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Bicycling the wilds of British Columbia: Chapter 4

January 20, 2005

Hermits and Ghosts May 22, 1981 From Burton (446m), where some of my deepest insights into the powers of the wind gods occured, it is just 35 kilometres to Nakusp (457m). With the discovery of silver, lead and zinc in 1891, Vancouver speculators rushed to buy property here and, as the metals boom expanded, Nakusp […]

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Bicycling the wilds of British Columbia: Chapter 3

January 20, 2005

Shelter Within May 21: I abandoned my dismal camp and my bicycle to the storm. Inside the modest cottage, there was a little heater, above which I hung my clothes and bedding to steam. In the corner stood a steel bedstead. The mattress sagged, caressing my tired limbs. Beside the bed, a bookcase held a […]

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Bicycling the wilds of British Columbia: Chapter 2

January 20, 2005

Men in Tights May 18: The unlikely name of Beaverdell (787m/2582ft), 50 kilometres north of Rock Creek, is intended not to evoke, as one might imagine, the refuge of Canada’s industrious toothy rodent, but springs from the amalgamation, in 1901, of the mining towns of Beaverton and Rendell. I rolled into town in time for […]

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Bicycling the wilds of British Columbia: Chapter 1

January 20, 2005

In the spring of 1981, I was scheduled to pick up my daughter from the East Kootenays of British Columbia, where she lived with her mother. This seemed like a good chance to traverse the province by bicycle again, on the southern route from Vancouver, via Highway #3. We pick up the story in Princeton, […]

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