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RE:SOURCES
Gulf Islands
With this book, Sea
Kayak the Gulf Islands by Mary Ann Snowden, you will be prepared
to imitate our cover and discover the Gulf Islands while you kayak from island
to island.
Once ashore you can use Charles Kahn’s Hiking
the Gulf Islands: An Outdoor Guide to BC’s Enchanted Isles to
plan a hike through the island paradise.
Discover the not so peaceful history of these majestic islands with by Chris
Arnett’s book, The
Terror of the Coast: Land alienation and colonial war on Vancouver Island
and the Gulf Islands, 1849-1863, published by Talonbooks, 1999
Narwhal
Go beyond our sidebar with this excellent site on Dr. Martin Nweeia’s research
on the Narwhal tusk.
This
website outlines the reconditions of the Tenth meeting of the Canada/Greenland
Joint Commission on the Conservation and Management of Narwhal and Beluga.
Find more information about the Arctic
region’s wildlife at Environment Canada.
Grey Nuns
The Grey
Nuns continue to reach out to their community with their website.
Discover more about the history
of Montréal.
While founded in Canada the Grey Nuns have spread around the world. This
upcoming book, The
Quiet Revolutionaries: How the Grey Nuns Changed the Social Welfare Paradigm
of Lewiston, Maine outlines the history of one of the nun’s
American missions.
Compiled by Greg MacCormack
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