Mid-way up Plum Line I start questioning the name. Is it because the climbing route follows a straight line up...
In Nature’s Realm—Early Naturalists Explore Vancouver Island By Michael Layland, TouchWood Editions, 2019, $40 I was pleased to continue learning...
Nothing makes a person forget winter quicker than a walk through Vancouver’s delicate pink-and-white canopy of cherry blossoms, exploring colourful...
Snow falls heavily outside, while inside the potbelly stove burns hot. The fragrant smell of fresh cedar shavings fills the...
It’s a dark night on the Juan de Fuca Strait. A few distant buoys are flashing. The wind whistles down...
Vancouver Island in the fall is magic. Plain and simple. If you’re looking to take advantage of the cooler weather...
Vancouver Island Sooke Potholes Sooke One trip to Sooke Potholes Provincial Park and you’ll see why this is such a...
The footprints of North America’s mastodons, saber-toothed tigers and camels are long gone, as is the evidence today of prehistoric...
The thought of leprosy fills most of us with horror. Perhaps because of this, it’s a disease most of us...
If you’re hoping to have an epic adventure, the first place to start is CanaDream. CanaDream is a Canadian...
The Alaska Highway, known as Highway 97 in British Columbia and Highway 1 in Yukon, meanders west along the 60th...
Craigdarroch Castle Originally home to coal baron Robert Dunsmuir and his wife, Joan, along with their 10 children, Victoria’s Craigdarroch...