stands on a single leg in the shallows of Sidney Island near Victoria, the bird’s shadow barely...
This excerpt from the anthology Tales of B.C., by Daniel Wood, was first published in British Columbia Magazine in Winter...