Ref: The Spotlight, Fort St. John: September 1973  Emerging after five weeks in the wilderness were a tired but more than satisfied pair, Rudy Zerneke and Wolfgang Boehler. They had hoped to find a large area of remote and relatively untouched wilderness through which to hike. Their adventure began on July 17 from Mason Creek… Read More

By George HunterIntroduction by Dorthea Calverley This is the most understated account of tragedy and devotion that this writer has ever heard. It is taken, with only the least possible amount of deletion of detail or repetition from a taped interview with Mr. George Hunter of Beryl Prairie near Hudson’s Hope in July 1973. It… Read More

as told by Frank Parr of Groundbirchand recorded by Dorthea Calverley Frank Parr held out his hands, marked with old scars of a terrifying trapping incident. Here is his story: I was trapping in the old days over the ridge of high hills that runs south of here — around Groundbirch. Fox was good that year,… Read More

Adapted by Dorthea Calverley from an unpublished manuscript by William Warn The trapping and game resources of Rocky Mountain [Gwillim] Lake, lying about a hundred miles from Dawson Creek, have attracted hardy men to this almost inaccessible region since early in the century. It still gets into the news from time to time when accident or… Read More

As told by Edward Fox of the Onion Lake Reserve (Translation from the Cree) Today, a lot of people have come to me to ask me to tell of things that happened or took place long ago or to tell of legends and I some times wonder about them. What I am about to relate to… Read More

Once there lived an old man whose wife passed away. He was left with their only son. As the boy was getting older, the old man used to try and get some things across to him, lecturing him from time to time. “Try and lead a good life, my son,” he used to tell him…. Read More

Recent History – 2005   After 81 days and more than 3,800 kilometres of paddling this summer, Karl and Inge-Jean Mattson were happy to relax at home during the Labour Day weekend. What is left of the couple’s Sweetwater to Saltwater expedition amounts to hundreds of slides, a collection of sketches, notebook entries and a… Read More