I’m pleased to announce that the book I’m currently working on about environmental activist David (Walrus) Garrick, will be published by Ronsdale Press in Vancouver, and is scheduled to be released in April 2026. See the tribute to his life published in the Georgia Straight: https://www.straight.com/city-culture/a-tribute-to-life-of-legendary-canadian-eco-warrior-david-walrus-garrick
Garrick was a prolific writer who left behind numerous articles, journals and letters that serve to fill gaps in our understanding of environmental history. I am working with mainly unpublished material that for years was stored at his camp Earth Embassy on Hanson Island. The collection is being kept at the Alert Bay Library & Museum in Alert Bay BC on Cormorant Island, the last place he lived in and his community during the 30 years he spent in the area.
My history of Strathcona Provincial Park, A Journey Back to Nature,
published by Heritage House Publishing in Victoria in 2021, won the Lieutenant Governor’s Award for Historical Writing, Third Place (Finalist) sponsored by the BC Historical Federation.
This largely environmental history continues to find new audiences as we grapple in the province of BC with the desire for a growing economy often at odds with natural resources protection.
An autographed copy of the book can be ordered through this site Order Here or purchased at several British Columbia bookstores, including Coho Books and the Museum at Campbell River, Strathcona Park Lodge and Outdoor Education Centre and in Courtenay at the Strathcona Wilderness Institute’s Paradise Meadows Info Centre.
Reviews
Ormsby Review, A Journey Back to Nature
In the Miramichi Reader:
A Journey Back to Nature: A History of Strathcona Provincial Park by Catherine Marie Gilbert
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