I’ve been writing a series of articles about environmental activist David (Walrus) Garrick who passed away in May 2023, and am working on his life story. See the tribute to his life recently published in the Georgia Straight: https://www.straight.com/city-culture/a-tribute-to-life-of-legendary-canadian-eco-warrior-david-walrus-garrick

My latest book,  A Journey Back to Nature, A History of Strathcona Provincial Park has won the Lieutenant Governor’s Award for Historical Writing, Third Place (Finalist) sponsored by the BC Historical Federation. The book was published by Heritage House Publishing in Victoria in 2021.

The book tells the story of BC’s oldest provincial park and describes the challenges of maintaining this wilderness area for recreational use.

Numerous  photos taken from 1936 to the mid 1950s have never before been published, and offer a glimpse into a little known era of the Park’s history.

New photos of prehistoric tools from local archaeologists also take us into the Park’s deep past.

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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