WHY WRITE THIS BOOK? KOOTENAY MOUNTAINEERING CLUB COLUMBIA MOUNTAINSThe West Kootenay History Geology Mountains of the West KootenayNaming Mountains in…
ROMAN NOSE LAKES The three lakes are the Lower (vehicle accessible, has been rejuvenated with gravel paths, boardwalks and bridges,…
TWO MOUTH LAKES Completely untouched, this basin is carpeted with meadows, beneath granite cliffs and domes. There is a good…
HARRISON LAKE This short but demanding hike leads to a sapphire pool in a granite cirque. The small campground here…
MOUNTAINS IN THE INTERIOR OF BRITISH COLUMBIA COLUMBIA MOUNTAINS Includes the Cariboo, Monashee, Selkirk, and Purcell Mountains. For many years,…
PYRAMID & BALL LAKES North Idaho has beautiful well-constructed and well-maintained trails. The trail to Pyramid Lake is short and well-graded and…
I was born in Assiniboia, Saskatchewan in 1952, the third and last son. Both sets of my grandparents had homesteaded…
MARTIN, ABRAHAM (dit “l’Écossais” or“Maître Abraham”), pilot; b. 1589 in France; d. 8 Sept. 1664 at Quebec. This may be the same Martin who was…
THE SETTLEMENT OF NEW FRANCE Quebec has played a special role in French history; the modern province occupies much of the land…
THE PERRIER NAME in CANADA The earliest Perier appeared in the 1500-1505 Spanish census. There also were Periers in the…