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Canoeing the Columbia River
Stretches of lush wetlands between the Purcell and Rocky mountains are as untamed and aflutter with birds as when explorer David Thompson paddled through 200 years ago.
Issue: Fall 2009
Words: 2000 to 3000
Main Photographer: Patrice Halley
GSI: Grizzly Site Investigators
By setting barbed-wire traps to snag tufts of fur for DNA analysis, biologists are able to gather crucial genetic data about West Kootenay grizzlies—without them even knowing it.
Issue: Fall 2009
Words: 2000 to 3000
Planning a greener getaway
Roam close to home and do right by the planet.
Issue: Fall 2009
Words: 500 to 1000
Alpine ambassadors
Swiss guides helped the Canadian Pacific Railway establish a mountain tourism empire in the early 1900s, introducing hundreds of novice climbers to the thrill of the peaks.
Issue: Fall 2009
Words: 1000 to 2000
Annie Oakley of the Chilcotin
Years before locals carved the “Freedom Road” through this remote backcountry, pioneer cowgirl Gerry Bracewell broke trail and rode shotgun into the Coast Mountains surrounding her Tatlayoko Lake home.
Issue: Fall 2009
Words: 2000 to 3000
Main Photographer: Steve Ogle
