Vancouver Co-op Radio Interview
On March 14, 2015, I was interviewed by Jane Williams on Vancouver Co-operative Radio’s Redeye Program. Jane was particularly interested in stories related to the various dugout canoes in British Columbia.
On March 14, 2015, I was interviewed by Jane Williams on Vancouver Co-operative Radio’s Redeye Program. Jane was particularly interested in stories related to the various dugout canoes in British Columbia.
This is the underside of the canoe carved and painted by Steven Point when he was Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia. The canoe now sits in Victoria’s Legislative Library which I visited on a recent trip. The canoe is carved with the shovel nose, eyes, scales and tail of the legendary monster Slahkum from Cultus Lake. It was presented as a gift…
On Sunday, October 26, 2014, I was Sheryl MacKay’s guest on CBC Radio One’s province-wide North by Northwest. In the interview, Sheryl asks me to tell listeners about some of her favourite stories after she read my book.
On August 29, 2014, I was Mark Forsythe’s guest on CBC Radio One’s BC Almanac. In the second half hour of the show, listeners from around the province called to talk about their favourite paddling journeys and memories and I provided background and context for many of the calls.
On August 11, 2014, I was interviewed by David Lennam, the Victoria-based host of CBC Radio One’s “All Points West”. A canoeist himself, we discussed the importance of the various types of canoes in BC and the joy of the paddling experience itself.
I’m always amazed by the enthusiasm of the paddlers at One Mile Lake outside Pemberton. Members of this small community, practicing on a tiny lake, have consistently won Junior national and international dragon boat races for 15 straight years and are the team to beat. Perhaps their secret lies in unusual training practices such as getting a water skier up…
The Salish “war canoes” have come to the North Shore again as part of their weekend series of races throughout the summer in the Salish Sea area. This weekend they are at Ambleside Beach in West Vancouver; next weekend they will be at Cates Park in North Vancouver. Long narrow dugout or strip canoes that hold from one to eleven…
On Sunday, I helped with the re-launch of George Dyson’s Mount Fairweather. Eric Startup and I paddled over from outside Cates Park in North Vancouver to the beach in Belcarra Park near the tree where Dyson had lived for three years while researching, designing and building the world’s biggest kayak. The original launch of the 48 foot, more than 300…
I had the privilege of attending a blessing ceremony for the paddlers and canoe about to head off on the “Spirit of the Coast” paddle from Vancouver to southern Alaska on Sunday at the Kwantlen First Nation Longhouse near Fort Langley. Chris Cooper, who has travelled the BC coast 6 times by canoe and spent the last few summers paddling…
I passed another important milestone with my new book this week…the launch! Held at North Vancouver’s Community History Centre on Wednesday afternoon, the launch was a chance for me to thank the people in attendance who had helped me get to this stage of my journey with the book. They included: Daniel Francis, Ken Gill, Franz Scherubl and Eric Startup who…