2025

Saturday, April 12 at 12:00pm, The Book Shelf, Port McNeill BC

Will present two stories in one, based on my two books – Yorke Island and the Uncertain War, and A Journey Back to Nature, a history of Strathcona Provincial Park. The presetation will be a pictorial PowerPoint, and there will be time for questions and answers.

Friday, February 28 at 2:00pm, Berwick Comox Valley, 1700 Comox Ave, Comox, BC

The Nootka Crisis – Spain or Britain? This talk explains the events that led up to the Nootka Crisis of 1789 at today’s Yuquot (Friendly Cove) in Nootka Sound, using maps and several images sketched by ship’s artists such as John Webber and Jose Cardero. The Crisis, an incident between Spain and Britain for territorial rights at Nootka Sound, came close to igniting a war between these two European powers. This presentation highlights the scoundrel and opportunist John Meares, British Captains James Cook and George Vancouver,  and Spanish Captain Juan Francisco de la Bodega y Quadra.  The presentation will include a discussion about the Mowachaht, whose territory was at the centre of this dispute.

Thursday, November 27 at 1:00pm, Probus Strathcona Meeting, Comox Legion.

The Nootka Crisis – Spain or Britain? This talk explains the events that led up to the Nootka Crisis of 1789 at today’s Yuquot (Friendly Cove) in Nootka Sound, using maps and several images sketched by ship’s artists such as John Webber and Jose Cardero. The Crisis, an incident between Spain and Britain for territorial rights at Nootka Sound, came close to igniting a war between these two European powers. This presentation highlights the scoundrel and opportunist John Meares, British Captains James Cook and George Vancouver,  and Spanish Captain Juan Francisco de la Bodega y Quadra.  The presentation will include a discussion about the Mowachaht, whose territory was at the centre of this dispute.