Blossoming orchards, warm weather, sandy beaches, lush vineyards: Kelowna, B.C. has it all! Nestled in British Columbia’s Okanagan Valley, Kelowna is becoming one of the fastest growing cities in Canada. Writer Allan Casey explores how the very things drawing people to the area are now at risk as wine, tourism and housing developments explode. In Following Farley writer and biologist Karsten Heuer, along with wife Leanne Allison and son Zev, spend five months travelling across Canada, retracing the steps of author Farley Mowat. Just in time for B.C.’s 150th anniversary, we examine the photography of Frederick Dally, a British Photographer who offered a glimpse into pre-Confederation colonial life.

Plus: Manitoba’s east-west hydro debate and the Calgary Stampede caught on camera.

Online exclusive: Canadian Geographic Photo Club
Join us for an interview with photographer Kevin Dunn and get a behind-the-scenes look into a photo shoot for Canadian Geographic.

Edge of the Empire
Photos by an unheralded English photographer continue to shape our perception of early British Columbia
Photography by Frederick Dally with story by Monique Roy-Sole

Following Farley
Inspired by a childhood love of Farley Mowat’s books, a park warden and his family travel cross-country to retrace the stories and their settings
Story and photography by Karsten Heuer

Editor's notebook
The thirsty Okanagan

Contributors
Meet our writers and photographers

Reverberations
Robbing the grandkids, Poll position, Wasting wheat straw, Simple solution, Tuh or sa? Building green

Discovery
Coming home, The Frozen Chosen, Bicycle locked, Both sides now, Talk this way, I dare say, Little mosque on the delta, Cormorant killers

Explorer
Racing the “Wave Eater” in the Queen Charlotte Islands
By PJ Reece

À la carte
A short history of the world’s longest undefended border
By Steven Fick and Elizabeth Shilts

Reviews
Risky business, The unsung Captain Vancouver, Canadian icons

On the horizon
Five geographical magazines, one global mission

Mosaic
Cowpokes and candy apples at the Calgary Stampede
Photography by George Webber
By Bronwyn Chester

In Habitat
A rose for Roland
By Bronwyn Chester