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A blog to help you explore Shuswap geography by Jim Cooperman, author of Everything Shuswap, including his newspaper columns with more images and information that did not appear in print, as well as other commentaries and memoirs.

Bioregionalism key to wellness

Celista Farmers Market This column marks another milestone; it is the 300th since I began writing these articles in 2005. The goal was to produce […]

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Slide Country

Sunnybrae slide on Randy Creek with cutblock above While the Shuswap is not as prone to landslides as the coast or the Kootenays, nonetheless this

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Everything Shuswap finally off to press

Kathi Cooperman enjoys the spectacular view from the top of the Blind Bay Bluffs. This photo by Jim Cooperman appears in the beginning of the

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150 years ago in the Shuswap

Shuswap Chiefs in Victoria, 1867 for Queen’s birthday, photo by Frederick Daily courtesy of the Royal BC Museum and Archives As communities prepare celebrations to

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Spring fever at the Shuswap Seed Swap

It was inspiring to spend a day inside the massive Splatsin Centre with hundreds of people, all eagerly awaiting the arrival of spring. The 23rd

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Latest Videos

Fun, insightful, inspiring and intriguing videos of music, backcountry ski-touring, environmental events, hiking, and biking.

Roots & Blues Retro – a retrospective tour of festivals since 2011

.A brief tour of the 2018 Adams River sockeye salmon run. The soundtrack is a song by Anie Hepher.

Most of the images from the book, Everything Shuswap with an original soundtrack by Sylvain Valle

The Shuswap Country

by Erskine Burnett

Treasures come in assorted shapes and sizes. They might be a grandmother’s beaded purse, or an old apple basket like one resting atop my bookshelf that transports me to the family farm, with voices shouting from treetops as we pluck Macs and Golden Delicious. A personal scrapbook can also be an unexpected treasure, and The Shuswap Country by Erskine Burnett is just that.

Everything Shuswap

by Jim Cooperman

“Everything Shuswap explores the region’s rich eco-types and its interwoven historical record. It’s a textbook for understanding one of the most beautiful and least understood landscapes and it should be mandatory reading for anyone who lives in or visits the Shuswap.” – Mark Hume, author of Adam’s River and other books

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